bend cw on dt2 fox central oregon on dt3 slogan central oregon s news leader channels digital 21 uhf virtual 21 psip subchannels 21.1 nbc 21.2 the cw 21.3 fox affiliations nbc owner news press & gazette company npg of oregon inc. first air date november 6 1977 1977 11 06 sister station s kfxo ld kqre lp former channel number s analog 21 uhf 1977 2009 digital 18 uhf 2006 2009 former affiliations secondary cbs 1980 1997 transmitter power 131.8 kw height 197 metres 646 feet facility id 55907 transmitter coordinates 44 4 40 n 121 19 49 w 44.07778 n 121.33028 w 44.07778 ; 121.33028 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.ktvz.com ktvz is the nbc affiliated television station for central oregon that is licensed to bend . it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 21 from a transmitter in the city on awbrey butte west of u.s. 97 . owned by the news press & gazette company the station is sister to low powered fox affiliate kfxo ld and low powered telemundo affiliate kqre lp . all three share studios on northwest o.b. riley road in bend . syndicated programming on ktvz includes wheel of fortune jeopardy dr. oz live with kelly and dr. phil . contents 1 rebroadcasters 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 history 4 newscasts 4.1 notable former staff 5 see also 6 references 7 external links rebroadcasters edit ktvz is rebroadcast on the following translator stations . call sign channel city of license transmitter location k05jv 5 la pine southeast of city k22il d 22 prineville grizzly mountain k38dt d 38 north la pine west of sunriver low power analog translators in burns chemult and madras have been discontinued digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 21.1 1080i 16 9 ktvz hd main ktvz programming nbc 21.2 480i ktvz sd bend cw 21.3 kfxo sd simulcast of kfxo ld analog to digital conversion edit ktvz shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 21 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition uhf channel 18 to former analog channel 21 . 2 history edit ktvz went on the air november 6 1977 . it was started by former owners ray johnson of kmed am tv now ktvl in medford and c. howard lane from koin tv in portland who formed ponderosa broadcasting inc. the station has always been an nbc affiliate but also began to carry cbs programming on a secondary basis . efforts to carve out deschutes county from the portland television market began in 1980 . by fall 1981 nielsen formed the newly created bend dma . sierra cascade communications sold the station to stainless broadcasting company in 1986 which later became known as northwest broadcasting in 1997 based in spokane washington . by 1997 ktvz discontinued cbs programing since koin in portland now seen through semi satellite kbnz ld already had full translator and cable coverage in the bend area . later in 2002 northwest broadcasting sold ktvz to the news press & gazette company . by 2006 they added more network affiliations to the growing central oregon area when the cw was added as a second digital channel . in late 2006 it was announced that meredith would sell kfxo to the news press & gazette company which occurred on may 24 2007 . bendbroadband filed a petition with federal communications commission fcc to block the proposed sale but it still went through . kqre lp was originally a repeater of ktvz . in january 2007 that station completed a transmitter move that brought it closer to bend making the rebroadcast redundant . the station then began airing telemundo s schedule . newscasts edit on june 22 2007 kfxo s own prime time news at 10 pm was replaced by one produced by ktvz . in september of that year this station began to air its newscasts in 16 9 widescreen format . it broadcasts five hours of local news every weekday . it produces a two hour weekday morning show and nightly hour long newscast for kfxo . like all cw plus affiliates in the pacific time zone ktvz dt2 airs the nationally syndicated morning show the daily buzz on weekdays from 6 to 9 a.m. citation needed notable former staff edit lisa verch fletcher kayna whitworth see also edit channel 12 branded tv stations in the united states channel 21 digital tv stations in the united states channel 21 virtual tv stations in the united states references edit rabbitears tv query for ktvz dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for ktvz query the fcc s tv station database for k04hk query the fcc s tv station database for k05jv query the fcc s tv station database for k38dt v t e television stations in deschutes county oregon including bend and redmond local stations koab pbs opb 3.1 hd 3.2 plus 3.3 fm kbnz ld 7.1 cbs ktvz 21.1 nbc 21.2 the cw 21.3 fox kfxo ld 39.1 fox 39.2 tel k42br ind kohd 51.1 abc cable channels central oregon television cotv the oregon channel salem root sports northwest northwest cable news adjacent locals reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television kqre ld 20 tmd prineville kubn ld 43 mntv madras silent stations kabh ca 17 silent k33ag 33 silent defunct stations k48bl 48 a1 see also portland tv eugene tv v t e nbc network affiliates in the state of oregon koti dt 2.1 kobi 5 klamath falls medford kgw 8 portland kmtr 16 kmcb 23 ktcw 46 eugene coos bay roseburg ktvz 21 bend see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in oregon v t e cw network affiliates in the state of oregon ktvl dt 10.2 medford kmtr dt 16.2 kmcb dt 23.2 ktcw dt 46.2 kzwb eugene coos bay roseburg ktvz dt 21.2 bend krcw 32 portland salem see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in oregon v t e news press & gazette company newspapers the daily star journal osawatomie graphic st. joseph news press television stations abc network affiliates kecy dt2 kesq tv keyt tv kifi tv kmiz krdo tv kvia tv cbs network affiliates kcoy tv 1 kidk 1 kion tv kpsp cd kswt 2 cw network affiliates kbjo ld 3 kcwq lp kecy dt3 kifi dt3 kion dt2 ktvz dt2 fox network affiliates kdfx cd kecy tv kfxo ld kkfx cd knpn ld 3 kqfx ld kxpi ld 1 mynetworktv affiliates kecy tv 4 keyt dt2 5 kmiz dt2 4 kxpi ld 1 4 telemundo affiliates kecy dt4 kese lp kifi dt2 kmuv lp kqre lp knpg ld knpn ld4 3 kuna lp other affiliations aza k42dj 6 nbc ktvz kyma dt 2 cable news press 3 now 7 radio stations kesq krdo krdo fm kuna fm 1 owned by vistawest media llc npg operates this station under a ssa . 2 owned by northwest broadcasting npg operates this station under an ssa . 3 this station was built and signed on by npg . 4 this station carries a secondary mynetworktv affiliation on its primary channel . 5 this station carries a secondary retro television network affiliation on its second digital subchannel . 6 this station is owned by hubbard broadcasting but is operated by npg . 7 originally operating as a cable only channel news press 3 now is also relayed on a second digital subchannel of knpn ld . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ktvz & oldid 725913864 categories nbc network affiliatesthe cw affiliatestelevision channels and stations established in 1977television stations in bend oregonnews press & gazette company1977 establishments in oregonhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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