KPIF
{{Short description|Television station in Pocatello, Idaho}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KPIF
| city = Pocatello, Idaho
| logo =
| branding =
| digital = 15 (UHF)
| virtual = 15
| subchannels =
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|15.1: Grit|for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}}}
| network =
| founded =
| airdate = {{start date and age|2004|3|1|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| location = Pocatello–Idaho Falls, Idaho
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = Pocatello–Idaho Falls
| former_callsigns =
| former_channel_numbers = Analog: 15 (UHF, 2004–2009)
| owner = Ventura Broadcasting
| licensee = Ventura Media Communications, LLC
| sister_stations = KVUI
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|America One (2004)|The WB (2004–2006)|The CW (2006–2009)|Retro TV (2009–2011, 2014–2017)|Dark (2011–2014)|MeTV (2017–2021)}}
| erp = 288 kW
| haat = {{convert|331.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 86205
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{Coord|42|51|50.1|N|112|31|13.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website = {{Official website|http://www.venturabroadcasting.com/tv-guide-east-idaho}}
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KPIF (channel 15) is a television station licensed to Pocatello, Idaho, United States, serving the Idaho Falls–Pocatello media market as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Grit. It is owned by Ventura Broadcasting alongside Ion Television affiliate KVUI (channel 31, also licensed to Pocatello). The two stations share studios on West Alameda Road in Pocatello; KPIF's transmitter is located on Howard Mountain.
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.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} 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.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} KM Communications completed construction of the station and signed on in March 2004 under Program Test Authority from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).Federal Communications Commission [http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1019A1.pdf Memorandum opinion and order], May 11, 2006 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 in July 2004. It became an affiliate of The CW on September 18, 2006. At one point, KBEO (channel 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 (now Retro TV).
Technical information
=Subchannels=
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KPIF[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KPIF#station RabbitEars TV Query for KPIF] ! scope="col" | Channel ! scope="col" | Res. ! scope="col" | Aspect ! scope="col" | Short name ! scope="col" | Programming |
| scope="row" | 15.1 |
|---|
| scope="row" | 15.2 |
| scope="row" | 15.3
| Laff || Laff |
| scope="row" | 15.4
| MeTV || MeTV |
| scope="row" | 15.5
| 4:3 || MeTOONS || MeTV Toons |
| scope="row" | 15.6
| rowspan="3"|16:9 || CourtTV || Court TV |
| scope="row" | 15.7
| Story || Story Television |
| scope="row" | 15.8
| QVC || QVC |
| scope="row" | 15.9
| 4:3 || Antenna || Antenna TV |
| scope="row" | 15.10
| rowspan="3"|16:9 || Daystar || Daystar |
| scope="row" | 15.11
| DSTRESP || Daystar Español |
| scope="row" | 15.12
| NewsMx2 || Newsmax2 |
As of November 2021, Grit moved from 15.2 to the main subchannel. A few other subchannels changed their affiliations too, including 15.2 (Heroes & Icons to Defy TV), 15.3 (Grit to TrueReal), 15.4 (Stadium to Bounce TV; the latter network previously aired on 15.4 from 2020 to June 2021), and 15.7 (Pursuit Channel to Newsy).
=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,{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |accessdate=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archivedate=August 29, 2013 }}http://www.transmitter.com [http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html Final Digital TV (DTV) Channel Plan from FCC97-115] 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.{{cite web|url=https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/api/service/tv/authorization/2000691.pdf | title=Television Broadcast Station License }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=621352-03192004&today=2004-03-19&keywords=television%20UPN Post Register article on station sign-on]
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Category:2004 establishments in Idaho
Category:Antenna TV affiliates
Category:Daystar Television Network stations
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Category:Story Television affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2004