KBNO

WBNO is a UPN owned-and-operated station located in Bend, Oregon. The station is owned by the Paramount Stations Group subsidiary of Viacom.

History
The station first signed on the air on March 4, 1995 as a independent station. The station was a full independent but it didn't have enough syndicated programming.

Although the station didn't have enough programming to fill their daily schedule, WBNO began their news department to fill in their programming schedule.

UPN Affiliation
Following the launch of UPN in January of 1995. It was reported that Viacom and Chris-Craft Industries made WBNO a charter affiliate of the network.

Throughout its affiliation with UPN under Chris-Craft Industries ownership, the station branded itself as "TV 41", even as the network began to require its owned-and-operated stations and affiliates to incorporate the UPN name within the station's own branding.

Acquisition by Paramount Stations Group
When The CW came to life, it was reported that Viacom had worked on Paramount Stations Group while UPN was on the air until 2006. The company was pursuing station acquisitions in the Oregon market as it planned to broadcast the Portland Trail Blazers to have a larger presence in the NBA market.

In August 24, 2009, Viacom announced that it would buy WBNO for the Paramount Stations Group to take over the UPN affiliation. The deal made WBNO a new UPN owned-and-operated station in the Oregon market. The sale was completed on November 24, 2009.

Newscast Titles

 * News 41 Morning Show
 * News 41 Midday
 * News 41 @ 4, 5 and 6
 * News 41 @ 10

Programming
Outside of the UPN schedule, Syndicated programming on WBNO includes: 'Mr. Box Office, Inside Edition, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Judge Mathis and Maury. '

In daytime, prime time and syndicated shows, the network does not display a on-screen logo graphic on the bottom-right corner of the screen. Instead, every UPN station displays the logo bug of an owned-and-operated or affiliate station in the right-hand corner of the 16:9 screen frame, which disappears during commercial breaks (which resembles to the Fox network). The station logo bug will still be triggered even if UPN programming is pre-empted locally due to breaking news, severe weather coverage or special programming. However, network or affiliate bugs are not displayed during UPN Sports programming.