branding kbnz general koin local 6 newscasts slogan cbs for central oregon channels digital 7 vhf virtual 7 psip subchannels 7.1 cbs affiliations cbs owner zolo media telephone and data systems tds broadcasting llc first air date october 25 2008 2008 10 25 call letters meaning k bend z sister station s kohd former callsigns k11se 1985 2006 k07ym 2006 2008 transmitter power 0.3 kw height 234 metres 768 feet class ld facility id 35834 transmitter coordinates 44 4 41 n 121 19 57 w 44.07806 n 121.33250 w 44.07806 ; 121.33250 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website kbnztv.com kbnz ld is the cbs affiliated television station for central oregon that is licensed to bend . it broadcasts a low powered digital signal on vhf channel 7 from a transmitter in the city on awbrey butte west of u.s. 97 . the station can also be seen on bendbroadband channel 6 and in high definition on channel 606 . owned by zolo media an affiliate of bendbroadband kbnz has studios on sherman road . contents 1 translators 2 digital television 2.1 digital channel 3 history 4 references 5 external links translators edit since kbnz is a low powered station it relies on translators to expand its reach . call sign channel city of license transmitter location k04bj d 4 la pine southeast of city k31cr d 31 prineville powell buttes k34ai d 34 la pine west of sunriver k47lm d 47 prineville grizzly mountain digital television edit digital channel edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 7.1 1080i 16 9 kbnz dt main kbnz ld programming cbs history edit kbnz s logo as a semi satellite of koin from 2008 to 2011 kbnz originated in the mid 1980s as a low powered translator of koin in portland . in october 2008 koin owner new vision television announced plans to convert kbnz into a local cbs affiliate with a separate feed . four of koin s translators in central oregon were switched from airing koin s signal to that of kbnz . it also received its own section on koin s website . master control and some internal operations remained based at koin s studios at the koin center in downtown portland . one reason that the station split from koin is a result of the bend market growing in population . with the change this leaves meredith corporation owned mynetworktv affiliate kubn lp as the only area station serving as a full time satellite of a portland station . news personnel based at kbnz began to contribute 2 4 local stories each day to air on koin broadcasts . it had been planned that as this station grew a fully produced local newscast originating from central oregon would be introduced . 2 although identifying as a separate station in its own right kbnz was still reckoned as a koin semi satellite . it cleared all of koin s newscasts and most of its syndicated programming but aired separate identifications and commercials . kbnz s signal does not reach far outside bend . the only other city it reaches is deschutes river woods which is south of bend and can only be obtained in the northern tip of the area . kbnz s signal can also be seen in the western portion of crook county . k31cr d transmits a digital rebroadcast of koin programming and is not available east of prineville but services an area larger than kbnz . k31cr s signal reaches crook jefferson deschutes and wasco counties . in contrast kbnz s signal does not exit deschutes county . on march 31 2010 bendbroadband bought kbnz from new vision television through a subsidiary zolo media . the new owner initially didn t plan any immediate or major changes . 3 since the ownership change contact information for this station as well as listings for reporter brittney hopper and photographer brandon anderchuk have been removed and the weather information for the bend area on the kbnz section has not been updated . in the summer of 2011 kbnz launched a new website . zolo media also announced that it would take over master control operations from koin starting on september 1 . with the severing of the electronic umbilical cord with koin kbnz also dropped koin s 5 30 pm and 6 pm newscasts and rolled out a new logo . 4 currently kbnz continues to simulcast koin s weeknight 5 pm and nightly 11 pm newscasts although koin was sold to lin tv in october 2012 . bendbroadband announced on may 1 2014 that it will merge with telephone and data systems a chicago cable firm in a 261 million deal . 5 references edit rabbitears tv query for kbnz http www.adfedco.org hotnews pressreleases 300690 . aspx http oregonmediacentral.com 2010 03 bend cable purchases kbnz kbnz upgrades to better serve central oregon viewers kbnz 2011 08 31 . spencer malia may 2 2014 . bendbroadband sells to chicago cable firm for 261m . portland business journal . retrieved may 19 2014 . external links edit kbnz ld koin tv query the fcc s tv station database for kbnz ld query the fcc s tv station database for k04bj d query the fcc s tv station database for k31cr d query the fcc s tv station database for k34ai d query the fcc s tv station database for k47lm d 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 cbs network affiliates in the state of oregon koin 6 portland kbnz ld 7 bend ktvl 10 medford klamath falls kval 13 kpic 4 kcby 11 eugene roseburg coos bay see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in oregon retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kbnz ld & oldid 725913698 categories cbs 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