KDOV-LP
Medford, Oregon | |
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City | Medford, Oregon |
Branding | theDove TV |
Channels |
Digital: 43 (UHF) Virtual: 44.1 (PSIP) |
Affiliations | Christian Independent |
Owner |
United Christian Broadcasters (UCB USA Inc.) |
Call letters' meaning | KDOVE |
Sister station(s) | KDOV FM 91.7 |
Website | www.thedove.us |
KDOV-LP channel 43 / PSIP 44.1 (known as theDove TV) is a low-power Christian television station based in Medford, Oregon. It is the sister station to KDOV 91.7 FM radio in Medford. It is owned by United Christian Broadcasters, through licensee UCB USA Inc.
KDOV can also be seen on Charter Communications cable channel 18 in Medford and channel 89 in Klamath Falls, and on Ashland HomeNet Cable channel 97 in Ashland, as well as over the internet at the station's website. They are currently in the application process to be added to Dish Network and DirecTV.
Programming
KDOV broadcasts a schedule of local and national Christian programs, including those from Christian Broadcasting Network, which produces news and informational programming, including CBN NewsWatch, Christian World News, The 700 Club (which also aired daily on fellow Medford station KTVL until September 2012 when it moved over to KMVU) and 700 Club Interactive. Local programming featured includes Mornings on theDove and Focus Today (both simulcasts with KDOV radio) and news updates throughout the day.
They have also broadcast programs from LeSEA Broadcasting in the past.
Programming seen on theDove TV
- Building A Difference
- Give Me An Answer - hosted by Cliffe Knechtle
- Joni & Friends - hosted by Joni Eareckson Tada
- Adventures in Odyssey - a children's program from Focus On The Family
- Scaly Adventures
On-Air Talent
- Perry Atkinson - Host, Mornings on theDove, Focus Today, Afternoons on theDove
- Polina Yemelyanova - Co-Host, Mornings on theDove
- Steve Johnson - News Director / Co-Host, Mornings on theDove / Anchor, News Update
- Jim McCoy - Sports Director / Play-By-Play Commentator for Cascade Christian High School football and boys basketball (radio)
- Jerry Bilden - Occasional Fill-In (music director on the radio)
- Demi DeSoto - Occasional Fill-In (news updates)
Board of Directors
- Perry Atkinson, President
- Dallas Rhoden, Vice President
- Jason Atkinson, Secretary / Treasurer
- Hal Short, Chairman of the Board
- Mark Portrait, Director
- Ted Darnell, Director
Awards
In 2011, theDove TV (in only its second year of existence) was the recipient of the National Religious Broadcasters' prestigious Low Power Television Station of the Year.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ KDOV-LP to Receive NRB Low Power Television Station of the Year Award, theDove website, January 11, 2012