KIVI
Encyclopedia
KIVI-TV is the ABC
-affiliated television station
for Idaho
's Treasure Valley
licensed to Nampa
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 24 (or virtual channel
6.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter at the Bogus Basin
ski area summit in unincorporated
Boise County
. The station can also be seen on Cable One
channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 455. Owned by Journal Communications
, KIVI is sister to Fox affiliate KNIN-TV
.
The two outlets share studios with several radio stations on East Chisholm Drive in Nampa along I-84
/US 30
/SH-55
. Syndicated
programming on this station includes Two and a Half Men
, Better
, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show
among others. KIVI can also be seen over-the-air in McCall
on analog repeater K27DX channel 27. This broadcasts from a transmitter on Red Ridge along the Adams
and Valley
County line.
in Twin Falls
serves the Magic Valley
of Idaho. Even though the station identifies as a separate outlet in its own right, it is considered a semi-satellite of KIVI. KSAW broadcasts a low-powered digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter on Flat Top Butte
in Jerome
and is carried locally in Twin Falls by Cable One. While KSAW airs all network programming as provided through KIVI, it clears most of this station's syndicated programming.
There are also some programs which only air on KSAW. Syndicated programming exclusive to the semi-satellite includes Judge Jeanine Pirro
and Storm Stories
. KSAW also airs separate on-air identifications and commercials targeted toward the Magic Valley. Even though the station maintains a sales office on Falls Avenue in Downtown Twin Falls, master control
and most internal operations originate from KIVI's studios.
area as well as McCall, Idaho
.
. On KIVI-DT3 and Cable One digital channel 457 is Retro Television Network
. It is unknown if either service is offered on KSAW's digital signal since the Cable One system in Twin Falls does not carry them.
The station signed-on February 1, 1974 with the call sign KITC and was Boise's fourth television station. It aired an analog signal on VHF channel 6 and immediately took on an ABC affiliation. Prior to the station's launch, the network was split between CBS
affiliate KBOI-TV and NBC
station KTVB
, with programing from ABC being carried on both outlets in a secondary arrangement. In 1975, KITC changed calls to KIVI-TV for the first time but would ultimately drop the -TV suffix in 1998. KKVI in Twin Falls was the Magic Valley's original ABC affiliate through its status as a full-powered satellite of KPVI in Pocatello
. In January 1996, the parent station switched affiliations to NBC.
Since that network was already seen in Twin Falls through KTVB's low-powered semi-satellite KTFT-LP, KKVI became that area's first full-time Fox affiliate as KXTF
. Fox was previously seen on that station off-hours in a secondary nature. Due to the network changes in Twin Falls, KIVI's owner purchased K68CO and turned it into a low-powered semi-satellite as KSAW-LP. On July 1, 2008 it was reported Banks Broadcasting
had agreed to sell KNIN to Journal Communications (owner of KIVI) which would create Boise's first television duopoly
. On November 10, the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) initially rejected the application.
Shortly afterward, Banks Broadcasting filed an appeal. The FCC reversed its decision to reject the deal on January 16, 2009. The purchase closed on April 24 at which point KNIN vacated its longtime studios on West Bannock Street in Downtown Boise and was integrated into KIVI's facilities in Nampa. On June 19, 2009 one week after the digital transition was completed, all of Journal's television stations (including KIVI) added or regained the -TV suffix. The station remained on its pre-transition digital signal on UHF channel 24 using PSIP to display its virtual channel as 6.1.
for all newscast periods. Until July 2010, KIVI aired an hour long broadcast weeknights at 6 along with KBOI. The 6:30 portion on this outlet was dropped as a result of low viewership and ratings in the time slot. Following Journal's acquisition of KNIN, KIVI added a weeknight prime time newscast to that station. Then known as Today's 6 News on K9, the show is seen for thirty minutes. It competes with hour-long news seen on Independent outlet KTRV-TV (a seven night operation) and a weeknight half-hour newscast on CW affiliate KYUU-LP (which is produced by KBOI).
In January 2011, KIVI upgraded its local newscasts to 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen
and the KNIN weeknight show was included in the change. Although not true high definition, broadcasts match the aspect ratio of HD television screens. Corresponding with KNIN's affiliation switch to Fox, its prime time show became known as Fox 9 News at 9 and feature separate news anchors.
In August 2011, the station's logo coloring was changed from gold, maroon and silver to red white and blue; this was to allow the station to utilize the same Renderon graphics package used by Journal's Milwaukee flagship WTMJ
.
