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{{Short description|PBS member network in Idaho}}
{{for|the airport serving Anderson, Indiana, assigned the ICAO code KAID|Anderson Municipal Airport}}
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{{Infobox broadcasting network
| name = Idaho Public Television
| logo = Idaho PBS Logo.svg
| branding = Idaho Public Television PBS
| type = [[Non-commercial educational station|Non-commercial educational]] [[Television network|broadcast television]] network
| affiliations = [[PBS]]
| country = United States
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1965|9|6}}
| available = Statewide Idaho
| tvstations = ''see {{section link||Stations}}''
| broadcast_area = Statewide [[Idaho]]
| owner = State of [[Idaho]]
| parent = State Board of Education
| former_affiliations = '''KUID-TV:''' [[National Educational Television|NET]] (1965–1970)
| website = {{URL|https://www.idahoptv.org/}}
}}

'''Idaho Public Television''' (also known as '''IdahoPTV''' and '''Idaho Public TV''') is a Public Broadcasting Service ([[PBS]]) [[Network affiliate#Member stations|member]] network serving the [[U.S. state]] of [[Idaho]]. Consisting of five television stations, it is operated and funded by the [[Idaho State Department of Education|Idaho State Board of Education]], an agency of the [[Government of Idaho|Idaho state government]] that holds the [[broadcast license|licenses]] to all PBS member stations in the state. The network is headquartered in [[Boise]], with satellite studios at the [[University of Idaho]] in [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]] and [[Idaho State University]] in [[Pocatello]].

Funding for Idaho Public Television comes from three major sources. Approximately 65% of funding comes from private contributions and an annual grant from the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]]. 31% is provided by the State of Idaho. 4% is provided by the Federal Government.<ref>[https://www.idahoptv.org/about/reports/ By The Numbers - 2018]</ref>

Broadcast and online programs produced by Idaho Public Television include ''Outdoor Idaho'', ''Idaho Reports'', ''Idaho Experience'', ''Dialogue'', ''Idaho in Session'', ''Science Trek'' and ''The 180 with Marcia Franklin''.

==History==
The network's first station, '''KUID-TV''', signed on from the [[University of Idaho]] campus in September 1965.<ref name=cgfutvq>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=481eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3DIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4405%2C4412133 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Contract given for university TV equipment |date=January 30, 1965 |page=3}}</ref><ref name=educopn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zr5eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5551%2C547707 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|title=Education TV station opens |date=September 3, 1965 |page=14}}</ref><ref name=dvbtb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p7deAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4927%2C5567574 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |last=McCreary |first=Frank P. |title=Educational TV soon will span state |date=December 26, 1965 |page=1, section 2}}</ref> KBGL-TV signed on in July 1971 from [[Idaho State University]] in Pocatello, followed that December by '''KAID-TV''' in Boise, licensed to [[Boise State University]]. After a decade, KBGL changed its call letters to '''KISU-TV''' in 1981. The three stations shared many programs, but were largely operated independently at first. However, in 1981, two KUID-produced documentaries—one about logging practices, another about lead exposure—caused such an outcry that the state legislature yanked nearly all funding for public television.<ref name=csbtoun>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4cUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=INEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1128%2C3178913 |newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington)|last=Snow |first=Ruth |title=IPTV could shift back into university control |date=October 20, 2001 |page=10A }}</ref><!--{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}--> Citing budget restrictions in early 1981, the [[Idaho Legislature|state legislature]] cut 90% of the state funding for public television,<ref name=ptvrepdu>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zPZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Zu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1988%2C5526688 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Public TV report due |date=July 14, 1981 |page=9 }}</ref> and the stations relied on federal funding and private donations.<ref name=ptfnsot>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PEoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4024%2C2940815 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Public TV funds sought |agency=UPI |date=September 10, 1981 |page=3}}</ref>

A year later, the legislature ordered the merger of the three stations into a single network.<ref name=ipffzz>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pvlLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0e4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7010%2C2873177 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Idaho PBS future fuzzy |date=February 8, 1982 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=iptvhois>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hFhYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6011%2C2101338 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=UPI |title=Idaho public TV hot issue |date=February 8, 1992 |page=5}}</ref> The licenses for all three stations were transferred to the state board of education.<ref name=istnthsm>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qVUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XicEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2518%2C1230394 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Idaho public TV stations to have single manager |date= April 6, 1982 |page=5 }}</ref> Two other stations were added in 1992 at [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho|Coeur d'Alene]] and [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]], the respective cities of [[North Idaho College]] and the [[College of Southern Idaho]].

In 2001, Idaho PTV began broadcasting its HD channel, KAID HD, using the default [[PBS Satellite Service|PBS HD schedule]]. Once the digital switchover had occurred in July 2009 and after a two-year acclimation process, the main HD channel became the home of the regular IdahoPTV schedule in August 2011, and the second [[standard definition]] channel was converted from the regular IdahoPTV schedule into a "Plus" subchannel, featuring an alternate schedule of programming.<ref name=crt>{{cite news|last1=Sefton|first1=Dru|title=Multicasts tailored to local priorities|url=http://current.org/files/archive-site/dtv/dtv1211multicast.html|access-date=March 31, 2016|work=Current|publisher=American University SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION|date=June 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417024714/http://current.org/files/archive-site/dtv/dtv1211multicast.html|archive-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref>

==Stations==
Combined, the five stations and their extensive translator network reach almost all of Idaho, as well as parts of [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Montana]], and [[Oregon]]. The north Idaho stations of Coeur d'Alene and Moscow are in the [[Pacific Time Zone]], while the south Idaho stations of Boise, Twin Falls, and Pocatello are in the [[Mountain Time Zone]].

