| Twin Falls, Idaho | |
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| Branding | KSAW Channel 51 Today's 6 News |
| Slogan | Touch Today's Channel 6 Idaho's Most Award Winning News. (newscasts) |
| Channels | Digital: 51 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 51.1 ABC |
| Owner | Journal Communications (Journal Broadcast Corporation) |
| Founded | January 28, 1985 |
| Sister station(s) | KIVI, KNIN-TV, KRVB-FM 94.9, KQXR-FM 100.3, KJOT-FM 105.1, KTHI-FM 107.1, KGEM-AM 1140, KCID-AM 1490 |
| Former callsigns | K27AO (1985-1987) K68CO (1987-1996) KSAW-LP (1996-2009) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 27 (1985-1987) 23 (1987-?) 68 |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 169 m |
| Class | LD |
| Facility ID | 59256 |
| Website | www.ksawtv.com |
KSAW-LD is the low-powered ABC-affiliated television station for Idaho's Magic Valley. Licensed to Twin Falls, it broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter on Flat Top Butte in Jerome. The station can also be seen on Cable One channel 3 and in high definition on digital channel 455. Owned by Journal Communications, KSAW has a sales office on Falls Avenue in Downtown Twin Falls. Although identifying as a separate outlet in its own right, KSAW is considered a semi-satellite of sister station KIVI in Boise.
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While the station airs all network programming provided through KIVI, it clears most of that station's syndicated programming. There are also some programs which only air on KSAW while others are only seen on KIVI. Syndicated programming exclusive to this station includes Judge Jeanine Pirro and Extra. It also airs separate station identifications and local commercials. Master control and most internal operations originate from KIVI's studios on East Chisholm Drive in Nampa along I-84/US 30/SH-55.
KKVI in Twin Falls was the Magic Valley's original ABC affiliate through its status as a full-powered satellite of KPVI in Pocatello. In January 1996, the parent station switched affiliations to NBC. Since that network was already seen in Twin Falls through KTVB's low-powered semi-satellite KTFT-LP, KKVI became the area's first full-time Fox affiliate as KXTF. The network was previously seen on that station off-hours in a secondary nature. Due to the network changes in Twin Falls, KIVI's owner purchased this station and turned it into a low-powered semi-satellite.
KSAW-LD is rebroadcast on one translator.[1] K29GV-D is owned and operated by the Hagerman Translator District
Usually, most semi-satellites of another station provide some coverage of their home territory (in this case, the Magic Valley of Idaho). However, KSAW does not produce any local inserts during KIVI's newscasts. There are also no reporters based out of this station's facilities in Twin Falls. All newscasts from KIVI are simulcasted on KSAW.
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