Unlike most ABC affiliates, the station does not offer a midday show during the week. Usually, most semi-satellites of another outlet provide some coverage of their home territory (in this case, KSAW in the Magic Valley). However, that station does not insert any local segments into KIVI's newscasts. In addition, there are no reporters based out of KSAW's facility in Twin Falls. All local news shows from this station are simulcasted on KSAW.
Precision Meteorologists
Reporters
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
's Treasure Valley
Treasure Valley
The Treasure Valley is the area of the Western United States where the Payette, Boise, Weiser, Malheur, Owyhee, and Burnt rivers drain into the Snake River. Treasure Valley includes all the lowland areas from Vale, Oregon on the west to Boise, Idaho on the east. Formerly, the valley had been known...
licensed to Nampa
Nampa, Idaho
Nampa is the largest and the fastest growing city in Canyon County, Idaho, USA. The population of Nampa was 81,557 at the 2010 census. Nampa is located about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles west of Meridian. Nampa is part of the Boise metropolitan area...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 24 (or virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
6.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter at the Bogus Basin
Bogus Basin
Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area is a ski area located in southwest Idaho in Boise County, 16 miles north-northeast of the city of Boise....
ski area summit in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Boise County
Boise County, Idaho
Boise County is a rural mountain county in the U.S. state of Idaho. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census; it was estimated at 7,571 in 2007...
. The station can also be seen on Cable One
Cable One
Cable ONE is a United States cable service provider and subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, functioning as its own self-contained corporation within its parent company. The company's name and current focus dates back to 1997; prior to that time the company was known as Post-Newsweek Cable...
channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 455. Owned by Journal Communications
Journal Communications
Journal Communications, Inc. is a publicly traded media company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It publishes the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a daily newspaper, and it also owns television stations, radio stations and weekly newspapers, among other businesses.-History:The Milwaukee Journal was...
, KIVI is sister to Fox affiliate KNIN-TV
KNIN-TV
KNIN-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Idaho's Treasure Valley licensed to Caldwell. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter at the Bogus Basin ski area summit in unincorporated Boise County. The station can also be seen on Cable One...
.
The two outlets share studios with several radio stations on East Chisholm Drive in Nampa along I-84
Interstate 84 in Idaho
In the U.S. state of Idaho, Interstate 84 heads southeast from the Oregon state line, it spurs to Interstate 184 in Boise. Eventually I-84 spurs Interstate 86 and mainline I-84 heads southeast towards Utah and I-86 is continues due east and heads to Pocatello, meeting with Interstate 15.-Future:...
/US 30
U.S. Route 30
U.S. Route 30 is an east–west main route of the system of United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. It is the third longest U.S. route, after U.S. Route 20 and U.S. Route 6. The western end of the highway is at Astoria, Oregon; the...
/SH-55
Idaho State Highway 55
State Highway 55 is an Idaho highway from Marsing to New Meadows, connecting with US-95 at both ends.From Marsing it travels east to Nampa, Meridian, and Eagle, then north to Horseshoe Bend. SH-55 then climbs the Payette River to Banks, then its north fork to the Long Valley, through the towns of...
. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on this station includes Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake...
, Better
Better (TV series)
Better is a syndicated lifestyle television show. It airs weekdays on 80 stations across the United States. The program is produced and distributed by Meredith Corporation which was first founded as a publishing company back in 1902. Better gets its name from Meredith's flagship publication, Better...
, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
among others. KIVI can also be seen over-the-air in McCall
McCall, Idaho
McCall is a resort town on the western edge of Valley County, Idaho, United States. Named after its founder, Tom McCall, it is situated on the southern shore of Payette Lake, near the center of the Payette National Forest...
on analog repeater K27DX channel 27. This broadcasts from a transmitter on Red Ridge along the Adams
Adams County, Idaho
Adams County is a rural county located in the state of Idaho. As of the 2010 census the county had a population of 3,976. The county seat and largest city is Council.Adams County was established in 1911 and was named in honor of President John Adams...
and Valley
Valley County, Idaho
Valley County is a rural county located in west central Idaho in the United States. Established in 1917, it was named after the Long Valley of the North Fork of the Payette River, which extends over 30 miles from Payette Lake at McCall south to Cascade to Round Valley.The valley was formerly a...
County line.
