K48BL is a low-power Class A

Class A television service

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 television station

Television station

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 co-licensed in Terrebonne

Terrebonne, Oregon

Terrebonne is a census-designated place in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 and Bend, Oregon

Bend, Oregon

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, broadcasting locally in analog

NTSC

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 on UHF

Ultra high frequency

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 channel 48 as an affiliate of America One

America One

America One is an over-the-air television network in the United States. The network serves over 170 LPTV, Class A, Full Power, Cable and Satellite affiliate stations...

. The station is owned by Rodney S. Johnson. While the station is co-licensed to Bend, its coverage area does not include Bend, as it uses a directional antenna aimed at the north and south, towards Terrebonne, Redmond

Redmond, Oregon

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 and Madras

Madras, Oregon

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In addition to America One programs, K48BL broadcasts locally originated programming, such as city council meetings, local special events, farm information, community programming, Public-access television

Public-access television

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, public affairs, specials, news, sports, weather, variety shows, logging, music videos and art profiles. Country Music Videos were also a large part of programming during the 1990s.

History

On March 7, 1986 the FCC issued a construction permit to Rodney S. Johnson to build K48BL, which first signed on on October 25, 1986.