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KTVB
Boise, Idaho
Branding	Idaho's NewsChannel 7
Channels	Analog: 7 (VHF) Digital: 26 (UHF)
Translators	KTFT-LP 38 Twin Falls (For all other translators see article)
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	Belo Corporation (King Broadcasting Company)
Founded	July 12, 1953
Call letters meaning	K TeleVision Boise
Former callsigns	KIDO-TV (1953-1959)
Former affiliations	NBC/ABC/DuMont (1953-1955) NBC/ABC (1955-1974)
Transmitter Power	195 kW (analog) 948 kW (digital)
Height	808 m (analog) 785 m (digital)
Facility ID	34858
Transmitter Coordinates	43°45′15.3″N, 116°6′0.5″W
Website	www.ktvb.com

KTVB "Idaho's NewsChannel 7" is a television station in Boise, Idaho, affiliated with the NBC network, that broadcasts on analog VHF channel 7 and digital UHF channel 26.

Contents 1 History 2 Other initiatives 3 News Operations 3.1 Current On-Air Talent 3.1.1 Idaho's NewsChannel 7 Anchors 3.1.2 Idaho's NewsChannel 7 Reporters 3.1.3 First Alert Weather 3.1.4 Idaho's NewsChannel 7 Sports 4 Trivia 5 Translators 6 Logos 7 References 8 See also 9 External links

The station, Idaho's oldest, signed on July 12, 1953 as KIDO-TV, owned by Georgia Davidson along with KIDO-AM. Davidson was one of only two female station owners in the NBC network. The other was Dorothy Bullitt, who founded future sister station KING-TV. Davidson sold KIDO-AM in 1959 but kept KIDO-TV, which she renamed KTVB.

Philo Farnsworth, the father of television — and an Idaho native — was present as the station signed on the air. During KTVB's fiftieth year celebration, the tag line "the first television station in the state where TV was invented" was used in some promotional announcements.

In 1979, KTVB was sold to KING Broadcasting Company, joining stations KREM-TV in Spokane, KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon and KING-TV in Seattle. KING Broadcasting was sold to the Providence Journal Company in 1992, which was later sold to current owner Belo in 1997.

In November 2003, KTVB launched the 24/7 NewsChannel - a 24 hour cable channel consisting primarily of newscast repeats.

Programming for co-owned KTFT-LP in Twin Falls originates from the KTVB building. The two signals are identical, with the exception of commercials, which are sold and targeted to the Magic Valley area.

The station operates the state's first full-time online news service - KTVB.COM - featuring news, video, weather, sports and traffic information.

KTVB has branched out in to non-traditional areas, such as its free Idaho Classifieds project on the ZIdaho website.

The KTVB news slogan is "Where the News Comes First." The station produces just more than 30 hours of original news and sports programming per week.

Several former reporters have gone on to attain national prominence, including Christi Paul of CNN Headline News, Trace Gallagher of Fox News and Meg Oliver of CBS News Up To The Minute.

The KTVB news gathering fleet includes a new state of the art satellite truck purchased in 2006, allowing for live coverage of events across the region. KTVB's resources also include two live units, 10 news gathering vehicles, and a digital production truck.

The July 2006 ratings show KTVB's news programs are number one in each timeslot by wide margins ^[1]

• Ysabel Bilbao
• Carolyn Holly
• Mark Johnson
• Jonelle Merrill
• Maggie O'Mara
• Dee Sarton

• Ysabel Bilbao
• Monique James
• Sean Christensen
• Edgar Linanes
• Jonelle Merrill
• Kaycee Murray
• Maggie O'Mara
• Alyson Oüten
• Ryan Larrondo

• Rick Lantz : Chief Meteorologist
• Larry Gebert: Meteorologist
• Joni Shriver: Weather Anchor

• David Agusto: Sports Director/Anchor
• Kerith Burke: Sports Anchor/Reporter
• Justin Corr: Sports Reporter

KTVR-TV channel 13 in La Grande, Oregon was originally a satellite of KTVB until the mid-1970s, when it was sold to Oregon Public Broadcasting, becoming part of the then-OEPBS network.

