KBOI-TV
 
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Boise, Idaho United States |
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| Branding | KBOI 2 (general) KBOI 2 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Watching Out For You |
| Channels |
Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 2 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 2.1 CBS 2.2 CW+ 2.3 Charge! |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (Sinclair Boise Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | November 26, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | BOIse |
| Sister station(s) | KYUU-LD |
| Former callsigns | KBCI-TV (1975–2010) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 2 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 28 (UHF, 2002–2012) |
| Former affiliations |
Both secondary: ABC (1953–1974) DuMont (1953–1955) |
| Transmitter power | 360 kW |
| Height | 858 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 49760 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°45′20.8″N 116°5′57″W / 43.755778°N 116.09917°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | kboi2 |
KBOI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Idaho's Treasure Valley licensed to Boise. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 9 (virtual channel 2.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter at the Bogus Basin ski area summit in unincorporated Boise County. The station can also be seen on Cable One channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 460. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station is sister to low-powered CW affiliate KYUU-LD and the two share studios on North 16th Street in Western Downtown Boise.
KBOI-TV signed on November 26, 1953 as the Treasure Valley's second television station, after NBC affiliate KIDO-TV (now KTVB). It aired an analog signal on VHF channel 2, and was owned by Boise Valley Broadcasters along with KBOI radio (670 AM and 97.9 FM, now KQFC). It has always been a primary CBS outlet, but initially shared secondary ABC and DuMont affiliations with KIDO. KBOI lost the latter network after it shut down in 1955 and ABC with the launch of Nampa's KITC (now KIVI-TV) in 1974. The following year, after KBOI radio was sold off to a separate entity, the television station changed its call letters to KBCI-TV on February 1, 1975. At that time, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations required separately-owned stations to have distinct base call signs.
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