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KTVB
Channels
BrandingNewsChannel 7
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KTFT-LD
History
First air date
July 12, 1953 (70 years ago) (1953-07-12)
Former call signs
KIDO-TV (1953–1959)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 7 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 26 (UHF, 2001–2009)
  • All secondary:
  • DuMont (1953–1955)
  • ABC (1953–1974)
  • PBS (per program, 1970–1971)
Call sign meaning
Television Boise
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID34858
ERP42.1 kW
HAAT806 m (2,644 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°45′16″N 116°5′56″W / 43.75444°N 116.09889°W / 43.75444; -116.09889
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.ktvb.com
Translator
KTFT-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
History
FoundedApril 18, 1984
First air date
August 6, 1986 (37 years ago) (1986-08-06)
Former call signs
  • K53DM (1986–1989)
  • K38AS (1989–1994)
  • KTFT-LP (1994–2010)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 53 (UHF, 1986–1989), 38 (UHF, 1989–2010)
  • Virtual: 7.7 (2010–2022)
Call sign meaning
Twin Falls Television
Technical information[2]
Facility ID167056
ERP15 kW
HAAT226.6 m (743 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°43′47.7″N 114°25′9.1″W / 42.729917°N 114.419194°W / 42.729917; -114.419194
Translator(s)K18NF-D Hagerman
Links
Public license information
LMS

KTVB (channel 7) is a television station in Boise, Idaho, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located on West Fairview Avenue (off I-184) in Boise, and its transmitter is located on Dear Point in unincorporated Boise County.

The station also operates a low-power repeater in Twin Falls, KTFT-LD (channel 7). The two signals are identical, with the exception of commercials, which are sold and targeted to the Magic Valley area. KTFT maintains a small advertising sales office on Falls Avenue in Twin Falls and transmitter on Flat Top Butte near Jerome, Idaho. Master control and most internal operations are based at KTVB's facilities.

History[edit]

Construction and early years[edit]

Boise radio station KIDO, owned by Georgia Davidson, filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in March 1952 seeking to build a television station on the city's allotted channel 7. The application arrived in anticipation of the end of the FCC's multi-year freeze on TV station applications.[3] The construction permit was granted on December 23,[4] KIDO already had some equipment on hand; the month before, it conducted a closed-circuit demonstration of television at its AM transmitter site.[5] On an elevation behind the city, construction began in February on the transmitter site.[6] The station signed for affiliation with the CBS, NBC, and DuMont networks;[7] KIDO radio had maintained NBC affiliation since 1937.[8]

From studios on 700 Crestline Drive, KIDO-TV began broadcasting on July 12, 1953; Philo Farnsworth, a television pioneer, was one of the guests of honor at the dedication.[9] It was not the first television station to make its bow in Idaho, but under the circumstances, it was effectively the first serious station to set up. On June 18, KFXD-TV (channel 6) in Nampa put out its first test pattern.[10] Reliant exclusively on old movies with no studio facilities, it lasted less than two months before leaving the air.[11] The lone missing national network, ABC, affiliated with KIDO-TV in December.[12] This replaced CBS, which had moved to new station KBOI-TV (channel 2) the previous month.[13]

National live programming became a reality beginning with the 1955 World Series after a microwave transmission link between Boise and Salt Lake City was set up by the two stations.[13] KIDO-TV's tower was relocated to Deer Point in 1956, which together with an increased effective radiated power extended the station's coverage to a further 80,000 people.[14] Davidson agreed to sell KIDO radio to the Mesabi Western Corp. in November 1958; the radio station retained its call sign,[15] and channel 7 became KTVB on February 1, 1959.[16] The sale alleviated cash issues for the television station, which struggled financially in its early years; in a 1978 interview, Davidson noted that she "lived with the spectre of bankruptcy, a very embarrassing bankruptcy, day or night".[17]

KTVB in La Grande, Oregon: KTVR[edit]

KTVB received a construction permit on December 18, 1963, to expand its reach with the construction of a satellite station channel 13 in La Grande, Oregon, northwest of Boise.[18] KTVR began broadcasting on December 6, 1964.[19] It initially offered local news and information for Eastern Oregon from studios in La Grande.[20]

In 1974, KTVB received an offer from the Oregon Educational and Public Broadcasting Service (OEPBS) to acquire KTVR for integration into its statewide public television network.[21] KTVB took KTVR out of service on March 7, 1975, while the deal was pending;[22] It did not return to the air until February 1977.[23]

Growth and new studios[edit]

Ground was broken for new studios at 5400 Fairview Avenue in 1970,[24] and the facility formally opened the next year. The 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) facility boasted the largest TV studio in Idaho.[25] In 1974, KTVB lost ABC programming to a new station—KITC-TV, soon renamed KIVI-TV, on channel 6.[13]

Davidson—long the only female owner within the NBC television network among 125 men at annual meetings[17]—announced the sale of KTVB to King Broadcasting in 1979.[26] The sale was conceived by Davidson to ensure the continued existence of the station, as she feared a large estate tax burden for her family were she to die, diminishing KTVB's profits and ability to invest.[27]

Before PBS member KAID-TV (channel 4) signed on in December 1971, KTVB preempted the second hour of the Today Show to carry Sesame Street without commercials on weekday mornings.


