KPVI
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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 4 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.
KPVI offers Universal Sports
and This TV
on its digital subchannels.
KPVI's broadcasts are digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.
affiliate. Previously, ABC had been carried in off-hours by CBS
affiliate KID-TV (now KIDK
) and NBC affiliate KIFI-TV
. In November 1995, Intermountain West Communications Company
, owner of NBC stations KVBC (now KSNV-DT) in Las Vegas, NV, KRNV in Reno, NV and KYMA
in Yuma, AZ purchased KPVI and satellite stations KJVI (now KJWY
) in Jackson, WY and KKVI (now KXTF
) in Twin Falls, ID. 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 Intermountain West Communications Company, 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.
Due to an ailing economy in January 2011, KPVI announced significant layoffs affecting people in every department at the station, including 12 in news. 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 News 6 come 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 KIFI Local News 8.
Saturday and Sunday
, 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.
Reporters
Weather
Sports
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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...
affiliated television station for Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Idaho Falls is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, and the largest city in Eastern Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population of Idaho Falls was 56,813, with a metro population of 130,374....
and Pocatello, Idaho
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...
. Licensed to Pocatello, it broadcasts a digital
ATSC
ATSC standards are a set of standards developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee for digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable, and satellite networks....
signal on channel 23. The station is owned by Intermountain West Communications Company
Intermountain West Communications Company
Intermountain West Communications Company, formerly known as Sunbelt Communications Company, is the owner and operator of television stations in 11 media markets located in the western United States....
.
KPVI's transmitter is located on a mountain top about 4 miles (7 km) ENE of the Pocatello city limits, along with its sister station KFXP
KFXP
KFXP is the local Fox affiliate for Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho. It broadcasts a digital signal on channel 31, and no longer broadcasts an analog signal...
. 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.
KPVI offers Universal Sports
Universal Sports
Universal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:...
and This TV
This TV
This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
on its digital subchannels.
KPVI's broadcasts are digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.
History
KPVI signed on in 1974 as an ABCAmerican 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...
affiliate. Previously, ABC had been carried in off-hours by CBS
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 KID-TV (now KIDK
KIDK
KIDK, virtual channel 3, is the CBS-affiliated television station for Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho, USA. It broadcasts a digital signal on channel 36. The station is owned by Fisher Communications. Its transmitter is located atop East Butte, near Atomic City.-History:The station was founded on...
) and NBC affiliate KIFI-TV
KIFI-TV
KIFI-TV is the local American Broadcasting Company affiliated television station for Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho. It broadcasts a digital signal on channel 8. The station is owned by News-Press & Gazette Company of St...
. In November 1995, Intermountain West Communications Company
Intermountain West Communications Company
Intermountain West Communications Company, formerly known as Sunbelt Communications Company, is the owner and operator of television stations in 11 media markets located in the western United States....
, owner of NBC stations KVBC (now KSNV-DT) in Las Vegas, NV, KRNV in Reno, NV and KYMA
KYMA
KYMA-DT is an NBC-affiliated television station in Yuma, Arizona/El Centro, California, USA, broadcasting locally in digital on VHF channel 11. KYMA can be received over the air in Blythe, California in the Palo Verde Valley, and in the southeastern end of the Coachella Valley, and it transmits a...
in Yuma, AZ purchased KPVI and satellite stations KJVI (now KJWY
KJWY
KJWY, channel 2, is the This TV affiliate in Jackson, Wyoming. The station is currently owned by PMCM TV, LLC.-History:The station signed on in 1990 as KJVI, a satellite of ABC affiliate KPVI in Pocatello, Idaho. KJVI and KPVI were sold to Sunbelt Communications Company in November 1995, who...
) in Jackson, WY and KKVI (now 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:...
) in Twin Falls, ID. 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
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
. 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 Intermountain West Communications Company, the station moved in the mid-1990s from a smaller downtown facility to a newly remodeled facility on East Sherman Street. Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
star Molly Shannon
Molly Shannon
Molly Helen Shannon is an American comic actress best known for her work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995–2001 and for starring in the films Superstar and Year of the Dog. More recently, she starred in NBC's Kath & Kim from 2008–2009 and on the TBS animated series Neighbors from...
was the guest of honor at the official grand opening of the facility.
Due to an ailing economy in January 2011, KPVI announced significant layoffs affecting people in every department at the station, including 12 in news. 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 News 6 come 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 KIFI Local News 8.
Newscasts
Monday - Friday- KPVI News 6 Today- 6-7 a.m.
- KPVI News 6 at 5- 5-5:30 p.m.
- KPVI News 6 at 6- 6-6:30 p.m.
- KPVI News 6 at 10- 10-10:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday
- KPVI News Week in Review- 10-10:30 p.m.
Translators
KPVI's network of 23 translators covers eastern IdahoIdaho
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....
