KPIF

KPIF, virtual and UHF digital channel 15, is a MeTV-affiliated television station licensed to Pocatello, Idaho, United States and also serving Idaho Falls. The station is owned by Ventura Broadcasting, as part of a duopoly with Ion Television affiliate KVUI (channel 31, also licensed to Pocatello). The two stations share transmitter facilities on Howard Mountain near Pocatello.

KPIF
Pocatello–Idaho Falls, Idaho
United States
CityPocatello, Idaho
ChannelsDigital: 15 (UHF)
Virtual: 15 (PSIP)
BrandingMeTV Idaho Falls
Programming
Affiliations15.1: MeTV
15.2: Heroes & Icons
15.3: Grit
15.4: Bounce TV
15.5: This TV
15.6: Court TV
15.7: Pursuit Channel
15.8: QVC
15.9: True Crime Network
15.10: Daystar
Ownership
OwnerVentura Broadcasting
(Ventura Media Communications, LLC)
KVUI
History
First air date
March 1, 2004 (2004-03-01)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
15 (UHF, 2004–2009)
America One (2004)
The WB (2004–2006)
The CW (2006–2009)
Retro TV (2009–2011, 2014–2017)
Dark (2011–2014)
DT4:
Stadium (2017–2020)
Call sign meaning
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID86205
ERP239 kW
HAAT327 m (1,073 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°51′50.1″N 112°31′13.3″W
Links
Public license information
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History

The original construction permit for KPIF was granted on March 2, 2001, to Pocatello Channel 15, L.L.C., a partnership between KM Communications, Inc. of Skokie, Illinois, Kaleidoscope Foundation, Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas (a subsidiary of Equity Broadcasting Corporation), and Potelco Broadcasting of Greensboro, North Carolina. The three companies had been competing applicants for a channel 15 television station in Pocatello, and agreed in 2000 to form a partnership in order to expedite construction of the station. In 2003, due to irreconcilable differences that caused delays in development of the permit, Myoung Hwa Bae of KM Communications extended an offer to buy out the other two members. KM Communications completed construction of the station and signed on in March 2004 under Program Test Authority from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[1] The station applied for a license to cover the construction permit on March 1, 2004, and was granted the license on October 11, 2006.

Initially, KPIF was affiliated with America One, but the station picked up a WB affiliation a few months later. It became an affiliate of The CW on September 18, 2006. At one point, KBEO (channdl 11) from Jackson, Wyoming (which was the first to sign on, on March 30, 2001) became a satellite of KPIF (KBEO has since gone dark).

After The CW moved to a digital subchannel of ABC affiliate KIFI-TV (channel 8) on September 7, 2009, the station switched to RTV (later RTN, now Retro TV).

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[2]
15.1480i16:9ME-TVMeTV
15.2HIHeroes & Icons
15.3GRIT-TVGrit
15.4BOUNCEBounce TV
15.5THISThis TV
15.6COURTCourt TV
15.7PURSUITPursuit Channel
15.8QVCQVC
15.9CRIMETrue Crime Network
15.10DAYSTARDaystar

Analog-to-digital conversion

KPIF shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 15, on June 12, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 15,[3][4] as they were granted original construction permits after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997.

While KPIF did broadcast a digital signal after the analog shutdown, it did not apply for a license to cover or an extension of the digital construction permit (which expired on June 12, 2009) until 2014. KPIF was granted a broadcast license for its digital signal on February 6, 2016.[5]

References
  1. Federal Communications Commission Memorandum opinion and order, May 11, 2006
  2. RabbitEars TV Query for KPIF
  3. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  4. http://www.transmitter.com Final Digital TV (DTV) Channel Plan from FCC97-115
  5. "Television Broadcast Station License" (PDF).
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