Overview
KSAW-LDKSAW-LD
KSAW-LD is the low-powered ABC-affiliated television station for Idaho's Magic Valley. Licensed to Twin Falls, it broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter on Flat Top Butte in Jerome. The station can also be seen on Cable One channel 3 and in high definition on digital...
in Twin Falls
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls is the county seat and largest city of Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The population was 44,125 at the 2010 censusTwin Falls is the largest city of Idaho's Magic Valley region...
serves the Magic Valley
Magic Valley
The Magic Valley is a region in south-central Idaho consisting of Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls Counties. It is particularly associated with the agricultural region in the Snake River Plain located in the area...
of Idaho. Even though the station identifies as a separate outlet in its own right, it is considered a semi-satellite of KIVI. KSAW broadcasts a low-powered digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter on Flat Top Butte
Flattop Mountain
Flattop Mountain and Flat Top Mountain may refer to*in the United States:NameStateCountyCoordinatesUSGS 7.5' MapFlattop Mountain AKMunicipality of AnchorageAnchorage A-8 SE...
in Jerome
Jerome, Idaho
Jerome is a city in Jerome County, Idaho, U.S.A. The population was 10,890 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Jerome County, and sits at an elevation of 3763 feet above sea level. It is part of the Twin Falls, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Jerome is located at ...
and is carried locally in Twin Falls by Cable One. While KSAW airs all network programming as provided through KIVI, it clears most of this station's syndicated programming.
There are also some programs which only air on KSAW. Syndicated programming exclusive to the semi-satellite includes Judge Jeanine Pirro
Judge Jeanine Pirro
Judge Jeanine Pirro is an American reality series that debuted on The CW on September 22, 2008...
and Storm Stories
Storm Stories
Storm Stories is a non-fiction television series aired on The Weather Channel and Zone Reality hosted and narrated by meteorologist and Storm-Tracker Jim Cantore. Storm Stories showcases various types of severe weather, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards. Each episode features a famous...
. KSAW also airs separate on-air identifications and commercials targeted toward the Magic Valley. Even though the station maintains a sales office on Falls Avenue in Downtown Twin Falls, master control
Master control
Master control is the technical hub of a broadcast operation common among most over-the-air television stations and television networks. It is distinct from a production control room in television studios where the activities such as switching from camera to camera are coordinated...
and most internal operations originate from KIVI's studios.
Translators
KIVI-TV is rebroadcast on two low-powered translators in the Garden Valley, IdahoGarden Valley, Idaho
Garden Valley is an unincorporated census-designated place in Boise County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 394. The mountain setting and recreation opportunities attract visitors from the Boise area. The life here in early American history, however, was harsh. ...
area as well as McCall, Idaho
McCall, Idaho
McCall is a resort town on the western edge of Valley County, Idaho, United States. Named after its founder, Tom McCall, it is situated on the southern shore of Payette Lake, near the center of the Payette National Forest...
.
- K03ET-D Channel 3 Garden ValleyGarden Valley, IdahoGarden Valley is an unincorporated census-designated place in Boise County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 394. The mountain setting and recreation opportunities attract visitors from the Boise area. The life here in early American history, however, was harsh. ...
- K27DX Channel 27 McCallMcCall, IdahoMcCall is a resort town on the western edge of Valley County, Idaho, United States. Named after its founder, Tom McCall, it is situated on the southern shore of Payette Lake, near the center of the Payette National Forest...
- K53EF-D Channel 53 Terrace Lakes
Digital programming
On KIVI-DT2 and Cable One digital channel 456 is MexicanalMexicanal
Mexicanal Network is a Mexican based television Network launched in 2005 by and and serves Mexicans living and working in the United States, Canada and Mexico....
. On KIVI-DT3 and Cable One digital channel 457 is Retro Television Network
Retro Television Network
The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...
. It is unknown if either service is offered on KSAW's digital signal since the Cable One system in Twin Falls does not carry them.
| Channels (virtual/physical) | Name | Video Display resolution The display resolution of a digital television or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resolution is controlled by all different factors in cathode ray tube , flat panel or projection... |
Aspect Aspect ratio The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,... |
Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1/24.1 | KIVI-HD | 720p 720p 720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan... |
16:9 16:9 16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ... |
main KIVI programming/ABC (HD) |
| 6.2/24.2 | KIVI-DT2 | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
4:3 | Mexicanal (SD) |
| 6.3/24.3 | KIVI-DT3 | 480i | 4:3 | Retro Television Network (SD) |
History
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate KBOI-TV and NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
station KTVB
KTVB
KTVB, channel 7, is the NBC-affiliated television station in Boise, Idaho, it is owned by Belo Corporation. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 7.-History:...
, with programing from ABC being carried on both outlets in a secondary arrangement. In 1975, KITC changed calls to KIVI-TV for the first time but would ultimately drop the -TV suffix in 1998. KKVI in Twin Falls was the Magic Valley's original ABC affiliate through its status as a full-powered satellite of KPVI in Pocatello
Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the Pocatello metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Bannock...
