KPIF

KPIF

Pocatello–Idaho Falls, Idaho United States
City	Pocatello, Idaho
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 15 (PSIP)
Branding	MeTV Idaho Falls
Programming
Affiliations	15.1: MeTV (2017–present) 15.2: Heroes & Icons 15.3: Grit 15.4: Market 15.5: This TV 15.6: Court TV 15.7: Pursuit Channel 15.8: QVC 15.9: True Crime Network 15.10: Daystar
Ownership
Owner	Ventura Broadcasting (Ventura Media Communications, LLC)
Sister stations	KVUI
History
First air date	March 1, 2004 (2004-03-01)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 15 (UHF, 2004–2009)
Former affiliations	America One (2004) The WB (2004–2006) The CW (2006–2009) Retro TV (2009–2011, 2014–2017) Dark (2011–2014) DT4: Stadium (until 2020)
Call sign meaning	Pocatello Idaho Falls
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	86205
ERP	239 kW
HAAT	327 m (1,073 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°51′50.1″N 112°31′13.3″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

KPIF, virtual and UHF digital channel 15, is a MeTV-affiliated television station licensed to Pocatello, Idaho, United States and also serving Idaho Falls. The station is owned by Ventura Broadcasting, as part of a duopoly with Ion Television affiliate KVUI (channel 31, also licensed to Pocatello). The two stations share transmitter facilities on Howard Mountain near Pocatello.

History

The original construction permit for KPIF was granted on March 2, 2001, to Pocatello Channel 15, L.L.C., a partnership between KM Communications, Inc. of Skokie, Illinois, Kaleidoscope Foundation, Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas (a subsidiary of Equity Broadcasting Corporation), and Potelco Broadcasting of Greensboro, North Carolina. The three companies had been competing applicants for a channel 15 television station in Pocatello, and agreed in 2000 to form a partnership in order to expedite construction of the station. In 2003, due to irreconcilable differences that caused delays in development of the permit, Myoung Hwa Bae of KM Communications extended an offer to buy out the other two members. KM Communications completed construction of the station and signed on in March 2004 under Program Test Authority from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The station applied for a license to cover the construction permit on March 1, 2004, and was granted the license on October 11, 2006.

Initially, KPIF was affiliated with America One, but the station picked up a WB affiliation a few months later. It became an affiliate of The CW on September 18, 2006. At one point, KBEO of Jackson, Wyoming (which was the first to sign on, on March 30, 2001) became a satellite of KPIF (KBEO has since gone dark).

After The CW moved to a digital subchannel of KIFI-TV on September 7, 2009, the stations switched to RTV.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
15.1	480i	16:9	ME-TV	MeTV
15.2			HI	Heroes & Icons
15.3			GRIT-TV	Grit
15.4			STADIUM	Market
15.5			THIS	This TV
15.6			COURT	Court TV
15.7			PURSUIT	Pursuit Channel
15.8			QVC	QVC
15.9			CRIME	True Crime Network
15.10			DAYSTAR	Daystar

Analog-to-digital conversion

KPIF shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 15, on June 12, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 15, as they were granted original construction permits after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997.

While KPIF did broadcast a digital signal after the analog shutdown, it did not apply for a license to cover or an extension of the digital construction permit (which expired on June 12, 2009) until 2014. KPIF was granted a broadcast license for its digital signal on February 6, 2016.

External links

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• Post Register article on station sign-on