KMVT

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KMVT
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = CBS 11
analog = 11 (VHF)
digital = 16 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS
The CW (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = May 30, 1955
location = Twin Falls, Idaho
callsign_meaning = Magic
Valley
Television
former_callsigns = KLIX-TV (1955-1957)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = ABC, NBC (both secondary)
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
HAAT = 323 m (analog)
284 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 35200
coordinates = coord|42|43|46.9|N|114|24|55|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kmvt.com/ www.kmvt.com]

KMVT is the CBS affiliate in Twin Falls, Idaho. [KMVT is also a public-access television station in Mountain View, California - [http://www.kmvt15.org/ KMVT 15 website] ] Its analog signal is broadcast over Channel 11. Its transmitter is located on Flat Top Butte near Jerome.

The station went on the air on June 1, 1955 using the call letters of its sister radio station, KLIX. It has been a CBS affiliate since sign-on; however, in its early years the station carried programs from ABC and NBC.

In 1957, Ogden, Utah businessman Abe Glasmann purchased the KLIX radio and TV stations and KUTV in Salt Lake City. Glasmann sold the radio station, which retained the call letters KLIX. He rechristened the TV station KMVT. "MVT" stood for "Magic Valley Television," reflecting the area's nickname of "Magic Valley."

In 1965 KMVT became the first television station in Idaho to broadcast local programs in color.

Western Broadcasting Company of Missoula, Montana, which operated KMSO-TV (now KECI) in Missoula, acquired KMVT in 1970. In 1984, control of the station was transferred to the Chapman S. Root 1982 Living Trust. The Catamount Broadcast Group acquired the station in 1998 and sold it to the Neuhoff family in 2004. Today KMVT Broadcasting Inc. is a subsidiary of the Neuhoff family limited partnership.

KMVT became the first station to air Apple Computers' famous "1984" commercial on December 15, 1983, in the 1:00 AM sign-off time slot, to ensure the ad would qualify for the year's advertising awards.

In September 2006, KMVT began carrying The CW network on its DT2 subchannel, which is also seen terrestrially on KTWT-LP channel 43.

References

* [http://www.kmvt.com/about/ Station history page on KMVT's Web site]

Notes

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"TV-11 News" (1970s-1982)
*"NewsScene" (1982-1989)
*"Channel 11 News" (1989-1996)
*"NewsChannel 11" (1996-2003)
*"KMVT News" (2003-present)

ee also

* KMVT Television Tower
* KTWT-LP
* KTID-LP

External links

* [http://www.kmvt.com/ KMVT's Web site]
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