KOTI
KOTI, virtual channel 2, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. KOTI's news bureau is located on South 7th Street in downtown Klamath Falls, and its transmitter is located atop Stukel Mountain.
KOTI operates as a full-time satellite of Medford-licensed KOBI, whose studios are located on South Fir Street in downtown Medford. KOTI covers areas of southwest and south-central Oregon that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from KOBI, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. KOTI is a straight simulcast of KOBI; on-air references to KOTI are limited to Federal Communications Commission -mandated hourly station identifications during newscasts and other programming.
Overview
The station was founded on August 12, 1956 by William B. Smullin. The call letters KOTI are believed to have come from the city's local four-year college, the Oregon Institute of Technology. Originally, KOTI carried all three networks.Today, the station is owned by president Patricia C. "Patsy" Smullin, who also owns the parent company COBi, which is the longest, continuously independent broadcast group in the West and one of the three oldest in the country. KOTI served as the only staffed television station in the Klamath Basin for many years. The station's vice president and general manager is Robert Wise, formerly general manager of former sister station KRCR-TV in Redding, California. Viewers in 12 counties in Oregon and California receive programming from NBC 2.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
| 2.1 | 1080i | KOTI-HD | Main KOTI programming / NBC | |
| 2.2 | 480i | KOTI-WX | Cozi TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KOTI shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 13, using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 2.News operation
KOTI previously produced its own newscasts focusing on the eastern portion of the Medford–Klamath Falls market. The newscasts included NBC 2 News at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and at 11:00 p.m. anchored by Art Barron and Kristin Hosfelt. The chief meteorologist was Adam Colpack. Lyle Ahrens had served as the Klamath Basin news bureau chief.At one time, KOTI aired a separate newscast at 6:30 p.m. with its own news bureau before becoming a repeater of KOBI.