KBOI-TV

KBOI-TV channel 2 (digital 28) is the CBS affiliate television station in Boise, Idaho. It is owned by Fisher Communications and is the market's second television station, having signed on the air on November 26, 1953.

KBOI originally signed on with CBS, ABC and DuMont affiliations. By 1974, the ABC affiliation went to new sign-on KITC (channel 6, now KIVI-TV) in Nampa, leaving KBOI with CBS. Soon afterward, its co-owned radio stations (670 AM and 97.9 FM, now KQFC) were sold, and the call letters were changed to KBCI-TV. After more than three decades, the KBOI call letters were restored on February 1, 2010, reflecting the station's renewed partnership with KBOI radio.[1]

KBOI-TV currently airs news from 5-7 am each weekday with an additional hour until 8am on KYUU, KBOI-TV's 2.2 subchannel. The station produces a two minute news update at noon each weekday as well as half-hour newscasts at 4 pm, 5 pm, 5:30 pm, (9 pm on KYUU) and 10pm. 30-minute weekend newscasts air at 5:30 pm and 10 pm for a total of 32 hours of local news, weather and sports each week.

Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels After the digital transition on June 12, 2009, KBCI stayed on its pre-transition channel 28. On October 2, 2009, the station filed a minor change application to move from channel 28 to channel 9, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted it a construction permit on April 16, 2010.[2]

Awards
In 2004, the station's (at that time KBCI-TV) news team received the prestigious DuPont and Edward R. Murrow awards for the 2002/2003 investigation into former Boise Mayor Brent Coles.[3] [4] The investigation into Cole's mismanagement of public funds led to the mayor's resignation and subsequent prosecution by the Idaho Attorney General's Office. In 2009, Idaho Press Club recognized the station in May with awards for Best Investigative Reporting and Best Light Feature. Later in the year, the station won "Best Newscast" from the Idaho State Broadcaster's Association.

Newscast titles

 * Your Esso Reporter (1953–1961)
 * The Idaho Report (1961–1970)
 * TV-2 News (1970–1975)
 * Newscenter 2 (1975–1980)
 * Action News (1980–1983)
 * Channel 2 News (1992–1997)
 * 2 News (1997–2001)
 * Idaho 2 News (2001–2004)
 * Local 2 News (2004–2005)
 * KBCI CBS 2 News (2005–2007)
 * CBS 2 Eyewitness News (2007–2009)
 * (KBOI) 2 News (2009–present)

Station slogans
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 * Idaho, Get Ready for Channel 2 (1989–1990; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Watching Out for You (2007–present)

Current on-air news staff
Anchors Reporters Weather Sports
 * Natalie Hurst - weekday evenings
 * Mike Murad - weekday evenings
 * Kayna Whitworth - weekday mornings
 * Brian Morin - weekday mornings
 * Tami Tremblay - weekend evenings
 * Scott Logan
 * Jen Wahl
 * Alana Brophy (weekend weather)
 * Michael Calcagno
 * Jennifer McGraw
 * Vin Crosby - weekday evenings
 * Adam Behrman - weekday mornings
 * J Bates - weeknights, 5:30, 10
 * Troy Oppie - weekends
 * Doug Plagens - fill-in sports

Former staff

 * Kiersten Throndsen, reporter
 * Adam Rodriquez, weekend anchor (currently a reporter at KARK-TV, in Little Rock, AK)
 * Nicole Navarro, morning reporter (moved to producer)
 * Brian Carrington, weather
 * Larry Chase, weather 1969-1976
 * Scott Dorval, weather (currently at KIVI in Boise, ID)[5]
 * Danielle Folquet, anchor
 * Kelly Franson, weather (currently at WBTV in Charlotte, NC)
 * Gemma Gaudette, anchor/reporter
 * Lisa Hughes, anchor (currently at WBZ-TV in Boston, MA)
 * Blake McCoy, anchor/reporter (currently at KTNV in Las Vegas, NV)
 * Joni Shriver, weather/reporter
 * Rachel Smith, anchor/reporter (currently at KVVU in Las Vegas, NV)
 * Callie Zanandrie, weather/reporter (currently at KUSA in Denver, CO)
 * Tracy Turner, Anchor/producer (currently News Director, TV 3 Winchester, Winchester, VA)