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Idaho Falls/Pocatello, Idaho- Jackson, Wyoming United States |
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City | Idaho Falls |
Branding | Local News 8 Telemundo East Idaho (on DT2) CW East Idaho (on DT3) Local News 8 NOW (on DT4) |
Slogan |
Local People, Local News TV to Talk About (on DT3) |
Channels |
Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 8.1 ABC 8.2 Telemundo 8.3 CW 8.4 24-hour local news |
Translators | see website |
Affiliations | ABC (1996–present; secondary from 1961–1974) |
Owner |
News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG of Idaho, Inc.) |
First air date | January 1961 |
Call letters' meaning | Idaho Falls, Idaho |
Sister station(s) | KIDK, KXPI-LD |
Former callsigns | KIFI (1961–1980) |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 8 (VHF, 1961–2009) Digital: 9 (VHF, until 2009) |
Former affiliations | NBC (1961–1996) |
Transmitter power | 63 kW |
Height | 464 m |
Class | DT |
Facility ID | 66258 |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°30′4″N 112°39′43″W / 43.50111°N 112.66194°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | localnews8.com |
KIFI-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Southeastern Idaho, Southwestern Montana and Northwestern Wyoming that is licensed to Idaho Falls. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter on East Butte in unincorporated northern Bingham County along the Idaho National Laboratory border. The station can also be seen on Cable One channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 1008.
Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, KIFI operates CBS affiliate KIDK and low-powered MyNetworkTV outlet KXPI-LD (both owned by VistaWest Media, LLC) through a shared services agreement. All three television stations share studios on North Yellowstone Highway/U.S. 26 in Idaho Falls. Syndicated programming on this station includes Everybody Loves Raymond, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Dr. Oz Show, and Anderson among others.