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| logo = KTVL logo.svg

| logo_size = 250px

| image = KTVL Southern Oregon CW 11 logo.png

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| branding = {{ubl|News 10|Southern Oregon CW 11 ''(on DT2)''}}

| digital = 10 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])<br />''(to move to 16 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])<ref name="ktvlchanges">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff37529362a0175470aae302120&id=25076ff37529362a0175470aae302120|title=Channel Substitution/Community of License Change|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=November 27, 2020|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-660A1.pdf "Report and Order"], Media Bureau, [[Federal Communications Commission]], June 22, 2022, Retrieved June 22, 2022.</ref>)''

| translators = {{ubl|K19HH-D 19 Klamath Falls|K29LL-D 29 [[Phoenix, Oregon|Phoenix]], [[Talent, Oregon|Talent]]|(for others, [[KTVL#Translators|see below]])}}

| affiliations = {{ubl|'''10.1:''' [[CBS]] (1983–present)|'''10.2:''' [[The CW Plus|CW+]]|'''10.3:''' [[Comet (TV network)|Comet]]|'''10.4:''' [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]]|'''10.5:''' [[Charge! (TV network)|Charge!]]}}

| location = [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]]/[[Klamath Falls, Oregon]]

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''|10 (VHF, 1961–2009)|'''Digital:'''|35 (UHF, until 2009)}}

| licensee = KTVL Licensee, [[Limited liability company|LLC]]

| sister_stations = [[KRCR-TV]]

| former_affiliations = {{ubl|'''Primary:'''|[[NBC]] (1961–1983)|'''Secondary:'''|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1961–1978)}}

| erp = 25 [[kilowatt|kW]]<br />350 kW (application)<ref name="ktvlchanges"/>

| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|42|4|51.5|N|122|43|13|W|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:US-OR}}}}

| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]

| website = {{URL|https://ktvl.com/}}<br />{{URL|http://southernoregoncw.com/}}

'''KTVL''' (channel 10) is a [[television station]] in [[Medford, Oregon]], United States, affiliated with [[CBS]] and [[The CW Plus]]. Owned by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], the station has studios on Rossanley Driveinnorthwest Medford, and its transmitter is located atop [[Mount Ashland]], {{convert|15|mi|km}} south of the city.

In 1983, KTVL became a CBS affiliate, and KOBI switched to NBC. ABC programming would not return to the market until [[KDRV]] (channel 12) signed on a year later. Kingsley Kelley currently serves as the station's general manager.

===Southern Oregon CW 11===

On September 18, 2006, [[The WB]] and [[UPN]] merged to form the new [[The CW|CW Television Network]]. KTVL has picked up the affiliation to The CW, and is broadcasting its programming on a digital subchannel. KMFD, Medford's former WB "cable-only" station is the new CW affiliate and has been renamed "Southern Oregon's CW 11". KTVL-DT2 is part of [[The CW Plus]].

===''News 10 Good Morning''===

On January 24, 2011, KTVL added an additional hour to their morning news program. Originally, it was ''News 10 at 6 a.m.'' but they changed the start time to 4:55&nbsp;a.m. dubbing it ''News 10 Good Morning'' going head-to-head with competitor KDRV's early morning newscast. The show switched up its format, differing from its competitors to include faster-paced headline style news with more morning weather hits than any other station in Southern Oregon and Northern California. In addition to showcasing the station's strong social media content, with the only station to have smart phone and iPad applications.

===''Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon'' (1970–2010) / ''MDA Labor Day Telethon'' (2011)===

KTVL was also the only southern Oregon and northern California television station that has continuously broadcast the ''[[MDA Labor Day Telethon|Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon]]'', benefiting the [[Muscular Dystrophy Association]] every [[Labor Day]] weekend from 1970 to 2011. (Fellow CBS affiliate [[KHSL-TV]] in [[Chico, California]], was the next closest station to do so before broadcasting the program was ceased after 1997 by new ownership.) The local portion of the telethon was hosted by Marvin Rhodes, who was the main host for 35 years, and Donna Hildebrand, who was co-host for over 25 years, until they ended their tenure as main telethon hosts in 2005. Members of the ''News 10'' team including Trish (Borucki) Glose, Kevin Lollis and Libby Dowsett had hosted the telethon at various times until the format was dissolved by MDA in 2012. It is believed to have been one of the most successful local telethon broadcasts in the country.

The most emotional moment came in 2002 when a devastated Rhodes announced that [[Grants Pass, Oregon]] resident Ray Dimmick, who battled courageously against [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis|ALS]] (Lou Gehrig's Disease), had died in December 2001. Dimmick, accompanied by his wife Debra, appeared on the show every year for 10 years despite his condition deteriorating. A tribute video was broadcast in his memory.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

With [[Jerry Lewis]]' retirement as host of the national telethon and its move from 21½ hours to six hours in 2011, KTVL did air the telethon as usual. On February 10, 2012, MDA announced that the 2012 edition would be cut to three hours in length airing during prime time on Sunday, September 2, 2012. The 2012 edition, renamed the ''MDA Show of Strength'' (moving away from its heritage as a telethon), effectively ended KTVL's 41 years of telethon coverage. The special was since picked up by ABC for two years in 2013 and 2014 airing on [[KDRV]], before being canceled altogether by MDA in early 2015.

