KNIN-TV
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| KNIN-DT | |
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| Caldwell, Idaho/Boise, Idaho | |
| Branding | K9 Entertainment Television |
| Slogan | KNIN is Entertainment Television |
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| Affiliations | The CW The CW Plus (DT2) |
| Owner | Journal Broadcast Group, Inc. (Journal Broadcast Corporation) |
| First air date | December 28, 1992 |
| Call letters’ meaning | K-NINe (pronounced "canine") |
| Sister station(s) | KIVI |
| Former callsigns | KHDT-TV (1992-1996) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 9 (1992-2009) |
| Former affiliations | Primary: HSN (1993-1995) UPN (1995-2006) Secondary: The WB (1995-2000) Pax TV (1998-2003, only morning hours) |
| Transmitter Power | 14 kW |
| Height | 818 m |
| Facility ID | 59363 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 43°45′18″N 116°5′52″W / 43.755°N 116.09778°W |
| Website | www.knin.com |
KNIN-DT, also known as K9 Entertainment Television, is an affiliate of the The CW Television Network, and serves the Boise, Idaho area. The station is owned by Journal Communications and operates on VHF digital channel 9. It signed on the air by owner William Schuyler as KHDT-TV in 1993 as an affiliate of the Home Shopping Network. Schuyler later sold the station to a subsidiary of Lambert Broadcasting, who affiliated it with both the United Paramount Network (UPN) and the Warner Bros. Network (the "WB"). In time, the station dropped the WB affiliation to be a sole UPN affiliate until UPN and WB merged in 2006 to form the CW. It is licensed to Caldwell, Idaho.
In addition to the main channel, KNIN also operates a CW Plus channel on both subchannel 9.2 & CableOne channel 13, branded as "Boise's CW13". This was originally KWOB, a cable-only WB affiliate that was part of The WB 100+ Station Group. When KNIN, originally a UPN affiliate, took The CW affilaition, they added the channel to its digital signal as part of the new CW Plus. During prime-time CW network programming, the schedules on both KNIN and KNIN-DT2/CW 13 are identical.
On July 1, 2008 it was reported that Banks Broadcasting has agreed to sell KNIN to Journal Broadcast Group, owner of KIVI, which would create Boise's first television duopoly group.[1][2] On November 10, 2008, the FCC initially rejected the application to sell the station to Journal.[3] Shortly afterward, Banks Broadcasting filed an appeal, and on January 16, 2009, the FCC reversed its decision to reject the deal.[4] The deal closed on 24 April 2009.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ JS Online: NewsWatch
- ^ TVNEWSDAY - Journal Broadcast Doubling Up in Boise
- ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2471A1.pdf
- ^ http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jan2109-KIVI_KNIN_purchase.181d3448.html KTVB.COM: FCC gives OK for Channel 6 to buy Channel 9
- ^ http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/209880-Journal_Closes_on_KNIN.php
[edit] External links
- KNIN Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KNIN
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KNIN-TV
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