KBLN-TV explained
| Callsign: | KBLN-TV |
| City: | Grants Pass, Oregon |
| Branding: | Better Life TV |
| Digital: | 30 (UHF) |
| Virtual: | 30 |
| Subchannels: | see |
| Translators: | see |
| Affiliations: | 3ABN |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Grants Pass–Medford, Oregon |
| Callsign Meaning: | Better Life Network |
| Former Channel Numbers: | Analog: 30 (UHF, 2001–2009) |
| Owner: | Better Life Television |
| Erp: | 2 kW |
| Haat: | 6540NaN0 |
| Facility Id: | 83306 |
| Coordinates: | 42.3821°N -123.2759°W |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KBLN-TV (channel 30) is a religious television station licensed to Grants Pass, Oregon, United States, serving the Medford area as an affiliate of the Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN). Owned by Better Life Television, the station maintains studios on Northeast 9th Street in Grants Pass and a transmitter on Grants Pass Peak.
KBLN-TV is seen in five counties in Southern Oregon, plus Siskiyou County in northern California. It is a viewer-supported non-profit outreach organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, with a 501(c)(3) status.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
Channel! scope = "col" | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 30.1 | | | KBLN-DT | Main KBLN-TV programming / 3ABN |
|---|
| 30.2 | BLBN-2 | Better Health TV |
|---|
| 30.3 | BLBN-3 | Nature Channel |
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| 30.4 | BLBN-4 | Vida Mejor TV | |
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Analog-to-digital conversion
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[1] the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, at the end of digital TV conversion, KBLN-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 30, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 30.[2]
Translators
Expansion
- In 2007, KBLN announced plans to purchase a full power station in Roseburg and a low-powered repeater station in Eugene, to expand coverage to more than 500,000 viewers in the Eugene market.[3] In 2009, the stations, KTVC and Eugene translator KAMK-LP, were sold to KBLN during a bankruptcy auction for Equity Media Holdings.[4] Plans for this expansion were announced by Better Life before Equity's economic woes came to light.
- In 2009, according to its website, Better Life "negotiated and signed an agreement to purchase a low power digital station in the Portland area." However, the site then failed to mention which station it was intending to purchase. It was not clear if the station was in talks with a particular station, or with many stations in the region. On March 23, 2010, the FCC granted Consent to Assignment for KEVE-LP channel 36 from Fiori Media, Inc. to the Southern Oregon Conference Assn. of Seventh-Day Adventists. KEVE-LP, at the time licensed to Longview, Washington, held a construction permit to move to the Portland area, while changing its city of license to Vancouver, Washington. The station would sign on October 24, 2010, as KEVE-LD.
- In 2011, Better Life acquired a low-powered station in Redding, California, K33HH channel 33, from the Northern California Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists; previously, the translator carried 3ABN programming directly via satellite. Also that year, Better Life leased a subchannel on FMI Media's KNRC-LD in Reno, Nevada, where it can be seen on subchannel 14.5.[5]
- A chain of low-power stations owned by One Ministries, Inc. (led by KKPM-CD) simulcast KBLN's Better Life TV programming throughout Northern California.
See also
- KTVC
- Media ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Notes and References
- Web site: Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115 .
- Web site: DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds . https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf . dead . August 29, 2013 . March 24, 2012 .
- Web site: God is working out this miracle!. KBLN Better Life TV. April 20, 2009.
- News: Takers found for 60 Equity stations . April 18, 2009 . Television Business Report . April 20, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090424220318/http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/14101.html . April 24, 2009 .
- Web site: Better Life TV: "Better Life Adds 2 New Stations!" . May 19, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007050956/http://betterlifetv.tv/posts/better_life_adds_2_new_stations_26.php . October 7, 2011 . dead .
