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KEZI (channel 9) is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Allen Media Group. The station's studios are located on Chad Drive in Eugene, and its transmitter is located on East Prairie Mountain near Horton, Oregon.
Channel 9 was originally assigned to Eugene for noncommercial use along with one commercial channel on the very high frequency (VHF) band, 13 (occupied by KVAL-TV beginning in 1954), and two UHF frequencies. However, by 1957, interest emerged in changing the classification of channel 9 for Eugene to commercial. A group of Eugene investors organized as Liberty Television—including president Donald A. McDonald—applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for redesignation of the channel. While educational interests fought the redesignation attempt, the Eugene city council approved by majority vote a resolution urging the addition of a second commercial station for Eugene to increase the number of national network programs broadcast to the city as well as the advertising inventory available to local businesses. Liberty also noted the fact that a second commercial station would give Eugene viewers a choice and extend TV service to new areas.
After Liberty successfully convinced the FCC to change channel 9 to commercial use, it then applied for a construction permit to build a station on the channel in December 1957. Springfield radio station KEED also filed for the station, leading to the beginning of a comparative hearing between the applicants in December 1958. However, KEED struggled with an issue that had affected the radio station: the sale of commercials longer than one minute in duration, a discouraged practice. FCC hearing examiner Thomas Donohue recommended Liberty Television over KEED in September 1959, citing Liberty's superior proposed programming and docking KEED over the commercial issue. The full commission followed the examiner's recommendation and awarded channel 9 to Liberty Television in March 1960.
The construction permit was not awarded until July. Liberty began construction and considered which network it wanted to take for an affiliation. KVAL-TV was then a primary NBC affiliate, so the choice was between CBS and ABC; at the end of August, it was announced that the station would be an ABC affiliate. After delays prompted by a strike at General Electric, KEZI first went on the air at 6:30 p.m. on December 19, 1960. Its original studios and offices were located at 2225 Coburg Road, with the transmitter being sited in the Coburg Hills just to the northeast of the city.
Although a primary ABC affiliate, KEZI also broadcast select CBS programming in off-hours; Eugene viewers had been able to watch the full CBS lineup since the mid-1950s, when cable operators piped in Portland CBS affiliate KOIN-TV. Channel 9 also aired CBS' NFL regular-season games live from 1965 until the mid-1970s.
In October 1982, KMTR (channel 16) began broadcasting in Eugene, carrying the full NBC programming schedule. This resulted in KEZI choosing to become a full-time ABC affiliate and making KVAL the primary CBS affiliate.
Liberty grew during its first 24 years, becoming one of the nation's largest cable-system operators. In 1983, Tele-Communications Inc. purchased Liberty's cable and television assets. Carolyn Chambers formed Chambers Communications and purchased several former Liberty entities, including KEZI. Chambers Communications then bought Medford ABC affiliate KDRV and KDKF, its satellite in Klamath Falls.
On February 14, 1998, KEZI moved from its Coburg Road location to the recently completed Chambers Media Center (CMC). The 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) complex was home to most Chambers Communications projects. It housed five sound stages, making it one of the largest such facilities on the West Coast at the time. Chambers Productions's two films, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze and The Sisters, were shot at the CMC and elsewhere in Eugene.
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KEZI (channel 9) is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Allen Media Group. The station's studios are located on Chad Drive in Eugene, and its transmitter is located on East Prairie Mountain near Horton, Oregon.
Channel 9 was originally assigned to Eugene for noncommercial use along with one commercial channel on the very high frequency (VHF) band, 13 (occupied by KVAL-TV beginning in 1954), and two UHF frequencies. However, by 1957, interest emerged in changing the classification of channel 9 for Eugene to commercial. A group of Eugene investors organized as Liberty Television—including president Donald A. McDonald—applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for redesignation of the channel. While educational interests fought the redesignation attempt, the Eugene city council approved by majority vote a resolution urging the addition of a second commercial station for Eugene to increase the number of national network programs broadcast to the city as well as the advertising inventory available to local businesses. Liberty also noted the fact that a second commercial station would give Eugene viewers a choice and extend TV service to new areas.
After Liberty successfully convinced the FCC to change channel 9 to commercial use, it then applied for a construction permit to build a station on the channel in December 1957. Springfield radio station KEED also filed for the station, leading to the beginning of a comparative hearing between the applicants in December 1958. However, KEED struggled with an issue that had affected the radio station: the sale of commercials longer than one minute in duration, a discouraged practice. FCC hearing examiner Thomas Donohue recommended Liberty Television over KEED in September 1959, citing Liberty's superior proposed programming and docking KEED over the commercial issue. The full commission followed the examiner's recommendation and awarded channel 9 to Liberty Television in March 1960.
The construction permit was not awarded until July. Liberty began construction and considered which network it wanted to take for an affiliation. KVAL-TV was then a primary NBC affiliate, so the choice was between CBS and ABC; at the end of August, it was announced that the station would be an ABC affiliate. After delays prompted by a strike at General Electric, KEZI first went on the air at 6:30 p.m. on December 19, 1960. Its original studios and offices were located at 2225 Coburg Road, with the transmitter being sited in the Coburg Hills just to the northeast of the city.
Although a primary ABC affiliate, KEZI also broadcast select CBS programming in off-hours; Eugene viewers had been able to watch the full CBS lineup since the mid-1950s, when cable operators piped in Portland CBS affiliate KOIN-TV. Channel 9 also aired CBS' NFL regular-season games live from 1965 until the mid-1970s.
In October 1982, KMTR (channel 16) began broadcasting in Eugene, carrying the full NBC programming schedule. This resulted in KEZI choosing to become a full-time ABC affiliate and making KVAL the primary CBS affiliate.
Liberty grew during its first 24 years, becoming one of the nation's largest cable-system operators. In 1983, Tele-Communications Inc. purchased Liberty's cable and television assets. Carolyn Chambers formed Chambers Communications and purchased several former Liberty entities, including KEZI. Chambers Communications then bought Medford ABC affiliate KDRV and KDKF, its satellite in Klamath Falls.
On February 14, 1998, KEZI moved from its Coburg Road location to the recently completed Chambers Media Center (CMC). The 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) complex was home to most Chambers Communications projects. It housed five sound stages, making it one of the largest such facilities on the West Coast at the time. Chambers Productions's two films, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze and The Sisters, were shot at the CMC and elsewhere in Eugene.
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