KTVB is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.

K04GA Channel 4 Kings River, Nevada K04GY Channel 4 Mitchell, Oregon K05DC Channel 5 Cambridge K05DD Channel 5 Glenns Ferry K05GT Channel 5 Fairfield K06AB Channel 6 Long Creek, Oregon K06ER Channel 6 Oxbow, Oregon K10OA Channel 10 Terrace Lakes K10IO Channel 10 Burns / Princeton, Oregon K11LO Channel 11 Riverisde, Oregon K11MU Channel 11 Paradise Valley, Nevada

K13EN Channel 13 Orovada, Nevada K13GO Channel 13 Cascade K13GW Channel 13 Council K13MF Channel 13 Jordan Valley, Oregon K13MM Channel 13 Prairie City, Oregon K13NC Channel 13 Vale, Oregon K13SL Channel 13 Huntington, Oregon K13SO Channel 13 McCall K39FD Channel 39 La Grande, Oregon K46AM Channel 46 Baker City, Oregon K54DQ Channel 54 Mc Dermitt, Nevada

Some translators in Nevada and Oregon are in the Pacific Time Zone.

Video still-frame of logo used from 1979-1996. A variation of this logo was used from sign-on until 1979.

KTVB logo used from October, 1999-July 2007

1. ^ [1]

• Circle 7 logo
• KZAK-LP
• 24/7 (news channel)

• KTVB website
• Belo website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTVB
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTFT

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Boise market  (Nielsen DMA #113)
KBCI 2 (CBS) - KAID 4 (PBS) - KIVI 6 (ABC) - KTVB 7 (NBC) - KNIN 9 (CW, CW+ on DT2) - KTRV 12 (Fox) - KKIC-LP 16 (TEL) - K17ED 17 (3ABN) - KCLP-CA 18 (TCT) - K31FD 31 (3ABN) - KBSE-LP 33 (HSN) - KUNB-LP 35 (UNI) - KKJB 39 (A1) - KBTI-LP 41 (JTV) - KIWB-LP 43 (TVA) - KZAK-LP 49 (24/7 news) - KCBB-LP 51 (AZA) Local cable television channels TVTV Cable 11 - 24/7 Cable 28 (KTVB local news channel)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Twin Falls market (Nielsen DMA #193)
KIDA 5 (Ind) - KMVT 11 (CBS/CW on DT2) - KIPT 13 (PBS/IPT) - KSVX 18 (ION) - KBGH 19 (Edu) - K25EV 25 (TBN) - KBAX 27 (A1) - KXTF 35 (FOX) - KTFT 38 (NBC) - KTWT-LP 43 (CW) - KCTF 45 (REL) - KSAW-LP 51 (ABC) - KCJY-LP 55 (JCTV) - KTID-LP 58 (ION) Broadcast television available on cable only: KSL 5 (NBC, Salt Lake City)

v • d • e NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Idaho
KPVI 6 (Pocatello) - KTVB 7 / KTFT-LP 38 (Boise / Twin Falls) - K18DT 18* (Coeur D'Alene) *Repeater of KHQ-TV, Spokane, Washington.
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, PBS and Other stations in Idaho

v • d • e Belo Corporation
Corporate Staff:	Robert W. Decherd (Chairman and CEO) · Dennis A. Williamson · Lawrence Nicholson · John L. Sander · Dunia A. Shive · Donald F. Cass · David Lougee · Guy H. Kerr · Marian Spitzberg · James M. Moroney
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Television Stations:	ABC affiliates: KVUE · WFAA · WHAS · WVEC CBS affiliates: KENS · KHOU · KREM · KMOV · WWL Fox affiliates: KMSB NBC affiliates: KING · KTVB · KTFT  · KGW · WCNC The CW affiliates: KASW · KCWX2 · KSKN MyNetwork TV affiliates: KTTU · WUPL Independent stations: KFWD1 · KTVK · KONG
1Belo manages this station owned by HIC Broadcasting 2Belo manages this station owned by Corridor Television, LLP
Annual Revenue: 1.52 Billion (USD) · Employees: 6,600 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: BLC · Website: belo.com