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 —

OPB Community Advisory Board

Chair

Tom Hampson

Board Members

Bret Bernhoff

Charlie Dolezal

Charles Hudson

Janet Miller

Jeff Monaghan

Dawn Rasmussen

Miguel Salinas

Kaitlin Smith

Gerald Sussman

Sarah Tatone

Erik Vidstrand

Karen Wheeler

OPB Board Liaison

Avel Gordly

OPB Staff Liaison

Lynne Pollard

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

contact us

to confirm meeting times and dates or to get more information.

March 2010

March 2, Tuesday: 12:15pm (Appy Room)

June 2010

June 1, Tuesday: 12:15pm (Appy Room)

September 2010

September 14-15: Board Retreat, TBD

December 2010

December 7, Tuesday: 12:15pm (Appy Room)

March 2011

March 1, Tuesday: 12:15pm (Appy Room)

June 2011

June 7, Tuesday: 12:15pm (Appy Room)

September 2011

September 13-14: Board Retreat, TBD

December 2011

December 6, Tuesday: 12:15pm (Appy Room)

Board Committee Meeting Schedule

All meetings are open to the public and held at OPB unless otherwise noted. The schedule below is subject to change. Please

contact us

to confirm meeting times and dates or to get more information.

Audit Commitee

May 3, 2010, Monday: 3pm (PacifiCorp Room)

Community Advisory Board

March 4, 2010, Thursday: 12pm (PacifiCorp Room)

Development Committee

TBD

Finance & Investment Committee

May 21, 2010, Friday: 12pm (PacifiCorp Room)

September 24, 2010, Friday: 12pm (PacifiCorp Room)

November 19, 2010, Friday: 12pm (PacifiCorp Room)

Governance Committee

TBD

Human Resources Committee

TBD

Strategic Planning Committee

TBD

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)

Annual EEO Report, 2009 (PDF)

Form 990 — FY09

Form 990T — FY09

Independent Auditor's Report and Financial Statements — FY09 (PDF)

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.