. In January 1996, the parent station switched affiliations to NBC.
Since that network was already seen in Twin Falls through KTVB's low-powered semi-satellite KTFT-LP, KKVI became that area's first full-time Fox affiliate as KXTF
KXTF
KXTF is the Fox network affiliate in Twin Falls, Idaho, broadcasting on digital channel 34. The station is owned by Intermountain West Communications Company.-History:...
. Fox was previously seen on that station off-hours in a secondary nature. Due to the network changes in Twin Falls, KIVI's owner purchased K68CO and turned it into a low-powered semi-satellite as KSAW-LP. On July 1, 2008 it was reported Banks Broadcasting
Banks Broadcasting
Banks Broadcasting was a minority-owned broadcasting company which owned two television stations in the western United States. 50% of the company was owned by LIN TV, a large group broadcaster with clusters in the Northeast and Midwest and scattered stations elsewhere.The President and CEO of Banks...
had agreed to sell KNIN to Journal Communications (owner of KIVI) which would create Boise's first television duopoly
Duopoly (broadcasting)
In United States broadcast television and radio, duopoly is a term used to describe a single company which owns two or more stations in the same city or community....
. On November 10, the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) initially rejected the application.
Shortly afterward, Banks Broadcasting filed an appeal. The FCC reversed its decision to reject the deal on January 16, 2009. The purchase closed on April 24 at which point KNIN vacated its longtime studios on West Bannock Street in Downtown Boise and was integrated into KIVI's facilities in Nampa. On June 19, 2009 one week after the digital transition was completed, all of Journal's television stations (including KIVI) added or regained the -TV suffix. The station remained on its pre-transition digital signal on UHF channel 24 using PSIP to display its virtual channel as 6.1.
News operation
The station currently ranks at a distant second place to KTVB in Nielsen ratingsNielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
for all newscast periods. Until July 2010, KIVI aired an hour long broadcast weeknights at 6 along with KBOI. The 6:30 portion on this outlet was dropped as a result of low viewership and ratings in the time slot. Following Journal's acquisition of KNIN, KIVI added a weeknight prime time newscast to that station. Then known as Today's 6 News on K9, the show is seen for thirty minutes. It competes with hour-long news seen on Independent outlet KTRV-TV (a seven night operation) and a weeknight half-hour newscast on CW affiliate KYUU-LP (which is produced by KBOI).
In January 2011, KIVI upgraded its local newscasts to 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen
Widescreen
Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film....
and the KNIN weeknight show was included in the change. Although not true high definition, broadcasts match the aspect ratio of HD television screens. Corresponding with KNIN's affiliation switch to Fox, its prime time show became known as Fox 9 News at 9 and feature separate news anchors.
In August 2011, the station's logo coloring was changed from gold, maroon and silver to red white and blue; this was to allow the station to utilize the same Renderon graphics package used by Journal's Milwaukee flagship WTMJ
WTMJ-TV
WTMJ-TV, digital channel 28 ; branded as "Today's TMJ4", is the NBC-affiliated television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the flagship station of the Journal Broadcast Group. Its signal covers most of southeastern Wisconsin and parts of northeastern Illinois, including Racine, Kenosha,...
.
Unlike most ABC affiliates, the station does not offer a midday show during the week. Usually, most semi-satellites of another outlet provide some coverage of their home territory (in this case, KSAW in the Magic Valley). However, that station does not insert any local segments into KIVI's newscasts. In addition, there are no reporters based out of KSAW's facility in Twin Falls. All local news shows from this station are simulcasted on KSAW.
News team
Anchors- Spencer Blake - weekday mornings
- Natalee Morales - weekday mornings and video journalist
- Don Nelson - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 (also "The Rant" segment producer)
- Michelle Edmonds - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10
- Gemma Gaudette - weekends
- Amanda Maynard - Sports DirectorSports DirectorA sports director is an individual at a television or radio station who is in charge of the sports department. In local news, the sports director is typically the station's primary sportscaster, and often anchors the primetime newscasts on weekdays. They are in charge of sports programming and...
seen weeknights at 6 and 10
Precision Meteorologists
- Scott Dorval (CBMCertified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
Seal of Approval) - Chief seen weeknights - Kyle Gravlin (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) - weekday mornings - Bob Anthony - weekends
Reporters
- Jennifer Auh - video journalist
- Tina Jensen - video journalist
- Michael Lopez
- Eric Fink
- Mac King