Idaho Public Television
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| Type | Non-commercial educational broadcast television network |
|---|---|
| Branding | Idaho Public Television PBS |
| Country | United States |
First air date | Script error: No such module "Date time". |
| Availability | Statewide Idaho |
| TV stations | see § Stations |
Broadcast area | Statewide Idaho |
| Owner | State of Idaho |
| Parent | State Board of Education |
| AffiliationTemplate:Pluralize from text | PBS |
Former affiliations | KUID-TV: NET (1965–1970) |
Official website | www |
Idaho Public Television (also known as IdahoPTV and Idaho Public TV) is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member network serving the U.S. state of Idaho. Consisting of five television stations, it is operated and funded by the Idaho State Board of Education, an agency of the Idaho state government that holds the licenses to all PBS member stations in the state. The network is headquartered in Boise, with satellite studios at the University of Idaho in Moscow and Idaho State University in Pocatello.
Funding for Idaho Public Television comes from three major sources. Approximately 65% of funding comes from private contributions and an annual grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 31% is provided by the State of Idaho. 4% is provided by the Federal Government.[1]
Broadcast and online programs produced by Idaho Public Television include Outdoor Idaho, Idaho Reports, Idaho Experience, Dialogue, Idaho in Session, Science Trek and The 180 with Marcia Franklin.
History
The network's first station, KUID-TV, signed on from the University of Idaho campus in September 1965.[2][3][4] KBGL-TV signed on in July 1971 from Idaho State University in Pocatello, followed that December by KAID-TV in Boise, licensed to Boise State University. After a decade, KBGL changed its call letters to KISU-TV in 1981. The three stations shared many programs, but were largely operated independently at first. However, in 1981, two KUID-produced documentaries—one about logging practices, another about lead exposure—caused such an outcry that the state legislature yanked nearly all funding for public television.[5] Citing budget restrictions in early 1981, the state legislature cut 90% of the state funding for public television,[6] and the stations relied on federal funding and private donations.[7]
A year later, the legislature ordered the merger of the three stations into a single network.[8][9] The licenses for all three stations were transferred to the state board of education.[10] Two other stations were added in 1992 at Coeur d'Alene and Twin Falls, the respective cities of North Idaho College and the College of Southern Idaho.
In 2001, Idaho PTV began broadcasting its HD channel, KAID HD, using the default PBS HD schedule. Once the digital switchover had occurred in July 2009 and after a two-year acclimation process, the main HD channel became the home of the regular IdahoPTV schedule in August 2011, and the second standard definition channel was converted from the regular IdahoPTV schedule into a "Plus" subchannel, featuring an alternate schedule of programming.[11]
Stations
Combined, the five stations and their extensive translator network reach almost all of Idaho, as well as parts of Washington, Montana, and Oregon. The north Idaho stations of Coeur d'Alene and Moscow are in the Pacific Time Zone, while the south Idaho stations of Boise, Twin Falls, and Pocatello are in the Mountain Time Zone.
| Station | City of license1 | Channels (RF / VC) |
First air date | Call letters' meaning |
ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter coordinates | Public license information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAID (Flagship station) |
Boise | 21 (UHF) 4 |
Script error: No such module "Date time". | Ada County, Idaho (county where Boise is based) |
725 kW | 858 m (2,815 ft) | 62442 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Template:FCC-TV-Station-profile Template:FCC-LMS-Facility |
| KCDT | Coeur d'Alene | 18 (UHF) 26 |
Script error: No such module "Date time". | "Coeur DTemplate:'Alene Television" | 54.7 kW 50 kW (CP) |
465 m (1,526 ft) | 62424 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Template:FCC-TV-Station-profile Template:FCC-LMS-Facility |
| KIPT | Twin Falls | 22 (UHF) 13 |
Script error: No such module "Date time".2 | "Idaho Public Television" | 77.98 kW | 181.9 m (597 ft) | 62427 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Template:FCC-TV-Station-profile Template:FCC-LMS-Facility |
| KISU-TV3 | Pocatello | 17 (UHF) 10 |
Script error: No such module "Date time". | Idaho State University | 172 kW | 464.8 m (1,525 ft) | 62430 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Template:FCC-TV-Station-profile Template:FCC-LMS-Facility |
| KUID-TV | Moscow | 12 (VHF)4 12 |
Script error: No such module "Date time". | University of Idaho | 78 kW | 339.7 m (1,115 ft) | 62382 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Template:FCC-TV-Station-profile Template:FCC-LMS-Facility |
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Notes:
- 1. Aside from their transmitters, KCDT and KIPT do not maintain any physical presence in their cities of license.
