KIVI-TV
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Nampa/Boise, Idaho United States |
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| Branding | 6 On Your Side |
| Slogan | On Your Side |
| Channels |
Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 6 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 6.1 ABC 6.2 Laff 6.3 Escape |
| Translators | 3 (VHF) K03ET-D Garden Valley 27 (UHF) K27DX-D McCall 53 (UHF) K53EF-D Garden Valley |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner |
E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
| First air date | February 1, 1974 |
| Call letters' meaning | Idaho and VI (Roman numeral 6) |
| Sister station(s) | KJOT, KNIN-TV, KQXR, KRVB, KTHI |
| Former callsigns | KITC (1974–1975) KIVI (1998–2009) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 6 (VHF, 1974–2009) |
| Former affiliations | DT2: Untamed Sports TV |
| Transmitter power | 589 kW |
| Height | 858.1 m |
| Facility ID | 59255 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°45′21″N 116°5′54″W / 43.75583°N 116.09833°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KIVI-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Idaho's Treasure Valley. Licensed to Nampa, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 24 (or virtual channel 6.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter at the Bogus Basin ski area summit.
Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, KIVI share studios with KNIN-TV and several radio stations on East Chisholm Drive in Nampa (along I-84/U.S. 30/SH-55).
KSAW-LD in Twin Falls operates as a semi-satellite of KIVI extending the ABC signal into the Magic Valley. As such, it clears all network and syndicated programming as provided through its parent but some of the non-network fare airs at a different time on KSAW. That outlet also airs separate legal identifications and commercials inserts targeting the Magic Valley. Master control and most other internal operations originate from KIVI's studios but KSAW does operate an advertising sales office locally in Twin Falls.
The station signed-on February 1, 1974 with the call sign KITC (the callsign standing for "Idaho Television Company", for the station's original owner) and was Boise's third commercial station. It aired an analog signal on VHF channel 6 and immediately took on an ABC affiliation. Prior to the station's launch, the network was split between CBS affiliate KBOI-TV and NBC station KTVB, with programing from ABC being carried on both outlets in off-hours. Although Boise had been large enough since the 1950s to support three full network affiliates, the difficulty of building a translator network to serve this vast and mountainous market scared off many prospective owners until the late 1960s.
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