ABC affiliate in Nampa, Idaho
KIVI-TV
(channel 6) is a
television station
licensed to
Nampa, Idaho
, United States, serving the
Boise
area as an affiliate of
ABC
. Owned by the
E. W. Scripps Company
, the station maintains studios on East Chisholm Drive in Nampa (along
I-84
/
US 30
/
SH-55
), while its transmitter is located at the
Bogus Basin
ski area
summit in
unincorporated
Boise County
.
KIVI-TV operates
KSAW-LD
in
Twin Falls
, a
semi-satellite
of KIVI for the
Magic Valley
. It airs KIVI's ABC programs and some of its newscasts, alongside local commercials, separate evening newscasts produced from Nampa covering the Twin Falls area, and separate
syndicated
programming. KSAW-LD also maintains a small advertising sales office in the Blue Lakes Office Park on Falls Avenue in Twin Falls.
History
[
edit
]
Prior use of channel 6
[
edit
]
Prior to KIVI-TV's establishment, there had been two failed attempts to establish a station on the Nampa channel 6 allocation.
The first of these earned the distinction of being Idaho's first television station.
KFXD-TV
broadcast from June 18 to August 11, 1953. However, it was unable to obtain a network affiliation.
[3]
KIDO-TV (channel 7, now
KTVB
), which signed on in July 1953, primarily carried
NBC
shows but also had a secondary affiliation with ABC.
KBOI-TV
(channel 2), which signed on in November 1953, primarily carried
CBS
shows but also aired some ABC programs. KFXD-TV struggled to find programming and was a two-man operation, resulting in its prompt closure. It was the first VHF television station in the United States to go
dark
altogether.
KCIX-TV
had a longer run on the air, from November 1958 to January 1960. However, it too failed to secure an ABC affiliation, and the station went silent awaiting the completion of a merger deal with a radio and television station in
Pocatello
that fell apart.
Early years
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edit
]
In 1968, two parties filed to make a third attempt at channel 6 in Nampa, both of them seeking a hookup with ABC. Actor
Robert Taylor
was the headline name in one bidder, Snake River Valley Television,
[4]
while James Lavenstein of
Salt Lake City
backed the bid of the Idaho Television Corporation. A construction permit was granted to Idaho Television Corporation on May 26, 1971.
[5]
The station signed on February 1, 1974, as KITC, representing its ownership. It was delayed a month by the collapse of the tower for Pocatello sister station KPTO (changed before launch to
KPVI
) during construction.
[6]
For the first time, Boise had full network service from all three stations.
[7]
On April 15,
[5]
KITC changed its call sign to KIVI. At that time, the station opened its Nampa studios, after having begun broadcasting from two mobile homes, and began producing local news programming on April 27, the same day that KPVI launched.
[1]
Idaho Television Company sold KIVI, along with KPVI in Pocatello, to Futura Titanium Corporation in 1977.
[8]
Futura, in turn, sold the station to the
Evening Post Publishing Company
in 1981,
[9]
and Evening Post struck a deal to sell KIVI to
Milwaukee
-based
Journal Communications
in 2001,
[10]
with the deal closing in 2002.
While KIVI had operated a translator in the Magic Valley since 1985?despite the later existence of KKVI, a full-power ABC affiliate and satellite of KPVI established in 1989?an affiliation shuffle in January 1996, in which KPVI became an NBC affiliate but KKVI instead switched to Fox, led to the upgrading of translator K68CO to semi-satellite KSAW-LP, airing its own commercials.
Becoming a duopoly and sale to Scripps
[
edit
]
On July 1, 2008, it was reported
Banks Broadcasting
had agreed to sell
KNIN-TV
(channel 9) to Journal Communications, which would create Boise's first television
duopoly
.
[11]
[12]
On November 10, the
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) initially rejected the application.
[13]
Shortly afterward, Banks Broadcasting filed an appeal. The FCC reversed its decision to reject the deal on January 16, 2009.
[14]
The purchase closed on April 24, at which point KNIN vacated its longtime studios on West Bannock Street in downtown Boise and was integrated into KIVI's facilities in Nampa.
[15]
On July 30, 2014, it was announced that the
E. W. Scripps Company
would acquire Journal Communications in an all-stock transaction. The combined firm retained the companies' broadcast holdings and spun off their print assets as Journal Media Group.