, a portion of western Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
, and also West Yellowstone, Montana
West Yellowstone, Montana
West Yellowstone is a town in Gallatin County, Montana, adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. The population was 1,177 at the 2000 census. The town is served by Yellowstone Airport...
.
- Arco, IdahoArco, IdahoArco is a city in Butte County, Idaho, United States. The population was 995 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Butte County.Craters of the Moon National Monument is located along U.S. Route 20, southwest of the city. The Idaho National Laboratory is located east of Arco...
: K13VK - Ashton, IdahoAshton, IdahoAshton is a city in Fremont County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Rexburg, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,129 at the 2000 census. The district is noted for seed potato production and bills itself as the world's largest seed potato growing area.-Geography and...
: K13YF - Blackfoot, IdahoBlackfoot, IdahoBlackfoot is a city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States. The population was 10,419 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Bingham County. Blackfoot is self-designated the "Potato Capital of the World", because it claims to have the largest potato industry in the world...
: K13VI - Challis, IdahoChallis, IdahoChallis is a city in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The population was 909 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Custer County.-History:...
: K04OH,K07VI - Driggs, IdahoDriggs, IdahoDriggs is a city in Teton County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Jackson, WY-ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is located in Teton Valley. The population was 1,100 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Teton County...
: K51HF - Firth, IdahoFirth, IdahoFirth is a city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States. The population was 408 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Firth is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
: K12OE - Georgetown, IdahoGeorgetown, IdahoGeorgetown is a city in the Bear River Valley in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, at the center of a farming area between the river and the mountains to the east. It was settled by Mormon pioneers on the route of the Oregon Trail. The population was 538 at the 2000 census. U.S...
: K17CO - Idaho Falls, IdahoIdaho Falls, IdahoIdaho Falls is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, and the largest city in Eastern Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population of Idaho Falls was 56,813, with a metro population of 130,374....
: K12NZ - Inkom, IdahoInkom, IdahoInkom is a city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Pocatello, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 738 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Inkom is located at ....
: K07NO - Leadore, IdahoLeadore, IdahoLeadore is an incorporated city of the State of Idaho in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States. The population was 70 in the 1990 census and is currently at 90 from the 2000 census.-History:...
: K30BU, K34CB - Montpelier, IdahoMontpelier, IdahoMontpelier is a city in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States. The population was 2,785 at the 2000 census. The city is the largest community in the Bear Lake Valley, a farming region north of Bear Lake in southeastern Idaho along the Utah border...
: K11PP - Pescadero, Idaho: K29BM
- Pocatello, IdahoPocatello, IdahoPocatello 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...
: K12OA - Ramsey, TendoyTendoy, IdahoTendoy is an unincorporated community in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States. It is located at on State Highway 28, at an altitude of 4,842 feet...
& Baker, Idaho: K55AI - Rexburg, IdahoRexburg, Idaho-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 17,257 people, 4,274 households, and 2,393 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,534.4 people per square mile . There were 4,533 housing units at an average density of 928.4 per square mile...
: K13UF - Salmon, IdahoSalmon, IdahoSalmon is a city in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,122 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Lemhi County...
: K59AV - Shelley, IdahoShelley, IdahoShelley is a city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,813 at the 2000 census. The mascot for the city's high school is "King Russet", a russet-burbank potato that wears a crown, robe and scepter....
: K13VI - Soda Springs, IdahoSoda Springs, IdahoSoda Springs is a city in Caribou County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,381 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Caribou County....
: K46BW - St. Anthony, IdahoSt. Anthony, IdahoSt. Anthony is a city in and the county seat of Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,342 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Rexburg, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:St...
: K12OB - Thayne, WyomingThayne, WyomingThayne is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 341 at the 2000 census.Randall Luthi, a former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives, practices law in Thayne and is managing partner of a nearby ranch.-Geography:...
: K12LI - West Yellowstone, MontanaWest Yellowstone, MontanaWest Yellowstone is a town in Gallatin County, Montana, adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. The population was 1,177 at the 2000 census. The town is served by Yellowstone Airport...
: K32CG
These translators are either owned and operated by KPVI or by local governments or television associations.
Current on-air staff
Anchors- Todd Blackinton - weeknights at 6 and 10 (also News Director)
- Matt Davenport - weekdays at 5 and 9 on Fox
- Haley Smith - weekday mornings at 6
Reporters
- Phil Campbell - general assignment reporter
- Sasha Zimmerman - general assignment reporter (Upper Valley)
- Logan McDougall - general assignment reporter
- Kris Milgate - outdoor reporter
Weather
- Doug Iverson (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...
/NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seals of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. - Brandi Erickson - morning meteorologist; weekday mornings; special assignment reporter
Sports
- Matt Gittins - sports director
Newscast titles
- NewsCenter 6 (1974-1984)
- Channel 6 Eyewitness NewsEyewitness NewsEyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
(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)
External links
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