KPVI-DT

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KPVI-DT
Pocatello/Idaho Falls, Idaho
Branding KPVI News 6
Slogan Your News Source For East Idaho
Channels Digital: 23 (UHF)
Virtual: 6 (PSIP)
Subchannels 6.1 NBC
6.3 Cozi TV
Affiliations NBC
Owner Intermountain West Communications Company
(sale to Frontier Radio Management pending)
(Oregon Trail Broadcasting Company)
First air date April 26, 1974
Call letters' meaning Pocatello
VI = Roman numeral 6
Sister station(s) KFXP
Former callsigns KPVI (1974-2009)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
6 (VHF, 1974-2009)
Former affiliations ABC (1974-1996)
Transmitter power 505 kW
Height 398.4 m
Facility ID 1270
Transmitter coordinates 42°55′12.8″N 112°20′44.6″W / 42.920222°N 112.345722°W / 42.920222; -112.345722
Website www.kpvi.com

KPVI-DT is the local NBC-affiliated television station for Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho. Licensed to Pocatello, it broadcasts a digital signal on channel 23. The station is owned by Intermountain West Communications Company.

KPVI's transmitter is located on a mountain top about four miles (7 km) ENE of the Pocatello city limits, along with its sister station KFXP. This location was chosen because of possible interference from KIVI-TV in Boise, which also broadcast its analog signal on channel 6. At one time, KPVI and KIVI were sister stations (hence the Roman numerals) with the same affiliation (ABC, until 1996). KPVI broadcast its analog signal at 100 kW.

History

KPVI signed on in 1974 as an ABC affiliate. Previously, ABC had been carried on a shared basis by both CBS affiliate KID-TV (now KIDK) and NBC affiliate KIFI-TV. In November 1995, Sunbelt Communications Company, now known as Intermountain West Communications Company (owner of NBC stations KVBC (now KSNV-DT) in Las Vegas, KRNV in Reno and KYMA in Yuma, Arizona) purchased KPVI and satellite stations KJVI (now KJWP) in Jackson, Wyoming and KKVI (now KXTF) in Twin Falls.

The three stations remained with ABC until January 1996 when KPVI and KJVI switched to NBC, swapping affiliations with KIFI. Since NBC programming in Twin Falls was provided by Boise NBC affiliate KTVB via translator, KKVI switched from ABC to Fox. KJVI, which became KJWY several months later, remained a semi-satellite of KPVI until it was sold to PMCM TV, LLC in 2009. As a result of the sale to Sunbelt, the station moved in the mid-1990s from a smaller downtown facility to a newly remodeled facility on East Sherman Street. Saturday Night Live star Molly Shannon was the guest of honor at the official grand opening of the facility.

Intermountain West Communications Company reached a deal to sell KPVI and KXTF to Idaho Broadcast Partners in June 2013; Idaho Broadcast Partners is a subsidiary of Frontier Radio Management.[1][2]

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel PIPS Short Name Video Aspect Programming
6.1 KPVI-HD 1080i 16:9 Main KPVI-DT programming / NBC
6.3 KPVI-TH 480i 4:3 Cozi TV

On January 1, 2012, Antenna TV replaced Universal Sports when it ceased to be available to over-the-air broadcast stations in order to become a cable and satellite-only channel.[3]

Analog-to-digital conversion

KPVI's broadcasts are digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.[4]

News operation

Due to an ailing economy in January 2011, KPVI announced significant layoffs affecting people in every department at the station, including twelve members of the station's news department. In addition to personnel cuts, the station also eliminated all weekend newscasts. The announcement of layoffs came nearly a week after former news director and main anchor, Brenda Baumgartner announced her resignation. Baumgartner's co-anchor and assistant news director, Todd Blackinton took over as the new news director at the station. The changes at KPVI came less than a month after CBS affiliate KIDK said they would lay off 27 of its 43 employees as they entered a staff-sharing agreement with ABC affiliate KIFI-TV.

KPVI produced KPVI on Fox News at 9, a weeknight 9PM newscast seen on local Fox affiliate KFXP and its sister station, KXTF in Twin Falls. However, the newscast was discontinued on July 1, 2012, when KFXP and KXTF's Fox affiliations ended.[5][6] The news broadcast for KFXP moved to 5:30 pm effective on Monday, July 2, 2012.

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

  • NewsCenter 6 (1974–1984)
  • Channel 6 Eyewitness News (1984–1996)
  • NBC News 6 (1996–1999)
  • NewsChannel 6 (1999–2002)
  • NBC NewsChannel 6 (2002–2010)
  • KPVI News 6 (2010–present)

Station slogans

  • "Eastern Idaho's Best News Team" (early 1990s–1996)
  • "Where News Comes First" (1996–2011)
  • "Your News Source for East Idaho" (2011–present)
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On-air staff

Current on-air staff[7]

Anchors

  • Todd Blackinton - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.; also news director
  • Matt Davenport - weeknights at 5 p.m., Co-Host KPVI More
  • Melissa Hackney - weekday mornings
  • Logan McDougall - weekday mornings
  • Matt Gittins - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Libby Moore - Host KPVI More

Weather team

  • Doug Iverson (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.

Reporters

  • Phil Campbell - general assignment reporter
  • Sasha Zimmerman - Upper Valley reporter
  • Kris Milgate - outdoor reporter

Translators

KPVI's network of 23 translators covers eastern Idaho, a portion of western Wyoming, and also West Yellowstone, Montana.

These translators are either owned and operated by KPVI or by local governments or television associations.

References

  1. ↑ Seyler, Dave (June 14, 2013). "Intermountain sells two more TVs". Television Business Report. Retrieved June 14, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 14, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Antenna TV Affiliation Map". Retrieved 3 December 2011. 
  4. ↑ http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=9801764&nav=menu546_1
  5. ↑ "Eastern Idaho to Lose Fox Network Affiliate". KPVI News 6. May 17, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012. 
  6. ↑ Malone, Michael (May 22, 2012). "KTXF Staffers Moving on After Fox Split". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved May 22, 2012. 
  7. ↑ News Team

External links

http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=1003-01062011&today=2011-01-06%2000:00:00


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*Repeater of KHQ-TV, Spokane, Washington.
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  • 1 Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval.
  • 2 The sale of this station to Frontier Radio Management is awaiting FCC approval.
  • 3 Sale to Blackhawk Broadcasting, approved by the FCC, is awaiting consummation.
  • 4 Owned by The Uhlmann Company and operated by Intermountain West Communications.
  • 5 Owned by Compass Communications and operated by Intermountain West Communications. Sale to Abraham Telecasting Company, pending FCC approval.
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