- 2. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KIPT signed on January 18, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on January 17.
- 3. KISU-TV used the call sign KBGL-TV from its 1971 sign-on until December 7, 1981. (The ISU athletic teams are the Bengals.)
- 4. KUID-TV was on analog channel 12 until its digital channel signed on; the analog signal was moved to channel 35, which had previously been assigned as KUID's digital allocation.
Digital television
Subchannels
The digital signals of IdahoPTV's stations are multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| xx.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | IDPTVHD | PBS |
| xx.2 | PLUS | IdahoPTV Plus | ||
| xx.3 | 480i | LEARN | Create | |
| xx.4 | WORLD | World Channel | ||
| xx.5 | KIDS | PBS Kids |
Analog-to-digital conversion
IdahoPTV's stations ended regular programming on their analog signals on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate, with the exception of KAID, which was part of the Analog Nightlight Program and was shut off on June 15, 2009.[17] The station's digital channel allocations post-transition are as follows:[18]
- KAID ended regular programming on its analog signal on June 15, 2009, over VHF channel 4; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 21, using virtual channel 4. As part of the SAFER Act, KAID kept its analog signal on the air until June 15 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters.[19]
- KCDT shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 26; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45, using virtual channel 26.
- KIPT shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22, using virtual channel 13.
- KISU-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 10; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 17, using virtual channel 10.
- KUID-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 35; the station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition VHF channel 12.
Translators
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Boise Front (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Bonners Ferry (translates KCDT)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Burley (translates KIPT)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Cambridge (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Cascade (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Cascade (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Challis (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Council (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Driggs (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Emmett (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Garden Valley (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Georgetown (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Glenns Ferry (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Grangeville (translates KUID-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Hagerman (translates KIPT)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Harris Ranch (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Holbrook (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Idaho City (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Juliaetta (translates KUID-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Kamiah (translates KUID-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Kellogg (translates KUID-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Kooskia (translates KUID-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Lava Hot Springs (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Leadore (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Lewiston (translates KUID-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Mackay (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Malad City (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Malta (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility McCall (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility McCall (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility McDermitt, NV (translates KAID)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Montpelier (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Preston (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Priest Lake (translates KCDT)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Rexburg (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Rockland (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility St. Maries (translates KUID-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Salmon (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Sandpoint (translates KCDT)
- Template:FCC-LMS-Facility Soda Springs (translates KISU-TV)
- Template:FCC-LMS-FacilitySwan Valley/Irwin (translates KISU-TV)
References
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- ^ By The Numbers - 2018
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Contract given for university TV equipment". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. January 30, 1965. p. 3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Education TV station opens". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. September 3, 1965. p. 14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCreary, Frank P. (December 26, 1965). "Educational TV soon will span state". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1, section 2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Snow, Ruth (October 20, 2001). "IPTV could shift back into university control". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 10A.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Public TV report due". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. July 14, 1981. p. 9.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Public TV funds sought". Spokane Daily Chronicle. UPI. September 10, 1981. p. 3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Idaho PBS future fuzzy". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. February 8, 1982. p. 8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Idaho public TV hot issue". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. UPI. February 8, 1992. p. 5.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Idaho public TV stations to have single manager". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. April 6, 1982. p. 5.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sefton, Dru (June 11, 2012). "Multicasts tailored to local priorities". Current. American University SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KAID
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KCDT
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KIPT
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KISU
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KUID
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. June 12, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
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