[16]
Originally, KIVI-TV, KNIN-TV and five radio stations were not included in the merger; in September, Journal filed to transfer these stations to Journal/Scripps Divestiture Trust (with Kiel Media Group as trustee).
[17]
[18]
The merger was completed on April 1, 2015.
[19]
[20]
Scripps retained KIVI and the five radio stations, but not KNIN.
[21]
However, KIVI continued to provide services and facilities to KNIN, which was sold to
Raycom Media
and then
Gray Television
,
[22]
[23]
until Gray sold the station to
Marquee Broadcasting
in 2023.
[24]
KIVI's second subchannel became "Boise 6" in October 2023, as Scripps acquired local rights to air the
Vegas Golden Knights
.
[25]
News operation
[
edit
]
The station currently ranks at a distant second place to KTVB (and sometimes third behind KBOI) in
Nielsen ratings
for all newscast periods.
[26]
Until July 2010, KIVI aired an hour-long broadcast weeknights at 6 along with KBOI. The 6:30 portion was eventually dropped as a result of low viewership in the comparative time slot.
[27]
Following Journal's acquisition of KNIN, KIVI began producing a weeknight prime time newscast on that station. Known as
Today's 6 News on K9
, the show was seen for thirty minutes and competed with a nightly half-hour newscast on then
RTV
affiliate KYUU-LP (which was produced by KBOI).
In January 2011, KIVI upgraded its local newscasts to 16:9
enhanced definition
widescreen
with the KNIN show being included in the change. Although not true high definition level, broadcasts match the aspect ratio of HD television screens. Corresponding with KNIN's affiliation switch to Fox in September 2011, its prime time show became known as
Fox 9 News at 9
and initially featured separate news anchors but shared other personnel with KIVI.
The prime time show was also expanded to an hour on weeknights and added a weekend edition. Around the same time, the station's logo coloring was changed from gold, maroon and silver to red, white and blue; this was to allow the station to utilize the same standardized Renderon graphics package used by Journal's Milwaukee flagship
WTMJ-TV
and other company-owned stations.
Although most semi-satellites of another station provide some coverage of their home territory (in this case, the state of Idaho), until 2020, KSAW did not produce any local inserts for the Magic Valley during KIVI's newscasts since there were no news-related personnel locally based out of their Twin Falls offices. On April 13, 2020, following the hiring of three Twin Falls-based reporters, KSAW launched separate evening newscasts, which are produced and anchored out of KIVI; morning and weekend newscasts continue to be simulcast on both stations. Concurrently, KIVI and KSAW rebranded from
6 On Your Side
to
Idaho News 6
.
[28]
In 2023, after cutting ties with KIVI-TV, KNIN-TV dropped the newscasts from channel 6 and began broadcasting newscasts produced by KBOI-TV.
[24]
Technical information
[
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]
Subchannels
[
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]
The station's signal is
multiplexed
:
Analog-to-digital conversion
[
edit
]
KIVI shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 6, on June 19, 2009, one week later. All of Journal's television stations (including KIVI) added or regained the "-TV" suffix. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 24,
[30]
using
virtual channel
6.
Translators
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]
References
[
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]
- ^
a
b
Adams, Warren (April 27, 1974).
"KIVI moves into local news"
.
Idaho Free Press and the News-Tribune
. p. B-6
. Retrieved
March 22,
2021
.
- ^
"Facility Technical Data for KIVI-TV"
.
Licensing and Management System
.
Federal Communications Commission
.
- ^
Television Digest
"Idaho Station Can't Make Grade--Quits" page 2. Aug. 23, 1953. Retrieved Jan. 1, 2024.
- ^
"Video Company Seeks Channel 6"
.
Idaho Free Press
. February 7, 1968. pp. 1,
2
. Retrieved
March 21,
2021
.
- ^
a
b
FCC History Cards for KIVI-TV
- ^
"KITC-TV, Channel 6 plans Feb. 1 debut"
.
Idaho Free Press
. January 12, 1974. pp. 1,
5
. Retrieved
March 21,
2021
.
- ^
"Channel Six debuts tonight"
.
Nampa Free Press
. February 1, 1974. p. 7
. Retrieved
March 21,
2021
.
- ^
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/77-OCR/BC-1977-05-23-OCR-Page-0040.pdf
[
bare URL PDF
]
- ^
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/81-OCR/1981-09-21-BC-OCR-Page-0065.pdf
[
bare URL PDF
]
- ^
"Journal Broadcast buys Boise TV station - Milwaukee - Milwaukee Business Journal"
. Bizjournals.com
. Retrieved
August 2,
2015
.
