KIFI-TV
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| KIFI-TV | |
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| Idaho Falls/Pocatello, Idaho | |
| Branding | Local News 8 |
| Slogan | Local People Local News |
| Channels | Analog: 8 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC (secondary 1961-1974, primary since 1996) |
| Owner | News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG of Idaho, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 1961[1] |
| Call letters’ meaning | Idaho Falls, Idaho |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1961-1996) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 17.9 kW (digital) |
| Height | 464 m (both) |
| Facility ID | 66258 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| 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 is owned by News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Founded in 1961, KIFI-TV was the third television station to broadcast in Eastern Idaho. It went on the air in January 1961. In early 1996, KIFI-TV changed from an NBC affiliate to an ABC affiliate, swapping with the longtime ABC affiliate KPVI.
Originally owned by The Post Register, the area's leading newspaper, it was sold to News-Press & Gazette in 2005.
KIFI-TV was branded as Idaho 8 for a number of years, before being branded Local News 8 in early 1999.
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[edit] External links
- KIFI Homepage
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KIFI
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KIFI-TV
[edit] References
- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says January 21, while the Television and Cable Factbook says January 23.
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