| Moved to Bend as KOAB-TV | |
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 Logo in the early 1970s, when channel 3 was a private commercial station | |
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First air date | February 24, 1970 |
Last air date | July 31, 1983 |
Call sign meaning | "K-Video"[1] |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 19.5 kW[2] |
| HAAT | 1,070 ft (330 m) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°51′17″N 123°07′17″W / 44.85472°N 123.12139°W |
KVDO-TV was a television station broadcasting on channel 3 in Salem, Oregon, United States, that operated between 1970 and 1983. Originally intended as a local independent station serving the Willamette Valley, financial considerations resulted in a contested sale to Liberty Television, owner of KEZI in Eugene, Oregon, in 1972. However, for media concentration reasons, the Federal Communications Commission ordered KVDO-TV sold within three years. As a result, the Oregon Educational and Public Broadcasting Service (OEPBS) acquired KVDO-TV in 1976, resulting in a station that often—and controversially—duplicated OEPBS's transmitters at Portland and Corvallis.
In 1981, OEPBS applied to move channel 3, and KVDO-TV, from Salem to Bend, which at the time did not have public television service. The move was made in 1983, and the station was renamed KOAB-TV.
- ^ "'K-Video' To Go on the Air This Month". Capital Journal. February 6, 1970. p. 9. Archived from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "KVDO-TV" (PDF). Television Factbook. 1979. p. 681-b (683). Archived (PDF) from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020 – via World Radio History.