kohd abc general kohd news local news updates slogan central oregon s abc general connecting you news channels digital 18 uhf virtual 51 psip subchannels 51.1 abc affiliations abc owner zolo media telephone and data systems tds broadcasting llc first air date september 9 2006 call letters meaning oregon high desert formerly oregon high definition sister station s kbnz ld former channel number s digital 51 uhf 2007 2015 transmitter power 84.1 kw height 205.7 metres 675 feet facility id 166534 transmitter coordinates 44 4 40.6 n 121 19 56.9 w 44.077944 n 121.332472 w 44.077944 ; 121.332472 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.kohd.com kohd is the abc affiliated television station for central oregon that is licensed to bend . it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 18 virtual channel 51 from a transmitter in the city on awbrey butte west of u.s. 97 . owned by the zolo media division of bendbroadband the station has studios on lower meadow drive in bend . contents 1 history 1.1 dispute with dish network 2 digital television 2.1 digital channel 3 programming 4 news operation 5 references 6 external links history edit kohd s first logo similar to logos used at the time by wlqp lp and then sister station kdrv the station was started by chambers communications corporation and signed on as a digital only station on september 9 2006 ; it never broadcast a full power analog signal prior to the june 12 2009 analog shutdown for broadcast television stations . kohd is the first primary digital station to carry a major network affiliation . the station replaced co owned kezi in eugene as well as katu from portland on area cable systems . kohd s last chambers era logo identical to that of then sister station kezi . the 9 refers to its placement on cable systems . for its first year on the air kohd simulcasted weeknight newscasts from kezi while building their own local news department . chambers communications completed their 11 000 square foot 1 000 m2 facility at brinson business park on the north side of bend in august 2007 . kohd originally had an in city translator k53jv channel 53 from a transmitter on awbrey butte . it had a construction permit to air a low powered digital signal on channel 18 from the same location . the fcc cancelled the station s license on february 15 2013 . 1 on july 26 2013 chambers sold kohd to zolo media owners of kbnz ld the cbs affiliate . zolo is a division of bendbroadband . 2 bendbroadband in turn announced on may 1 2014 that the company including zolo media would be purchased by tds for 261 million a company mainly involved in local telephone and broadband services . 3 on june 24 2015 kohd dt relocated the station s primary over the air broadcast channel from channel 51 to channel 18 . the fcc licensed the station to operate on channel 18 on july 6 2015 . the psip ch . 51 remains unchanged . dispute with dish network edit on december 10 2010 kohd announced that their owners chambers communications who also own kezi in eugene kdrv in medford and kdkf in klamath falls and dish network could not come to a long term agreement to keep the station on the air in the medford market and were in danger of losing local abc programming as a result . viewers were encouraged to read a special q & a page regarding this matter . despite their best efforts their previous agreement expired on december 15th and the stations were removed from the dish network local line ups . chambers and dish finally came to an agreement to resume service and as of december 30 2010 the stations returned on dish network . 4 digital television edit digital channel edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 5 51.1 720p 16 9 kohd dt main kohd programming abc programming edit syndicated programming on kohd includes inside edition the insider entertainment tonight and who wants to be a millionaire . news operation edit on september 26 2007 kohd began airing local newscasts which were broadcast in high definition from 5 30 to 7 a.m. as well as 5 6 6 30 and 11 p.m. weekend newscasts were canceled in july 2009 replaced by house on saturday nights at 11 and inside edition weekend on sunday nights at 5 and 11 . following the march 5 2010 11 p.m. show kohd s news operation was scaled back to three reporters and fourteen staffers were laid off . long form newscasts were canceled with news and weather updates replacing them . 6 7 in september 2010 half hour newscasts returned to kohd at 6 and 11 p.m. monday friday . in september 2011 kohd began simulcasting all of kezi s weekday newscasts except the 5am hour of the morning newscast as well as the 6pm and 11pm on weekends . as of august 2015 kohd has stopped simulcasting kezi s newscasts . most time slots have since been replaced by syndicated programming though kohd has only one locally produced program left mywindow seen weeknights at 6pm half hour . before the discontinuation of simulcasts kohd was last simulcasting the weekday 6am hour the weeknight 5 and 11pm newscasts from kezi as well as weekends at 5 and 11 plus saturday newscasts at 6 and 6 30pm . references edit http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod sta det.pl facility id 7302 bend s kohd sold to zolo media media bistro july 29 2013 spencer malia may 2 2014 . bendbroadband sells to chicago cable firm for 261m . portland business journal . retrieved may 19 2014 . chambers communications announces retransmission with dish network to expire december 15 2010 kohd.com rabbitears tv query for kohd http www.broadcastingcable.com article 449742 updated kohd bend outlines streamlined news strategy.php http oregonmediacentral.com 2010 03 kohd to cease all local newscasts become kezi bureau external links edit kohd.com official website query the fcc s tv station database for kohd biafn s media web database information on kohd tv 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 abc network affiliates in the state of oregon katu 2 portland kezi 9 eugene kdrv 12 kdkf dt 31.1 medford klamath falls kohd 51 bend see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in oregon retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kohd & oldid 725914006 categories abc network affiliatestelevision channels and stations established in 2006television stations in bend oregon2006 establishments in oregon navigation menu personal tools not 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