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KEZI, channel 9, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Owned by Heartland Media, KEZI produces more than 24 hours of newscasts a week. ==History== In 1959, a group of Eugene investors formed Liberty Communications and were granted a license for Eugene's second television station. These investors included former Chevrolet dealer Julio Silva and his daughter, Carolyn S. Chambers. KEZI went on the air for the first time at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 19, 1960. Studios and offices were located at 2225 Coburg Road in north Eugene, and the transmitter was located atop the Coburg Hills northeast of the city. In its inaugural broadcast, KEZI boasted that it was Eugene's first full-power television station. Broadcasting at a powerful 316 kW, KEZI reached 146,000 viewers at its inception. Logically, the station should have taken the CBS affiliation from primary NBC affiliate KVAL-TV. However, for reasons that remain unknown, KEZI opted to take on a primary ABC affiliation, sharing CBS with KVAL. This was somewhat unusual for a two-station market, especially one of Eugene's size; ABC would be nowhere on the level of CBS and NBC until the 1970s. In most two-station markets at the time, ABC was relegated to secondary status. Eugene-area viewers weren't able to view the full CBS lineup until the late 1960s, when cable arrived in the market and cable operators piped in Portland's KOIN-TV. In October 1982, when KMTR signed on to take the NBC affiliation, KVAL became a full-time CBS affiliate, leaving KEZI with ABC. In its first 24 years, Liberty grew exponentially, becoming one of the nation's largest cable system operators. In 1983, Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) purchased Liberty's cable and television assets for $186 million. Chambers then formed Chambers Communications. and purchased several former Liberty entities, including KEZI. Chambers Communications then bought Medford ABC affiliates, KDRV and its satellite in Klamath Falls, KDKF. Today, Chambers owns many media-related businesses, including an Internet service provider and a multimedia production house, Chambers Productions. On February 14, 1998 KEZI's entire operation was moved from the original Coburg Road location to the recently completed Chambers Media Center. This building is now home to most Chambers Communications projects. Among the amenities at CMC are five sound stages, one of the largest such facilities on the West coast (Chambers Productions' two films, (''Puerto Vallarta Squeeze'' ) and (''The Sisters'' ), were shot at CMC and in Eugene). KEZI also enjoys a fully digital master control and an advanced newsroom facility. In September 2006, Chambers Communications established KOHD in Bend, Oregon. KOHD is a sister station of KEZI and an ABC affiliate, with digital broadcasts on channel 51. KOHD was sold to the Zolo Media division of BendBroadband in 2013, though it continues to carry KEZI's newscasts. On March 5, 2014, Chambers Communications announced that it would exit broadcasting and sell its stations to Heartland Media, a company owned by former Gray Television executive Bob Prather. The sale was completed on July 15.〔(Consummation Notice ), ''CDBS Public Access'', Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 16 July, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KEZI」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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