KYUU-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station in

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, United States, affiliated with

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. It is owned by

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alongside

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affiliate

KBOI-TV KBOI-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Boise, Idaho, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside low-power CW+ affiliate KYUU-LD (channel 35). Both stations share studios on North 16th Street in ...

(channel 2). Both stations share studios on North 16th Street in downtown Boise, while KYUU-LD's transmitter is located at the

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summit in

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Boise County. In addition to its own digital signal, KYUU-LD is

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high definition on KBOI-TV's second digital subchannel (2.2, hence the Treasure Valley CW 2.2 branding) from the same transmitter site.

History

The station signed on November 10, 1993 with the

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K66EV and airing an

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signal on UHF channel 66. Until mid-December 2008, it was affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telefutura as K35GE, later KUNB-LP and broadcasting on channel 35. The station then began to simulcast sister station KBCI-TV (now KBOI-TV) until July 1, 2009, when it joined the

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; the KYUU-LP call letters were assigned on June 10. At one point in time, the station was listed as a

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affiliate but has never been affiliated with that network. On September 12, 2011, KYUU-LP became Boise's CW affiliate, with RTV programming moving to a subchannel on ABC affiliate

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(channel 6). At some point in 2012, KYUU-LP shut down its analog signal and started broadcasting in digital on channel 28, using 35.1 for its PSIP. On April 11, 2013,

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announced that it would sell its properties, including KYUU-LD, to the

. The deal was completed on August 8, 2013.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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* * {{SBGI Low-power television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1993 1993 establishments in Idaho The CW affiliates TBD (TV network) affiliates Comet (TV network) affiliates Stadium (sports network) affiliates Dabl affiliates YUU-LD Sinclair Broadcast Group

History

Technical information

Subchannels

See also

References

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