Because it was granted an originalconstruction permit after theFCC finalized theDTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[3] the station did not receive a companion channel for a digitaltelevision station. Instead, at the end of digital TV conversion, KBLN-TV shut down its analog signal, overUHF channel 30, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 30.[4]
In 2007, KBLN announced plans to purchase a full power station inRoseburg and alow-powered repeater station inEugene, to expand coverage to more than 500,000 viewers in the Eugene market.[5] In 2009, the stations,KTVC and Eugene translator KAMK-LP, were sold to KBLN during a bankruptcy auction forEquity Media Holdings.[6] 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 thePortland 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 toLongview, Washington, held a construction permit to move to the Portland area, while changing its city of license toVancouver, Washington. The station would sign on October 24, 2010, as KEVE-LD.
In 2011, Better Life acquired a low-powered station inRedding, 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 inReno, Nevada, where it can be seen on subchannel 14.5.[7]
A chain of low-power stations owned by One Ministries, Inc. (led byKKPM-CD) simulcast KBLN's Better Life TV programming throughoutNorthern California.
