Idaho Public Television

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Idaho Public Television

statewide Idaho
Branding	IdahoPTV
Channels	Analog: see table below Digital: see table below
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Idaho State Board of Education
First air date	see table below
Transmitter power	see table below
Height	see table below
Facility ID	see table below
Transmitter coordinates	see table below
Website	www.idahoptv.org

Idaho Public Television (Also known as IdahoPTV) is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member network serving the state of Idaho. It comprises five television stations, operated and funded by the Idaho State Board Of Education. The network is headquartered in Boise, with satellite studios on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow and Idaho State University in Pocatello.

The network's first station, KUID-TV, signed on from the UI campus in 1965. KAID-TV in Boise, licensed to Boise State University, signed on in 1971, followed later that year by ISU's KISU-TV in Pocatello. The three stations shared many programs, but were largely operated independently at first. However, in 1981, in response to anger over two KUID-produced documentaries, the state legislature yanked nearly all funding for public television. A year later, the legislature ordered the merger of the three stations into a single network. The licenses for all three stations were transferred to the state board of education. Two other stations were added in 1992.

Combined, the five stations and their extensive translator network reach almost all of Idaho, as well as parts of Washington, Montana and Oregon.

Stations

Station	City of license	Channels (Digital)	Virtual channel (PSIP)	First air date	Call letters’ meaning	ERP (Digital)	HAAT (Digital)	Facility ID	Transmitter Coordinates
KAID (Flagship station)	Boise	21 (UHF)	4	December 31, 1971	Ada County, IDaho	725 kW	858 m	62442	43°45′20.8″N 116°5′57″W
KCDT	Coeur d'Alene	45 (UHF)	26	September 22, 1992	Coeur D'Alene Television	38 kW	465 m	62424	47°43′53.7″N 116°43′50.2″W
KIPT	Twin Falls	22 (UHF)	13	January 19921	Idaho Public Television	50 kW	181.9 m	62427	42°43′45.9″N 114°24′56.5″W
KISU-TV2	Pocatello	17 (UHF)	10	July 7, 1971	Idaho State University	189 kW	451.1 m	62430	43°30′4.2″N 112°39′44.9″W
KUID-TV	Moscow	12 (VHF)	12	September 6, 1965	University of IDaho	78 kW	339.7 m	62382	46°40′54.3″N 116°58′14.2″W

Notes:

• 1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KIPT signed on January 18, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on January 17.
• 2. KISU-TV used the call sign KBGL-TV from its 1971 sign-on until December 7, 1981.
• 3. KUID-TV was on analog channel 12 until its digital channel signed on; the analog signal was moved to Channel 35, which had previously been assigned as KUID's digital allocation.

Subchannels

Idaho Public Television has 4 digital subchannels.

Digital subchannels

Channel	Programming
xx.1	Main programming / PBS HD
xx.2	IdahoPTV PLUS
xx.3	Create
xx.4	PBS World

Translators

Idaho Public Television has a network of low power translators across Idaho, which are rapidly being converted to digital (analog translators marked after the city):

KCDT - Coeur D' Alene, Idaho (digital channels displayed as 26.x by PSIP)

• K23IB Channel 23 Bonners Ferry - ANALOG (digital channel under construction)
• K49JD-D Channel 49 Kellogg
• K42GT-D Channel 42 Priest Lake
• K16EN Channel 16 Sandpoint - ANALOG (digital channel applied for)

KAID - Boise, Idaho (digital channels displayed as 4.x by PSIP)

• K11PB-D Channel 11 Cambridge
• K09LO-D Channel 9 Cascade
• K11WR-D Channel 11 Council
• K41EO-D Channel 41 Crouch/Garden Valley
• K51FL-D Channel 51 Garden Valley
• KAID Channel 32 Glenns Ferry
• K05FG Channel 5 McCall - ANALOG (digital channel under construction)
• K11WT-D Channel 11 McCall - (digital channel under construction)
• K41HS-D Channel 41 McCall

KIPT - Twin Falls, Idaho (digital channels displayed as 13.x by PSIP)

• K14IC-D Channel 14 Burley
• K47JW-D Channel 47 Hagerman

KISU - Pocatello, Idaho (digital channels displayed as 10.x by PSIP)

• K12LS-D Channel 12 Challis/Ellis
• K13QE-D Channel 13 Driggs
• K15GO-D Channel 15 Georgetown
• K14MC-D Channel 14 Lava Hot Springs
• K14IJ Channel 14 Leadore - ANALOG (digital channel under construction)
• K15HR Channel 15 Mackay - ANALOG (digital channel under construction)
• K35GW-D Channel 35 Malad City
• K23DO-D Channel 23 Malta
• K43JD-D Channel 43 Rexburg
• K19CY-D Channel 19 Rockland
• K49IC Channel 49 Salmon - ANALOG (digital channel under construction)
• K13QH-D Channel 13 Swan Valley/Irwin

KUID - Moscow, Idaho (digital channels displayed as 12.x by PSIP)

• K46HX-D Channel 46 Grangeville
• K43GE-D Channel 43 Juliaetta
• K05GQ Channel 5 Kooskia/Stites - ANALOG (digital channel under construction)
• K51HY-D Channel 51 Lewiston
• K23HT-D Channel 23 St. Maries

External links

• Idaho PTV's website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KAID
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for KAID
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KCDT
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for KCDT
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KIPT
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for KIPT
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KISU
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for KISU
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KUID
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for KUID
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KAID-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KCDT-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KIPT-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KISU-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KUID-TV