KATU / KVAL (Sinclair Broadcast Group)

KATU (Portland, Oregon; ABC affiliate) and KVAL (Eugene, Oregon; CBS affiliate) are both owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest local broadcast chains in the United States. Sinclair has a well-documented conservative editorial orientation and has historically required its stations to air corporate-mandated content favorable to Republican causes. Under Trump's second term, Sinclair stations have taken several notable steps that align with the administration's positions, including carrying a Trump primetime address that the ABC and NBC broadcast networks declined to air.