In 1979, KTVB was sold to the Bullitts' King Broadcasting Company, joining company flagship station KING-TV in Seattle, KREM-TV in Spokane, and KGW-TV in Portland, as part of King Broadcasting. In 1992, the company was sold to the Providence Journal Company, which was later sold to Belo Corp. in 1997.

KTVB has branched out into non-traditional areas, such as its free "Idaho Classifieds" project on the ZIdaho website. KTVB is no longer affiliated with ZIdaho as of January 2013.[28] In August 2011, KTVB became the first station in Boise to broadcast its entire weekday schedule in high definition.

On June 13, 2013, the Gannett Company announced that it would acquire Belo.[29] The sale was completed on December 23.[30]

The station's multicast channels, Idaho's Very Own 24/7 and NWCN, were moved to the basic plan on Cable One system on August 27, 2013.[31] Northwest Cable News was replaced with the Justice Network on subchannel 7.3 on January 20, 2015.[31][32][33] NWCN would shut down almost two years later, on January 6, 2017.

On June 29, 2015, the Gannett Company split in two, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. KTVB was retained by the latter company, named Tegna.[34]

KTVB in Twin Falls: KTFT-LD[edit]

Plans to extend channel 7 to Twin Falls had existed almost as long as the station. In 1955, then-KIDO-TV partnered with Twin Falls radio station KTFI to obtain a construction permit for channel 13 in that city, awarded as KHTV. The station grant was reinstated despite protests by KLIX-TV (channel 11, now KMVT) that it would put the local outlet out of business; it was sold and dropped the proposal.[35][36]

Renewed interest in bringing KTVB over-the-air to Twin Falls began in 1981, when King Broadcasting filed for a construction permit for a low-power TV station.[37] This was later abandoned in favor of a channel 38 permit acquired from American Community Broadcasting, Inc., which already had another channel. The station debuted on July 1, 1986,[38] as K38AS, the first low-power station to be an NBC affiliate; KMVT ceased offering NBC programs leading up to its launch. Its programming consisted of KTVB with Twin Falls-area commercials, sold from an advertising office in town.[39][40]

KTVB-DT2[edit]

KTVB-DT2, branded on-air as Idaho's Very Own 24/7, is the second digital subchannel of KTVB, programmed as an independent station. Over the air, it broadcasts on channel 7.2 in Boise and on KTFT-LD 7.2 in Twin Falls.

History[edit]

Former 24/7 logo

At the end of October 2003, KTVB launched 24/7 NewsChannel on KTVB-DT2, one of the first digital secondary subchannels in the nation. The subchannel's programming initially consisted of time-shifted newscasts plus five other programs not on its main channel. Plans for the independent news format subchannel were for original news programs and other local programming.[41]

By fall 2011, the station had rebranded its 24/7 NewsChannel as "Idaho's Very Own 24/7" while revamping the 6:30 p.m. newscast and the morning news at 7 a.m. added additional features.[42]

Though originally billed as a 24-hour news channel, the subchannel has become more of an independent station in order to compete with other subchannels in the area which carry other outside subchannel networks, along with adding traditional syndicated programming, especially with KTRV-TV's September 2016 decision to convert to a full-time Ion Television affiliate (and eventual purchase by Ion itself), which freed up several programs for the local market (another factor is KTVB's newscasts being available live or delayed on its website, making the subchannel's original purpose superfluous).

Programming[edit]

KTVB-DT2 simulcasts the main station's morning and 5 p.m. newscasts on Mondays through Saturdays, as well as the weekend early evening (Saturdays at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.) and weekend 10 p.m. newscasts. Airing the weekend early evening newscasts allows viewers to still see a newscast despite NBC Sports preempting newscasts for college football or NBC Sunday Night Football coverage during the fall, and golf and NASCAR coverage in those seasons. Exclusive to the station is a weekday 7 a.m. hour-long newscast, and Friday Night Flights on Friday evenings, which provides coverage of local high school football. In other non-prime slots, repeats of the last KTVB newscast produced before that time period are seen. KTVB-DT2 also broadcasts Boise State University athletic contests—including football and basketball—along with shows like Inside Bronco Football on Wednesday nights and the Idaho Coaches Show on Thursday nights. Both programs are shown at 10:30 p.m. and repeated the following day at 12:30 p.m.

In rare cases where KTVB must preempt NBC network programming for local breaking news or community interest coverage, KTVB-DT2 carries network shows in their regularly scheduled timeslots. KTVB-DT2 also airs second runs of KTVB's syndicated programming.

News operation[edit]

KTVB produces 6+1⁄2 hours of original news programming each weekday distributed between KTVB and KTVB-DT2, and a total of 38 hours of original news and sports programming per week.

