KPTV is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Portland, Oregon market, which includes most of the state of Oregon and portions of southern Washington state. KPTV is owned by the Meredith Corporation, with its studios located in Beaverton and transmitter in Portland. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 12.
KPTV is a news-intensive Fox affiliate with 50 hours a week of locally-produced newscasts, as well as first-ru...
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KPTV is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Portland, Oregon market, which includes most of the state of Oregon and portions of southern Washington state. KPTV is owned by the Meredith Corporation, with its studios located in Beaverton and transmitter in Portland. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 12.
KPTV is a news-intensive Fox affiliate with 50 hours a week of locally-produced newscasts, as well as first-run prime time, late night and sports programming from Fox. The station also airs off-network sitcoms, talk shows, reality shows and court shows.
The station signed on the air September 20, 1952 on channel 27, as Oregon's first television station, as well as the world's first commercial TV station on the UHF band. (The first experimental UHF station was Bridgeport, Connecticut's KC2XAK on channel 24).
Originally, KPTV was owned by Empire Coil. As Portland's only TV station at the time, it carried programming from all four networks: ABC, CBS, NBC...
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