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KOIN
Portland, Oregon
Branding	KOIN 6 (pronounced "Coin 6")
Slogan	Bringing News Home
Channels	Analog: 6 (VHF) Digital: 40 (UHF)
Translators	K31CR ch. 31 (UHF) Bend (For all other translators see article)
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	New Vision Television
Founded	October 15, 1953
Call letters meaning	Know Oregon's Independent Newspaper (from "The Portland News", original newspaper owner of KOIN radio)
Transmitter Power	100 kw (analog) 1,000 kw (digital)
Height	490.5 meters (analog) 523.3 meters (digital)
Facility ID	35380
Website	koin.com

KOIN ("KOIN 6") is the CBS television affiliate serving the Portland metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located in Portland, Oregon^[1]; it broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 6, and its digital signal on UHF channel 40. KOIN has rebroadcasters in Prineville (K31CR^[2]) and in Bend (K07YM^[3]).

KOIN's studios are located at KOIN Center, a notable skyscraper in Portland.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Since 2006 2 Past reporters and anchors 3 Past staff and management 4 Translators 5 References 6 External links

KOIN began in 1925 as a radio station, KOIN-AM.^[4]. It became part of the CBS Radio Network in 1930.^[4] During the golden years of radio, KOIN-AM was one of the major radio stations in Portland, with an extensive array of local programming, including live music from its own studio orchestra. As a CBS radio affiliate, it was the local home for CBS radio network programs such as the CBS World News Roundup, Lux Radio Theater, and Suspense.

(note: KOIN's own history page has omissions and errors in its early days. KOIN radio signed on the air as KQP on November 9, 1925. Call letters changed to KOIN on April 12, 1926. KOIN became a CBS Radio affiliate on September 1, 1929. From: Craig Adams, radio historian).

The television station began operation on October 15, 1953 as Portland's first VHF TV station.^[4] At that time, it was owned by Mount Hood Radio and Television, a group that included Advance Publications, owner and publisher of The (Portland) Oregonian; local investors and Marshall Field's department stores.^{[citation needed]} The Oregonian also owned KOIN radio (AM 970 and 101.1 FM). The radio stations had been owned previously by, the Oregon Journal, with KOIN-AM earlier owned by "The Portland News" another newspaper. The original Call letter slogan: Know Oregon's Independent Newspaper was derived from "The Portland News" slogan minus "Know". Eventually, Marshall Field sold its stake to Advance. KOIN-AM (now KCMD) and KOIN-FM (now KUFO) were sold off when Lee Enterprises purchased KOIN from Mt Hood broadcasting in October 1977. A year later a production company MIRA Mobile Television was founded.

On February 28, 1971, both transmitter towers used by KOIN-FM and KOIN-TV—the 1000-foot-tall main tower and the 700-foot-tall auxiliary tower—collapsed during an ice and wind storm.^[5] The two KOIN (AM) towers, located on the same property, were not damaged. Nine days later, on March 9, KOIN-FM and KOIN-TV returned to the air when a temporary tower was erected on the site of the collapsed auxiliary tower. During those nine days off the air, CBS programming was provided to the Portland market by KVDO-TV channel 3 in Salem, which would later move to Bend and become Oregon Public Broadcasting's KOAB-TV.

During the 1970s KOIN had a few locally produced programs on the air, including KOIN Kitchen (cooking show), and public affairs programs such as News Conference Six and Northwest Illustrated.^{[citation needed]} KOIN-TV was the second TV station in the Portland Market to broadcast Portland Trail Blazers games from 1976-96, while KOIN-AM did the radio side from 1970 until the station was sold in 1977.

By the 1980s one of KOIN past general managers Richard M. "Mick" Schafbuch. Served one term in 1981 as President of the CBS Network Affiliates Group. During KOIN-TV 30th Anniversary week in 1983, the station broadcasted some old CBS programs from the 1950s and 1960s to local viewers. By this time the station had moved into its new location at KOIN Center Tower. In 1984 the station aired the Japanese program. "From Oregon With Love".

In October, 2000 the Lee Enterprises television group, including KOIN, was purchased by Emmis Communications.

On January 27, 2006, Emmis sold KOIN (along with KHON/Honolulu, KSNT/Topeka, and KSNW/Wichita) to Montecito Broadcast Group for $259 million.

Due to a dispute over fees, Comcast did not offer KOIN in HDTV for over two years after it started offering other local channels in HDTV.^{[citation needed]} After Montecito took ownership, Comcast started carrying KOIN in high-definition on February 28, 2006.

