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| City | Nampa, Idaho |
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First air date | October 18, 1981 |
Former call signs | KTRV (1981–2006) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 12 (VHF, 1981–2009) |
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Call sign meaning | Treasure Valley |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 28230 |
| ERP | 17 kW |
| HAAT | 829 m (2,720 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°45′18″N 116°5′55″W / 43.75500°N 116.09861°W |
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| Website | iontelevision |
KTRV-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Nampa, Idaho, United States, serving the Boise area as an affiliate of Ion Television. Owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, the station maintains offices on South Best Business Road in Kuna, and its transmitter is located at the Bogus Basin ski area summit in unincorporated Boise County.
KTRV began broadcasting in October 1981 as the first independent station in modern Idaho television. It was sold to Block Communications in 1985 and affiliated with Fox the next year. The station launched local newscasts in 1999. However, in 2011, Fox moved its affiliation from KTRV to KNIN-TV because Block was unwilling to pay affiliation fees that the network sought amid an aggressive posture; KTRV-TV was one of two stations to lose its affiliation at that time. The local newscasts were scrapped, and the station became an independent once more. Block changed tack in 2016 and affiliated with Ion, a "more immersive" network that had a 24-hour program lineup. Ion Media then acquired the station in 2017. As with other Ion stations that the E. W. Scripps Company could not acquire due to local or national ownership limits, Inyo Broadcast Holdings acquired KTRV-TV in 2021.