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KDRV (channel 12) and KDKF (channel 31) are television stations licensed respectively to Medford and Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States; the stations are affiliated with ABC. Owned by Allen Media Group, the stations maintain studios on Knutson Avenue (near Rogue Valley International–Medford Airport) in north Medford. KDRV's transmitter is located at the edge of Wolf Creek Park in rural northeastern Josephine County (near Golden), while KDKF's tower sits atop Stukel Mountain southeast of Klamath Falls.
KDKF operates as a full-time satellite of KDRV; its existence is only acknowledged in station identifications. Aside from its transmitter, KDKF does not maintain any physical presence locally in Klamath Falls.[citation needed]
Prior to 1984, KOBI (channel 5) served as the primary ABC affiliate for southern Oregon and extreme northern California, but Medford was only partially covered. Viewers in some areas of southern Oregon could also receive KATU from Portland on cable. By this time, the Medford–Klamath Falls–Yreka market was one of the few markets in the country without full network service. This was partly because the channel 8 construction permit, for KSYS, had been transferred to a nonprofit that intended to use it for a PBS station. When the FCC changed channel 8's status to reserved noncommercial in late 1977, it allocated channel 12 to Medford "to provide a third VHF network service". The FCC did so on its own initiative, without anyone requesting the allocation. Reportedly, the FCC wanted to ensure that the market would receive full service from all three major networks. Southern Oregon is very mountainous, and UHF stations have never covered large areas or rugged terrain very well, even in digital.
The first group to apply for channel 12 was Rogue River–based Christian Broadcasting Corporation, which intended to make it a religious station. In 1979, Sunshine Television, a consortium of local investors headed by Dunbar Carpenter and Ronald Dunbar, applied for the channel, intending to make it an ABC affiliate. They were ultimately joined by Highland Communications and Channel 12 Limited Partnership. The parties entered into a settlement agreement in September 1982 that granted Sunshine the construction permit.
KDRV signed on the air for the first time on February 26, 1984, having missed a deadline to sign on in time to air the 1984 Winter Olympics. The station's studio on Knutson Drive in Medford had not yet been finished, and live local programming was not possible from the temporary studio built nearby. The permanent studio was finished later in 1984, and the station was able to begin news and other local programming a year later. Sunshine sold the station to Love Broadcasting in 1987. The new owners signed on KDKF as a Klamath Falls satellite on October 17, 1989. Chambers Communications of Eugene bought the station in 1994. This made KDRV a sister station to fellow ABC affiliate KEZI in Eugene.
Until 2007, KDRV was one of the few television stations still using the U-Matic videotape format for editing and on-air playback.
On March 5, 2014, Chambers Communications announced that it would exit broadcasting and sell its stations to Heartland Media, a company owned by former Gray Television executive Bob Prather. The sale was completed on July 15. Heartland recently added CBS affiliate KHSL-TV in Chico, California, to its family of stations.
On June 1, 2025, amid financial woes and rising debt, Allen Media Group announced that it would explore "strategic options" for the company, such as a sale of its television stations (including KDRV/KDKF).
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KDRV (channel 12) and KDKF (channel 31) are television stations licensed respectively to Medford and Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States; the stations are affiliated with ABC. Owned by Allen Media Group, the stations maintain studios on Knutson Avenue (near Rogue Valley International–Medford Airport) in north Medford. KDRV's transmitter is located at the edge of Wolf Creek Park in rural northeastern Josephine County (near Golden), while KDKF's tower sits atop Stukel Mountain southeast of Klamath Falls.
KDKF operates as a full-time satellite of KDRV; its existence is only acknowledged in station identifications. Aside from its transmitter, KDKF does not maintain any physical presence locally in Klamath Falls.[citation needed]
Prior to 1984, KOBI (channel 5) served as the primary ABC affiliate for southern Oregon and extreme northern California, but Medford was only partially covered. Viewers in some areas of southern Oregon could also receive KATU from Portland on cable. By this time, the Medford–Klamath Falls–Yreka market was one of the few markets in the country without full network service. This was partly because the channel 8 construction permit, for KSYS, had been transferred to a nonprofit that intended to use it for a PBS station. When the FCC changed channel 8's status to reserved noncommercial in late 1977, it allocated channel 12 to Medford "to provide a third VHF network service". The FCC did so on its own initiative, without anyone requesting the allocation. Reportedly, the FCC wanted to ensure that the market would receive full service from all three major networks. Southern Oregon is very mountainous, and UHF stations have never covered large areas or rugged terrain very well, even in digital.
The first group to apply for channel 12 was Rogue River–based Christian Broadcasting Corporation, which intended to make it a religious station. In 1979, Sunshine Television, a consortium of local investors headed by Dunbar Carpenter and Ronald Dunbar, applied for the channel, intending to make it an ABC affiliate. They were ultimately joined by Highland Communications and Channel 12 Limited Partnership. The parties entered into a settlement agreement in September 1982 that granted Sunshine the construction permit.
KDRV signed on the air for the first time on February 26, 1984, having missed a deadline to sign on in time to air the 1984 Winter Olympics. The station's studio on Knutson Drive in Medford had not yet been finished, and live local programming was not possible from the temporary studio built nearby. The permanent studio was finished later in 1984, and the station was able to begin news and other local programming a year later. Sunshine sold the station to Love Broadcasting in 1987. The new owners signed on KDKF as a Klamath Falls satellite on October 17, 1989. Chambers Communications of Eugene bought the station in 1994. This made KDRV a sister station to fellow ABC affiliate KEZI in Eugene.
Until 2007, KDRV was one of the few television stations still using the U-Matic videotape format for editing and on-air playback.
On March 5, 2014, Chambers Communications announced that it would exit broadcasting and sell its stations to Heartland Media, a company owned by former Gray Television executive Bob Prather. The sale was completed on July 15. Heartland recently added CBS affiliate KHSL-TV in Chico, California, to its family of stations.
On June 1, 2025, amid financial woes and rising debt, Allen Media Group announced that it would explore "strategic options" for the company, such as a sale of its television stations (including KDRV/KDKF).
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