KTVC
KTVC is a religious independent television station in Roseburg, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by Better Life Television, based in Grants Pass, Oregon. KTVC's transmitter is located on Mount Rose northeast of Roseburg.
KAMK-LD in Eugene operates as a translator of KTVC; this station's transmitter is located on Blanton Road.
History
The station began broadcasting on UHF channel 36 on July 18, 1994, under the call signs in [the United States|call sign] KROZ. It became a charter affiliate of The WB on January 11, 1995. It changed its calls to the current KTVC on September 4, 1998. 17 days later, the WB affiliation moved to cable-only KZWB, and KTVC affiliated with the then-new Pax TV.In 2002, the station affiliated with UPN after the network moved from KEVU-LP. Under ownership of Equity Broadcasting, KTVC switched to Equity's Retro Television Network on September 16, 2006, when UPN ceased broadcasting. A newly created digital subchannel of NBC affiliate KMTR picked up The CW, a network created by the merger of UPN and The WB, while KEVU-LP became an affiliate of MyNetworkTV, a programming service from News Corporation, then-parent company of Fox.
On January 4, 2009, a contract conflict between Equity Media Holdings Corporation and RTN interrupted the programming on many RTN affiliates. As a result, Luken Communications restored a national RTN feed from its headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with individual customized feeds to non-Equity-owned affiliates to follow on a piecemeal basis. Consequently, KTVC lost its RTN affiliation immediately, though Luken vowed to find a new affiliate for RTN in the area.
KTVC was sold at auction to Better Life Television on April 16, 2009. Upon the completion of the sale, the station began to air religious programming from new sister station KBLN, including 3ABN programming.
The KTVC calls were previously used on what is now KBSD-TV in Dodge City, Kansas, from 1957 to 1989.
KAMK-LP history
KAMK-LP began as translator station K53EA on February 25, 1993, broadcasting The Box and later, MTV2. On December 16, 1995, K53EA began rebroadcasting KROZ which would change to KTVC. On January 1, 1998, K53EA became low power KAMK-LP. Calls reflected owner Gerald D. Kamp's last name.On January 30, 2012, KAMK-LP switched to digital as KAMK-LD, using virtual channel 36.1, to match KTVC's virtual channel.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
| 36.1 | 480i | 16:9 | KTVC-DT | Better Life TV |
| 36.2 | 480i | 16:9 | BLBN-2 | Better Health TV |
| 36.3 | 480i | 16:9 | BLBN-3 | Nature Channel |
| 36.4 | 480i | 16:9 | BLBN-4 | Vida Mejor TV |