===''After 10''===

On June 3, 2006, KTVL launched a new locally produced late night program for young adults called ''After 10'', hosted by Curtis Bartlett and Lindsey Matherly, every Saturday night at 11:30&nbsp;p.m. It was dubbed as the only locally produced show that delivers news and information on the local music scene, video games, movie releases (in theaters and on video), graphic novels, [[music video]]s, [[viral video]]s from the internet, and websites.

''After 10'' was KTVL's attempt to compete against NBC's ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' by producing a program for its target audience themselves, instead on relying on syndication. ''After 10'' was being retooled and was expected to be relaunched in the third quarter of 2007, but it never returned to the air.

After various syndicated programs and [[infomercial]]s aired in the 11:30&nbsp;p.m. slot, the slot became the home of the weekly ''[[Ring of Honor Wrestling]]'' show in April 2012 upon the acquisition of the station by Sinclair, which owned the ''RoH'' circuit until 2022.

===Local news operation (1961–2023)===

[[File:KTVL NewsCenter 10 Logo 1981-1983.png|thumb|left|Logo from 1981 to 1983]]

KTVL had broadcast 22 hours of locally production news each week. It was known as ''NewsCenter 10'' in the late 1970s back when they were an NBC affiliate.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 15, 2021|title=Contact|url=http://ktvl.com/station/contact|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=KTVL|publisher=[[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]}}</ref> The name ''NewsCenter'' was used by many NBC-owned and/or affiliated stations to identify their newscasts. After KTVL switched to CBS, the name of the newscast was changed to ''Channel 10 News'', then again to ''News 10''.

The news department featured well-known news personalities such as Terry Miller, Hank Henry, George Warren, Leon Hunsaker (also previously of KOBI and [[KDOV (FM)|theDove]]), Marvin Rhodes, Pete Belcastro, Fred Inglis (formerly of KTVU), Milt Radford (also previously of [[KDRV]]) and, most notably, [[Ann Curry]] (who went on to become host of NBC's ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today Show]]'' in 2011). The last news director was Chad Hypes.

The newscasts were last anchored by Carmine Gemei and Tyler Myerly at 5:00&nbsp;p.m., 6:00&nbsp;p.m. and 11:00&nbsp;p.m. The chief meteorologist was Holden LeCroy. Myerly previously anchored the 5 a.m. newscast ''News 10 Good Morning''. Gemei anchored the region's only noon newscast previously anchored by such talent as Libby Dowsett, April Warneke and later-main anchor Trish Glose.

KTVL did not have a full-time local sportscast after 2009 as it was dropped by previous management. However, in 2012, hints of a possible return took place as the news team began covering local high school basketball highlights called ''Friday Night Fastbreaks'' (KDRV is the only station in the market to continue airing a local sportscast and KOBI does not have a sports department.)

On April 27, 2023, it was reported that KTVL would be laying off the entire news operation, with the final newscast airing on May 12. The station now runs "nationally syndicated programming", such as Sinclair's news program ''[[The National Desk]]'', in lieu of locally produced newscasts.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 27, 2023|title=Medford TV station KTVL laying off news staff, changing operations in May|url=https://kobi5.com/news/us-and-world-news/medford-tv-station-ktvl-laying-off-news-staff-changing-operations-in-may-207347/|access-date=April 27, 2023|website=KOBI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/|title=Sinclair Shutters Five News Markets: 'We Just Turned Off The Lights For Many'|date=May 1, 2023|work=TVNewsCheck|first=Michael|last=Stahl|access-date=May 13, 2023|archive-date=May 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502074516/https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Notable former news staff====

*[[Ann Curry]] (reporter/Telethon co-hostess, now with [[NBC News]] and formerly of NBC's ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'')

The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:

|+Subchannels of KTVL<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KTVL#station RabbitEars TV Query for KTVL]</ref>

| rowspan=3|[[480i]] || Comet || [[Comet (TV network)|Comet TV]]

KTVL shut down its analog signal, over [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 10, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate.<ref>http://www.ktvl.com/news/ktvl_1188894___article.html/digital_until.html</ref> The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 35 to VHF channel 10 for post-transition operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="FCCForm387">[http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101273143&formid=387&fac_num=22570 CDBS Print<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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! City of license

! Callsign

! Channel

! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]

! [[height above average terrain|HAAT]]

! [[Facility ID]]

