KPTH

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KPTH

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Sioux City, Iowa
Branding KPTH Fox 44
Slogan We're your station!
Channels Analog: 44 (UHF)

Digital: 49 (UHF)
Affiliations Fox
MyNetworkTV (DT2)
Owner Pappas Telecasting Companies
(KPTH License, LLC)
First air date May 9, 1999
Call letters’ meaning Pappas
Telecasting
Heartland
Sister station(s) KMEG
Transmitter Power 5000 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 611 m (analog)
587 m (digital)
Facility ID 77451
Transmitter Coordinates 42°35′11.8″N, 96°13′19.7″W
Website www.kpth.com

KPTH is the Fox network affiliate serving the entire Siouxland area, owned and operated by Pappas Telecasting alongside sister station, CBS network affiliate KMEG.

This station operates on analog UHF channel 44 and digital UHF channel 49.

KPTH always had the Fox affiliation since it took to the air on May 9, 1999. However, KMEG-TV was previously affiliated with the Fox network as a secondary with CBS as primary before KPTH's inception.

KPTH carries a MyNetworkTV affiliate on its DT2 sub-channel, which was announced on April 18, 2006. [1]

[edit] Newscast

On October 9, 2006, KPTH Fox 44 launched a 9PM newscast, KPTH Fox 44 News at Nine.

[edit] News Team

  • News Anchor- Steve Long
  • Chief Meteorologist- Chad Sandwell
  • Reporter- Ana Jasen

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the Sioux City market  (Nielsen DMA #143)

KUSD 2 (PBS/SDPB) - KTIV 4 (NBC, The CW on DT2) - KSXC-LP 5 (Vida) - KCAU 9 (ABC) - KMEG 14 (CBS) - KXNE 19 (PBS/NET) - KAZS-LP 23 (TuV) - KSIN 27 (PBS/IPTV) - KPTH 44 (FOX, MNTV on DT2) - K54GK 51 (TBN)
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Pappas Telecasting Companies
Corporate Leadership
Henry J. Pappas (Chairman & CEO) · Dennis J. Davis · LeBon G. Abercrombie · Howard H. Shrier · Peter C. Pappas · Richard L. Elmendorf · Debbie L. Sweeney · Gerald Linehan · Steven E. Alfieris · Dale Scherbring · Michael Angelos · Rosemary Danon · Desiree Hill · Gary E. Cripe · Rueben Cuadros · Apostolos Sigouras
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Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.pappastv.com