KTVZ’s 40 years & 40 stories

TV station KTVZ is celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, and right now they are running a poll for viewers to vote on the top 40 stories of the past 40 years. NewsChannel 21 has been bringing you the news of Central Oregon for four decades. In honor of our … Continue reading

Would you star in a reality show about Bend?

That seems to be the question prompted by this website which purports to be holding a casting call: In the tradition of scripted shows like Picket Fences, Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure and Portlandia – the time has come to introduce the world to this nonfictional haven with the most unique … Continue reading

KOHD Newscasts Return at 6pm & 11pm

I received this press release yesterday about KOHD making a comeback in the Bend Market. Beginning September 20th, KOHD News will begin airing two locally–focused half-hour newscasts at 6pm and 11pm, Monday through Friday. These two local newscasts signal an expansion of current news offerings in the market, and the … Continue reading

Completely random link of the day

“Founders of 10 Barrel beer to be in TV pilot.” A California-based production company will film 10 Barrel partners Garrett Wales, Chris Cox and Jeremy Cox Monday through Wednesday to produce the pilot of a reality television show about a group of young beer brewers, which the company hopes to … Continue reading

KBNZ: New Bend CBS affiliate

This was originally reported last month, but Bend is getting a new television affiliate-slash-station(?) for CBS soon: KBNZ. I believe it will replace KOIN on channel 13 on Bend Broadband with channel 6 for the local channel. KBNZ-LP, a low-power station being launched soon by New Vision Television in Bend, … Continue reading

KOHD news

So we’ve been watching a bit of the KOHD news since it launched this week, and I have some initial impressions. Very polished-looking, high production values, technology is there The newscasters seem comfortable, not too many mistakes or stuttering They seem to have an interactive portion of the (6 o’clock, … Continue reading

KOHD to launch Wednesday instead

Ah, you can forget about the Monday KOHD launch; Shannon forwarded me an email today from their news director saying their launch will be next Wednesday at 5am instead.

KOHD to broadcast Monday

Stanislaw Funk dropped me a hint that our local ABC television station, KOHD, is set to begin broadcasting Monday morning. I don’t know if that’s going to be just morning programming—a local news broadcast (?)—or if they’re going to do evening broadcasts also. I guess we’ll see! KOHD is on … Continue reading