Inside OPB
FROM OUR PRESIDENT:
Your Local Favorites Are Back on OPB TV
Where have Steve Amen and his intrepid Oregon Field Guide crew been traveling lately? Which singers, composers and painters are creating fabulous works of art right in your own neighborhood? Which aspects of our Northwest history have yet to come to light? You'll find out when new seasons of your favorite local programs premiere on OPB TV this fall.
Starting this fall, both Oregon Art Beat and Oregon Field Guide return with all-new episodes.
Tune in Thursdays at 8pm for Art Beat's 11th season. You'll meet a host of not-to-be-missed composers, singers, painters, ceramicists and dancers. Plus you'll delight in our interview with Dick Wiley, illustrator of the famed "learn to read" Dick and Jane books.
Next up is Oregon Field Guide at 8:30pm. Field Guide kicks off its 21st season with a half-hour special about a group of kids who participate in a unique program introducing them to the realities of rural life. They get up at the crack of dawn, get muddy, assist with calving and much more.
Oregon Experience is back on October 12 at 9pm with a brand-new episode exploring the controversy around the Bull Run watershed. How much do you know about the rich history behind Portland's pure and well-protected water supply?
And if you miss any of the shows when they air, or simply want to see them again, you can watch online at the Art Beat, Field Guide and Oregon Experience Web sites.
Enjoy!
Steven M. Bass
President and CEO
Our Mission
Oregon Public Broadcasting: giving voice to the community, connecting Oregon and its neighbors, illuminating a wider world.
OPB Management
- Steve Bass
- President & CEO —
- Dan Metziga
- Senior VP, Development —
- Lynne Clendenin
- VP, Radio Programming —
- Dave Davis
- VP, National TV Production —
- Jeff Douglas
- VP, Local TV Production —
- Mary Gardner
- Director, TV Programming —
- Jan Heskiss
- Chief Financial Officer —
- Morgan Holm
- VP, News and Public Affairs —
- Don McKay
- VP, Engineering —
- Rebecca Morris
- VP, Legal Affairs — legal@opb.org
- Lynne Pollard
- VP, New Media —
- Debbie Rotich
- VP, HR and Administration —
OPB Board of Directors
- Chair
- Andrew Franklin
- Vice Chair
- Elizabeth Schwartz
- Secretary/Treasurer
- Jim Huston
- Board Members
- Sherwin Davidson
- Julie Strasser Dixon
- Leda Garside
- Avel Gordly
- Tinker Hatfield
- Dian Hilliard
- Jodie Hueske
- Jeff Iwasaki
- Pamela Jones
- Sydney Joyner
- Henry Lorenzen
- Sheryl Manning
- Keith Mobley
- Mitchell Moore
- Romy Mortensen
- Ron Saxton
- Peter Schenck
- Howard Shapiro
- John "Ski" Sygielski
- Jenny Ulum
- Al Vermeulen
- Ex-Officio
- Steven M. Bass
- CAB Chair
- Tom Hampson
- OPB Board Liaison
- Brenda Barton —
Board of Directors Meeting Schedule
All meetings are open to the public and held at OPB unless otherwise noted. The schedule below is subject to change. Please to confirm meeting times and dates or to get more information.
- March 2009
- March 3, Tuesday: 12:15pm (Appy Room)
- June 2009
- June 2, Tuesday: 12:15pm (Appy Room)
- September 2009
- September 15, Tuesday: Board Retreat (Closed Meeting)
- December 2009
- December 8, Tuesday: 12:15pm (Appy Room)
- March 2010
- March 2, Tuesday: 12:00pm (Appy Room)
- June 2010
- June 1, Tuesday: 12:00pm (Appy Room)
- September 2010
- September 14-15: Board Retreat, TBD
- December 2010
- December 7, Tuesday: 12:00pm (Appy Room)
Milestones in OPB History
- 1922
- KFDJ-AM radio is created as part of a physics experiment at Oregon Agricultural College, now Oregon State University, in Corvallis.
- 1930s
- KFDJ becomes KOAC, with studios in Covell Hall at Oregon State University. Studios at Covell are still used.
- 1957
- OPB’s first television station, KOAC-TV, goes on the air.
