Changes: KIDK

KIDK
Idaho Falls/Pocatello, Idaho
Branding	Channel 3 Eyewitness News
Slogan	Taking Action for You
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF)
Subchannels	3.1 CBS 3.2 MyNetworkTV
Translators	38 (UHF) Rexburg (for others, see below)
Owner	Fisher Communications, Inc. (operated through SSA by News-Press & Gazette Company) (Fisher Broadcasting - SE Idaho TV, LLC)
First air date	December 20, 1953
Call letters' meaning	KID (former callsign) with an extra K
Sister station(s)	KIFI-TV, KXPI-LD
Former callsigns	KID-TV (1953-1984)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1953-2009)
Former affiliations	All secondary: DuMont (1953-1955) NBC (1953-1961) ABC (1953-1974) UPN (1995-2003)
Transmitter power	200 kW
Height	489 m
Facility ID	56028
Transmitter coordinates	43°29′50.6″N112°39′52.7″W
Website	www.kidk.com

Revision as of 00:37, 15 January 2013

KIDK is the local CBS affiliate television station for Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho, USA. It broadcasts a digital signal on channel 36. The station is owned by Fisher Communications. Its transmitter is located atop East Butte, near Atomic City.

The station was founded on December 20, 1953 as KID-TV, becoming KIDK in 1984. It was once co-owned with KID radio (AM 590 and FM 96.1).

In December 2010 it was announced that KIDK had entered into a shared services arrangement with KIFI under which KIDK would be run out of the KIFI facility and 27 KIDK staffers would be laid off.^[2] As a result of the arrangement, KIDK's morning newscast was canceled on January 7, 2011.^[3] The kidk.com URL was subsequently replaced by a redirect to a separate section of the KIFI website.

Current on-air staff

Anchors

Todd Kunz

Reporters

Brittany Borghi
Marissa Bodnar
Brett Crandall
Tammy Harmer
Michelle Ludtka
Troy Campbell
Jessica Crandall

Weather

Steve Cannon

Sports

Michelle Ludtka

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

Newswatch 3 (1970s-1991; 2000–2007)

News 3 (1991–2000)
No Wait News at 10 (10PM newscast; 2006–unknown)
Channel 3 Eyewitness News (2007–present)

Past on-air staff

Justine Beauvais
Anthony Congi
Emily Florez
Laural Porter
Susan Furniss
Ann Rubin
Wes Horrocks
Jennifer McGraw
Rey Gutrerez
Araksya Karapetyan
Hasti Taghi
Sarah Schwabe
Tony Gugliotta
Rick Montanez
Nate Eaton
Betsy Lambert
Noah Bond
Teresa Priolo
Darlene Deacon
Josh Barlow
Jeff Robinson
Jackie Pepper
Jolyn Thomas
MaryBeth Dickson
Susan Stephens
Phil Lipoff
Jessica Wheeler
Ken Garcia
Ted Dawson

Station slogans

Taking Action for You (2007–present)

Logos

Translators

Within its network, KIDK has a total of 20 translators serving parts of Eastern and Central Idaho, and parts of Western Wyoming.

Challis, Idaho K10AW
Clayton, Idaho K05AL
Driggs, Idaho K07QC
Inkom, Idaho K11AG
Lava Hot Springs, Idaho K11CP
Lemhi, Idaho; Baker, Idaho K05BE
Leadore, Idaho K11BD
Malad City, Idaho K58AR
Montpelier, Idaho K27CS
North Fork, Idaho K02CE
Preston, Idaho K36AD
Salmon, Idaho; Williams Creek, Idaho K69CA
Salmon, Idaho; Williams Creek, Idaho K07PV
Soda Springs, Idaho K09ID
Afton, Wyoming K10LO
Auburn, Wyoming K10LO
Big Piney, Wyoming K12AH
Hoback Junction, Wyoming K11LL
South Park, Wyoming K07CS
Thayne, Wyoming K07PB

KIDK has a construction permit for a digital fill-in translator on channel 38 in Rexburg, Idaho^[4]

Footnotes

^ Aden, Frank Jr. (2006). "The Beginning of TV in Idaho". As the Turntable Turns, issue 1. July 2006. History of Idaho Broadcasting.
^ KIDK-KIFI SSA Deal To Cost 27 Jobs TVNewsCheck, December 9, 2010
^ "KIDK Programming Note". KIDK.com. January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
^ http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1390655.pdf

External links

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