KTVB explained

Callsign:KTVB
Logo Alt:In blue, wide letters KTVB, italicized, with a blue bar below containing the words "Idaho's News Channel" in white. Next to that is a white 7 in a red circle.
Branding:NewsChannel 7
Digital:7 (VHF); applied for 23 (UHF)
Virtual:7
Location:Boise, Idaho
Country:United States
Callsign Meaning:Television Boise
Former Callsigns:KIDO-TV (1953–1959)
Owner:Tegna Inc.
Licensee:King Broadcasting Company
Sister Stations:KTFT-LD
Haat:8060NaN0
Facility Id:34858
Coordinates:43.7543°N -116.0998°W
Licensing Authority:FCC
Embed Header:Translator
Embedded:
Child:yes
Callsign:KTFT-LD
Digital:20 (UHF)
Virtual:7
Translators:K18NF-D Hagerman
Location:Twin Falls, Idaho
Callsign Meaning:Twin Falls Television
Erp:15 kW
Haat:226.60NaN0
Facility Id:167056
Coordinates:42.7299°N -114.4192°W
Licensing Authority:FCC

KTVB (channel 7) is a television station in Boise, Idaho, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located on West Fairview Avenue (off I-184) in Boise, and its transmitter is located on Deer Point in unincorporated Boise County. It is rebroadcast by KTFT-LD (channel 7) in Twin Falls, which airs KTVB programming with local advertising for the Magic Valley area from its transmitter on Flat Top Butte near Jerome, Idaho, and maintains a local sales office in Twin Falls.

Channel 7 was the second television station to be built in Idaho, debuting on July 12, 1953, as KIDO-TV. Though KFXD-TV (channel 6) in Nampa beat KIDO-TV to the air by a month, KIDO-TV was by far the more organized operation with network and local programming, neither of which KFXD-TV featured in its brief two-month tenure on air. It was owned by Georgia Davidson alongside Boise radio station KIDO and a primary affiliate of NBC, though it also held affiliations with other networks in its early history. KIDO radio was separated from the TV station in 1958, and channel 7 changed its call sign to KTVB the next year. Davidson was for years the only female owner at NBC TV affiliate meetings. By the 1970s, KTVB had emerged as the news ratings leader in Boise, a position it has not yielded since.

King Broadcasting acquired KTVB in 1979. The station continued to lead local news ratings in the market with long-tenured personalities. In 1986, KTVB established K38AS (now KTFT-LD), the first low-power NBC affiliate. KTVB has been sold in larger transactions three times since 1990: to the Providence Journal Company, Belo Corporation, and Gannett, whose broadcast division split off as Tegna in 2015.

History

Construction and early years

Boise radio station KIDO, owned by Georgia Davidson, filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in March 1952 seeking to build a television station on the city's allotted channel 7. The application arrived in anticipation of the end of the FCC's multi-year freeze on TV station applications.[1] The construction permit was granted on December 23,[2] KIDO already had some equipment on hand; the month before, it conducted a closed-circuit demonstration of television at its AM transmitter site.[3] On an elevation behind the city, construction began in February on the transmitter site.[4] The station signed for affiliation with the CBS, NBC, and DuMont networks;[5] KIDO radio had maintained NBC affiliation since 1937.[6]

From studios on 700 Crestline Drive, KIDO-TV began broadcasting on July 12, 1953; Philo Farnsworth, a television pioneer, was one of the guests of honor at the dedication.[7] It was not the first television station to make its bow in Idaho, but under the circumstances, it was effectively the first serious station to set up. On June 18, KFXD-TV (channel 6) in Nampa put out its first test pattern.[8] Reliant exclusively on old movies with no studio facilities, it lasted less than two months before leaving the air.[9] The lone missing national network, ABC, affiliated with KIDO-TV in December.[10] This replaced CBS, which had moved to new station KBOI-TV (channel 2) the previous month.[11]

National live programming became a reality beginning with the 1955 World Series after a microwave transmission link between Boise and Salt Lake City was set up by the two stations. KIDO-TV's tower was relocated to Deer Point in 1956, which together with an increased effective radiated power extended the station's coverage to a further 80,000 people.[12] Davidson agreed to sell KIDO radio to the Mesabi Western Corp. in November 1958; the radio station retained its call sign,[13] and channel 7 became KTVB on February 1, 1959.[14] The sale alleviated cash issues for the television station, which struggled financially in its early years and particularly after Boise became a two-station market;[15] in a 1978 interview, Davidson noted that she "lived with the spectre of bankruptcy, a very embarrassing bankruptcy, day or night".[16]