- Early 1960s
- Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. transfers ownership of its FM frequency to OPB and KOAP-FM (now KOPB) begins broadcasting.
- 1979
- The Oregon Commission on Public Broadcasting is established. In 1981 OPB leaves the Department of Higher Education and becomes an independent state agency.
- 1988
- OPB moves into its new facility on SW Macadam Avenue after its successful building campaign.
- 1989
- Oregon Considered, OPB's own Pacific Northwest news magazine, is first broadcast.
- Early 1990s
- Membership exceeds 100,000.
- 1990
- Oregon Field Guide begins production.
- 1993
- OPB becomes a private, nonprofit corporation with ongoing financial support from the State of Oregon.
- 1997
- OPB Radio's program format is refined to include more news and information.
- OPB installs Oregon’s first digital transmitter, taking a critical first step in the digital television transition.
- 2000
- Oregon Art Beat begins production.
- OPB loses all state funding.
- 2002
- OPB's World of Learning Digital Campaign raises $22 million.
- 2003
- History Detectives season 1 premieres for PBS.
- 2005
- OPB brings StoryCorps -- a national project inspiring Americans to record one another's stories in sound -- to Portland. Local residents visit the mobile StoryBooth to share their stories for broadcast on OPB Radio and preservation at the Library of Congress.
- 2006
- Oregon Experience, OPB's local television series exploring key people, places and events in our state's history, premieres.
- OPB, FRONTLINE and the Oregonian join forces to examine the methamphetamine epidemic through television specials (FRONTLINE: The Meth Epidemic, Meth: The Oregon Front), radio programs and online resources.
- 2007
- OPB TV celebrates its 50th anniversary.
- OPBnews.org -- an expanded news and information Web site -- launches.
- OPB invites community members from around the Northwest to help cover the news by signing up for the Public Insight Network.
- 2008
- opbmusic.org, an online music service encouraging conversation and connection between OPB and our community of local music fans, launches.
- Think Out Loud, OPB's local online and daily radio broadcast, premieres.
- KOPB-AM (1600) Eugene begins providing OPB Radio's news and information service.
- OPB and its community partners begin a statewide, multiplatform campaign to increase awareness about the impact of invasive species, featuring The Silent Invasion: An Oregon Field Guide Special, an invasive species online hotline and numerous outreach opportunities.
- Time Team USA, a new archaeology program for PBS, begins production.
- 2009
- OPB receives the duPont-Columbia University Award, one of the most prestigious national honors in the field of broadcast journalism, for The Silent Invasion: An Oregon Field Guide Special. The documentary illustrates how invasive species are changing the environment in Oregon, and focuses on ways people can work together to make a difference to native fish and wildlife resources, Oregon's economy and quality of life. The program's premiere in April 2008 marked the kickoff of the ongoing "Stop the Invasion" campaign that encourages community partners and citizens to collaborate in their efforts to take action against invasive species.
More information about OPB
- PDF downloads
- OPB Member Report (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KEPB-July 2009.pdf
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOAB-July 2009.pdf
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOAC-July 2009.pdf
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOPB-July 2009.pdf
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KTVR-July 2009.pdf
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KEPB-April 2009 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOAB-April 2009 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOAC-April 2009 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOPB-April 2009 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KTVR-April 2009 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KEPB-January 2009 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOAB-January 2009 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOAC-January 2009 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOPB-January 2009 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KTVR-January 2009 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KEPB-October 2008 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOAB-October 2008 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOAC-October 2008 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOPB-October 2008 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KTVR-October 2008 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KEPB-July, 2008 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOAB-July, 2008 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOAC-July, 2008 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KOPB-July, 2008 (PDF)
- DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report-KTVR-July, 2008 (PDF)
- DTV Consumer Education Quarterly Activity Report (PDF)
- Annual EEO Report, 2009 (PDF)
- Form 990 — FY08
- Independent Auditor's Report and Financial Statements — FY09
- Emergency Alert System
- OPB has been designated the “State Primary” for the Emergency Alert System, initiating messages informing other broadcasters, viewers and listeners of a wide variety of emergencies including tsunamis, floods and Amber Alerts.
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