KYUU-LD explained

Callsign:KYUU-LD
Digital:28 (UHF)
Virtual:35
Translators:KBOI-DT 2.2 (9.2 VHF)
Location:Boise, Idaho
Country:United States
Former Channel Numbers:Analog: 66 (UHF, 1993–2000), 35 (UHF, 2000–2012)
Owner:Sinclair Broadcast Group
Licensee:Sinclair Boise Licensee, LLC
Sister Stations:KBOI-TV
Erp:8.8 kW
Haat:8520NaN0
Class:LD
Facility Id:190303
Coordinates:43.7558°N -116.0992°W
Licensing Authority:FCC

KYUU-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station in Boise, Idaho, United States, affiliated with The CW Plus. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside CBS affiliate KBOI-TV (channel 2). The two stations share studios on North 16th Street in downtown Boise; KYUU-LD's transmitter is located at the Bogus Basin ski area summit in unincorporated Boise County.

In addition to its own digital signal, KYUU-LD is simulcast in 720p high definition on KBOI-TV's second digital subchannel from the same transmitter site.

History

The station signed on November 10, 1993, with the call sign K66EV and airing an analog signal on UHF channel 66. Until mid-December 2008, it was affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telefutura as K35GE, later KUNB-LP and broadcasting on channel 35. The station then began to simulcast sister station KBCI-TV (now KBOI-TV) until July 1, 2009, when it joined the Retro Television Network; the KYUU-LP call letters were assigned on June 10. At one point in time, the station was listed as a Univision affiliate but has never been affiliated with that network.

On September 12, 2011, KYUU-LP became Boise's CW affiliate, with RTV programming moving to a subchannel on ABC affiliate KIVI-TV (channel 6). At some point in 2012, KYUU-LP shut down its analog signal and started broadcasting in digital on channel 28, using virtual channel 35. On April 11, 2013, Fisher Communications announced that it would sell its properties, including KYUU-LD, to the Sinclair Broadcast Group.[1] The deal was completed on August 8, 2013.[2]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Channel! scope = "col"
Res.AspectShort nameProgramming
35.1 CW35 The CW Plus
35.2 TBD TBD
35.3 Comet Comet
35.4 Stadium The Nest
35.5 Dabl Dabl

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Malone. Michael. Sinclair to Acquire Fisher Stations for $373 Million. April 12, 2013. Broadcasting & Cable. April 11, 2013.
  2. News: Sinclair Broadcast Group Closes On Fisher Communications Acquisition. August 8, 2013. All Access. August 8, 2013.