KEVU-CD (channel 23) is a low-power, Class A independent television station in Eugene, Oregon, United States, which has a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Cox Media Group alongside Fox affiliate KLSR-TV (channel 34). The two stations share studios on Chad Drive in Eugene; KEVU-CD's transmitter is located on South Ridge, and it is broadcast by the higher-power KLSR-TV and its dependent translators.
KEVU traces its roots to the establishment of the full-power channel 34 facility as KEVU-TV, an independent station, on September 30, 1991. Owned by Raul Palazuelos, it broadcast from a converted house on Eugene's west side. California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. acquired KEVU in 1994, a year after purchasing the low-power K25AS "KLSR", and switched the two stations' facilities in 1997, moving KEVU to the low-power channel 25 facility and KLSR to channel 34. KEVU was affiliated with UPN from 1995 to 2002 and has been affiliated with MyNetworkTV since its 2006 launch.
History
On a petition from Sainte Broadcasting Company, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned channel 34 for commercial use in Eugene, Oregon, on March 28, 1985. In spite of Sainte starting the proceeding, the company decided not to take on the task of building another station in the market.