KBLN-TV

KBLN-TV
Grants Pass–Medford, Oregon; United States;
City	Grants Pass, Oregon
Channels	Digital: 30 (UHF); Virtual: 30;
Branding	Better Life TV
Programming
Subchannels	see § Subchannels
Affiliations	3ABN
Ownership
Owner	Better Life Television
History
First air date	October 15, 2001;; 22 years ago
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 30 (UHF, 2001–2009)
Call sign meaning	Better Life Network
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	83306
ERP	2 kW
HAAT	654 m (2,146 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°22′55.4″N 123°16′33.2″W / 42.382056°N 123.275889°W
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.betterlifetv.tv

KBLN-TV (channel 30) is a religious television station licensed to Grants Pass, Oregon, United States, serving the Medford area as an affiliate of the Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN). Owned by Better Life Television, the station maintains studios on Northeast 9th Street in Grants Pass and a transmitter on Grants Pass Peak.

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 name	Programming
30.1	480i	16:9	KBLN-DT	Main KBLN-TV programming / 3ABN
30.2			BLBN-2	Better Health TV
30.3			BLBN-3	Nature Channel
30.4			BLBN-4	Vida 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

In 2007, KBLN announced plans to purchase a full power station in Roseburg and a low-powered repeater station in Eugene, to expand coverage to more than 500,000 viewers in the Eugene market.^[5] In 2009, the stations, KTVC and Eugene translator KAMK-LP, were sold to KBLN during a bankruptcy auction for Equity Media Holdings.^[6] Plans for this expansion were announced by Better Life before Equity's economic woes came to light.
In 2009, according to its website, Better Life "negotiated and signed an agreement to purchase a low power digital station in the Portland area." However, the site then failed to mention which station it was intending to purchase. It was not clear if the station was in talks with a particular station, or with many stations in the region. On March 23, 2010, the FCC granted Consent to Assignment for KEVE-LP channel 36 from Fiori Media, Inc. to the Southern Oregon Conference Assn. of Seventh-Day Adventists. KEVE-LP, at the time licensed to Longview, Washington, held a construction permit to move to the Portland area, while changing its city of license to Vancouver, Washington. The station would sign on October 24, 2010, as KEVE-LD.
In 2011, Better Life acquired a low-powered station in Redding, California, K33HH channel 33, from the Northern California Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists; previously, the translator carried 3ABN programming directly via satellite. Also that year, Better Life leased a subchannel on FMI Media's KNRC-LD in Reno, Nevada, where it can be seen on subchannel 14.5.^[7]
A chain of low-power stations owned by One Ministries, Inc. (led by KKPM-CD) simulcast KBLN's Better Life TV programming throughout Northern California.