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 —

Jeff Douglas

Senior VP & Station Manager —

Dan Metziga

Senior VP, Development —

Lynne Clendenin

VP, Radio Programming —

Dave Davis

VP, National TV Production —

Tom Doggett

VP, TV Programming —

Jan Heskiss

Chief Financial Officer —

Morgan Holm

VP, News and Public Affairs —

Don McKay

VP, Engineering —

Lynne Pollard

VP, Interactive Services —

Debbie Rotich

VP, HR and Administration —

Tara Taylor

VP, Marketing & Planning —

OPB Board of Directors

Chair

Sherwin Davidson

Vice Chair

Andrew Franklin

Secretary/Treasurer

Linda Hoffman

Board Members

Mary Bryant

Julie Strasser Dixon

Leda Garside

Geoff Guilfoy

Tinker Hatfield

Dian Hilliard

Jim Huston

Jodie Hueske

Mary Jaffe

Sydney Joyner

Henry Lorenzen

Keith Mobley

Mary Ann Moore

Mitchell Moore

Peter Schenck

Elizabeth Schwartz

Kay Toran

Douglas Tunnell

Tony Van Vliet

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

contact us

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

March 2007

March 6, Tuesday: Board Meeting, 1:30-3:30pm (Appy Room)

June 2007

June 5, Tuesday: Board Meeting, 1:30-3:30pm (Appy Room)

September 2007

September 11-12, Tuesday-Wednesday: Board Retreat, TBD

December 2007

December 4, Tuesday: Board Meeting, 1:30-3:30pm (Appy Room)

March 2008

March 4, Tuesday: Board Meeting, 1:30-3:30pm(Appy Room)

June 2008

June 3, Tuesday: Board Meeting, 1:30-3:30pm (Appy Room)

September 2008

September 9-10, Tuesday-Wednesday: Board Retreat, TBD

December 2008

December 2, Tuesday: Board Meeting, 1:30-3:30pm (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

Oregon Field Guide begins production.

1989

OPB moves into its new facility on SW Macadam Avenue after its successful building campaign.

Oregon Considered, OPB's own Pacific Northwest news magazine, is first broadcast.

Early 1990s

Membership exceeds 100,000.

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 premiered 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.

More information about OPB

PDF downloads

OPB Member Report (PDF)

DTV Consumer Education Quarterly Activity Report (PDF)

Annual EEO Report, 2007 (PDF)

Prong 3: Outreach Activities, 2007 (PDF)

Form 990 — FY07

Independent Auditor's Report and Financial Statements — FY07

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.