KTVB in La Grande, Oregon: KTVR

KTVB received a construction permit on December 18, 1963, to expand its reach with the construction of a satellite station channel 13 in La Grande, Oregon, northwest of Boise.[17] KTVR began broadcasting on December 6, 1964.[18] It initially offered local news and information for Eastern Oregon from studios in La Grande.[19] In 1967, KTVB closed the local operation in La Grande and converted KTVR into a full-time rebroadcaster of the Boise station.[20]

In 1974, KTVB received an offer from the Oregon Educational and Public Broadcasting Service (OEPBS) to acquire KTVR for integration into its statewide public television network and serve large areas of Eastern Oregon.[21] Citing a lack of local viewership and the availability of NBC stations from Spokane and Portland,[22] KTVB took KTVR out of service on March 7, 1975, while the deal was pending;[23] it did not return to the air under OEPBS ownership until February 1977.[24] It was the second time KTVB had provided facilities to public television; in Boise, KTVB aired Sesame Street when the show debuted in 1969, as Idaho did not have a public station at the time,[25] and it provided its transmitter site and engineering resources to launch KAID-TV (channel 4) in 1971.[26]

Growth and new studios

Ground was broken for new studios at 5400 Fairview Avenue in 1970,[27] and the facility formally opened the next year. The 20000ft2 facility boasted the largest TV studio in Idaho.[28] In 1974, KTVB lost ABC programming to a new station—KITC-TV, soon renamed KIVI-TV, on channel 6.

Davidson—long the only female owner within the NBC television network among 125 men at annual meetings—announced the sale of KTVB to King Broadcasting in 1979.[29] The sale was conceived by Davidson to ensure the continued existence of the station, as she feared a large estate tax burden for her family were she to die, diminishing KTVB's profits and ability to invest.[30] King Broadcasting took over in April 1980, retaining senior management;[31] it ceased carrying paid religious programming on Sunday mornings to conform with its new owners' policies.[32]

Providence Journal, Belo, and Gannett/Tegna ownership

King Broadcasting Company put itself up for sale in 1990, citing the age of its majority owners, Patsy Bullitt Collins and Harriet Stimson Bullitt, the daughters of the late Dorothy Bullitt.[33] It accepted an offer from the Providence Journal Company in 1991;[34] the transaction closed in 1992.[35] Under Providence Journal, KTVB became a contributor to the new Northwest Cable News (NWCN) regional service when it launched in 1995, with one reporter dedicated to NWCN based in Boise.[36] The Belo Corporation purchased Providence Journal in 1996.[37] At the end of October 2003, KTVB launched 24/7 NewsChannel on its second digital subchannel and local cable, one of the first digital secondary subchannels in the nation. The subchannel's programming initially consisted of time-shifted newscasts and feature programs, though plans called for original news programs and other local programming.[38] [39] By 2011, the station had rebranded its 24/7 NewsChannel as "Idaho's Very Own 24/7", and it aired a dedicated 6:30 p.m. newscast and 7 a.m. morning news extension.[40] The subchannel more recently has served as an outlet for local sports coverage, including for the 2023-24 season a package of Boise State Broncos men's basketball games[41] and Idaho Steelheads minor league hockey.[42]

On June 13, 2013, the Gannett Company announced that it would acquire Belo.[43] The sale was completed on December 23.[44] Gannett's TV stations and newspapers split into separate companies in 2015, the former being named Tegna.[45]

KTVB in Twin Falls: KTFT-LD

Plans to extend channel 7 to Twin Falls had existed almost as long as the station. In 1955, then-KIDO-TV partnered with Twin Falls radio station KTFI to obtain a construction permit for channel 13 in that city, awarded as KHTV. The station grant was reinstated despite protests by KLIX-TV (channel 11, now KMVT) that it would put the local outlet out of business; it was sold and dropped the proposal.[46] [47]

Renewed interest in bringing KTVB over-the-air to Twin Falls began in 1981, when King Broadcasting filed for a construction permit for a low-power TV station.[48] This was later abandoned in favor of a channel 38 permit acquired from American Community Broadcasting, Inc., which already had another channel. The station debuted on July 1, 1986,[49] as K38AS, the first low-power station to be an NBC affiliate; KMVT ceased offering NBC programs leading up to its launch. Its programming consisted of KTVB with Twin Falls-area commercials, sold from an advertising office in town.[50] [51] In December 1994, the station took a four-letter call sign of KTFT-LP (for "Twin Falls Television").[52]

