KIFI-TV
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| Idaho Falls, Idaho | |
| Branding | Local News 8 |
| Slogan | Local People Local News |
| Channels | 8 (VHF) analog, 9 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | News-Press & Gazette Company |
| Founded | January 21, 1961 |
| Call letters meaning | K Idaho Falls Idaho |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1961-96) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (Analog) 63 kW (Digital) |
| Website | www.localnews8.com |
KIFI-TV is the local American Broadcasting Company affiliate for Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho. It broadcasts an analog signal on channel 8, and a digital signal on channel 9. The station was sold to the Bradley Family, owners of the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri, in August 2005.
[edit] History
Founded in 1961 by Jim Brady, son of J. Robb Brady who owned and operated the major local newspaper, The Post Register. KIFI-TV was the third television station to broadcast in Eastern Idaho. It went on the air on January 21, 1961.
In early 1996, KIFI-TV changed from an NBC affiliate to an ABC affiliate, swapping with the longtime ABC affiliate KPVI.
KIFI-TV was branded as Idaho 8 for a number of years, before being branded Local News 8 in early 1999.
[edit] Sources
[edit] External links
- KIFI Homepage
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KIFI
- Aerial photo of KIFI-TV transmitter from Google Local
| Broadcast television in the Idaho Falls / Pocatello market (Nielsen DMA #163) | ||
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KIDK 3 (CBS) - KPVI 6 / KJWY 2 (NBC) - KIFI 8 (ABC) - KISU 10 (PBS/IPT) - KPIF 15 / KBEO 11 (The CW) - KUNP-LP 24 (TFU) - K26EW 26 (TBN) - KFXP 31 (FOX) |
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KIVI 6 / KSAW-LP 52 (Nampa / Twin Falls) - KIFI 8 (Idaho Falls) |
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| See also: CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Idaho | |
