KPTH

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KPTH
Sioux City, Iowa

Branding	KPTH Fox 44 (general) Siouxland News (newscasts) My 44.2 (on DT2)
Slogan	Taking Over the World, One Half Hour at a Time Siouxland's Only Primetime Newscast
Channels	Digital: 49 (UHF) Virtual: 44 (PSIP)
Subchannels	44.1 Fox 44.2 MyNetworkTV & This TV
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (KPTH Licensee, LLC)
First air date	May 9, 1999
Call letters' meaning	Pappas Telecasting Heartland (reference to former owner)
Sister station(s)	KMEG
Former channel number(s)	44 (UHF analog, 1999-2009)
Transmitter power	1,000 kW
Height	587 m
Class	DT
Facility ID	77451
Transmitter coordinates	42°35′11.8″N 96°13′19.7″W / 42.586611°N 96.222139°W / 42.586611; -96.222139
Website	siouxlandnews.com

KPTH is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Southern Siouxland licensed to Sioux City, Iowa. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 (or virtual channel 44.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in unincorporated Plymouth County, Iowa, east of James and US 75, along the Woodbury county line. The station can also be seen on Cable ONE channel 2 and in high definition on digital channel 475. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, KPTH operates CBS affiliate KMEG (owned by Waitt Broadcasting, Inc.) through a shared services agreement (SSA). The two outlets share studios along I-29 (postal address says Gold Circle) in unincorporated Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. Syndicated programming on KPTH includes Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, 30 Rock, and The Office among others.

Digital television

Channel	Video	Aspect	Name	Programming
44.1	720p	16:9	KPTH-DT	Main KPTH programming / FOX
44.2	480i	4:3	MyKPTH	This TV / MyNetworkTV

Translators

KPTH's signal is repeated over three translators.^[1] Since all are licensed as low-powered stations, they were exempt from transitioning to digital-only broadcasts in 2009 as mandated by law for all full-power television stations.

Call letters	Channel	City of license	Transmitter location	Note
KBVK-LP	52	Spencer, Iowa	south of Terril along the Clay County line	has construction permit for low-powered digital signal on channel 21
KCWL-LP	57	Storm Lake, Iowa	east of city in Buena Vista County near Pocahontas County line	former call sign (without "-LP" suffix) of former sister station KFXL-TV
KPTP-LD	31	Norfolk, Nebraska	east of city in Western Stanton County, Nebraska County near Madison County line

History

Its studios.

The station signed-on May 9, 1999 as the market's fifth television outlet. Airing an analog signal on UHF channel 44, KPTH, originally owned by Pappas Telecasting, immediately joined Fox. Prior to KPTH's launch, future sister station KMEG carried a secondary affiliation with the network. Initially at its sign-on, channel 44 only covered the Sioux City metro area before increasing to full-power in October 1999. This upgrade extended its coverage area to include the 23 county area that makes up the designated market area. KPTH quickly became Siouxland's most-watched station and was a member of the "Fox #1 Club" in 2004 and 2005. The station also began to air the entire FOX lineup nightly.

In May 2005, Waitt Broadcasting (owner of KMEG) entered into a shared services agreement with Pappas Telecasting. Although KPTH was designated the senior partner in the arrangement, it moved into KMEG's facility. In November 2007, Waitt announced it would sell KMEG to Siouxland Television, LLC, with Pappas continuing to operate it as part of the deal. However, Pappas' Sioux City duopoly was among the company's thirteen stations which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As a result, the sale of KMEG to Siouxland Television fell through. On January 16, 2009, it was announced several of the Pappas stations involved in the bankruptcy (including KPTH) would be sold to New World TV Group after the transaction received United States bankruptcy court approval.^[2] The change in ownership was completed on October 15, 2009, and on that day, New World TV Group took over the SSA with KMEG.

Since noon on February 17, 2009, KPTH's broadcasts have been digital-only.^[3]^[4] The station is the market's home for Iowa high school sports championships in basketball, wrestling, and football.^[5]

TTBG announced the sale of most of its stations, including KPTH, to the Sinclair Broadcast Group on June 3, 2013.^[6] The sale was finalized on September 30.^[7]

Newscast

Former weeknight news open, under the Fox 44 News at Nine branding.

On October 9, 2006, KMEG began producing a weeknight prime time newscast on KPTH. Known as Siouxland News at Nine on Fox 44, the broadcast can currently be seen for thirty minutes. The former station handles primary newscast production even through KPTH is the senior partner in the SSA. On October 25, 2010, KMEG became the first station in the market to upgrade its news operation to 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen. Although not truly high definition, the broadcasts match the ratio of HD television screens. The weeknight news at 9 on KPTH was included in the change. KCAU became the area's first outlet to add full high definition newscasts soon after on November 23. It would not be until June 2011 when KTIV would complete the same upgrade. On April 15, 2013, KMEG and KPTH completed an upgrade to broadcast newscasts in full high definition.

News team

Anchors

Larry Wentz - weeknights at 9 p.m.

