Southern Oregon PBS

KSYS

Medford, Oregon United States
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8
Branding	Southern Oregon PBS, SO PBS (alternate)
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Southern Oregon Public Television, Inc.
History
First air date	January 17, 1977 (47 years ago) (1977-01-17)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1977–2009) Digital: 42 (UHF, until 2009)
Call sign meaning	"SYS"kiyou Mountains (sic)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	61350
ERP	16.9 kW
HAAT	818 m (2,684 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°41′31.4″N 123°13′49.2″W / 42.692056°N 123.230333°W / 42.692056; -123.230333 (KSYS)
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.sopbs.org
Satellite station
KFTS
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Channels	Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 22
Programming
Affiliations	22.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
History
First air date	January 27, 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-01-27)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 22 (UHF, 1989–2009)
Call sign meaning	Klamath Falls Television Service
Technical information
Facility ID	61335
ERP	9.6 kW
HAAT	649 m (2,129 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°5′49.5″N 121°38′2.9″W / 42.097083°N 121.634139°W / 42.097083; -121.634139 (KFTS)

KSYS (channel 8) is a PBS member station in Medford, Oregon, United States, owned by Southern Oregon Public Television. The station's studios are located on South Fir Street in downtown Medford and its transmitter is located in King Mountain.

KFTS (channel 22) in Klamath Falls operates as a full-time satellite of KSYS; this station's transmitter transmitter is located atop Stukel Mountain. KFTS is a straight simulcast of KSYS for the Klamath Falls side of the market and KFTS' on-air references are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming.

Both stations are collectively known as Southern Oregon PBS (SO PBS, formerly Southern Oregon Public Television or SOPTV).