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Boise, Idaho United States |
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| Branding |
.1: Idaho's NewsChannel 7 .2: Idaho's Very Own 24/7 |
| Slogan | Where News Comes First |
| Channels |
Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7 (PSIP) |
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| Translators | KTFT-LD 20 (7.1) Twin Falls (for others, see article) |
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| Owner |
Tegna Media (King Broadcasting Company) |
| Founded | 1953 |
| First air date | July 12, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | TeleVision Boise |
| Sister station(s) |
KTFT KING KONG KGW KREM KSKN |
| Former callsigns | KIDO-TV (1953–1959) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 7 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 26 (UHF, 1997–2009) |
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| Transmitter power | 42.1 kW |
| Height | 806 m |
| Facility ID | 34858 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°45′16″N 116°5′56″W / 43.75444°N 116.09889°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website |
ktvb Idaho's Very Own 24/7 |
KTVB, channel 7, is the NBC-affiliated television station in Boise, Idaho, United States, and is owned by Tegna. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 7. KTVB's studios are located on West Fairview Avenue (I-184) in Boise, and its transmitter is located at the Bogus Basin ski area summit in Boise County.
The station also operates a low-power repeater in Twin Falls, KTFT-LD, the programming for which originates from the KTVB studios. The two signals are identical, with the exception of commercials, which are sold and targeted to the Magic Valley area.
The station, Idaho's oldest, signed on July 12, 1953, as KIDO-TV. It was originally owned by Georgia Davidson, along with radio station KIDO-AM. Davidson was one of only three female station owners in the NBC network including Dorothy Bullitt of future sister station KING-TV in Seattle. Davidson sold KIDO-AM in 1959 but kept KIDO-TV, which she renamed KTVB on February 1.
KTVB has always been a primary NBC affiliate. After KBOI-TV (Channel 2, CBS) signed on in November 1953, the two stations briefly shared secondary DuMont affiliations, and shared secondary ABC affiliations until KITC (Channel 6) signed on in 1974. Before KAID-TV (Channel 4, PBS) signed on in December 1971, KTVB pre-empted the second hour of the Today Show to carry Sesame Street without commercials on weekday mornings.
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