News operation

News coverage from channel 7 started with its first day on air. Vern Moore, a KIDO announcer, was the first voice heard on the new KIDO-TV and the first TV news anchor in Idaho.[53] However, the station was initially not very competitive against KBOI-TV. When Robert Krueger—Georgia Davidson's son-in-law, who would serve in management for 40 years—started at then-KIDO-TV in 1956, he'd joke that "we ranked fifth in a two-station town".[54]

Under Krueger, the station cemented itself as the news ratings leader in Boise, with such public affairs programming as Viewpoint. As early as 1978, it was the "undisputed ratings king" in the market, well ahead of KBCI and KIVI.[55] KTVB was the first Boise station to present an hour of local early evening news when it debuted the 5 p.m. newscast Idaho at Five in 1984,[56] first with weekend morning news in 1992,[57] The dominance in news ratings has continued; for instance, in November 2010, each of KTVB's local newscasts had more viewers than their competition combined.[58] During this time, the station became known for long-tenured and popular local news personalities. Dee Sarton spent nearly 42 years with KTVB, most of that time anchoring Idaho at Five and other early evening newscasts;[59] [60] one of her co-anchors, Carolyn Holly, worked at channel 7 for nearly 34 years.[61] Anchor Mark Johnson spent 30 years with the station, retiring in 2021.[62] Larry Gebert was the station's meteorologist for 30 years until his death in 2022.[63]

KTVB added a 4 p.m. news hour in 2013.[64] In 2020, the station debuted a local lifestyle program, the midday Idaho Today, and reformatted its weeknight 5 p.m. news as the interactive The 208.[65] As of 2024, the station aired 30 hours a week of news and public affairs programming.[66]

Notable former-on air staff

Technical information

Subchannels

The stations' signals are multiplexed:

Channel! scope = "col"
Res.AspectShort nameProgramming
7.1 KTVB-HD Main KTVB programming / NBC
7.2 24/7 Independent
7.3 Crime True Crime Network
7.4 Quest Quest
7.5 NEST The Nest
7.6 ShopLC Shop LC
7.7 HSN [blank]
7.8 RewindTV Rewind TV
Channel! scope = "col"
Res.AspectShort nameProgramming
7.1 KTFT Main KTFT-LD programming / NBC
7.2 24/7 Independent
7.3 Crime True Crime Network
7.4 Quest Quest
7.5 ShopLC Shop LC

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTVB began broadcasting a digital signal on UHF channel 26 on November 1, 2002.[76] KTVB shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from channel 26 to channel 7 for post-transition operations.[77] [78] To solve issues some viewers had receiving the station, KTVB was authorized to increase its effective radiated power weeks after the switch.[79]

Translators

! City of license! Callsign! Translating! Channel! ERP! HAAT! Facility ID! Transmitter coordinates! Owner
KTVB17 0.51 kW -540NaN0 188131 44.5329°N -116.6571°W King Broadcasting Company
29 0.49 kW -1990NaN0 34884 44.5235°N -116.0493°W
23 0.46 kW -1270NaN0 11446 44.6632°N -116.441°W
34 0.0099 kW 70NaN0 23143 44.0299°N -115.8273°W Garden Valley Translator District
16 0.43 kW 10NaN0 188132 42.9268°N -115.3537°W King Broadcasting Company
KTFT-LD18 0.252 kW 550NaN0 188132 42.8488°N -114.9131°W Hagerman Translator District
KTVB15 0.47 kW 5580NaN0 34869 45.0018°N -116.1351°W King Broadcasting Company
10 0.047 kW 1540NaN0 23148 44.1166°N -116.0087°W Garden Valley Translator District
35 0.19 kW 4430NaN0 28088 41.1552°N -117.3387°W Humboldt County
14 0.15 kW 880NaN0 54292 41.6324°N -117.7418°W Quinn River TV Maintenance District
19 0.11 kW 6930NaN0 28093 41.0107°N -117.7678°W Humboldt County
18 1 kW 5750NaN0 127789 44.599°N -117.7838°W Blue Mountain Translator District
30 5790NaN0 5944 44.599°N -117.7838°W
21 0.4 kW 7680NaN0 5953 45.3096°N -117.7338°W

