KUOR-DT

KUOR-DT is the new GBN affiliate broadcasting in Union, Oregon. KUOR-DT broadcasts on Channel 48.

History
KUOR-DT was built in 1991 when a bond measure was presented to the voters of the City of Union, as a way to distribute some funding that had been acquired by the city. The bond measure passed by a 60% to 40% margin, with almost the whole town voting in the special election. History was made that day, when the measure passed. For this was the first time something like this had ever been considered for the City of Union. At first the station was broadcasting mainly reruns and some news provided FOX 11 Tri-Cities (real) in order to fill some time on their schedule. This cooperation worked decently well for the station until August 25th, 2014 when the financial situation for the station became more than the city could handle. So the Union City Council began looking for an equitable solution to the problem that could benefit not just Unio, but the Grande Ronde Valley as well.

=== Affiliation with GBN === The City Of Union in an effort to alleviate the now growing debt that was building within KUOR started placing calls to all the major networks hoping that one of them would consider affiliating with KUOR. After three months of phone calls and E-mails, the city and KUOR was either ignored or was told no, the City of Union ended up finding a solution. On Wednesday December 10th, 2014, the Union City Council was approached by a new network known as GBN. GBN has heard about the plight of KUOR and with some discussion at GBN headquarters, representatives for the network approached the Union City Council with the proposition that KUOR go ahead and affiliate with them. After two public City Council meetings and a work session, KUOR-DT control was transferred to GBN. And on January 15th, 2015 KUOR started airing GBN Programming.