KMVT

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KMVT




Twin Falls, Idaho
Branding CBS 11 (general)
KMVT News
CW 11.2 (on DT2)
Fox 14 (on DT3)
Slogan Southern Idaho's
News Source
TV to Talk About
(on DT2)
Channels Digital: 11 (VHF)
Virtual: 11 (PSIP)
Subchannels 11.1 CBS
11.2 The CW
11.3 Fox (primary)
MyNetworkTV (secondary)
Network CBS
Owner Neuhoff Communications
(Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership)
First air date May 30, 1955
Call letters' meaning Magic Valley Television
Sister station(s) KTWT-LD
Former callsigns KLIX-TV (1955-1957)
Former channel number(s) 11 (VHF analog, 1955-2009)
Former affiliations ABC & NBC
(both secondary)
Transmitter power 40 kW
Height 323 m
Class DT
Facility ID 35200
Transmitter coordinates 42°43′46.9″N 114°24′55″W / 42.729694°N 114.41528°W / 42.729694; -114.41528
Website kmvt.com

KMVT is the CBS-affiliated television station for Southern Idaho's Magic Valley that is licensed to Twin Falls.[1] It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 11 from a transmitter on Flat Top Butte in unincorporated Jerome County east of Jerome and U.S. 93. The station can also be seen on Cable ONE channel 12 and in high definition on digital channel 460. Locally-owned, KMVT is sister to low-powered primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate KTWT-LD. The two outlets share studios on Blue Lakes Boulevard North/U.S. 93 in Twin Falls. Syndicated programming on this station includes Wheel of Fortune, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dr. Phil, and Two and a Half Men among others.

History

The station went on the air on June 1, 1955 as KLIX-TV, a sister station to KLIX radio (1310 AM). It has been a CBS affiliate since sign-on; however, in its early years the station carried programs from ABC and NBC. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.

In 1957, Ogden, Utah businessman Abe Glasmann purchased the KLIX radio and TV stations and KUTV in Salt Lake City. Glasmann sold the radio station, which retained the call letters KLIX. He rechristened the TV station KMVT. "MVT" stood for "Magic Valley Television," reflecting the area's nickname of "Magic Valley."

In 1965 KMVT became the first television station in Idaho to broadcast local programs in color.

Western Broadcasting Company of Missoula, Montana, which operated KMSO-TV (now KECI) in Missoula, acquired KMVT in 1970. In 1984, control of the station was transferred to the Chapman S. Root 1982 Living Trust. The Catamount Broadcast Group acquired the station in 1998 and sold it to the Neuhoff family in 2004. Today KMVT Broadcasting Inc. is a subsidiary of the Neuhoff family limited partnership.

KMVT became the first station to air Apple Computer's famous "1984" commercial on December 31, 1983, before midnight, to ensure the ad would qualify for the year 1984's advertising awards, which only counted ads aired in 1983.

In September 2006, KMVT began carrying The CW network on its DT2 subchannel, which was also seen on KTWT-LP channel 43; as of 2012, KTWT now carries MyNetworkTV programming, with CW programming remaining on the KMVT subchannel.

KMVT's broadcasts are digital-only, effective (as originally scheduled) on February 17, 2009.[2]

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
11.1 720p 16:9 KMVT Main KMVT programming / CBS
11.2 KMVT-DT2 CW 11.2
11.3 480i 4:3 KMVT-DT3 Simulcast of KTWT-LD

On July 1, 2012, KMVT-DT2 upgraded to a high definition feed (including Cable ONE digital channel 485) and KTWT began to be simulcasted in standard definition on a new third digital subchannel of KMVT.[3]

Translators

KVMT is rebroadcast on seven translators.[4][5] Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership and KVMT-TV owns and operates all translators except for K31IF-D of which is owned and operated by Hagerman Translator District instead of KVMT-TV and Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership.

KVMT-TV and Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership had a construction permit for a digital translator on digital channel 24 in Hagerman, Idaho. The construction permit on such a digital translator seems to be defunct.

News operation

News open.

Since KMVT is the area's only full-powered television station, it has been providing the only outlet for local news covering the Magic Valley for many years. Both of the market's low-powered ABC and NBC affiliates serve as semi-satellites of stations based in Boise (KSAW-LD relays KIVI-TV while KTFT-LD repeats KTVB). Although both outlets maintain local advertising sales offices next door to each other in the Blue Lakes Office Park on Falls Avenue in Twin Falls, neither outlet inserts any newscast cut-ins into their parent station offering coverage of the Magic Valley.

That is due to a lack of reporters based out of those facilities. Previous Fox affiliate KXTF simulcasted a weeknight prime time newscast at 9 but that show was technically produced by KPVI for its co-owned station KFXP in the Pocatello/Idaho Falls market. Likewise, coverage solely consisted of that area and not of Twin Falls. In April 2012, KMVT upgraded its newscast production to high definition level.

With the launch of Fox on sister station KTWT on July 1, 2012 there was a significant expansion of KMVT's news operation. More specifically, the CBS affiliate began producing a half-hour extension of Rise and Shine that is seen weekday mornings from 7 to 7:30 on the Fox station. In addition, KTWT added half-hour newscasts at 5 (airing on weeknights only) and 9 (seen every night). The Fox broadcasts have a separate news anchor on weeknights and feature more regional, national, and international news of the day as opposed to shows seen on KMVT. As with the CBS affiliate, shows seen on the Fox outlet can be seen in high definition. As of January 2013, the station has branded the two station's news programming as one. Both are now called Idaho's First News and share the same anchors.

Newscast titles

  • TV 11 News (1970s-1982)
  • NewsScene (1982-1989)
  • Channel 11 News (1989-1996)
  • NewsChannel 11 (1996-2003)
  • KMVT News (2003–present)

Station slogans

  • "The Magic Valley's News Source" (1990s-2003)
  • "Southern Idaho's News Source" (2003–2013)
  • "Idaho's First News" (2013 - Present)

News team

News anchors

  • Danielle Kosir - weekday mornings and weekdays at noon
  • Diane Dean - weeknights at 5, 6, 9 and 10
  • Joe Martin - News Director seen weeknights at 5, 6, 9 and 10
  • Brittany Cooper - Weekends at 9 and 10 (also reporter)

Meteorologists

  • Brian Neudorff - Chief Meteorologist seen weeknights at 5,6,9 and 10
  • Nick Kosir - weekday morning and weekdays at noon meteorologist
  • Brandon Redmond - weekend weather/weekend anchor and news reporter

Sports anchors

  • Jason Carter - Sports Director seen weeknights at 6, 9, and 10
  • Ngozi Ekeledo - weekend sports and sports reporter

Reporters

  • Michelle Costa - Assistant News Director and Assignment Editor (also reporter)
  • Joey Martin - photographer
  • Andrew Reed
  • Jay Michaels
  • Alexa Tieu
  • Aimee Burnett

References

  1. ↑ KMVT is also a public-access television station in Mountain View, California - KMVT 15 website
  2. ↑ http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/39236572.html
  3. ↑ http://www.kmvt.com/home/related/160056765.html
  4. ↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K44JA-D#station
  5. ↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K31IF-D#station

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*Repeater of KREM-TV, Spokane, Washington.
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See also
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
ION
MyNetworkTV
NBC
PBS
Other stations in Idaho
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