KIDK

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KIDK
KIDK logo
Idaho Falls/Pocatello, Idaho
Branding Channel 3 Eyewitness News
Channels Analog: 3 (VHF)

Digital: 36 (UHF)

Affiliations CBS
Owner Fisher Communications, Inc.
(Fisher Broadcasting - SE Idaho TV, LLC)
First air date December 20, 1953
Call letters’ meaning KID (former callsign) with an extra K
Sister station(s) KBCI-TV Boise, ID
Former callsigns KID-TV (1953-1984)
Former affiliations All secondary:
DuMont (1953-1955)[1]
NBC (1953-1961)
ABC (1953-1974)
UPN (1995-2003)
Transmitter Power 100 kW (analog)
200 kW (digital)
Height 488 m (analog)
457 m (digital)
Facility ID 56028
Transmitter Coordinates 43°29′50.9″N, 112°39′52.4″W
Website www.kidk.com

KIDK is the local CBS affiliate for Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho, USA. It broadcasts an analog signal on channel 3, and a digital signal on channel 36. The station is owned by Fisher Communications. Its transmitter is located atop East Butte, near Atomic City.

Contents

[edit] Current Personalities

Anchors

  • Todd Kunz
  • Mary Sturgill
  • Tommy Noel
  • Rick Montanez
  • Sarah Schwabe
  • Danielle Leigh

Reporters

  • Nate Eaton
  • Araksya Karapetyan
  • Kris Keach
  • Hasti Taghi
  • Wes Horrocks
  • Anthony Congi
  • Jennifer McGraw

Weather

  • Dave Harmon


Sports

  • Ted Dawson
  • Tony Gugliotta

[edit] Translators

Within its network, KIDK has a total of 20 translators serving parts of Eastern and Central Idaho, and parts of Western Wyoming.


[edit] External links

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Aden, Frank Jr. (2006). "The Beginning of TV in Idaho". As the Turntable Turns, issue 1. July 2006. History of Idaho Broadcasting.