- ^
JS Online: NewsWatch
- ^
Staff.
"Journal Broadcast Doubling Up in Boise"
.
tvnewsday.com
.
- ^
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2471A1.pdf
[
bare URL PDF
]
- ^
"KTVB.COM: FCC gives OK for Channel 6 to buy Channel 9"
. Archived from
the original
on January 23, 2009
. Retrieved
June 16,
2010
.
- ^
Weprin, Alex (April 24, 2009).
"Journal Closes on KNIN | Broadcasting & Cable"
. Broadcastingcable.com
. Retrieved
August 2,
2015
.
- ^
Glauber, Bill (July 30, 2014).
"Journal, Scripps deal announced"
.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
. Retrieved
July 30,
2014
.
- ^
"Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License"
.
CDBS Public Access
.
Federal Communications Commission
. September 2, 2014
. Retrieved
September 22,
2014
.
- ^
"Description of the Proposed Transaction"
.
Federal Communications Commission
. September 2, 2014
. Retrieved
September 22,
2014
.
- ^
"Scripps, Journal Merger Complete"
.
broadcastingcable.com
. April 2015.
- ^
Staff.
"Scripps, Journal Communications Complete Merger And Spinoff"
.
netnewscheck.com
. Archived from
the original
on July 18, 2018
. Retrieved
April 1,
2015
.
- ^
FCC Internet Services Staff.
"Application View ... Redirecting"
.
fcc.gov
.
- ^
"Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License"
.
CDBS Public Access
.
Federal Communications Commission
. May 14, 2015
. Retrieved
May 15,
2015
.
- ^
Raycom closes On KNIN Boise Purchase - TVNewsCheck
- ^
a
b
Day, Don (October 2, 2023).
"Changing channels: Three Boise TV stations see shifts"
.
BoiseDev
.
- ^
"How to Watch: Boise 6 and Twin Falls 6"
.
Idaho News 6 Boise Twin Falls (KIVI)
. October 9, 2023
. Retrieved
October 10,
2023
.
- ^
"BoiseTVRatings.com"
.
- ^
"Treasure Valley TV notebook: Ex-Channel 12 anchor moves to Channel 2; Channel 6 drops 6:30 newscast; more ... | Voices.IdahoStatesman.com"
. Archived from
the original
on July 22, 2012
. Retrieved
August 7,
2010
.
- ^
Day, Don (April 8, 2020).
"Local news outlet set to expand coverage, staff"
.
BoiseDev
. Retrieved
April 10,
2020
.
- ^
"RabbitEars TV Query for KIVI"
.
RabbitEars.info
.
- ^
"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
.
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- KBOI-TV
(2.1
CBS
,
2.2
CW+
, 2.3
Charge!
)
- KIVI-TV
(6.1
ABC
, 6.2
Ind.
/
NHL Golden Knights hockey
, 6.3
Mystery
, 6.4
Bounce
, 6.5
Laff
, 6.6
Get
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- KTVB
(7.1
NBC
, 7.2
Ind.
, 7.3
Crime
, 7.4
Quest
, 7.5
Nest
, 7.6
Shop LC
, 7.7
[blank]
, 7.8
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 News
, 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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Estrella
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LC
, 39.5
QVC
, 39.6
QVC2
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- KCLP-CD
(18.1 Walk)
- KZTN-LD (20.1
TBN
, 20.2
TCT
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Rel.
, 20.4
Enlace
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- KRID-LD
(22.1 America's Voice, 22.2
Story
, 22.3
H&I
, 22.4
Catchy
, 22.5
Movies!
, 22.6
Start
, 22.7
NOAA
, 22.8
Ace
, 22.9
KTSY
, 22.10
KOAY
)
- KFLL-LD
(25.1/.5
Infomercials
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LX
, 25.3
Oxygen
, 25.5
Outlaw
, 25.6
The365
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- KBKI-LD
(27.2 Infomercials, 27.4
Shop LC
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TBD
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Comet
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Nest
, 35.5
Dabl
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UNI
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TCT
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TMD
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Start
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Decades
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Story
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MeTV
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Astoria
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Ion
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Nampa, ID
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Rel.
Ind.
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Medford
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HSN
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YTA
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Salem
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UNI
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La Grande/Portland
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Bend
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YTA
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TBN
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