KOIN updated its website in September 2006^[6], as part of a partnership with WorldNow^[7] KOIN expects the switch to lead to over $1 million in revenue during its first year; the switch was characterized by Bob Singer, KOIN's general sales manager, as a "creative new way" to boost revenue for a station with a "somewhat average ratings position."^[8]

On February 1, 2007, KOIN began to broadcast its daily newscasts in widescreen.^[9]

According to Oregon Media Insiders, since Montecito took over KOIN, its local news ratings have declined in all time periods; among the four stations producing local news in the Portland area, KOIN has had the greatest loss in audience share. ^[10]

On July 24, 2007, Montecito announced the sale of all of its stations (KOIN, plus KHON-TV in Honolulu and its satellites, KSNW in Wichita and its satellites, and KSNT in Topeka) to New Vision Television. The sale closed on November 1 of that year. [1]

Anchors

• Karen Adams - Anchor/Reporter
• Duane Bock - Anchor
• Ted Bryant - Anchor/News Director
• Linda Coble - Anchor
• Marcia Coffey - Anchor
• Reed Coleman - Anchor/Reporter
• Dave Erickson - Anchor/Reporter (Now at KXLY)
• Julie Emry - Anchor (previously from KATU)
• Chuck Foster - Anchor
• Alexa Gromko - Anchor/Reporter
• Shirley Hancock - Anchor
• Mark Hendricks - Anchor/Reporter
• Anne Jaeger - Anchor/Reporter
• Cam Johnson - Anchor/Reporter
• Arnie Mason - Anchor
• Kirk Matthews - Anchor
• Elaine Murphy - Anchor/Reporter
• Peter Murphy - Anchor/Reporter
• Eric Schmidt - Anchor
• Kim Sherwood - Anchor
• Jim Rauh - Anchor

Sports

• Brian Bushlach - Sports (Now with KPTV)
• Johnny Carpenter - Sports (Also sports reporter, play-by-play announcer for KOIN-AM)
• Rick Metsger - Sports (Also did sports reports for KOIN-AM before 1977)
• Ann Schatz - Sports
• Ed Whelan - Sports

Weather

• Kirby Brumfield - Weather
• John Honore - Weather
• Jim Little - Weather
• Bob Lynott - Weather
• Mark Nelson - Weather (Now at KPTV)
• Pete Parsons - Weather
• Ron Peterson - Weather (Now at KGW)
• Randy Querin - Weather (Now at KPAM-AM)
• Mark Ronchetti - Weather (Now at KASA-TV)
• Heidi Sonnen - Weather
• Dave Sweeney - Weather (Now at KBZY-AM)
• Phil Volker - Weather
• John Walls - Weather
• Chuck Weiss - Weather

Reporters

• Carlos Amezcua - Reporter (Now with KTTV)
• Craig Cheatham - Reporter
• Christine Chen - Reporter
• Elliot Eki - Reporter
• Wayne Faligowski - Reporter
• Patrick Healy - Reporter
• Sandy James - Reporter
• Tauna Lange - Reporter/News Director
• Margy Lynch - Reporter
• Markie Maizels - Reporter
• Eric Mason - Reporter
• Christine Miles - Reporter
• David Okarski - Reporter
• Charles Royer - Reporter
• Mark Sanchez - Reporter
• David Schmidtke - Reporter (Now with KPTV)
• Barry Serafin - Reporter
• Craig Sklar - Reporter
• Floyd Smith - Reporter
• Eric Taylor - Reporter

Other Staff/Programs

• Bud Beechwood - Host "Bud Beechwood Outdoors" - Staff announcer
• Kris Eisenhauer - Medical Reporter
• Lars Larson - Morning Show Host - "The Buzz" (1998-2000)
• Horst Mager - Host of KOIN Kitchen (1970's)
• Stu Martin - Host "Nightcap Theater With Stu Martin" (1970's)
• Bob O'Donnell - Host "The Talkies" (1970's)
• Gordon Scott - Staff announcer/Image voice
• Ray Summers - Features Reporter/"Ray Summers at Large" and "Oregon by Air"
• Rebecca Webb - Anchor/Reporter/Host of KOIN Kitchen (1970s)

Management

• C. Howard Lane - Owner/General Manager of Mt Hood Broadcasting (1953-1977)
• Richard M. "Mick" Schafbuch - General Manager (Early 80's)
• Peter Maroney - General Manager (Late 90's)

KOIN is rebroadcast on the following network of translator stations.