Weather team

Chad Sandwell (AMS Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 9 p.m.
Katie Link - meteorologist; fill-in
Michelle Rook - meteorologist; fill-in

Reporters

Beairshelle Edmé - general assignment reporter
Heather Leigh - general assignment reporter

References

↑ REC Broadcast Query, retrieved 2006-07-25
↑ "New World Gets Pappas TVs for $260M". TVnewsday. January 16, 2008. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
↑ Today is the day for digital TV switch, Dave Dreeszen, Sioux City Journal, February 17, 2009
↑ http://www.kmeg14.com/story/6936989/about-kmeg-14
↑ http://www.kpth.com/story/7214446/about-kpth-fox-44
↑ "Sinclair Buys 6 Titan Television Stations". TVNewsCheck. June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
↑ https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101578756&formid=905&fac_num=77451

External links

KPTH (can be entered into web-enabled mobile device for wireless access)
KPTH-DT2 "My 44.2"
KMEG
Query the FCC's TV station database for KPTH
Query the FCC's TV station database for KBVK-LP
Query the FCC's TV station database for KPTP-LD
Query the FCC's TV station database for KCWL-LP

v t e Television stations in Siouxland

Stations	KUSD (2.1 PBS, 2.2 PBS World, 2.3 Create) KTIV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 CW, 4.3 Me-TV) KSXC 5 (DayStar) KCAU (9.1 ABC, 9.2 LWN) KMEG (14.1 CBS, 14.2 Azteca America) KXNE (19.1 PBS/NET, 19.2 PBS World, 19.3 Create) KAZS 23 (TuV) KSIN (27.1 PBS, 27.2 Create/PBS Kids, 27.3 World) KPTH (44.1 Fox, 44.2 This TV)

Defunct	K54GK 51 (TBN)

See also Lincoln TV Omaha TV Des Moines TV Sioux Falls TV

v t e Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Iowa

KYOU 15 (Ottumwa) KDSM 17 (Des Moines) KLJB 18 (Davenport) KFXA 28 (Cedar Rapids) KPTH 44 (Sioux City)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Iowa

v t e MyNetworkTV Network Affiliates in the state of Iowa

KCRG-DT 9.2 (Cedar Rapids) WQAD-DT 38.3 (Davenport) KIMT-DT 42.2 (Mason City)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Iowa

v t e Sinclair Broadcast Group

ABC network affiliates	KATU KDNL KHQA KOMO KTVO KVII / KVIH WCHS WEAR WGTU / WGTQ¹ WHOI WHAM² WICD WICS WKEF WLOS WPDE WSYX WTVC WXLV

CBS network affiliates	KBAK KBOI KDBC KEPR KEYE KFDM KGAN KGBT KHQA KIMA KLEW KMEG³ KRCG KTVL KTVO KUTV KVAL / KCBY / KPIC WGME WHP WKRC WPEC WRGB WTVH⁴ WWMT

The CW network affiliates	KEPR KFDM KFRE KIMA KMTR / KTCW / KMCB⁵ KMYS² KOCB KTVL KVII / KVIH KVCW KXTU KXVO⁶ KYUU WBUI⁷ WBSF¹ WCWN WHAM² WHOI WKRC WLFL WLYH⁸ WNAB⁹ WNUV¹ WSTQ WTTO / WDBB WTVX WUCW WVTV WWHO¹⁰ WWMB¹¹ WWMT

Fox network affiliates	KABB KBFX KBSI KBTV² KDSM KFOX KFXA¹² KMPH KOKH KPTH KPTM KRXI KSAS KXRM WACH WBFF WDKY WFXL WLUC WMSN WPFO¹³ WPGH WRGT¹ WRLH WRSP / WCCU⁷ WSMH WSYT¹⁴ WTAT¹ WTTE¹ WUHF WUTV WVAH¹ WYZZ^{1, 15} WZTV

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KAME² KDBC KMTW¹⁶ KMYU KUTV KVMY WABM WCGV WDKA¹⁷ WFGX WMMP WMYA¹ WMYV WNYO WNYS¹⁴ WPMY WRDC WRGT¹ WRLH WSTR² WSYX WTCN WTTA WTVZ WUTB² WUXP

NBC network affiliates	KMTR / KMCB / KTCW⁵ KRNV / KENV¹⁸ WEYI¹¹ WJAC WLUC WNWO WOAI WPBN / WTOM WPMI² WSTM WTOV WTWC

Other affiliates	Independent station WJTC² This TV affiliates KMYU WFGX Univision KUNP^MFX KUNS^MFX KUNW-CD / KVVK / KORX Azteca América WWHB

Radio Stations	KOMO-AM KOMO-FM¹⁹ KPLZ-FM KVI

Wrestling promotion	Ring of Honor

¹Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of SBGI's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. ²Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. ³Owned by Waitt Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair. ⁴Owned by Granite Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair. ⁵Owned by Roberts Media and operated by Sinclair. ⁶Owned by Mitts Telecasting and operated by Sinclair. ⁷Owned by GOCOM Media and operated by Sinclair. ⁸Operated by Sinclair, owned by Nexstar. ⁹Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair by an outsourcing agreement. ¹⁰Owned by Manhan Media and operated by Sinclair. ¹¹Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. ¹²Owned by Second Generation Ltd. and operated by Sinclair. ¹³Owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group (itself 49% owned by Max Media) and operated by Sinclair. Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting, pending FCC approval. ¹⁴Owned by Bristlecone Broadcasting, Sinclair operates WSYT through transitional agreement. WNYS is owned by RKM Media, LLC, its LMA assignment will be transfered to Bristlecone. ¹⁵Operated by Nexstar under an LMA. ¹⁶Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair. ¹⁷Owned by WDKA Acquisition Corporation and operated by Sinclair. ¹⁸Owned by Intermountain West Communications Company and operated by Sinclair. Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting, pending FCC approval. ¹⁹Owned by South Sound Broadcasting, Sinclair programs this station, as a simulcast of KOMO (AM).

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