KMVT

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KMVT
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Twin Falls, Idaho
Branding CBS 11 (general)
KMVT News (news)
Slogan Southern Idaho's News Source
Channels Digital: 11 (VHF)
Subchannels 11.1 CBS
11.2 The CW
11.3 Mexicanal
Affiliations CBS Television Network
Owner Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership
First air date May 30, 1955
Call letters' meaning Magic
Valley
Television
Sister station(s) KTWT-LP, KTID-LP
Former callsigns KLIX-TV (1955-1957)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
11 (VHF, 1955-2009)
Former affiliations ABC, NBC (both secondary)
Transmitter power 132 kW
Height 323 m
Facility ID 35200
Transmitter coordinates 42°43′46.9″N 114°24′55″W / 42.729694°N 114.41528°W / 42.729694; -114.41528
Website www.kmvt.com

KMVT is the CBS affiliated television station in Twin Falls, Idaho.[1] Its digital signal is broadcast over Channel 11. Its transmitter is located on Flat Top Butte near Jerome.

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[edit] History

The station went on the air on June 1, 1955 using the call letters of its sister radio station, KLIX. It has been a CBS affiliate since sign-on; however, in its early years the station carried programs from ABC and NBC. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.[2]

In 1957, Ogden, Utah businessman Abe Glasmann purchased the KLIX radio and TV stations and KUTV in Salt Lake City. Glasmann sold the radio station, which retained the call letters KLIX. He rechristened the TV station KMVT. "MVT" stood for "Magic Valley Television," reflecting the area's nickname of "Magic Valley."

In 1965 KMVT became the first television station in Idaho to broadcast local programs in color.

Western Broadcasting Company of Missoula, Montana, which operated KMSO-TV (now KECI) in Missoula, acquired KMVT in 1970. In 1984, control of the station was transferred to the Chapman S. Root 1982 Living Trust. The Catamount Broadcast Group acquired the station in 1998 and sold it to the Neuhoff family in 2004. Today KMVT Broadcasting Inc. is a subsidiary of the Neuhoff family limited partnership.

KMVT became the first station to air Apple Computers' famous "1984" commercial on December 31st, 1983, before midnight, to ensure the ad would qualify for the year 1984's advertising awards, which only counted ads aired in 1983.

In September 2006, KMVT began carrying The CW network on its DT2 subchannel, which is also seen terrestrially on KTWT-LP channel 43.

KMVT's broadcasts are digital-only, effective (as originally scheduled) on February 17, 2009.[3]

[edit] Translators

KVMT is rebroadcast on seven translators.[4][5] Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership and KVMT-TV owns and operates all translators except for K31IF-D of which is owned and operated by Hagerman Translator District instead of KVMT-TV and Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership.

KVMT-TV and Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership had a construction permit for a digital translator on digital channel 24 in Hagerman, Idaho. The construction permit on such a digital translator seems to be defunct.

[edit] On-air staff

[edit] Current on-air staff

Anchors/reporters

  • Benito Baeza - General Assignment Reporter
  • Rachael Giffoni - Anchor - Weekends at 10 p.m.; General Assignment Reporter
  • Diane Dean - Anchor - Weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Danielle Kosir - Anchor - Weekday morning show
  • Joe Martin - News Director; Anchor - Weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Brittany Cooper - General Assignment Reporter; Moring News
  • Charles Lemmon - Anchor - Noon News; Managing Editor
  • Jay Michaels - General Assignment Reporter
  • Michelle Costa - General Assignment Reporter
  • Joey Martin - Videographer

Weather Team

  • Brian Neudorff - Chief Meteorologist- Weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Nick Kosir - Weather Meteorologist - Weekday Morning News
  • Brittany Cooper - Weather Anchor - Noon News
  • Michelle Costa - Weather Anchor - General Assignment Reporter

Sports Team

  • Jason Carter - Sports Director - Weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Amy Gill - Sports Anchor - Weekends at 10 p.m.

[edit] News/station presentation

[edit] Newscast titles

  • TV-11 News (1970s-1982)
  • NewsScene (1982-1989)
  • Channel 11 News (1989-1996)
  • NewsChannel 11 (1996-2003)
  • KMVT News (2003-present)

[edit] Station slogans

  • The Magic Valley's News Source (1990s-2003)
  • Southern Idaho's News Source (2003-present)
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[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ KMVT is also a public-access television station in Mountain View, California - KMVT 15 website
  2. ^ "Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films" ([dead link]), Boxoffice: 13, November 10, 1956, http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_111056-1 
  3. ^ http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/39236572.html
  4. ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K44JA-D#station
  5. ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K31IF-D#station

[edit] External links
Local stations
KTFT-LD 20 (7.1 NBC, 7.2 24/7 News) • KMVT (11.1 CBS, 11.2 CW, 11.3 MNTV, 11.4 Mexicanal) • KIPT (13.1 PBS/IPTV, 13.2 IPTVPlus, 13.3 Create, 13.4 PBSW) • KSVX-LP 18 (Ion) • KBAX-LP 27 (A1) • KXTF (35.1 Fox) • KTWT-LP 43 (CW) • KCTF-LP 45 (Rel) • KSAW-LD (51.1 ABC) • KCJY-LP 55 (JCTV) • KTID-LP 58 (MNTV)
Adjacent locals
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Cable channels

24/7 Cable 28 (KTVB local news)
Defunct stations

KIDA 5 (UPN/Ind) • KBGH 19 (Edu) • K25EV 25 (TBN)
See also: Idaho Falls TV • Boise TV
CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Idaho
CW Network Affiliates in the state of Idaho
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