KOHD (channel 18) is a television station in Bend, Oregon, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for Central Oregon. It is owned by local cable company BendBroadband alongside low-power CBS affiliate KBNZ-LD (channel 7). The two stations share studios on Sherman Road in Bend; KOHD's transmitter is located in the city on Awbrey Butte west of US 97.
History
The station was started by Chambers Communications and signed on as a digital-only station on September 9, 2006; it never broadcast a full-power analog signal prior to the June 12, 2009, analog shutdown for broadcast television stations. KOHD is the first primary digital station to carry a major network affiliation. The station replaced co-owned KEZI in Eugene as well as KATU from Portland on area cable systems.
For its first year on-the-air, KOHD simulcasted weeknight newscasts from KEZI while building their own local news department.