KIDK

KIDK
CityIdaho Falls, Idaho
Channels
Branding
  • Fox 5 (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerVistaWest Media, LLC
OperatorNews-Press & Gazette Company
KIFI-TV, KXPI-LD
History
First air date
December 20, 1953 (70 years ago) (1953-12-20)
Former call signs
KID-TV (1953–1984)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 3 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • CBS (1953–2021)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955)[1]
  • NBC (secondary, 1953–1961)
  • ABC (secondary, 1953–1974)
  • Fox (secondary, 1994–1998)
  • UPN (secondary, 1996–2003)
Call sign meaning
Idaho (former call sign) with extra "K"
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID56028
ERP200 kW
HAAT458 m (1,503 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°29′51″N 112°39′53″W / 43.49750°N 112.66472°W / 43.49750; -112.66472
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information

KIDK (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States, serving the Idaho Falls–Pocatello market as an affiliate of Dabl, Fox, and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG), owner of ABC/CBS/CW+/Telemundo affiliate KIFI-TV (channel 8, also licensed to Idaho Falls), for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on North Yellowstone Highway/US 26 in Idaho Falls; KIDK's transmitter is located on East Butte in unincorporated northern Bingham County along the Idaho National Laboratory border.

KIDK's signal is relayed on low-power translator KXPI-LD (channel 34, owned by NPG outright alongside KIFI-TV) in Pocatello, with transmitter on Howard Mountain in unincorporated Bannock County west of downtown Pocatello.

  1. ^ Aden, Frank Jr. (2006). "The Beginning of TV in Idaho". As the Turntable Turns, issue 1. July 2006. History of Idaho Broadcasting.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KIDK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.