PBS member network in Idaho
Idaho Public Television
(also known as
IdahoPTV
and
Idaho Public TV
) is a Public Broadcasting Service (
PBS
)
member
network serving the
U.S. state
of
Idaho
. Consisting of five television stations, it is operated and funded by the
Idaho State Board of Education
, an agency of the
Idaho state government
that holds the
licenses
to all PBS member stations in the state. The network is headquartered in
Boise
, with satellite studios at the
University of Idaho
in
Moscow
and
Idaho State University
in
Pocatello
.
Funding for Idaho Public Television comes from three major sources. Approximately 65% of funding comes from private contributions and an annual grant from the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
. 31% is provided by the State of Idaho. 4% is provided by the Federal Government.
[1]
Broadcast and online programs produced by Idaho Public Television include
Outdoor Idaho
,
Idaho Reports
,
Idaho Experience
,
Dialogue
,
Idaho in Session
,
Science Trek
and
The 180 with Marcia Franklin
.
History
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]
The network's first station,
KUID-TV
, signed on from the
University of Idaho
campus in September 1965.
[2]
[3]
[4]
KBGL-TV signed on in July 1971 from
Idaho State University
in Pocatello, followed that December by
KAID-TV
in Boise, licensed to
Boise State University
. After a decade, KBGL changed its call letters to
KISU-TV
in 1981. The three stations shared many programs, but were largely operated independently at first. However, in 1981, two KUID-produced documentaries?one about logging practices, another about lead exposure?caused such an outcry that the state legislature yanked nearly all funding for public television.
[5]
Citing budget restrictions in early 1981, the
state legislature
cut 90% of the state funding for public television,
[6]
and the stations relied on federal funding and private donations.
[7]
A year later, the legislature ordered the merger of the three stations into a single network.
[8]
[9]
The licenses for all three stations were transferred to the state board of education.
[10]
Two other stations were added in 1992 at
Coeur d'Alene
and
Twin Falls
, the respective cities of
North Idaho College
and the
College of Southern Idaho
.
In 2001, Idaho PTV began broadcasting its HD channel, KAID HD, using the default
PBS HD schedule
. Once the digital switchover had occurred in July 2009 and after a two-year acclimation process, the main HD channel became the home of the regular IdahoPTV schedule in August 2011, and the second
standard definition
channel was converted from the regular IdahoPTV schedule into a "Plus" subchannel, featuring an alternate schedule of programming.
[11]
Stations
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Combined, the five stations and their extensive translator network reach almost all of Idaho, as well as parts of
Washington
,
Montana
, and
Oregon
. The north Idaho stations of Coeur d'Alene and Moscow are in the
Pacific Time Zone
, while the south Idaho stations of Boise, Twin Falls, and Pocatello are in the
Mountain Time Zone
.
Notes:
- 1. Aside from their transmitters, KCDT and KIPT do not maintain any physical presence in their cities of license.
- 2. The
Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
says KIPT signed on January 18, while the
Television and Cable Factbook
says it signed on January 17.
- 3. KISU-TV used the call sign
KBGL-TV
from its 1971 sign-on until December 7, 1981. (The ISU athletic teams are the
Bengals
.)
- 4. KUID-TV was on analog channel 12 until its digital channel signed on; the analog signal was moved to Channel 35, which had previously been assigned as KUID's digital allocation.
Digital television
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Subchannels
[
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]
The digital signals of IdahoPTV's stations are
multiplexed
:
Analog-to-digital conversion
[
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]
IdahoPTV's stations ended regular programming on their analog signals 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, with the exception of KAID, which was part of the Analog Nightlight Program and was shut off on June 15, 2009.
[17]
The station's digital channel allocations post-transition are as follows:
[18]
- KAID ended regular programming on its analog signal on June 15, 2009, over
VHF
channel 4; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition
UHF
channel 21, using
virtual channel
4. As part of the
SAFER Act
, KAID kept its analog signal on the air until June 15 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of
public service announcements
from the
National Association of Broadcasters
.
[19]
- KCDT shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 26; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45, using virtual channel 26.
- KIPT shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22, using virtual channel 13.
- KISU-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 10; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 17, using virtual channel 10.
- KUID-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 35; the station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition VHF channel 12.
Translators
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]
References
[
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]
- ^
By The Numbers - 2018
- ^
"Contract given for university TV equipment"
.
Lewiston Morning Tribune
. (Idaho). January 30, 1965. p. 3.
- ^
"Education TV station opens"
.
Lewiston Morning Tribune
. (Idaho). September 3, 1965. p. 14.
- ^
McCreary, Frank P. (December 26, 1965).
"Educational TV soon will span state"
.
Lewiston Morning Tribune
. (Idaho). p. 1, section 2.
- ^
Snow, Ruth (October 20, 2001).
"IPTV could shift back into university control"
.
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
. (Idaho-Washington). p. 10A.