Former reporters have gone on to attain national prominence, including Christi Paul of CNN Headline News, Trace Gallagher of Fox News, David Kerley of ABC News[43] and Meg Oliver of CBS News' Up To The Minute.

The KTVB news gathering fleet includes a new state of the art satellite truck purchased in 2006, allowing for live coverage of events across the region. KTVB's resources also include two live units, 10 news gathering vehicles, and a digital production truck.

The station has won a total of seven National Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). KTVB is also the recipient of numerous Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northwest Chapter. On September 30, 2013, KTVB added the area's second weekday hour-long 4 p.m. newscast (after KBOI-TV).[44]

Notable former-on air staff[edit]

Technical information[edit]

Subchannels[edit]

The stations' signals are multiplexed:

Subchannels of KTVB[46]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
7.1 1080i 16:9 KTVB-HD Main KTVB programming / NBC
7.2 720p 24/7 Independent
7.3 480i Crime True Crime Network
7.4 Quest Quest
7.5 NEST The Nest
7.6 ShopLC Shop LC
7.7 HSN [blank]
7.8 RewindTV Rewind TV
Subchannels of KTFT-LD[47]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
7.1 1080i 16:9 KTFT Main KTFT-LD programming / NBC
7.2 720p 24/7 Independent
7.3 480i Crime True Crime Network
7.4 Quest Quest
7.5 ShopLC Shop LC

Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]

KTVB shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 26 to VHF channel 7 for post-transition operations.[48][49][50]

Translators[edit]

City of license Callsign Translating Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates Owner
Cambridge K17KF-D KTVB 17 0.51 kW −54 m (−177 ft) 188131 44°31′58.5″N 116°39′25.5″W / 44.532917°N 116.657083°W / 44.532917; -116.657083 (K17KF-D) King Broadcasting Company
Cascade K29NB-D 29 0.49 kW −199 m (−653 ft) 34884 44°31′24.6″N 116°2′57.4″W / 44.523500°N 116.049278°W / 44.523500; -116.049278 (K29NB-D)
Council K23KY-D 23 0.46 kW −127 m (−417 ft) 11446 44°39′47.5″N 116°26′27.5″W / 44.663194°N 116.440972°W / 44.663194; -116.440972 (K23KY-D)
Garden Valley K34MG-D 34 0.0099 kW 7 m (23 ft) 23143 44°1′47.6″N 115°49′38.4″W / 44.029889°N 115.827333°W / 44.029889; -115.827333 (K34MG-D) Garden Valley Translator District
Glenns Ferry K16JE-D 16 0.43 kW 1 m (3 ft) 188132 42°55′36.6″N 115°21′13.2″W / 42.926833°N 115.353667°W / 42.926833; -115.353667 (K16JE-D) King Broadcasting Company
Hagerman K18NF-D KTFT-LD 18 0.252 kW 55 m (180 ft) 188132 42°50′55.6″N 114°54′47.2″W / 42.848778°N 114.913111°W / 42.848778; -114.913111 (K18NF-D) Hagerman Translator District
McCall
New Meadows		 K15IO-D KTVB 15 0.47 kW 558 m (1,831 ft) 34869 45°0′6.6″N 116°8′6.4″W / 45.001833°N 116.135111°W / 45.001833; -116.135111 (K15IO-D) King Broadcasting Company
Terrace Lakes K10OA-D 10 0.047 kW 154 m (505 ft) 23148 44°6′59.6″N 116°0′31.4″W / 44.116556°N 116.008722°W / 44.116556; -116.008722 (K10OA-D) Garden Valley Translator District
Golconda, NV K35GD-D 35 0.19 kW 443 m (1,453 ft) 28088 41°9′18.6″N 117°20′19.4″W / 41.155167°N 117.338722°W / 41.155167; -117.338722 (K32GD-D) Humboldt County
McDermitt, NV K14SE-D 14 0.15 kW 88 m (289 ft) 54292 41°37′56.6″N 117°44′30.4″W / 41.632389°N 117.741778°W / 41.632389; -117.741778 (K14SE-D) Quinn River TV Maintenance District
Winnemucca, NV K19EU-D 19 0.11 kW 693 m (2,274 ft) 28093 41°00′38.5″N 117°46′4.2″W / 41.010694°N 117.767833°W / 41.010694; -117.767833 (K19EU-D) Humboldt County
Baker City, OR K18KI-D 18 1 kW 575 m (1,886 ft) 127789 44°35′56.5″N 117°47′1.7″W / 44.599028°N 117.783806°W / 44.599028; -117.783806 (K18KI-D) Blue Mountain Translator District
Baker Valley, OR K30OF-D 30 579 m (1,900 ft) 5944 44°35′56.5″N 117°47′1.7″W / 44.599028°N 117.783806°W / 44.599028; -117.783806 (K30OF-D)
La Grande, OR K21MS-D 21 0.4 kW 768 m (2,520 ft) 5953 45°18′34.4″N 117°44′1.7″W / 45.309556°N 117.733806°W / 45.309556; -117.733806 (K21MS-D)

See also[edit]

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External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTVB-DT2

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