Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington, with (as of 2006) over one million viewers throughout that region and an average of over 380,000 radio listeners each week. It is the third largest producer of national programming for public television.

OPB consists of six television stations, dozens of VHF or UHF translators, and over 20 radio stations and frequencies. Broadcasts include local programming as well as programs from PBS, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and the BBC World Service.

Since 2003, OPB has received no funds from Oregon state government, despite its costly efforts to broadcast its signal to distant, rural parts of the state. It is the only public broadcasting network without any state taxpayer's subsidy.

1 History
2 Television stations
3 Radio stations
4 Other radio frequencies
5 See also
6 External links

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History

OPB traces its roots to 1922, when KFDJ-AM signed on from the Corvalis campus of Oregon Agricultural College. It became KOAC-AM in 1927. KOAC-TV began operation in 1957. KOAC-AM-TV soon became the flagship for a large network of radio and television stations, which became known as the Oregon Educational and Public Broadcasting Service (OEPBS) in 1971. In 1981, OEPBS was spun off from the Oregon State System of Higher Education and renamed Oregon Public Broadcasting. KOAC's former Portland satelites, KOAP-FM-TV, were renamed KOPB-AM-TV and became the flagship of the new organization.

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