KTVB (channel 7) is a television station in Boise, Idaho, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located on West Fairview Avenue (off I-184) in Boise, and its transmitter is located on Deer Point in unincorporated Boise County. It is rebroadcast by KTFT-LD (channel 7) in Twin Falls, which airs KTVB programming with local advertising for the Magic Valley area from its transmitter on Flat Top Butte near Jerome, Idaho, and maintains a local sales office in Twin Falls.
Channel 7 was the second television station to be built in Idaho, debuting on July 12, 1953, as KIDO-TV. Though KFXD-TV (channel 6) in Nampa beat KIDO-TV to the air by a month, KIDO-TV was by far the more organized operation with network and local programming, neither of which KFXD-TV featured in its brief two-month tenure on air. It was owned by Georgia Davidson alongside Boise radio station KIDO and a primary affiliate of NBC, though it also held affiliations with other networks in its early history. KIDO radio was separated from the TV station in 1958, and channel 7 changed its call sign to KTVB the next year. Davidson was for years the only female owner at NBC TV affiliate meetings. By the 1970s, KTVB had emerged as the news ratings leader in Boise, a position it has not yielded since.
King Broadcasting acquired KTVB in 1979. The station continued to lead local news ratings in the market with long-tenured personalities. In 1986, KTVB established K38AS (now KTFT-LD), the first low-power NBC affiliate. KTVB has been sold in larger transactions three times since 1990: to the Providence Journal Company, Belo Corporation, and Gannett, whose broadcast division split off as Tegna in 2015.
^"Facility Technical Data for KTVB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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KTVB (channel 7) is a television station in Boise, Idaho, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located...
stations carrying full newscast replays on their websites), in addition to KTVB's carriage ending due to a corporate mandate to carry the Justice Network...
been contracted to private firms such as Arnold Aviation for many decades. KTVB-TV reported: "We cannot go out every week and pick up our mail ... it's impossible"...
2024. Smash Mouth's Steve Harwell Rushed to Hospital, Band Cancels Concert KTVB Kaufman, Gil (October 12, 2021). "Smash Mouth Singer Steve Harwell Retires...
sniper shattered world record for the longest confirmed kill in history". ktvb.com. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2022. U.S. Sergeant Bryan Kremer...
Press (January 28, 2010). "Tea Partiers shaking up races across country". KTVB News. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Zernike, Kate (March...
Retrieved November 20, 2022. "University of Idaho murders: Here's what we know". ktvb.com. November 20, 2022. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022....
State's Weaver, Williams and Holani bring home MW Player of the Year awards". KTVB. Retrieved 7 March 2024. "George Holani". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 March...
"Boise State announces major coaching staff shake-ups, including a new hire". KTVB. Retrieved November 12, 2023. Ramey, Devin (January 12, 2021). "Boise State...
most-viewed story of all time on the website of Boise-based television station KTVB and has been the subject of numerous interviews in Idaho and other states...
2013. "Seinfeld star makes sure there is soup for Boise homeless | KTVB.COM Boise". Ktvb.com. October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012...
"Flashback: Garth Brooks Makes History With 1997 Central Park Concert". KTVB. Retrieved June 16, 2020. Gelder, Lawrence Van (June 9, 2004). "Arts Briefing"...
Parsons, Gretchen (May 15, 2018). "Local filmmaker remembers Margot Kidder". KTVB. Boise, Idaho. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. "Margot Kidder...
Jamie (August 5, 2014). "Rachel's Challenge to offer small school programs". KTVB.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2015...
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Mark (2015-04-28). "Longtime program connects Idahoans to Basque Country". ktvb.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12. "Bieter, Pat, 1930-1999 - Social Networks and...
worked at WCPX (now WKMG) in Orlando, KVBC (now KSNV) in Las Vegas, and KTVB in Boise. On February 1, 2010, The Live Desk was replaced with America Live...
"Meet the voice behind 'Baby Shark' after it hits the Billboard Hot 100". KTVB. January 10, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019 – via YouTube. "Meet the nine-year-old...
station, affiliated with NBC and ABC. KTVR-TV operated as a semi-satellite of KTVB in Boise, Idaho. The La Grande studio was located at 1605 Adams Ave. and...
Retrieved 2018-06-19. "Idaho Gov. Brad Little running for re-election". KTVB. February 16, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022. Corbin, Clark (March 12...
BoiseDev. Retrieved 2022-12-03. "Meridian city councilor says he will resign". ktvb.com. November 9, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-03. "Treg Bernt". Ballotpedia. Retrieved...
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