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KVAL-TV
KVALlogo.png
Eugene, Oregon
Branding KVAL CBS 13 (general)
KVAL News (newscasts)
Slogan First. Fair. Accurate.
Channels Digital: 13 (VHF)
Translators (see article)
Affiliations CBS
This TV (DT2)
Owner Fisher Communications, Inc.
(Fisher Broadcasting - Oregon TV, LLC)
First air date April 15, 1954[1]
Call letters' meaning Willamette VALley[1]
Former channel number(s) Analog:
13 (VHF, 1954-2009)
Digital:
25 (UHF, 2001-2009)
Former affiliations Primary:
NBC (1954-1982)
Secondary:
ABC (1954-1960)
CBS (1954-1960, 1978-1982)
DuMont (1954-1955)
Transmitter power 30.6 kW
Height 441 m
Facility ID 49766
Transmitter coordinates 44°0′9″N 123°6′58.5″W / 44.0025°N 123.11625°W / 44.0025; -123.11625
Website www.kval.com

KVAL-TV, channel 13, is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, USA. It is an affiliate of the CBS network. The station began broadcasting on April 15, 1954. Owned by Fisher Communications, the station reaches additional viewers in central and western Oregon via co-owned full-powered satellite stations KCBY-TV in Coos Bay (digital channel 11) and KPIC in Roseburg (digital channel 19, virtual channel 4).

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[edit] History

KVAL signed on in 1954, locally owned by Eugene Television. It originally carried programming from all three networks, but was a primary NBC affiliate. It lost CBS and ABC when KEZI signed on in 1960.

In the summer of 1978, as NBC was floundering in third place in the Nielsen ratings, KVAL started airing five hours of CBS programming each week. During the next four years, the station gradually offered more programs from CBS. NBC affiliated with newly signed-on KMTR in 1982, and KVAL formally switched its affiliation to CBS.

Eugene Television bought KBCI-TV in Boise in 1975 and changed its name to Northwest Television. Retlaw Enterprises (a company owned by relatives of Walt Disney, Retlaw being "Walter" backwards) bought the station in 1996. Current owner Fisher bought Retlaw's entire broadcasting division, including KVAL, in 1998.

Many KVAL alumni have gone on to elected office. As of 2009, schools superintendent Susan Castillo is a former KVAL reporter. Former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, who left office in January 2009, is also a former reporter and on-air personality. Bradbury and Castillo also served in the Oregon Legislature, as did KVAL alumni Wayne Whitehead and Mark Hass.[citation needed]

In September 2000, KVAL debuted an original sports program, "Inside the Pac," a reference to the Pac-10 Conference which includes the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, both in KVAL's coverage area. "Inside The Pac" was created after the Oregon Sports Network TV contract went to local rival KEZI, along with the seasonal weekly program featuring Oregon Ducks football head coach Mike Bellotti. Airing each Sunday afternoon, "Inside the Pac" features game highlights and talk about Pac-10 sports. It was originally hosted by former KVAL sports director and longtime Eugene TV broadcaster Todd McKim, who left KVAL in 2005. Upon McKim's departure, Tom Ward was promoted and currently hosts the weekly half hour along with Nick Krupke. Also featured on the show as in-studio guests are former college football players from Oregon and Oregon State, who share their knowledge and experience.

KVAL, KCBY and KPIC air nearly all CBS programs, but pre-empt occasional programs and the CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade for Disney-ABC's Live with Regis and Kelly, and a regular episode of CBS-distributed Dr. Phil, as well as infomercials. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it pre-empted The Bold and The Beautiful to air syndicated talk shows in the 11am hour, which is usually the slot for The Young and The Restless on the West Coast, while Y&R was moved to 12pm, followed by As The World Turns and Guiding Light, the usual slots for the latter two soaps.

[edit] Digital programming

The stations' digital channels are multiplexed:

Channel Programming
13.1 main KVAL-TV programming / CBS HD
13.2 This TV

After the analog television shutdown scheduled for June 12, 2009,[2] KCBY-TV and KVAL-TV moved their digital signals to their analog frequencies (11 and 13), while KPIC remains at channel 19, using PSIP to display KPIC's virtual channel as 4. The stations' analog signals went off air at 12:37 PDT on June 12.

[edit] Satellite stations

Station City of license Channels
(Digital)		 First air date Call letters’
meaning		 ERP
(Analog/
Digital)		 HAAT
(Analog/
Digital)		 Facility ID Transmitter Coordinates Website
KCBY-TV Coos Bay 11 (VHF) October 1, 1960[2] Coos BaY 5 kW 192 m 49750 43°23′25.3″N 124°7′52.7″W / 43.390361°N 124.131306°W / 43.390361; -124.131306 (KCBY-TV) www.kcby.com
KPIC Roseburg 19 (UHF) April 1, 1956 Television PICture 50 kW 274 m 61551 43°14′7″N 123°19′21.9″W / 43.23528°N 123.32275°W / 43.23528; -123.32275 (KPIC) www.kpic.com

NOTE: KPIC is licensed to South West Oregon TV Broadcasting Corporation, which is half-owned by Fisher and half-owned by California Oregon Broadcasting.

[edit] News operation

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In December 2005, KVAL launched a newscast called Northwest News at 10 on Fox for local Fox affiliate KLSR-TV. Katie Dyer anchored the newscast until April 2007, when Natasha Chugthai took over. This newscast came into its own in April 2007, with a new graphics scheme similar to that of such Fox affiliates as WNYW of New York and KTTV of Los Angeles. In August 2007, the newscast got its own theme music, rather than continuing to share the opening tune with KVAL. In March 2008, Northwest News at 10 was renamed Fox News @ 10 for the live weekday broadcast, and KVAL News @ 10 on Fox for the weekend repeats of the evening news. KVAL's 6 a.m. hour of morning news is replayed on KLSR at 7 a.m.

