Southern Oregon PBS
PBS member network serving southwest Oregon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Southern Oregon PBS?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
KSYS (channel 8) is a PBS member station in Medford, Oregon, United States, channel 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.
| |
---|---|
Channels | |
Branding | Southern Oregon PBS, SO PBS (alternate) |
Programming | |
Affiliations |
|
Ownership | |
Owner | Southern Oregon Public Television, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | January 17, 1977 (47 years ago) (1977-01-17) |
Former channel number(s) |
|
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 |
Translator(s) | see § Translators |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | www |
Satellite station | |
KFTS | |
Channels | |
Programming | |
Affiliations |
|
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 |
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).