KSLM-LD

KSLM-LD is a low-power television station operating on channel 27 in Oregon. The station is licensed to Dallas, in Polk County, and serves viewers across the Willamette Valley as part of the Portland, Oregon, television market. It is owned by Northwest Television, LLC, a regional broadcasting company associated with local television operations in Oregon. The station began operating in September 2008 as a digital translator for KWVT-LP. Its initial role was to extend or relay KWVT-LP programming to additional viewers using a digital broadcast facility. In April 2009, KSLM entered into an affiliation agreement with Retro TV, a network specializing in older television programming. KWVT programming remained available through a digital subchannel, allowing the station to carry more than one programming service through its multiplexed digital signal. KSLM-LD's technical history includes a channel change related to interference concerns. Another low-power station, KORS-CA, was operating on a nearby channel and later received authorization to move to channel 16 from a Portland-area tower. The resulting technical arrangements affected KSLM's channel assignment and helped shape its subsequent operation on channel 27. The station's transmitter is located in the Eagle Crest area of the West Salem hills in Polk County. This location supports coverage of the surrounding Willamette Valley, although the station's low-power classification distinguishes it from a full-power regional broadcast outlet. Its principal offering is over-the-air television programming delivered through its primary service and digital subchannels. Publicly available reference material does not identify a separate newsroom, a large original-production operation, or a national corporate parent beyond Northwest Television, LLC. KSLM-LD is best understood as a local broadcast distribution and programming brand rather than a consumer product brand. Its identity has been shaped by its Oregon service area, its relationship with KWVT-LP, its Retro TV affiliation, and its digital multi-channel capability. Detailed information about current programming schedules, audience size, executives, financial performance, and recent corporate developments is not established in the supplied reference material.

KSLM-LD began broadcasting in September 2008 as a digital translator for KWVT-LP. Its original function was to relay KWVT-LP programming through a digital facility serving viewers in and around the Willamette Valley. The station was licensed to Dallas, Oregon, and operated in the Portland television market. In April 2009, KSLM entered into an affiliation agreement with Retro TV. This changed the station's principal programming relationship while preserving access to KWVT programming through a digital subchannel. The arrangement reflected the flexibility of digital television broadcasting, which permits a single terrestrial signal to carry multiple program streams. The station's channel arrangements were influenced by interference issues involving KORS-CA. When KSLM began operating, KORS was licensed on channel 36. KORS later received a construction permit to operate on channel 16 from a tower in Portland, and the associated technical circumstances prompted a change affecting KSLM's channel assignment. KSLM subsequently operated on channel 27. KSLM-LD's transmitter is situated in the Eagle Crest area of the West Salem hills in Polk County. From this location, the station provides low-power broadcast coverage to portions of the Willamette Valley. The station is owned by Northwest Television, LLC. Available reference material does not provide a detailed account of later ownership changes, executive appointments, programming expansions, financial results, or major public controversies. Its documented history is therefore primarily technical and affiliation-based: establishment as a KWVT digital translator, adoption of Retro TV affiliation, continued carriage of KWVT programming on a digital subchannel, and development of its channel and transmission configuration.

• 2009

  Retro TV affiliation announced

  [1]KSLM-LDen.wikipedia.org

  KSLM signs an affiliation agreement with Retro TV. KWVT programming remains available through a digital subchannel.

• 2008

  Initial operation begins

  [1]KSLM-LDen.wikipedia.org

  KSLM-LD begins operating as a digital translator for KWVT-LP in Oregon.

A low-power local television station serving the Willamette Valley through broadcast programming and digital subchannels.

• Broadcast television · 2008

  KSLM-LD primary television service

  The station's principal over-the-air television service, transmitted from Polk County and intended to serve viewers in the Willamette Valley within the Portland television market. The service is delivered through a low-power digital broadcast operation.

• Television network affiliation · 2009

  Retro TV programming

  Programming supplied through KSLM-LD's affiliation with Retro TV, established in 2009. The affiliation forms part of the station's documented programming identity.

• Digital subchannel · 2009

  KWVT programming digital subchannel

  A digital subchannel carrying KWVT programming after KSLM-LD adopted its Retro TV affiliation. This arrangement enabled the station to distribute multiple programming services through its digital signal.

• 2009

  Adoption of Retro TV affiliationStrategy

  Background

  KSLM-LD had begun as a digital translator for KWVT-LP and subsequently entered into a network affiliation arrangement.

  Action taken

  The station signed an affiliation agreement with Retro TV while retaining KWVT programming on a digital subchannel.

  Aftermath

  The arrangement gave KSLM-LD a primary Retro TV programming relationship while preserving a separate digital outlet for KWVT content.

  Source

1. 1KSLM-LDen.wikipedia.org
2. 2KSLM homepagertvoregon.com