Notes and References

  1. News: KIDO Files Television Application: Boise Station Seeks to Build On Channel 7. March 26, 1952. 1, 12. The Idaho Daily Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 28, 2024. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428034708/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-kido-files-televisio/146142342/. live.
  2. News: FCC Approves Television Station for Boise: Building Permit Granted to KIDO For TV Facilities. December 24, 1952. 1, 7. The Idaho Daily Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 28, 2024. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428034707/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-fcc-approves-televis/146142469/. live.
  3. News: Boiseans Make Initial Test Of Television: KIDO's Engineers Produce First Local Screening. November 23, 1952. 12. The Idaho Daily Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 28, 2024. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428034706/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-boiseans-make-initia/146142461/. live.
  4. News: Ground Broken For Boise Video Studios: KIDO-TV Plans to Go On Air About June 1, Wagstaff Announces. February 5, 1953. 11. The Idaho Daily Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 28, 2024. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428034711/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-ground-broken-for-bo/146142504/. live.
  5. News: KIDO to Offer Programs of 3 TV Networks. April 4, 1953. 14. The Idaho Daily Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 28, 2024. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428034710/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-kido-to-offer-progra/146142529/. live.
  6. News: Boise's Radio Station Joins National Broadcast Today. October 1, 1937. 1, 12. The Idaho Daily Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 28, 2024. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428034705/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-boises-radio-statio/146200317/. live.
  7. News: Television Comes to Boise as KIDO-TV Launches Regular Programming: Dedicatory Ceremony Is Conducted. July 13, 1953. 11. Ernie. Hood. The Idaho Daily Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 28, 2024. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428034740/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-television-comes-to/146142421/. live.
  8. News: Idaho's First TV Signals Reach as Far as Weiser. Idaho Free Press. 1. June 19, 1953. March 8, 2021. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428034704/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jun-19-1953-2296174/. live.
  9. News: KFXD-TV Suspends 2-Man Operation. Broadcasting. August 24, 1953. March 8, 2021. 71–72. . November 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108154601/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1953/BC-1953-08-24.pdf#page=71. live.
  10. News: 11. December 21, 1953. Broadcasting. ABC-TV Adds Five. .
  11. News: Channel 7: 25 years on the air. July 9, 1978. TV Weekly 6, 7. Ken. Burrows. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064054/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-channel-7-25-years/146142791/. live.
  12. News: TV Station Will Increase Range. September 27, 1956. 11. United Press. The Times-News. Twin Falls, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 28, 2024. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428034722/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-news-tv-station-will-increase/146142763/. live.
  13. News: Radio Station KIDO Sold To Mesabi Western Corp.. November 23, 1958. 4:4. The Idaho Sunday Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 28, 2024. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428034712/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-radio-station-kido-s/146142751/. live.
  14. Web site: History Cards for KTVB. Federal Communications Commission.
  15. News: Bringing TV to Boise. July 1, 1990. Centennial Edition 102. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024. May 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240501052702/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-bringing-tv-to-boise/146142966/. live.
  16. News: Boise's first lady of TV talks of her 25 years at KTVB. July 24, 1978. 11A. Ken. Burrows. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064026/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-boises-first-lady-o/146143186/. live.
  17. News: FCC Approves Permit on TV For La Grande. December 13, 1963. 19. UPI. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064026/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-fcc-approves-permit/146143054/. live.
  18. News: TV Broadcasters to Build La Grande Relay Station. February 12, 1965. 25. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064029/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-tv-broadcasters-to-b/135699710/. live.
  19. News: TV 3. The Sunday Oregonian. New Television Station Sets Up Shop In La Grande. December 6, 1964. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064023/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/new-television-station-sets-shop-la-grande/sqtjocqgmolfzcyforukdnrycktsxerf_ip-10-166-46-135_1714458072372. live.
  20. News: Local television programs to end. 1. La Grande Observer. June 12, 1967.
  21. News: Affiliate of KTVB Sought by Oregon. November 3, 1974. 14-C. UPI. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064042/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-affiliate-of-ktvb-so/135699726/. live.
  22. News: KTVR-TV signs off on Friday. The Observer. La Grande, Oregon. 1. March 6, 1975.
  23. News: 'Aware' Drive Boosts OEPBS Ranks. A13. Oregon Journal. Arnold. Marks. March 12, 1975. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064023/https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/aware-drive-boosts-oepbs-ranks/fmiceitnbnwbxmjzjgqfvaagqsfekivs_ip-10-166-46-112_1714458349021. live.
  24. News: Problems solved, KTVR on the air. February 21, 1977. 1D. The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Newspapers.com. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064024/https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-problems-solved-ktvr/135693824/. live.