K04CX Channel 4 Cascadia K07YV Channel 7 The Dalles / Goldendale, Washington K09KW Channel 9 Trout Lake, Washington K11NM Channel 11 Monument K29EL Channel 29 La Grande K32DE Channel 32 Pendleton / Hermiston / Umatilla K34DC Channel 34 Astoria K38CZ Channel 38 Newport / Lincoln City K39ES Channel 39 Wasco / Heppner K41GG Channel 41 Rockaway Beach K41IP Channel 41 Longview, Washington (Future Translator)

K42AI Channel 42 Baker City K43CP Channel 43 Elgin K47AV Channel 47 Cottage Grove (part of the Eugene Market) K52ET Channel 52 Tillamook (Moving to Ch. 23) K53EI Channel 53 Hood River (Moving to Ch. 38) K53EK Channel 53 Milton-Freewater K56CD Channel 56 Maupin K58BK Channel 58 Madras / Culver (Moving to Ch. 32) K63AT Channel 63 Enterprise (Moving to Ch. 30) K63AW Channel 63 Grays River, Washington (Moving to Ch. 29) K65AE Channel 65 Terrebonne (Moving to Ch. 34)

Bend area translators.

• K31CR Channel 31 Bend/Prineville (Wide Area Signal)

K07YM Channel 7 Bend (City Grade Signal) K04BJ Channel 4 La Pine

K34AI Channel 34 Sunriver K52AK Channel 52 Prineville (City Grade Signal) (CP: to Ch. 47)

Low power translators in Florence, Seaside, and Sisters have been discontinued.

• Official website
• KOIN-TV blog entries on Oregon Media Insiders
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KOIN

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Portland, Oregon market (Nielsen DMA #23)

KATU 2 (ABC) - KOIN 6 (CBS) - KGW 8 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KOPB 10 (PBS/OPB, PBS-HD on DT1, OPB-SD on DT2, Create on DT3, Oreg Ch on DT4) - KPTV 12 (Fox) - KUNP 16 / KUNP-LP 47 (UNI) - KOXI-CA 20 (A1) - KPXG 22 / KPXG-LP 54 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) - KNMT 24 (TBN, The Church Channel on DT2, JCTV on DT3, TBN Enlace on DT4, Smile of a Child on DT5) - K26GJ 26 (Ind) - KRCW 32 / KRCW-LP 5 (The CW) - KORK-CA 35 (HSN) - KKEI-CA 38 (TEL) - KPDX 49 (MNTV) - KOXO-CA 51 (TFR) Salem-Marion County: KWVT-LP 17 / KSLM-LP 14 (A1/WSTV) - K21GX 21 (Ind) - KORS-CA 36 (HSN, BVM on DT2) - K50GG 50 (MNTV) - KXPD-LP 52 (AZA) The Dalles-Wasco County: K06NI  6 (A1/WSTV) - KRHP-LP 14 (FN/Worship/COR)  Defunct Television Stations KVDO 3 (Ind.) - KLOR 12 (ABC) - KHTV 27 (Ind.) - KAXC 35 (OPB) Local Cable Television Channels CSN Northwest - FSN Northwest - NorthWest Cable News - The Oregon Channel (Salem) - White Springs Television

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Bend market  (Nielsen DMA #192)
KOAB 3 (PBS/OPB, PBS-HD on DT1, OPB-SD on DT2, Create on DT3, Oreg Ch on DT4) - KABH-CA 15 (UNI) - KQRE-LP 19 (TEL) - KTVZ 21 (NBC, The CW on DT2, KQRE-LP on DT3) - K31CR 31 / K07YM 7 (CBS) - K33AG 33 (TBN) - KFXO-LP 39 / KBND-LP 41 (FOX) - K42BR 42 (ind) - K48BL 48 (A1) - KUBN-LP 50 (MNTV) - K53JV 53 (ABC) Local digital television channels KOHD 51 (ABC) Local cable television channels KVAL 13 (CBS)  (Eugene)  - Central Oregon Television (COTV) (cable 11)  - FSN Northwest - The Oregon Channel  (Salem)
See also: Broadcast television in the Portland market

v • d • e CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Oregon
KOIN 6 (Portland) - KTVL 10 (Medford / Klamath Falls) - KVAL 13 / KPIC 4 / KCBY 11 (Eugene / Roseburg / Coos Bay) - K31CR 31 / K07YM 7* (Bend) *Repeater of KOIN, Portland, Oregon.
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Oregon