KMVU

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KMVU

Medford, Oregon
Branding	FOX 26
Channels	Analog: 26 (UHF) Digital: 27 (UHF)
Translators	(See article)
Affiliations	FOX
Owner	Stainless Broadcasting Company (Northwest Broadcasting)
Founded	August 8, 1994
Call letters meaning	K Medford V U (View) or K Medford/Rouge Valley UHF
Website	www.fox26medford.com

KMVU is a local FOX television affiliate based in Medford, Oregon. The station serves the Rogue Valley and Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and the Shasta Cascade region in northern California, and is owned by Stainless Broadcasting Company. The station primarily broadcasts regular FOX network programs as well as syndicated shows. FOX 26 acquired the local rights to television classics Happy Days and Little House on the Prairie sometime in the 1990s. They produce a special non-televised contest called "Southern Oregon Idol", which started in 2004. The winner goes on to try out for American Idol.

1 Cable carriage dispute
2 Newscast
3 Translators
4 External links

Cable carriage dispute

On May 6, 2007, KMVU was replaced by Chico, California FOX affiliate KCVU-TV on Northland Cable Television channel 13 in both Mt. Shasta and Yreka, California, when KMVU and Northland could not come to an agreement to remain on the cable system. (Northland also carries KCVU's sister station KRVU My 21 on cable channel 2.) However, Northland has been blocked from airing FOX Network programming as a result.

Newscast

In 2006, the station began broadcasting FOX 26 First At Ten, a 10 o'clock local news program in partnership with KOBI-TV. The newscast is anchored by Audrey Kuchen, with meteorologist Jeff Heaton handling weather and Craig Smullin anchoring sports.

Translators

KMVU is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

K31GP Channel 31 Brookings
K41JB Channel 41 Yreka, California
K44DZ Channel 44 Klamath Falls
K45ED Channel 45 Grants Pass

External links

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Broadcast television in the Medford/Klamath Falls market (Nielsen DMA #140)

Medford (Rogue Valley):
KOBI 5 (NBC) - KSYS 8 (PBS/SOPTV, SOPTV SD on DT2, Oregon Channel on DT3) - KTVL 10 (CBS, The CW on DT2) - KDRV 12 (ABC) - KMCW 14 (TEL) - KMVU 26 (FOX) - K28GG 28 (HSN) - KBLN 30 (3ABN) - K39EF 39 (HSN) - K41IX 41 (TBN) - KFBI 48 (MNTV/ION)
Klamath Falls (Klamath Basin):
KOTI 2 (NBC) - K07PU 7 (CBS) - KFTS 22 (PBS/SOPTV, SOPTV SD on DT2, Oreg Ch on DT3) - KDKF 31 (ABC) - K39DP 39 (HSN) - K41ID 41 (MNTV/ION) - K44DZ 44 (FOX) - K48HV 48 (3ABN) - K58BG 58 (TBN)
Brookings-Curry County:
K07JT 7 (NBC) - K10LR 10 (CBS) - K18EP 18 (PBS/SOPTV) - K31GP 31 (FOX) - K36HM 36 (ABC) - KBSC 49 (Ind./WSTV) - K57GP 57 (3ABN)

Local cable television channels

KMFD cable 11 (The CW) - MCTV 15 (Weed, CA) - RVTV (Ashland) - YCTV 4 (Yreka, CA) - The Oregon Channel (Salem)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location

Chico/Redding: KRCR 7 (ABC) - KIXE 9 (PBS) - KHSL 12 (CBS)

v • • e Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Oregon
KFFX 11 (Pendleton) - KPTV 12 (Portland) - KMVU 26 (Medford / Klamath Falls) - KLSR 34 () - KFXO-LP 39 (Bend)
See also: ABC, CBS, , MyNetworkTV, , PBS and Other stations in Oregon