KLSR-TV

{{Infobox television station

| callsign = KLSR-TV

| city =

| logo = KLSR Fox 34 2023.svg

| image_size = 200px

| branding = Fox 34

| digital = 31 (UHF)

| virtual = 34

| subchannels =

| translators = see {{Section link||Translators}}

| affiliations = {{ubl|34.1: Fox|34.2: MyNetworkTV}}

| network =

| country = United States

| founded = September 4, 1987

| airdate = {{start date and age|1991|10|31|p=y}}

| last_airdate =

| location = Eugene, Oregon

| callsign_meaning = Kinetic Light and Sound Reproduction

| former_callsigns = KEVU (1991–1997)

| former_channel_numbers = Analog: 34 (UHF, 1991–2009)

| owner = Cox Media Group{{r|klsrtocox}}{{r|klsrsalecloses}}

| licensee = Broadcasting Licenses, Limited Partnership

| sister_stations = KEVU-CD

| former_affiliations =

| erp = 88 kW

| haat = {{convert|372|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| class =

| facility_id = 8322

| coordinates = {{coord|44|0|3|N|123|6|49|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

| website = {{URL|http://www.oregonsfox.com/}}

}}

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). The two stations share studios on Chad Drive in Eugene; KLSR's transmitter is located on South Ridge.

History

KLSR signed on the air on Halloween in 1991 as KEVU, and was Eugene's second UHF station to sign on the air. Prior to that, Fox programming was seen on Class A station K25AS (now sister station KEVU-CD). KEVU changed its call letters to KLSR-TV on April 1, 1997.

On February 24, 2022, it was announced that California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. would sell KLSR-TV and KEVU-CD to Atlanta-based Cox Media Group for $7,222,000;{{cite web|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/cox-media-buying-klsr-kevu-eugene-ore/|title=Cox Media Buying KLSR-KEVU Eugene, Ore.|first=Mark K.|last=Miller|work=TVNewsCheck|date=February 24, 2022|accessdate=February 24, 2022}} the sale was completed on May 3.{{cite web|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/cox-media-closes-on-two-eugene-ore-stations/|title=Cox Media Closes On Two Eugene, Ore., Stations|first=Mark K.|last=Miller|work=TVNewsCheck|date=May 3, 2022|accessdate=May 4, 2022}}

Newscasts

KVAL-TV produces live 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts for KLSR entitled Oregon's News @ 7 and Oregon's News @ 10, on weekdays and KVAL News @10 on Fox, a repeat of the evening news on weekends. In September 2010, KVAL started producing a live morning newscast for KLSR called Fox News Mornings, which was later dropped and replaced by a replay of KVAL's 6 a.m. hour of morning news.

KVAL's newscasts on KLSR started broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen in late September 2010, and were upgraded to HD (along with KVAL's other newscasts) in February 2020.

Technical information

=Subchannels=

The station's signal is multiplexed:

class="wikitable" \|+Subchannels of KLSR-TV{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KLSR#station\|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KLSR\|website=RabbitEars\|accessdate=April 23, 2025}} ! scope = "col" \| Channel ! scope = "col" \| Res. ! scope = "col" \| Aspect ! scope = "col" \| Short name ! scope = "col" \| Programming
scope = "row" \| 34.1 \| rowspan="2"\| 720p \|\| rowspan="2"\| 16:9 \|\| KLSR-HD \|\| Fox
style="background-color: #E6FFF7;" ! scope = "row" \| 34.2 \| KEVU-DT	MyNetworkTV (KEVU-CD)

class="wikitable"

|+Subchannels of KLSR-TV{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KLSR#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KLSR|website=RabbitEars|accessdate=April 23, 2025}}

! scope = "col" | Channel

! scope = "col" | Res.

! scope = "col" | Aspect

! scope = "col" | Short name

! scope = "col" | Programming

scope = "row" | 34.1

| rowspan="2"| 720p || rowspan="2"| 16:9 || KLSR-HD || Fox

style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"

! scope = "row" | 34.2

| KEVU-DT

MyNetworkTV (KEVU-CD)

In August 2019, then-owner California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. upgraded the full-market simulcast of KEVU-CD over KLSR-DT2 to the 720p HD picture format;{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=8322|title=KLSR-TV EUGENE, OR|website=www.rabbitears.info}} prior to this upgrade, the subchannel was being presented in 480i 4:3 SD. This is concurrent with the upgrade of KEVU-CD to the 1080i full HD picture format.{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=8241|title=KEVU-CD EUGENE, OR|website=www.rabbitears.info}}

=Analog-to-digital conversion=

KLSR-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 34, at 12:01 a.m. on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 31, using virtual channel 34.{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}

=Translators=

{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8318|3=K35MS-D}} Canyonville, etc.
{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8246|3=K30BN-D}} Coos Bay
{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8306|3=K14GW-D}} Corvallis
{{FCC-LMS-Facility|61126|3=K32LW-D}} Cottage Grove
{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8257|3=K19GH-D}} Eugene
{{FCC-LMS-Facility|71617|3=K28NZ-D}} Florence
{{FCC-LMS-Facility|61135|3=K23OS-D}} London Springs
{{FCC-LMS-Facility|181815|3=K32LJ-D}} Powers
{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8316|3=K33NY-D}} Roseburg
{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8302|3=K32FI-D}} Yoncalla

==Controversy==

In November 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined KLSR $13,000 for not filing paperwork for children's E/I programming for its Eugene translator, K19GH-D, in the previous four years. While the station has since caught up on its paperwork, the FCC has said that it is no excuse for not doing it in the first place.[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/490337-Oregon_Broadcaster_Fined_for_Kids_TV_Reporting_Error.php Broadcasting & Cable: "Oregon Broadcaster Fined for Kids TV Reporting Error", November 9, 2012. (The article in error gave its calls as "KSLR".)]

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.oregonsfox.com/}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070116044353/http://www.wsmb.org/Page.asp?NavID=18 Bill Smullin: Southern Oregon TV's pioneer]

Category:1991 establishments in Oregon

Category:Cox Media Group

Category:Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates

Category:Television channels and stations established in 1991

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