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| Branding | Fox 34 |
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| History | |
First air date | June 12, 1987 (1987-06-12)[a] |
Former call signs | K25AS (1987–1997) |
Former channel numbers | Analog: 25 (UHF, 1987–1997); 34 (UHF, 1997–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Station branded as "Laser 25" at launch[1] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 8322 |
| ERP | 88kW |
| HAAT | 372 m (1,220 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°0′3″N123°6′49″W / 44.00083°N 123.11361°W /44.00083; -123.11361 |
| Translator(s) | see§ Translators |
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| Website | www |
KLSR-TV (channel 34) is atelevision station inEugene, Oregon, United States, affiliated with theFox network. It is owned byCox Media Group alongsideMyNetworkTV affiliateKEVU-CD (channel 23), a low-powerClass A station. The two stations share studios on Chad Drive in Eugene; KLSR's transmitter is located on Blanton Heights.
KLSR began as a low-power station (officially K25AS) on June 12, 1987, with a format consisting primarily of music videos. Although it lacked cable carriage until 1989, its strong viewership within months of launching allowed it to secure a Fox affiliation. Despite being a low-power station, it produced its own prime time newscast for several years. It remained the Eugene Fox affiliate even though a full-power station, KEVU, began on channel 34 in 1991.California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. acquired KLSR in 1993 and KEVU in 1994; though it stated its intention to move the Fox programming to the full-power channel 34 at the time, it did not do so until April 1, 1997. Cox Media Group acquired KLSR in 2022. EugeneCBS affiliateKVAL-TV produces 7 and 10 p.m. newscasts for KLSR-TV on weeknights.
On June 12, 1987,[3] a low-power[4] television station began broadcasting in Eugene.[3] Bearing thecall sign K25AS[5] but known as KLSR, the station was owned by Metrocom of Oregon and initially featuredmusic videos on weekdays.[6] Three Eugene-area radio personalities as well as the general manager and others held down on-air shifts during the week, and the station also presented on-the-hour newscasts and more traditional syndicated programming on the weekends.[3] During midday, it aired a bingo program that gave out prizes to participants.[6] It also had a morning show;Christopher Judge, a formerUniversity of Oregon football player, won the contest to host it, launching his acting career.[7] Despite lacking coverage on cable, KLSR was successful enough to garner a one-percent share of the audience later in 1987, a feat that earned it an affiliation with theFox network in January 1988. KLSR was the first low-power station to affiliate with Fox.[5][8] In 1989, the station added a translator to serveCorvallis.[9] KLSR struggled to secure a slot on theTele-Communications Inc. cable system in Eugene and did not do so until 1989,[10] first on a shared-time basis withKTVU fromOakland, California,[11] and then on a full-time basis beginning in 1990.[12] That year, KLSR signed a three-year deal with thePortland Trail Blazers basketball team to carry games that in other parts of the state were distributed on cable systems.[13]
Originally operating from studios on 18th Avenue,[3] it had relocated to Goodpasture Island Road by October 1992, when Metrocom agreed to sell it toCalifornia Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. (COBI) for $3.15 million. Metrocom sold because its primary stakeholder, theArctic Slope Regional Corporation, wished to exit broadcasting; COBI ownedKOBI-TV inMedford[14] and expanded into Eugene in response to Eugene-basedChambers Communications expanding into the Medford market.[15] After closing on KLSR, COBI acquired a Eugene full-power station in 1994.KEVU (channel 34) was built by Raul Palazuelos and began broadcasting on September 30, 1991, as a low-budgetindependent station.[16][15] COBI initially promised that the Fox affiliation would move to KEVU upon approval of the transaction,[10] but KEVU continued on channel 34 and affiliated withUPN when it launched in January 1995.[17]
On April 1, 1997, COBI moved KLSR to channel 34—which became KLSR-TV—and KEVU to the low-power channel 25 as KEVU-LP; the stations retained their existing cable numbers, only exchanging transmission facilities.[18] That year, the station began construction on a new studio facility on Chad Drive, designed to house a news department.[19] COBI was fined $13,000 by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) in November 2012. The company had failed to file paperwork for children'sE/I programming for KLSR-TV's Eugene translator, K19GH-D, in the previous four years, even though it was filed for the main station.[20]
In 2022, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. sold KLSR-TV and KEVU-CD toAtlanta-based Cox Media Group for $7,222,000.[21][22] Under alocal marketing agreement first signed in 2021, KLSR–KEVU's sales force markets the advertising time on Eugene radio stationKORE (1050 AM).[23]
As early as 1989, KLSR produced its own 10 p.m. newscast,[24] known asPrime Time News. In October 1991, KLSR entered into a deal with EugeneCBS affiliateKVAL-TV (channel 13) to produce the 10 p.m. newscast on its behalf for at least six months;[25] it lasted two years before KVAL opted to exit the partnership, citing low ratings.[26] In the mid-1990s, KLSR aired a half-hour ofNorthwest Cable News at 10 p.m.[19]
Under a news share arrangement, KVAL-TV currently produces 7 and 10 p.m. newscasts for KLSR-TV on weeknights, as well as rebroadcasts of KVAL's weekend evening newscasts and a weekday half-hour at 7 a.m. The 10 p.m. news was a half-hour except between 2016 and 2017, when it was broadcast as a full hour.[27]
KLSR-TV's transmitter is located on Blanton Heights.[2] The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 34.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KLSR-HD | Fox |
| 34.2 | KEVU-DT | MyNetworkTV (KEVU-CD) |
KLSR-TV, along withKEZI, opted to shut down its analog signal on the originaldigital television transition date of February 17, 2009.[29] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 31, usingvirtual channel 34.[30]
KLSR-TV's signal is rebroadcast by translators to communities throughout southern and south-central Oregon:[31]
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