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KPVI-DT
KPVI logo
Pocatello/Idaho Falls, Idaho
Branding NBC NewsChannel 6
Slogan Where News Comes First
Channels

Digital: 23 (UHF)
Subchannels 6.1 NBC
6.2 Universal Sports
6.3 This TV
Affiliations NBC
Owner Sunbelt Communications Company
(Oregon Trail Broadcasting Company))
First air date April 26, 1974
Call letters’ meaning Pocatello
VI = Roman numeral 6
Former callsigns none
Former channel number(s) Analog: 6 (1974-2009)
Former affiliations ABC (1974-1996)
Transmitter Power 505 kW
Height 398.4 m
Facility ID 1270
Transmitter Coordinates 42°55′12.8″N 112°20′44.6″W / 42.920222°N 112.345722°W / 42.920222; -112.345722
Website www.kpvi.com

KPVI-DT is the local NBC affiliate for Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho. Licensed to Pocatello, it broadcasts a digital signal on channel 23. The station is owned by Sunbelt 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 broadcasts 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.

The station operated a semi-satellite, KJWY on digital channel 2 in Jackson, Wyoming, and had the distinction of being the lowest-powered full-service analog television station in the United States, at only 178 watts. It also tied CJBN-TV channel 13 of Kenora, Ontario, also at 178 watts, for the lowest-powered full-service analog station in North America. While KJWY was technically a satellite of KPVI, it also carried Wyoming news from another Sunbelt station, KCWY-DT in Casper, Wyoming. On March 2, 2009, Sunbelt Communications Company filed an application with the FCC to sell KJWY to PMCM TV; however, Sunbelt initially planned to retain control of KJWY under a local marketing agreement.[1] The transaction was approved by the FCC on June 10, 2009 after both parties agreed to drop the proposed local marketing agreement. After closing the sale on June 12, 2009, KJWY dropped its NBC logo and KPVI simulcast.

PMCM is seeking permission to reallocate KJWY from Jackson to Wilmington, Delaware, as part of a legal loophole that allows any VHF station that moves to a state with no FCC-licensed commercial VHF stations to receive automatic permission to move. After of the digital television transition of 2009, Delaware and New Jersey no longer have VHF signals. (PMCM is also looking to move KVNV to New Jersey under the same rule.)[2] [3] The move would make KJWY and KVNV two of only a handful of stations east of the Mississippi River to have a call sign starting with "K" instead of "W", provided that the stations are not re-called.

KPVI offers Universal Sports and This TV on its digital subchannels.

KPVI's broadcasts are digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.[4]

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[edit] Translators

KPVI's network of 23 translators covers eastern Idaho, 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.

[edit] History

KPVI signed on in 1974 as an ABC affiliate. Previously, ABC had been carried in off-hours by CBS affiliate KID-TV (now KIDK) and NBC affiliate KIFI-TV. It remained with ABC until January, 1996 when the station switched to NBC, swapping affiliations with KIFI. This was driven by the purchase of the station by Sunbelt Communications Company, which operated other NBC stations, including KVBC in Las Vegas NV, KRNV Reno Nevada, and KYMA in Yuma Arizona.

As a result of its ownership change 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 East Sherman Street facility.

[edit] Newscast Titles

  • Before becoming an NBC affiliate, KPVI branded as "Channel 6 Eyewitness News"
  • At the time of the NBC switch, the station branded news and programming as "NBC News 6" this was later changed to NewsChannel 6.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Sunbelt spins a Wyoming TV". Television Business Report. March 2, 2009. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/13161.html. Retrieved on March 21, 2009. 
  2. ^ http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/294773-PMCM_Wants_To_Move_Stations.php
  3. ^ Wilmington News-Journal: "Wilmington may be home to TV station", 6/18/2009.
  4. ^ http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=9801764&nav=menu546_1

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Television stations in Eastern Idaho, including Idaho Falls and Pocatello
Stations

KIDK (3.1 CBS) • KPVI (6.1 NBC) • KIFI (8.1 ABC) • KISU (10.1 PBS/IPTV) • KPIF / KBEO (15.1 / 11.1 CW) • KXPI 24 (silent) • K26EW 26 (TBN) • KFXP (31.1 Fox)
See also: Twin Falls TV • Salt Lake City TV
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NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Idaho
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Idaho
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NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Wyoming
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Wyoming
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