KEVU-CD (channel 23) is a low-power, Class A television station in

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, United States, affiliated with

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. It is owned by

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alongside Fox affiliate

KLSR-TV KLSR-TV (channel 34) is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Cox Media Group alongside low-power, Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate KEVU-CD (channel 23). Both stations share studios ...

(channel 34). Both stations share studios on Chad Drive in Eugene, while KEVU-CD's transmitter is located on South Ridge. Due to KEVU's low-power status, the station is

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on KLSR's second

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to expand its broadcasting radius. This signal broadcasts on channel 34.2 from the same transmitting tower on South Ridge. In August 2019, then-owner

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upgraded KEVU-CD to the

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full HD picture format; prior to this upgrade, programming was being presented in

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4:3 SD. Concurrent with this upgrade, the full-market simulcast over KLSR-DT2 was upgraded to the

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HD picture format; prior to that, the full-market simulcast of KEVU-CD over KLSR-DT2 was also being shown in 480i 4:3 SD.

History

The station signed on as

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K25AS channel 25 on April 15, 1985. On October 9, 1986, the station affiliated with Fox. The station reverted to an independent when KEVU (channel 34, now KLSR-TV) signed on in 1991, taking the Fox affiliation from K25AS. On January 16, 1995, K25AS became a UPN affiliate. In 1997, the station's callsign was changed to KEVU-LP when channel 34 concurrently became KLSR. In 2002, the station became an independent for the third time when the UPN affiliation moved to

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(channel 36). KEVU-LP later became affiliated with MyNetworkTV when that network launched on September 5, 2006, and later changed its callsign to KEVU-CD in 2011. The station flash cut to digital in June 2010. On February 24, 2022, it was announced that California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. would sell KEVU-CD and KLSR-TV to

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-based Cox Media Group for $7,222,000; the sale was completed on May 3.

Programming

Newscasts

In March 2014, KEVU started rebroadcasting some news programming of

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. As of July 2015, it simulcasts the 8 a.m. program of ''Good Day Oregon'' (previously tape-delayed at 9 a.m.) on weekdays, the Saturday 6 a.m. half-hour and the Sunday 7 a.m. half-hour. It also tape delays the first half-hour of ''The 5 O'Clock News'' at 5:30 p.m. on weekdays and the first half-hour of ''The 10 O'Clock News'' at 11 p.m. every night.

Sports programming

KEVU-CD is the Eugene area over-the-air TV station for the

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and the

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Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Translators

References

External links

Bill Smullin: Southern Oregon TV's pioneer
MyNetworkTV affiliates Dabl affiliates EVU-CD Television channels and stations established in 1985 1985 establishments in Oregon Low-power television stations in the United States Portland Timbers broadcasters Major League Soccer over-the-air television broadcasters Cox Media Group {{Oregon-tv-station-stub