| Boise, Idaho | |
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| Branding | Idaho's NewsChannel 7 |
| Slogan | Where the News Comes First |
| Channels | Digital: 7 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 7.1 NBC 7.2 24/7 NewsChannel 7.3 NW Cable News |
| Translators | KTFT-LD 20 (7.7) Twin Falls (for others, see article) |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Belo Corporation (King Broadcasting Co.) |
| First air date | July 12, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | TeleVision Boise |
| Former callsigns | KIDO-TV (1953-59) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 7 (VHF, 1953-2009) Digital: 26 (UHF, 1997-2009) |
| Former affiliations | Both secondary: DuMont (1953-55) ABC (1953-74) |
| Transmitter power | 42.1 kW |
| Height | 806 m |
| Facility ID | 34858 |
| Website | KTVB.com |
KTVB, channel 7, is the NBC-affiliated television station in Boise, Idaho, it is owned by Belo Corporation. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 7.
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The station, Idaho's oldest, signed on July 12, 1953, as KIDO-TV. It was originally owned by Georgia Davidson, along with radio station KIDO-AM. Davidson was one of only three female station owners in the NBC network. The others were Marietta Meyer Ekberg of KFYR-TV in Bismarck, North Dakota, and Dorothy Bullitt of future sister station KING-TV in Seattle. Davidson sold KIDO-AM in 1959 but kept KIDO-TV, which she renamed KTVB.
KTVB has always been a primary NBC affiliate. After KBOI-TV (Channel 2, CBS) signed on in November 1953, the two stations briefly shared secondary DuMont affiliations, and shared secondary ABC affiliations until KITC (Channel 6) signed on in 1974. Before KAID-TV (Channel 4, PBS) signed on in December 1971, KTVB pre-empted the second hour of the Today Show to carry Sesame Street without commercials on weekday mornings.
In the early 1960s, KTVB built a satellite station in La Grande, Oregon. KTVR-TV channel 13 went on the air December 6, 1964, as a semi-satellite of KTVB, but had a La Grande studio at 1605 Adams Ave., producing a nightly newscast and other local programming. However, by 1967, the La Grande studio and office had been closed and KTVR was a total satellite of KTVB. KTVR was unique in the Pacific time zone because as a repeater of a Mountain time zone station, its "prime-time" schedule was broadcast from 6 to 9 p.m. PT, two hours early. OEPBS (now Oregon Public Broadcasting) bought KTVR on August 31, 1976, and converted it to PBS programming on February 1, 1977.
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 the Bullitts' King Broadcasting Company, joining KING in Seattle, KREM-TV in Spokane, and KGW-TV in Portland. King Broadcasting was sold to the Providence Journal Company in 1992, which was later sold to current owner Belo Corporation in 1997.
KTVB started transmitting digital signals only, effective June 12, 2009.[1] The station was one of four VHF digital stations granted a power increase later that month after stations experienced signal problems as a result of changing their digital channel from UHF to VHF.[2]
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Name | Programming |
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| 7.1 | KTVB-DT | main KTVB-TV programming / NBC-HD |
| 7.2 | 24/7 | 24/7 NewsChannel, (newscast repeats) |
| 7.3 | NWCN | Northwest Cable News (Seattle) |
By the end of June 2009, KTVB had received permission to increase its power.[3]
In November 2003, KTVB launched the Idaho's Very Own 24/7 - a 24-hour cable news television channel consisting primarily of syndicated programming and original newscasts. The network is distributed on digital channel 7.2 as well as on a variety of local cable stations.
Programming for co-owned KTFT-LD 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. Usually, most semi-satellites of another outlet provide some coverage of their home territory (in this case, KTFT-LD in the Magic Valley). However, that station does not insert any local segments into KTVB's newscasts. In addition, there are no reporters based out of KTVB's facility in Twin Falls. All local news shows from this station are simulcasted on KTFT-LD. KTFT-LD rebroadcasts KTVB's main signal on virtual channel 7.7 and 24/7 NewsChannel on virtual channel 7.8 by use of PSIP.
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.
In August 2011, KTVB became the first station in Boise to broadcast their entire weekday schedule in High Definition.
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.
Former reporters have gone on to attain national prominence, including Christi Paul of CNN Headline News, Trace Gallagher of Fox News, David Kerley of ABC 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.
In 2004 and 2006, KTVB-TV was recognized with Emmy Awards by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northwest Chapter in the area of Program Achievement for having the best evening newscast in the Pacific Northwest, small market division.
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KTVB is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.
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All of the translators in Nevada and most in Oregon are in the Pacific Time Zone.
KTFT-LD is rebroadcast on digital translator K49IT-D in Hagerman, Idaho.[6] K49IT-D is owned and operated by the Hagerman Translator district and not Belo Corporation and King Broadcasting Company.
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