- ^
"Public TV report due"
.
Spokesman-Review
. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 14, 1981. p. 9.
- ^
"Public TV funds sought"
.
Spokane Daily Chronicle
. UPI. September 10, 1981. p. 3.
- ^
"Idaho PBS future fuzzy"
.
Spokesman-Review
. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 8, 1982. p. 8.
- ^
"Idaho public TV hot issue"
.
Spokane Daily Chronicle
. (Washington). UPI. February 8, 1992. p. 5.
- ^
"Idaho public TV stations to have single manager"
.
Spokane Chronicle
. (Washington). Associated Press. April 6, 1982. p. 5.
- ^
Sefton, Dru (June 11, 2012).
"Multicasts tailored to local priorities"
.
Current
. American University SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION. Archived from
the original
on April 17, 2016
. Retrieved
March 31,
2016
.
- ^
RabbitEars TV Query for KAID
- ^
RabbitEars TV Query for KCDT
- ^
RabbitEars TV Query for KIPT
- ^
RabbitEars TV Query for KISU
- ^
RabbitEars TV Query for KUID
- ^
"UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on October 18, 2011.
- ^
"DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on August 29, 2013
. Retrieved
March 24,
2012
.
- ^
"UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program"
(PDF)
. Federal Communications Commission. June 12, 2009
. Retrieved
June 3,
2024
.
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Create
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Lewiston
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CBS
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Charge!
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Comet
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TBD
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(4.1
ABC
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MeTV
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H&I
, 4.4
Start
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Dabl
, 4.6
QVC
, 4.7
HSN
)
- K35BW-D
(6.1
NBC
, 6.2
SWX
)
- K26CK-D/K24JN-D
(7.1
PBS
, 7.2
World
, 7.3
Create
, 7.4
PBS Kids
)
- KWSU-TV/K34QC-D
(10.1
PBS
/NWPB, 10.2
Create
)
- K19BY-D
(11.1
Fox
, 11.2
TMD
, 11.3
Ion
)
- KUID
(12.1
PBS
/IPTV, 12.2 IPTV Plus, 12.3 Learn/
Create
, 12.4
World
, 12.5
Kids
)
- KQUP
(24.1
Daystar
)
- K18LH-D
(28.1
Fox
, 28.2
MNTV
/
ANT
)
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- KBOI-TV
(2.1
CBS
,
2.2
CW+
, 2.3
Charge!
)
- KAID
(4.1
PBS
, 4.2 PBS +, 4.3
Learn
, 4.4
World
, 4.5
PBS Kids
)
- KIVI-TV
(6.1
ABC
, 6.2
Ind.
/
NHL Golden Knights hockey
, 6.3
Mystery
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Bounce
, 6.5
Laff
, 6.6
Get
)
- KTVB
(7.1
NBC
, 7.2
Ind.
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Crime
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Quest
, 7.5
Nest
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LC
, 7.7
[blank]
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REW
)
- KNIN-TV
(9.1
Fox
, 9.2
MeTV
, 9.3
Oxygen
)
- KTRV-TV
(12.1
Ion
, 12.2
Court
, 12.3
Grit
, 12.4
Scripps
, 12.5
Defy
, 12.6
JTV
, 12.7
QVC
, 12.8
HSN
)
- KKJB
(39.1
TMD
, 39.2
Cozi
, 39.3
ANT
, 39.4
Buzzr
)
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PBS
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OPB Kids
, 7.4 OPB-FM)
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Estrella
, 16.2
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, 39.5
QVC
, 39.6
QVC2
)
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TBN
, 20.2
TCT
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Rel.
, 20.4
Enlace
)
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Story
, 22.3
H&I
, 22.4
Catchy
, 22.5
Movies!
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NOAA
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Ace
, 22.9
KTSY
, 22.10
KOAY
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LX
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Outlaw
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World
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Defy
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Laff
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Bounce
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This
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Court
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Scripps News
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QVC
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ANT
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Daystar
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Ads
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NewsNet
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- KVUI
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Ion
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Grit
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Grio
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Cozi
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Get
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Mystery
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JTV
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REW
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HSN
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Buzzr
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Dabl
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Idaho Falls
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BYUtv
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Provo, UT
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Daystar
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Logan, UT
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- KJZZ-TV 14
ATSC 3.0
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Ind.
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Salt Lake City, UT
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- KPIF 15
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MeTV
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Pocatello
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Ind.
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Provo, UT
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- K17ED-D 17
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3ABN
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Payette
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- KCLP-CA 18
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Rel.
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Boise
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- KTMW 20
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TMD
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Salt Lake City, UT
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TBN
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Boise
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TCT
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Ogden, UT
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Daystar
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Pullman, WA
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3ABN
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Boise
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- KUTH-DT 32
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UNI
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Provo, UT
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- KXTF 35
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TCT
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Twin Falls
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- KKJB 39
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TMD
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Boise
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