KFXO-CD

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KFXO-CD and KQRE-LD
Channels for KFXO-CD
Channels for KQRE-LD
Branding
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KTVZ
History
Founded
  • KQRE-LD: June 16, 1982 (43 years ago) (1982-06-16)
First air date
  • KFXO-CD: November 17, 1993 (31 years ago) (1993-11-17)
Former call signs
  • KFXO-CD:
    • K39DU (1993–1995)
    • KFXO-LP (1995–2011)
  • KQRE-LD:
    • K05HO (1982–2005)
    • K19GC (2005–2007)
    • KQRE-LP (2007–2009)
Former channel number
  • KFXO-CD:
    • Analog: 39 (UHF, 1993–2011)
    • Digital: 39 (UHF, 2011–2019)
  • KQRE-LD:
    • Analog: 5 (VHF, 1982–2005), 19 (UHF, 2005–2009)
Call sign meaning
  • KFXO-CD: "Fox Oregon"[1]
Technical information[2][3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID
  • KFXO-CD: 35464
  • KQRE-LD: 189246
Class
  • KFXO-CD: CD
  • KQRE-LD: LD
ERP
  • KFXO-CD: 15 kW
  • KQRE-LD: 9.3 kW
HAAT
  • KFXO-CD: 192 m (630 ft)
  • KQRE-LD: 675.2 m (2,215 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.ktvz.com

KFXO-CD (channel 39) is a low-power, Class A television station in Bend, Oregon, United States, serving Central Oregon as an affiliate of Fox and Telemundo. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside NBC affiliate KTVZ (channel 21). The two stations share studios on Northwest O. B. Riley Road in Bend; KFXO-CD's transmitter is located on Awbrey Butte west of US 97. KFXO-CD is also broadcast as a subchannel of KTVZ (21.3) and by KQRE-LD (channel 20, Telemundo on 20.1 and Fox on 20.2) from Grizzly Mountain.

Portland's Fox affiliate of the time, KPDX, began rebroadcasting its signal into Central Oregon in 1991. It had four translators in the region by September 1996, when KFXO opened as a separate service with local commercials and some syndicated programming specific to the Bend market. In 2006, the station started a local news department, only for owner Meredith Corporation to sell it to NPG, which terminated the news department after more than a year and consolidated operations into KTVZ. The station offers a 10 p.m. local newscast produced by KTVZ.

History

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KPDX, the Fox affiliate in Portland, began broadcasting to Central Oregon on April 24, 1991, when it opened a translator on channel 42 from Gray Butte. It was added to the cable system in Redmond at that time.[4] Two years later, the 100-watt Gray Butte translator was replaced with a 1,000-watt translator on Powell Butte, using channel 39.[5] On December 18, 1995, K39DU changed its call sign to KFXO-LP,[2] and by 1996, KPDX had four translators serving Central Oregon, at Powell Butte, Grizzly Mountain, Sunriver, and LaPine. That year, KPDX opened a local sales office for KFXO in Bend and began inserting local commercials into KPDX programs from those transmitters.[6] When it launched local programming on September 30, KFXO functioned as a semi-satellite of KPDX with about half of its programming as well as syndicated programs acquired for the Bend market.[7] KFXO-LP was included in the Meredith Corporation's acquisition of KPDX owner First Media in 1997.[8]

When KPDX and KPTV came under common ownership in 2002, KPTV became the Fox affiliate for Portland, with KFXO continuing. KFXO continued to rebroadcast the 10 p.m. news from KPTV. In November 2005, ground was broken on an addition to the KFXO studios in order to start a 10-person news department and Bend-based, hour-long 10 p.m. newscast.[9] On April 17, 2006, the newscast debuted.[10]

In August 2006, KTVZ owner News-Press & Gazette Company agreed to buy KFXO from Meredith, which had lost in its bid to build a full-power Bend station on channel 51[11] and wished to focus on larger markets.[12] The deal was finalized on May 25, 2007,[13] and the final independent KFXO newscast aired on June 22. Local newscasts were then provided by KTVZ, with a 11 p.m. airing of KPTV news discontinued.[14]

KFXO began providing a high-definition signal to customers of cable provider BendBroadband in 2008, in time for Super Bowl XLII,[15] Over-the-air, it was broadcast digitally by KTVZ as one of four subchannels when that station began full-power digital transmissions in September 2008.[16] It was not required by law to make the transition on June 12, 2009, because of its low-power status. On July 19, 2011, the station began broadcasting in digital and changed its call sign to KFXO-CD.

In 2013, the KFXO newscast, which had been cut to 30 minutes, was restored to a full hour. At that time, the station also rebroadcast KTVZ's morning newscast from 7 to 9 a.m.[17]

Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KFXO-CD[18] and KQRE-LD[19]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
KFXO-CD KQRE-LD
39.1 20.2 720p 16:9 KFXO-LP Fox
39.2 20.1 480i KQRE-LP Telemundo
39.3 20.3 GFXO-DT Grit
39.4 20.4 EFXO-DT Ion Mystery
39.5 20.5 LFXO-DT Laff

References

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  1. ^ Nelson, Bob (June 2, 2009). "Call Letter Origins". Vol. 238. The Broadcast Archive. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Facility Technical Data for KFXO-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KQRE-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "KPDX gives green light". The Redmond Spokesman. Redmond, Oregon. April 24, 1991. p. 18. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fox has new transmitter". The Redmond Spokesman. Redmond, Oregon. September 22, 1993. p. 6. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Freeman, Mike (June 26, 1996). "Fox television affiliate to open local sales office". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. p. A-7. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Freeman, Mike (September 15, 1996). "Station lands in region". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. p. G-1. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Schulberg, Pete (January 25, 1997). "Meredith buys Fox affiliate KPDX (49)". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. pp. B1, B5. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Chiang, Chuck (November 7, 2005). "Bend Fox affiliate to add local news to lineup". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. p. B1. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bend gets third TV station: Eugene company pays $8.5 million to secure FCC license". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. March 22, 2006. pp. B1, B5. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Chiang, Chuck (August 17, 2006). "Bend's NBC to buy KFXO". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. pp. B1, B6. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Meredith sells Bend station". Portland Business Journal. May 25, 2007.
  13. ^ "Bend TV station changes hands". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. May 26, 2007. p. C5. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Chiang, Chuck (June 23, 2007). "Fox's local newscast terminated". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. pp. C1, C9. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Moore, Andrew (January 31, 2008). "No big game for satellite subscribers?". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. pp. B1, B5. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Newman, Gary G. (September 10, 2008). "Digital TV doesn't have to be a headache". The Redmond Spokesman. Redmond, Oregon. p. 6. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "NewsChannel 21, First at 10:00 on FOX expanding to hour". KTVZ.com. September 11, 2013. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013.
  18. ^ "TV Query for KFXO". RabbitEars.
  19. ^ "TV Query for KQRE-LD". RabbitEars.