KBLN-TV

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KBLN-TV
City Grants Pass, Oregon
Channels
BrandingBetter Life TV
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerBetter Life Television
History
First air date
October 15, 2001;23 years ago (2001-10-15)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 30 (UHF, 2001–2009)
Call sign meaning
Better Life Network
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 83306
ERP 2 kW
HAAT 654 m (2,146 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 42°22′55.4″N123°16′33.2″W / 42.382056°N 123.275889°W / 42.382056; -123.275889
Translator(s) see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Website www.betterlifetv.tv

KBLN-TV (channel 30) is a religious independent television station licensed to Grants Pass, Oregon, United States, serving the Medford area. Owned by Better Life Television, the station maintains studios on Northeast 9th Street in Grants Pass and a transmitter on Mount Bluey.

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KBLN-TV is seen in five counties in Southern Oregon, plus Siskiyou County in northern California. It is a viewer-supported non-profit outreach organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, with a 501(c)(3) status.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KBLN-TV [2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
30.1 480i 16:9 KBLN-DTBetter Life TV
30.2BLBN-2Better Health TV
30.3BLBN-3Nature Channel
30.4BLBN-4Vida Mejor TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, [3] the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, at the end of digital TV conversion, KBLN-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 30, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 30. [4]

Translators

Expansion

See also

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KBLN-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "RabbitEars TV Query for KBLN". RabbitEars . Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  3. "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".
  4. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  5. "God is working out this miracle!". KBLN Better Life TV. Retrieved April 20, 2009.[ dead link ]
  6. "Takers found for 60 Equity stations". Television Business Report. April 18, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  7. "Better Life TV: "Better Life Adds 2 New Stations!"". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2012.