KTVB

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KTVB

Boise, Idaho
Branding	Idaho's NewsChannel 7
Slogan	Where the News Comes First
Channels	7 (VHF) analog, 26 (HDTV, UHF) digital
Affiliations	NBC (Secondary through 1974)
Owner	Belo Corp. (KING Broadcasting Company)
Founded	July 6, 1953
Call letters meaning	K TeleVision Boise
Former callsigns	KIDO-TV (1953-1959)
Former affiliations	ABC (1953-1974) & DuMont (1953-1955)
Transmitter Power	195 kW (analog) 85.5 kW (digital)
Height	57.5 m (analog) 57.5 m (digital)
Facility ID	34858
Website	www.ktvb.com/

KTVB "Idaho's NewsChannel 7" is a television station in Boise, Idaho, affiliated with the NBC network, that broadcasts on analog VHF channel 7 and digital UHF channel 26.

1 History
2 Other initiatives
3 Local news
- 3.1 Anchors
4 Trivia
5 Logos
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] History

The station, Idaho's oldest, signed on July 6, 1953 as KIDO-TV, owned by Georgia Davidson along with KIDO-AM. Davidson was one of only two female station owners in the NBC network. The other was Dorothy Bullitt, who founded future sister station KING-TV. Davidson sold KIDO-AM in 1959 but kept KIDO-TV, which she renamed KTVB-TV.

Philo Farnsworth, the father of television — and an Idaho native — was present as the station signed on the air. During KTVB's fiftieth year celebration, the tag line "the first television station in the state where TV was invented" was used in some promotional announcements.

In 1979, KTVB was sold to KING Broadcasting Company, joining stations KREM-TV in Spokane, KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon and KING-TV in Seattle. KING Broadcasting was sold to the Providence Journal Company in 1992, which was later sold to current owner Belo in 1997.

[edit] Other initiatives

In November 2003, KTVB launched the 24/7 NewsChannel - a 24 hour cable channel consisting primarily of newscast repeats.

Programming for co-owned KTFT-LP in Twin Falls originates from the KTVB building. The two signals are identical, with the exception of commercials, which are sold and targeted to the Magic Valley area.

The station operates the state's first full-time online news service - KTVB.COM - featuring news, video, weather, sports and traffic information.

KTVB has branched out in to non-traditional areas, such as its free Idaho Classifieds project on the ZIdaho website.

[edit] Local news

The KTVB news slogan is "Where the News Comes First." The station produces just more than 30 hours of original news and sports programming per week.

Several former reporters have gone on to attain national prominence, including Christy Paul of CNN Headline News, Trace Gallagher of Fox News 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 July 2006 ratings show KTVB's news programs are number one in each timeslot by wide margins ^[1]

[edit] Anchors

Dee Sarton - Anchor-News at Five, News at Six, Viewpoint host

Carolyn Holly - Anchor-News at Noon, News at Ten, Seven Days

Mark Johnson - Anchor-News at Six, News at Ten, Viewpoint host

Rick Lantz - Idaho's Chief Meteorologist

David Augusto - Sports Director, BSU sports play-by-play

Andrea Dearden - Anchor-Weekend Evening News, Crime reporter

Maggie O'Mara - Today's Morning News anchor, Consumer reporter

Larry Gebert - Today's Morning News meteorologist, News at Noon meteorologist

David Gale - Today's Morning News anchor, Reporter

Robbie Johnson - Saturday Morning News anchor, Health reporter

Bob Anthony - Weekend Evening News meteorologist

Deborah Smith - Saturday Morning News meteorologist

Alyson Oüten - Business reporter

Adam Atchison - Reporter

Ysabel Bilbao - Reporter

Kaycee Murray - Reporter

Mike Vogel - Reporter

Scott Conklin - Weekend Evening News sports anchor, Sunday Sports Extra anchor

Justin Corr - Sports Reporter

[edit] Trivia

KTVR-TV channel 13 in La Grande, Oregon was originally a satellite of KTVB until the mid-1970s, when it was sold to Oregon Public Broadcasting, becoming part of the then-OEPBS network.

[edit] Logos

Video still-frame of logo used from 1979-1996. A variation of this logo was used from sign-on until 1979.

Video still-frame of logo used from 1996-October, 1999.

KTVB logo used since October, 1999

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 43° 45' 16" N 116° 5' 56" W

Broadcast television in the Boise market (Nielsen DMA #119)
KBCI 2 (CBS) - KAID 4 (PBS/IPTV) - KIVI 6 (ABC) - KTVB 7 (NBC) - KNIN 9 (The CW, CW+ on DT2) - KTRV 12 (Fox) - K17ED 17 (3ABN) - KCLP-CA 18 (TCT) - K31FD 31 (3ABN) - KBSE-LP 33 (HSN) - KUNS-LP 35 (UNI) - KKJB 39 (A1) - KBTI-LP 41 (JTV) - KIWB-LP 43 (Tele-Vida Abundante) - KZAK-LP 49 (24/7 news) - KCBB-LP 51 (AZA)
Local cable television channels
TVTV Cable 11 - 24/7 Cable 28 (KTVB local news channel)

Broadcast television in the Twin Falls market (Nielsen DMA #191)
KIDA 5 (Ind) - KSL 5 (NBC) - KMVT 11 (CBS/CW on DT2) - KIPT 13 (PBS/IPT) - KSVX 18 (i) - KBGH 19 (Edu) - KBAX 27 (A1) - KXTF 35 (FOX) - KTFT 38 (NBC) - KTWT-LP 43 (CW) - KCTF 45 (REL) - KSAW 52 (ABC)

NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Idaho

KPVI 6 (Pocatello) - KTVB 7 / KTFT-LP 38 (Boise / Twin Falls)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, PBS and Other stations in Idaho

v • d • e

Belo Corporation

Annual Revenue: 1.52 Billion (USD) | Employees: 6,600 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: BLC | Website: belo.com

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