KIDK

KIDK

Idaho Falls/Pocatello, Idaho
Branding	Channel 3 Eyewitness News
Slogan	Taking Action for You
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 3 (PSIP)
Subchannels	3.1 CBS 3.2 MyNetworkTV
Translators	38 (UHF) Rexburg (for others, see below)
Owner	Fisher Communications, Inc. (operated through SSA by News-Press & Gazette Company) (Fisher Broadcasting - SE Idaho TV, LLC)
First air date	December 20, 1953
Call letters' meaning	KID (former callsign) with an extra K
Sister station(s)	KIFI-TV, KXPI-LD
Former callsigns	KID-TV (1953-1984)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1953-2009)
Former affiliations	All secondary: DuMont (1953-1955) NBC (1953-1961) ABC (1953-1974) UPN (1995-2003)
Transmitter power	200 kW
Height	489 m
Facility ID	56028
Transmitter coordinates	43°29′50.6″N 112°39′52.7″W
Website	www.kidk.com

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 December 20, 1953 as KID-TV, co-owned with KID radio (AM 590 and FM 96.1). It became KIDK in 1984, when the radio stations were sold.

In December 2010 it was announced that KIDK had entered into a shared services arrangement with KIFI under which KIDK would be run out of the KIFI facility and 27 KIDK staffers would be laid off. As a result of the arrangement, KIDK's morning newscast was canceled on January 7, 2011. The kidk.com URL was subsequently replaced by a redirect to a separate section of the KIFI website.

News operation

News/station presentation

KIDK logo prior to 2007.

Newscast titles

• Newswatch 3 (1970s-1991; 2000–2007)
• News 3 (1991–2000)
• No Wait News at 10 (10 p.m. newscast; 2006–unknown)
• Channel 3 Eyewitness News (2007–present)

Station slogans

• Taking Action for You (2007–present)

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News team

Anchors

• Todd Kunz

Weather

• Steve Cannon

Sports

• Jeff Landers
• Michelle Ludtka

Reporters

• Marissa Bodnar
• Brittany Borghi
• Caleb James
• Brett Crandall
• Jessica Crandall
• Tammy Harmer
• Michelle Ludtka
• Hasti Taghi

Past on-air staff

• Ann Rubin

Translators

Within its network, KIDK has a total of 20 translators serving parts of Eastern and Central Idaho, and parts of Western Wyoming.

• Challis, Idaho K10AW
• Clayton, Idaho K05AL
• Driggs, Idaho K07QC
• Inkom, Idaho K11AG
• Lava Hot Springs, Idaho K11CP
• Lemhi, Idaho; Baker, Idaho K05BE
• Leadore, Idaho K11BD
• Malad City, Idaho K58AR
• Montpelier, Idaho K27CS
• North Fork, Idaho K02CE
• Preston, Idaho K36AD
• Salmon, Idaho; Williams Creek, Idaho K09CA
• Salmon, Idaho; Williams Creek, Idaho K07PV
• Soda Springs, Idaho K09ID
• Afton, Wyoming K10LO
• Auburn, Wyoming K12AH
• Big Piney, Wyoming K12AH
• Hoback Junction, Wyoming K11LL
• South Park, Wyoming K07CS
• Thayne, Wyoming K07PB

KIDK has a construction permit for a digital fill-in translator on channel 38 in Rexburg, Idaho

External links

• KIDK's Homepage
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KIDK
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for KIDK-DT
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for KIDK
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KIDK-TV