Grit affiliate in Pocatello, Idaho
KPIF
(channel 15) is a
television station
licensed to
Pocatello, Idaho
, United States, serving the
Idaho Falls
?Pocatello
media market
as an affiliate of the
digital multicast network
Grit
. It is owned by Ventura Broadcasting alongside
Ion Television
affiliate
KVUI
(channel 31, also licensed to Pocatello). The two stations share studios on West Alameda Road in Pocatello; KPIF's transmitter is located on Howard Mountain.
History
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The original
construction permit
for KPIF was granted on March 2, 2001, to Pocatello Channel 15,
L.L.C.
, a partnership between KM Communications, Inc. of
Skokie, Illinois
, Kaleidoscope Foundation, Inc. of
Little Rock, Arkansas
(a subsidiary of
Equity Broadcasting Corporation
), and Potelco Broadcasting of
Greensboro, North Carolina
. The three companies had been competing applicants for a channel 15 television station in Pocatello, and agreed in 2000 to form a partnership in order to expedite construction of the station.
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citation needed
]
In 2003, due to irreconcilable differences that caused delays in development of the permit, Myoung Hwa Bae of KM Communications extended an offer to buy out the other two members.
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citation needed
]
KM Communications completed construction of the station and signed on in March 2004 under Program Test Authority from the
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC).
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The station applied for a license to cover the construction permit on March 1, 2004, and was granted the license on October 11, 2006.
Initially, KPIF was affiliated with
America One
, but the station picked up a
WB
affiliation in July 2004. It became an affiliate of
The CW
on September 18, 2006. At one point,
KBEO
(channel 11) from
Jackson, Wyoming
(which was the first to sign on, on March 30, 2001) became a satellite of KPIF (KBEO has since gone dark).
After The CW moved to a
digital subchannel
of
ABC
affiliate
KIFI-TV
(channel 8) on September 7, 2009, the station switched to RTV (now
Retro TV
).
Technical information
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Subchannels
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The station's signal is
multiplexed
:
As of November 2021, Grit moved from 15.2 to the main subchannel. A few other subchannels changed their affiliations too, including 15.2 (
Heroes & Icons
to Defy TV), 15.3 (Grit to
TrueReal
), 15.4 (
Stadium
to Bounce TV; the latter network previously aired on 15.4 from 2020 to June 2021), and 15.7 (
Pursuit Channel
to Newsy).
Analog-to-digital conversion
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KPIF shut down its analog signal, over
UHF
channel 15, on June 12, 2009, and "
flash-cut
" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 15,
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as they were granted original construction permits after the FCC finalized the
DTV
allotment plan on April 21, 1997.
While KPIF did broadcast a digital signal after the analog shutdown, it did not apply for a license to cover or an extension of the digital construction permit (which expired on June 12, 2009) until 2014. KPIF was granted a broadcast license for its digital signal on February 6, 2016.
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References
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External links
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Digital television
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- KIDK
/
KXPI-LD
(3.1/34.1
Dabl
, 3.2/34.2
Fox
/
MNT
)
- KPVI-DT
(6.1
NBC
, 6.2
Catchy
, 6.3
Movies!
)
- KIFI-TV
(8.1
ABC
, 8.2
CBS
, 8.3
CW+
, 8.4 News, 8.5
TMD
)
- KISU-TV
(10.1
PBS
/IdahoPTV, 10.2 IdahoPTV Plus, 10.3
Create
, 10.4
World
, 10.5
PBS Kids
)
- KPIF
(15.1
Grit
, 15.2
Defy
, 15.3
TrueReal
, 15.4
Bounce
, 15.5
This
, 15.6
Court
, 15.7
Scripps News
, 15.8
QVC
, 15.9
TCN
, 15.10
Daystar
, 15.11 DS Espanol, 15.12
Ads
, 15.13
NewsNet
)
- KVUI
(31.1
Ion
, 31.2
Grit
, 31.3
Grio
, 31.4
Cozi
, 31.5
Get
, 31.6
Mystery
, 31.7
Quest
, 31.8
Laff
, 31.9
HSN
, 31.10
Buzzr
, 31.11
Ads
, 31.13 Ventana)
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Cable television
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Defunct
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ABC
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CBS
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Fox
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NBC
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The CW
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MyNetworkTV
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Ion Television
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PBS
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Other
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- KIDK 3
(
Dabl
,
Idaho Falls
)
- KBYU-TV 11
(
BYUtv
,
Provo, UT
)
- KUTF 12
(
Daystar
,
Logan, UT
)
- KJZZ-TV 14
ATSC 3.0
(
Ind.
,
Salt Lake City, UT
)
- KPIF 15
(
MeTV
,
Pocatello
)
- KUPX-TV 16
(
Ind.
,
Provo, UT
)
- K17ED-D 17
(
3ABN
,
Payette
)
- KCLP-CA 18
(
Rel.
,
Boise
)
- KTMW 20
(
TMD
,
Salt Lake City, UT
)
- KZTN-LD 20 (
TBN
,
Boise
)
- KPNZ 24
(
TCT
,
Ogden, UT
)
- KQUP 24
(
Daystar
,
Pullman, WA
)
- K31FD-D 31
(
3ABN
,
Boise
)
- KUTH-DT 32
(
UNI
,
Provo, UT
)
- KXTF 35
(
TCT
,
Twin Falls
)
- KKJB 39
(
TMD
,
Boise
)
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Defunct
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