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KOTI
Satellite of KOBI, Medford, Oregon
Klamath Falls, Oregon; United States;
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF); Virtual: 2;
Branding	NBC 2
Programming
Affiliations	2.1: NBC; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date	August 1956 (67 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 2 (VHF, 1956–2009)
Former affiliations	NBC (primary 1956–1961, secondary 1961–1984); ABC (secondary 1956–1961, primary 1961–1984); CBS (secondary, 1956–1984);
Call sign meaning	Oregon Technical Institute or disambiguation of KOBI
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	8284
ERP	9 kW
HAAT	659 m (2,162 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°5′48″N 121°38′1″W / 42.09667°N 121.63361°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	kobi5.com

KOTI (channel 2) is a television station in Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. The station maintains a news bureau on South 7th Street in downtown Klamath Falls, and its transmitter is located atop Stukel Mountain.

KOTI operates as a full-time satellite of Medford-licensed company flagship KOBI (channel 5), whose studios are located on South Fir Street in downtown Medford. KOTI covers areas of southwest and south-central Oregon that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from KOBI, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. KOTI is a straight simulcast of KOBI; on-air references to KOTI are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during newscasts and other programming.

Overview edit

The station was founded on August 12, 1956, by William B. Smullin. The call letters KOTI are believed to have come from the city's local four-year college, the Oregon Institute of Technology (formerly Oregon Technical Institute). Originally, KOTI carried all three networks.

Today, the station is owned by president Patricia C. "Patsy" Smullin, who also owns the parent company COBi, which is the longest, continuously independent broadcast group in the West and one of the three oldest in the country. KOTI served as the only staffed television station in the Klamath Basin for many years. The station's vice president and general manager is Robert Wise, formerly longtime general manager of KRCR-TV in Redding, California, former sister station to KOTI. Viewers in 12 counties in Oregon and California receive programming from NBC 2.

News operation edit

KOTI previously produced its own newscasts (separate from KOBI) focusing on the eastern portion of the Medford–Klamath Falls market. The newscasts included NBC 2 News at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and at 11 p.m. Lyle Ahrens had served as the Klamath Basin news bureau chief, but retired in 2020.

At one time, KOTI aired a separate newscast at 6:30 p.m. with its own news bureau before becoming a repeater of KOBI.

Technical information edit

Subchannels edit

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KOTI^[2]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
2.1	1080i	16:9	KOTI-HD	Main KOTI programming / NBC
2.2	480i		KOTI-WX	Cozi TV
2.3			QUEST	Quest
2.4			TWIST	Twist

Analog-to-digital conversion edit

KOTI shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, 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 VHF channel 13,^[3] using virtual channel 2.

Translators edit

K06NS-D Chiloquin
K07NR-D Lakeview, etc.
K36IB-D Midland, etc.

Notes edit

^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says August 12, while the Television and Cable Factbook says August 13.

References edit

^ "Facility Technical Data for KOTI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ RabbitEars TV Query for KOTI
^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.

External links edit

Official website
Bill Smullin: Southern Oregon TV's pioneer

[1] The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says August 12, while the Television and Cable Factbook says August 13.

[2] "Facility Technical Data for KOTI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[3] RabbitEars TV Query for KOTI

[4] "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.

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