  25. News: Founder of Boise radio, TV stations dies at age 89. April 8, 1997. 2B. Associated Press. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024. May 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240501052654/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-founder-of-boise-rad/146143003/. live.
  26. News: Station agreement approved. July 22, 1971. 13. The Times-News. UPI. Twin Falls, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024.
  27. News: Rites Start New Studio For KTVB. April 18, 1970. 15. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064059/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-rites-start-new-stud/146143101/. live.
  28. News: KTVB Official at Grand Opening Calls New Studio "Most Modern" . A16. The Idaho Statesman. May 22, 1971 . April 20, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120515021321/http://www.history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0673.pdf . May 15, 2012 . dead .
  29. News: KTVB sold to company in Seattle. October 6, 1979. B1. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064038/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-ktvb-sold-to-company/146143157/. live.
  30. News: Boise TV station sold. October 6, 1979. A-9. UPI. The Times-News. Twin Falls, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064024/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-news-boise-tv-station-sold/146143169/. live.
  31. News: Seattle company takes over KTVB. April 18, 1980. 3B. Associated Press. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024. May 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240501043438/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-seattle-company-take/146143311/. live.
  32. News: Churches will still get air time: Channel 7 drops Sunday preachers. August 9, 1980. 6B. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024.
  33. News: KTVB, sister stations go up for sale. August 22, 1990. 1A, 12A. Jim. Bowers. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024. May 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240501082140/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-ktvb-sister-station/146143570/. live.
  34. News: Owner of Channel 7 to sell TV, cable interests. March 2, 1991. 6B. Paul. Beebe. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024. May 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240501082150/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-owner-of-channel-7-t/146142955/. live.
  35. News: Channel 7, other stations sold by King. February 25, 1992. 6B. Ursula. Thomas. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024. May 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240501082146/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-channel-7-other-sta/146143600/. live.
  36. News: Northwest news station coming: CNN-type channel will cover Oregon, Washington, Idaho. December 11, 1995. 5B, 8B. Doug. Esser. Associated Press. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024.
  37. News: KTVB gets new owner: Dallas firm will buy Boise's Channel 7. September 27, 1996. 5B, 8B. John. Tucker. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024. May 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240501082151/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-ktvb-gets-new-owner/146143652/. live.
  38. News: KTVB in Boise repurposes analog news content for 24/7 NewsChannel on DTV. January 26, 2016. TV Technology. November 21, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20160206092835/http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0086/ktvb-in-boise-repurposes-analog-news-content-for-/-newschannel-on-dtv/248193. February 6, 2016. dead.
  39. News: New channel offers 24 hours of news. October 28, 2003. Business 1. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024.
  40. News: Day. Don. More news, more crews as Boise area TV market continues to evolve. January 26, 2016. Communicator. Fall 2011. Idaho Press Club. Fall 2011. February 1, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201201948/http://www.idahopressclub.org/more-news-more-crews-as-boise-area-tv-market-continues-to-evolve/. live.
  41. Web site: 2023-11-01 . 10 Boise State men's basketball home games to air on Idaho's Very Own 24/7, KTVB's digital platforms . 2024-05-01 . KTVB . en-US.
  42. Web site: 2023-09-20 . Game on! Watch every Idaho Steelheads home game on Idaho's Very Own 24/7 this season . 2024-05-01 . KTVB . en-US . February 15, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240215071047/https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho-steelheads-ktvb-home-games-on-tv/277-f6bedd52-a772-47b5-b8b8-b51368591602 . live .
  43. News: Belo, owner of Boise's KTVB-TV, sold to Gannett. June 13, 2013. Idaho Statesman. June 13, 2013.
  44. News: Gannett Completes Its Acquisition of Belo. TVNewsCheck. December 23, 2013. December 23, 2013. July 26, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140726162142/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72893/gannett-completes-its-acquisition-of-belo. live.
  45. News: Yu . Roger . TEGNA, Gannett go separate ways as print spin off is completed . August 13, 2024 . June 29, 2015 . . en-US.
  46. News: Broadcasting. 68. KLIX-TV Protests Grant To Satellite Competitor. December 19, 1955. .
  47. News: Broadcasting. Twin Falls Ch. 13 Grant Reinstated by Commission. 54. January 30, 1956. .
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  49. News: K49AZ arrives on airwaves in Twin Falls. July 17, 1986. B2. The Times-News. Twin Falls, Idaho. Newspapers.com. April 30, 2024. April 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430064056/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-news-k49az-arrives-on-airwaves/146143422/. live.
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  71. News: Sportscaster Eric Johnson goes to KBCI: Weekend anchor switches channels. July 23, 1986. 1C. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024.
  72. News: Peters leaves KTVB. September 17, 1981. 3B. The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Newspapers.com. May 1, 2024. May 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240501043430/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-peters-leaves-ktvb/146399678/. live.
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