KSVT-LD (channel 14) is a low-power television station in

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, United States, affiliated with

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and

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. It is owned by Gray Television alongside dual

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/ CW+ affiliate KMVT (channel 11). The two stations share studios on Blue Lakes Boulevard North/

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in Twin Falls; KSVT-LD's transmitter is located on Flat Top Butte in

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Jerome County east of

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and US 93. In addition to its own digital signal, KSVT-LD is

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on KMVT's third digital subchannel (11.3) from the same transmitter site.

History

KSVT signed-on for the first time on October 8, 1999 as independent station K43FK. It became KTWT-LP in 2000. The station was a

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affiliate from late 2004 (picking up the UPN affiliation from KIDA, channel 5) until September 2006 when UPN merged with

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(which was seen on KWTE, via

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) to form

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; that network was seen on KTWT (via

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) until March 2012, when it switched to

following the closure of sister station KTID-LP. CW programming remains available through the second digital subchannel of KMVT, which previously simulcast with KTWT. It had a construction permit for a low-power digital station on Channel 14 although LPTV stations are not required to broadcast digital signals. KTWT joined Fox on July 1 of the same year, replacing KXTF (channel 35); the station began broadcasting its digital signal at that time and branded as "Fox 14" (making it one of a handful of digital stations to brand using its physical channel as opposed to its former analog channel); MyNetworkTV programming is shown out-of-pattern weeknights at 10 p.m. KTWT was also added to a new third digital subchannel of KMVT. On February 27, 2014, the station changed its call letters to KSVT-LD to reflect an increased emphasis on Blaine County and the

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, including Sun Valley (from which the call letters are derived). (A previous and unrelated low-power TV station in Ketchum had also operated as KSVT-LD, simulcasting with KSVX-CD in Hailey.) On March 12, 2015, Gray Television announced that it would purchase KSVT-LD and KMVT from Neuhoff Communications for $17.5 million. The sale was completed on July 1.

Newscasts

With KTWT's transition to Fox affiliation, there was a significant expansion of the news operation of sister station KMVT. More specifically, the CBS affiliate began producing a half-hour extension of its morning newscast ''Rise and Shine'' that is seen weekdays at 7 a.m. on KSVT. In addition, this station added half-hour newscasts at 5 p.m. on weeknights only and every night at 9 p.m. The news broadcasts on KSVT utilize a separate news anchor on weeknights and feature more regional, national and international news of the day compared to the newscasts seen on KMVT. As with local newscasts on KMVT, daily newscasts seen on KSVT-LD are broadcast in high definition. Concurrent with the relaunch as KSVT, Neuhoff Communications announced that the station will open a Wood River Valley bureau.

References

External links

KMVT website
* {{Gray TV Television channels and stations established in 1999 1999 establishments in Idaho Low-power television stations in the United States SVT-LD MyNetworkTV affiliates Fox network affiliates Gray Television