! Transmitter coordinates

! Owner

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|| [[Applegate, Oregon|Applegate Valley]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22588|3=K15JZ-D}}'''|| 15 || 0.004&nbsp;kW || {{convert|52|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 22588 || {{coord|42|13|11.4|N|123|2|3.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K15JZ-D}} || rowspan=11|[[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]

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|| [[Butte Falls, Oregon|Butte Falls]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22577|3=K14QH-D}}'''|| 14 || 0.009&nbsp;kW || {{convert|145|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 22577 || {{coord|42|34|23.4|N|122|34|19.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K14QH-D}}

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|| [[Cave Junction, Oregon|Cave Junction, etc.]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|168438|3=K21JI-D}}'''|| 21 || 0.25&nbsp;kW || {{convert|540|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 168438 || {{coord|42|15|30.4|N|123|39|40.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K21JI-D}}

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|| [[Glendale, Oregon|Glendale, etc.]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|168440|3=K18LU-D}}'''|| 18 || 0.4&nbsp;kW || {{convert|575|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 168440 || {{coord|42|36|0.4|N|123|21|57.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K18LU-D}}

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|| [[Gold Hill, Oregon|Gold Hill]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22558|3=K04JZ-D}}'''|| 4 || 0.012&nbsp;kW || {{convert|135|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 22558 || {{coord|42|25|40.4|N|123|0|8.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K04JZ-D}}

|-

|| [[Hugo, Oregon|Hugo]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|168439|3=K25JW-D}}'''|| 25 || 0.68&nbsp;kW || {{convert|446|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 168439 || {{coord|42|29|21.8|N|123|18|19.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K25JW-D}}

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|| [[Jacksonville, Oregon|Jacksonville]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|168424|3=K15KL-D}}'''|| rowspan=3|15 || 0.135&nbsp;kW || {{convert|-127|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 168424 || {{coord|42|20|30|N|122|54|36|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K15KL-D}}

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|| [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls, etc.]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22566|3=K15KE-D}}'''|| 0.032&nbsp;kW || {{convert|54|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 22566 || {{coord|42|14|16.5|N|121|46|3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K15KE-D}}

|-

|| [[Lakeview, Oregon|Lakeview]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|168435|3=K15HU-D}}'''|| 0.075&nbsp;kW || {{convert|620|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 168435 || {{coord|42|15|9.5|N|120|38|23.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K15HU-D}}

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|| [[Midland, Oregon|Midland, etc.]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|168444|3=K19HH-D}}'''|| 19 || 3&nbsp;kW || {{convert|672|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 168444 || {{coord|42|5|54.5|N|121|38|4.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K19HH-D}}

|-

|| [[Phoenix, Oregon|Phoenix]]<br />[[Talent, Oregon|Talent]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|168437|3=K29LL-D}}'''|| 29 || 1&nbsp;kW || {{convert|437|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 168437 || {{coord|42|17|51.4|N|122|45|4.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K29LL-D}}

|-

|| [[Prospect, Oregon|Prospect]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|53669|3=K07GI-D}}'''|| 7 || 0.009&nbsp;kW || {{convert|404|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 53669 || {{coord|42|43|35.4|N|122|36|32.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K07GI-D}} || [[Lions Clubs International|Prospect Lions Club, Inc.]]

|-

|| [[Rogue River, Oregon|Rogue River]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22583|3=K28NO-D}}'''|| 28 || 0.019&nbsp;kW || {{convert|72|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 22583 || {{coord|42|26|55.4|N|123|11|26.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K28NO-D}} || rowspan=6|[[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]

|-

|| [[Williams, Oregon|Williams]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22562|3=K14TH-D}}'''|| 14 || 0.025&nbsp;kW || {{convert|143|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 22562 || {{coord|42|9|59.4|N|123|17|57.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K14TH-D}}

|-

|| [[Dunsmuir, California|Dunsmuir, etc., CA]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22571|3=K18LJ-D}}'''|| 18 || 0.04&nbsp;kW || {{convert|225|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 22571 || {{coord|41|13|29.5|N|122|18|4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K18LJ-D}}

|-

| rowspan=2|[[Fort Jones, California|Fort Jones, etc., CA]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22556|3=K06KA-D}}'''|| 6 || 0.021&nbsp;kW || {{convert|-105|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 22556 || {{coord|41|27|59.5|N|122|54|54.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K06KA-D}}

|-

||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8242|3=K22OQ-D}}'''|| 22 || 0.018&nbsp;kW || {{convert|381|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 8242 || {{coord|41|27|59.5|N|122|55|44.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K22OQ-D}}

|-

|| [[Yreka, California|Yreka, CA]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|168441|3=K30JS-D}}'''|| 30 || 3&nbsp;kW || {{convert|731|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 168441 || {{coord|41|36|33.5|N|122|37|32|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K30JS-D}}

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070115110853/http://www.wsmb.org/Page.asp?NavID=15 History of Television In Southern Oregon]

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