KPVI-DT
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Pocatello/Idaho Falls, Idaho United States |
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| Branding | KPVI |
| Slogan | News That Works For You |
| Channels |
Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 6 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 6.1 NBC 6.2 Decades 6.3 Cozi TV |
| Affiliations | NBC (1996–present) |
| Owner |
Northwest Broadcasting (Idaho Broadcast Partners LLC) |
| First air date | April 26, 1974 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Pocatello VI = Roman numeral 6 |
| Former callsigns | KPVI (1974–2009) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 6 (VHF, 1974–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: ABC (1974–1996) DT2: NBC Weather Plus |
| 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 |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.kpvi.com |
KPVI-DT is the local NBC-affiliated television station for Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho. Licensed to Pocatello, it broadcasts a digital signal on channel 23. The station is owned by Northwest Broadcasting.
KPVI's transmitter is located on a mountain top about four miles (7 km) ENE of the Pocatello city limits. This location was chosen because of possible interference from KIVI-TV in Boise, which also broadcast its analog signal 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.
KPVI signed on April 26, 1974 as an ABC affiliate. It was originally owned by Eastern Idaho Television Corporation, which also owned sister station KIVI-TV in Boise, Idaho. Previously, ABC had been carried on a shared basis by both CBS affiliate KID-TV (now KIDK) and NBC affiliate KIFI-TV. Idaho Television Company sold both KPVI and sister station KIVI-TV in Boise, Idaho to Futura Titanium Corporation in 1977. Futura sold the station to Ambassador Media in 1983. In November 1995, Sunbelt Communications Company, now known as Intermountain West Communications Company (owner of NBC stations KVBC (now KSNV-DT) in Las Vegas, KRNV in Reno and KYMA in Yuma, Arizona) purchased KPVI and satellite stations KJVI (now KJWP) in Jackson, Wyoming and KKVI (now KXTF) in Twin Falls.
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