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Full-power digital · channel 8 · MEDFORD, OR
| Facility ID | 61350 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | SOUTHERN OREGON PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC. |
| Community of licence | MEDFORD, OR
The town the station is legally obliged to serve. This is a regulatory obligation, not the transmitter location — the two are often tens of miles apart. |
| Transmitter | 42.69206, -123.23033 |
| Effective radiated power | 16.9 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 1643 m above average terrain · non-directional |
Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-23.
Whether this transmitter reaches a given address depends on the terrain between the two points, not just the distance. Ask for a specific spot:
GET /api/receivable?lat=&lon=
The answer grades the path geometry from the USGS 10 m elevation model and says how far into an obstruction it is. It ranks paths; it does not promise a picture.
No website is on file for this station, so there is nothing to check. Websites come from Wikidata; a station missing there is absent from this section rather than scored zero.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOBI | 5 | DTV | CALIFORNIA OREGON BROADCASTING, INC. |
| KDRV | 12 | DTV | OREGON TV LICENSE COMPANY, LLC |
| KTVL | 16 | DTV | KTVL LICENSEE, LLC |
| KDOV-LD | 18 | LPD | THEDOVE MEDIA, INC. |
| KFBI-LD | 19 | LPD | MARQUEE BROADCASTING WEST, INC. |
| K20KV-D | 20 | LPD | EDGE SPECTRUM, INC. |
| K22OB-D | 22 | LPD | GULF BOULEVARD BROADCASTING, LLC |
| K23EX-D | 23 | DCA | BETTER LIFE TELEVISION |
| KDSO-LD | 24 | LPD | THEDOVE MEDIA, INC. |
| K25IM-D | 25 | LPD | BETTER LIFE TELEVISION, INC. |
| KMVU-DT | 26 | DTV | MARQUEE BROADCASTING WEST, INC. |
| K28GG-D | 28 | LPD | GULF BOULEVARD BROADCASTING, LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KSYS | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KSYS | the facility record |
POST /mcp | MCP, nine tools, no key required |
A Rootz dataset. Sources and licences at /api/sources. Corrections: the underlying records come from the FCC and Wikidata, and a fix there flows through here on the next daily run.