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KVAL-TV, channel 13, is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, USA. It is an affiliate of the CBS network. The station began broadcasting on April 15, 1954. It is currently owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group who also operates the NBC affiliate KMTR (owned by Roberts Media, LLC). The station reaches additional viewers in central and western Oregon via co-owned full-powered satellite stations KCBY-TV in Coos Bay (digital channel 11) and KPIC in Roseburg (digital channel 19, virtual channel 4). ==History== KVAL signed on in 1954, locally owned by Eugene Television. It originally carried programming from all three networks, but was primarily an NBC affiliate. It lost CBS and ABC when KEZI signed on in 1960. In the summer of 1978, as NBC was floundering in third place in the Nielsen ratings, KVAL started airing five hours of CBS programming each week. During the next four years, the station gradually offered more programs from CBS. NBC affiliated with newly signed-on KMTR in 1982, and KVAL formally switched its affiliation to CBS. Eugene Television bought KBCI-TV in Boise in 1975 and changed its name to Northwest Television. Retlaw Enterprises (a company owned by relatives of Walt Disney, Retlaw being "Walter" backwards) bought the station in 1996. Fisher Communications bought Retlaw's entire broadcasting division, including KVAL, in 1998. Many KVAL alumni have gone on to elected office. , schools superintendent Susan Castillo is a former KVAL reporter. Former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, who left office in January 2009, is also a former reporter and on-air personality. Bradbury and Castillo also served in the Oregon Legislature, as did KVAL alumni Wayne Whitehead and Mark Hass. In September 2000, KVAL debuted an original sports program, ''Inside The Pac'', a reference to the Pac-12 Conference which includes the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, both in KVAL's coverage area. ''Inside The Pac'' was created after the Oregon Sports Network TV contract went to local rival KEZI, along with the seasonal weekly program featuring Oregon Ducks football head coach Mike Bellotti. Airing each Sunday afternoon, "Inside the Pac" features game highlights and talk about Pac-12 sports. It was originally hosted by former KVAL sports director and longtime Eugene TV broadcaster Todd McKim, who left KVAL in 2005. Upon McKim's departure, Tom Ward was promoted and currently hosts the weekly half hour along with Collin Harmon. Also featured on the show as in-studio guests are former college football players from Oregon and Oregon State, who share their knowledge and experience. On April 11, 2013, Fisher announced that it would sell its properties, including KVAL, KCBY, and KPIC, to the Sinclair Broadcast Group. The deal was completed on August 8, 2013. KVAL, KCBY and KPIC air nearly all CBS programs, but pre-empt occasional programs and the CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade for a regular episode of CBS-distributed ''Dr. Phil'', as well as infomercials. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it pre-empted ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' to air syndicated talk shows in the 11am hour, which is usually the slot for ''The Young and the Restless'' on the west coast, while ''Y&R'' was moved to 12pm, followed by ''As the World Turns'' and ''Guiding Light'', the usual slots for the latter two soaps. 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「KVAL-TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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