In September 2007, KVAL's morning news started airing from 5 to 7 a.m., beating rival KMTR, whose morning newscasts start at 5:30 a.m. KEZI soon announced it would begin to broadcast from 5 to 7 a.m. as well, branding the early-morning newscast with a new look and a new team. As of January 2009, KVAL broadcasts the only midday newscast in the Eugene-Springfield market.

In October 2008 Al Peterson, former KEZI morning news anchor, joined KVAL's morning news team. He replaced Seth Wayne (now KVAL's Chief Meteorologist), who moved to a station in Tucson, Ariz. The day Peterson took over KVAL, like most other Fisher stations, adopted a new graphics scheme heavily emphasizing the station's CBS affiliation. KVAL also rebranded its news as "KVAL News," dropping the 50-year-old "Northwest News." The station also adopted a new news slogan: "First, Fair, Accurate." On May 10, 2010, KVAL News debuted a new set and started broadcasting newscasts in 16:9 widescreen.

[edit] News/station presentation

[edit] Newscast titles

  • Worldwide Report (1954–1961)
  • The Northwest Report (1961–1966)
  • Eyewitness News (1966–1974)
  • TV-13 News (1974–1981)
  • NewsWatch 13 (1981–1986)
  • Channel 13 News (1986–1991)
  • NewsChannel 13 (1991–1994)
  • Northwest News (1994–2008)
  • KVAL News (2008–present)

[edit] Station slogans

  • Catch the Brightest Stars on TV-13 (1975–1976; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • We're Looking Good on TV-13 (1979–1980; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • Looking Good Together, TV-13 (1980–1981; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • Reach for the Stars on Channel 13 (1981–1982; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • Great Moments on Channel 13 (1982–1983; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • We've Got the Touch, You and Channel 13 (1983–1984; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • You and Channel 13, We've Got the Touch (1984–1985; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • We've Got the Touch on Channel 13 (1985–1986; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • Share the Spirit on Channel 13 (1986–1987; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • Channel 13 Spirit, Oh Yeah! (1987–1988; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • You Can Feel it On Channel 13 (1988–1989; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • Western Oregon's 24 Hour News Channel (1989–1994)
  • Get Ready for Channel 13 (1989-1991; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • The Look of Western Oregon is Channel 13 (1991–1992; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • This is CBS, on Channel 13 (1992–1993; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
  • CBS for Western Oregon (1994–2001)
  • The Hometown Leader for Local News Coverage (2001–2008)
  • First. Fair. Accurate. (2008–present)
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[edit] News team

Anchors

  • Tom Adams - weekend evenings; also weeknight reporter
  • Jennifer Winters - weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.; also reporter
  • David Walker - weekdays at 5-7 a.m., 5 and 6 p.m.; also reporter
  • Molly Blancett - Weekday Mornings 5-7; also reporter

Weather team

  • Seth Wayne (Member; NWA/Member; NWA) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6, 10 (on KLSR) and 11 p.m.
  • Al Peterson - meteorologist; weekday mornings
  • Katie Boer - weekends (also weekday reporter)

Sports team

  • Tom Ward - sports director, weeknights at 5, 6, 10 (on KLSR) and 11 p.m.
  • Nick Krupke - sports anchor, weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
  • Dirk Weishaar - sports reporter
  • Phil Milani - sports reporter

Reporters

  • Beth Ford - general assignment reporter (also producer)
  • Kelly Koopmans - multimedia journalist
  • Todd Milbourn - general assignment reporter (also producer)
  • Kristina Nelson - general assignment reporter

[edit] Translators

The stations are rebroadcast on the following translators:

KVAL Repeaters

KPIC Repeaters

Wide area signal

  • K26HO Channel 26 Glide (Digital)
    (Providing coverage to Roseburg Valley)

City grade signals

KCBY Repeaters

Low power translators in Elkton, Myrtle Point, Newport, Powers, Oakridge and Swisshome have been discontinued.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nelson, Bob (June 2, 2009). "Call Letter Origins". 238. The Broadcast Archive. http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html. Retrieved June 21, 2009. 
  2. ^ Wright, Jeff (13 February 2009). "Two local television stations delay switch to all-digital broadcasting." The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon.

[edit] External links
Eugene/Springfield

KOAC 7 / KEPB 29 (PBS/OPB, x.1 PBS-HD, x.2 "Plus", x.3 FM) • KEZI (9.1 ABC, 9.2 KEZI 9+) • KVAL-TV (13.1 CBS 13.2 This TV) • KMTR (16.1 NBC, 16.2 CW) • KLSR-TV (34.1 FOX, 34.2 KEVU-LP) • KXOR-LP 36 (AZA) • K38JK-D (38.1 TBN) • KORY-CA 41 (A1) • KAMK-LP 53 (3ABN)
Roseburg/Myrtle Creek

KPIC (4.1 CBS, 4.2 This TV) • KTVC (18.1 3ABN) • K33FE 33 (FOX) • K41JQ 41 (NBC) • KTCW (46.1 NBC, 46.2 CW) • K47HT 47 (3ABN) • K51GJ 51 (PBS/OPB) • K53CU 53 (ABC)
Coos Bay/North Bend

KCBY (11.1 CBS, 11.2 This TV) • K17AA 17 (PBS/OPB) • KMCB (23.1 NBC, 23.2 CW) • K27CL 27 (ABC) • K30BN 30 (MNTV) • K36BX 36 (NBC) • K44FH 44 (3ABN) • K63DO 63 (FOX)
Local cable channels
See also Portland TV • Medford TV • Bend TV
CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Oregon
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