{| class="wikitable"
! Station
! [[City of license]]<sup>1</sup>
! [[channel (broadcasting)|Channels]]<br />''([[digital terrestrial television|RF]] / [[virtual channel|VC]])''
! First air date
! [[call signs in North America|Call letters'<br />meaning]]
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! [[HAAT]]
! [[Facility ID]]
! Transmitter coordinates
! Public license information
|-
| '''KAID'''<br />([[Flagship station]])
| [[Boise]]
| 21 ([[UHF]])<br />4
| {{start date and age|1971|12|31|p=y}}
| [[Ada County, Idaho]]<br />(county where Boise is based)
| 725&nbsp;[[kW]]
| {{convert|858|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| 62442
| {{coord|43|45|20.8|N|116|5|57|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KAID}}
| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|KAID|Public file}}<br />{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62442|3=LMS}}
|-
| '''KCDT'''
| [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho|Coeur d'Alene]]
| 18 (UHF)<br />26
| {{start date and age|1992|9|22|p=y}}
| "Coeur D{{'}}Alene Television"
| 54.7&nbsp;kW<br />50&nbsp;kW&nbsp;([[construction permit|CP]])
| {{convert|465|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| 62424
| {{coord|47|43|53.6|N|116|43|50.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KCDT}}
| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|KCDT|Public file}}<br />{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62424|3=LMS}}
|-
| '''KIPT'''
| [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]]
| 22 (UHF)<br />13
| {{start date and age|1992|1|p=y}}<sup>2</sup>
| "Idaho Public Television"
| 77.98&nbsp;kW
| {{convert|181.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| 62427
| {{coord|42|43|45.9|N|114|24|56.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KIPT}}
| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|KIPT|Public file}}<br />{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62427|3=LMS}}
|-
| '''KISU-TV'''<sup>3</sup>
| [[Pocatello]]
| 17 (UHF)<br />10
| {{start date and age|1971|7|7|p=y}}
| [[Idaho State University]]
| 172&nbsp;kW
| {{convert|464.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| 62430
| {{coord|43|30|3.6|N|112|39|43.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KISU-TV}}
| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|KISU-TV|Public file}}<br />{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62430|3=LMS}}
|-
| '''KUID-TV'''
| [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]]
| 12 ([[VHF]])<sup>4</sup><br />12
| {{start date and age|1965|9|6|p=y}}
| [[University of Idaho]]
| 78&nbsp;kW
| {{convert|339.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| 62382
| {{coord|46|40|54|N|116|58|17|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KUID-TV}}
| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|KUID-TV|Public file}}<br />{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62382|3=LMS}}
|-
|}
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Notes:
*1. Aside from their transmitters, KCDT and KIPT do not maintain any physical presence in their cities of license.
*2. The ''Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook'' says KIPT signed on January 18, while the ''Television and Cable Factbook'' says it signed on January 17.
*3. KISU-TV used the call sign '''KBGL-TV''' from its 1971 sign-on until December 7, 1981. (The ISU athletic teams are the [[Idaho State Bengals|Bengals]].)
*4. KUID-TV was on analog channel 12 until its digital channel signed on; the analog signal was moved to Channel 35, which had previously been assigned as KUID's digital allocation.

==Digital television==

===Subchannels===
The digital signals of IdahoPTV's stations are [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Idaho Public Television multiplex<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KAID#station RabbitEars TV Query for KAID]</ref><ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KCDT#station RabbitEars TV Query for KCDT]</ref><ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KIPT#station RabbitEars TV Query for KIPT]</ref><ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KISU#station RabbitEars TV Query for KISU]</ref><ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KUID#station RabbitEars TV Query for KUID]</ref>
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | xx.1 
| rowspan="2" | [[1080i]] || rowspan="5" | [[16:9]] || IDPTVHD || [[PBS]]
|-
! scope = "row" | xx.2 
| PLUS || IdahoPTV Plus
|-
! scope = "row" | xx.3 
| rowspan="3" |480i|| LEARN || [[Create (TV network)|Create]]
|-
! scope = "row" | xx.4 
| WORLD || [[World Channel]]
|-
! scope = "row" | xx.5 
| KIDS || [[PBS Kids]]
|}

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
IdahoPTV's stations ended regular programming on their analog signals on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate, with the exception of KAID, which was part of the Analog Nightlight Program and was shut off on June 15, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-291375A1.pdf |title=UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018135209/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-291375A1.pdf |archive-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> The station's digital channel allocations post-transition are as follows:<ref>{{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 |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref>
* KAID ended regular programming on its analog signal on June 15, 2009, over [[VHF]] channel 4; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition [[UHF]] channel 21, using [[virtual channel]] 4. As part of the [[SAFER Act]], KAID kept its analog signal on the air until June 15 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of [[public service announcement]]s from the [[National Association of Broadcasters]].<ref name="FCC Nightlight">{{cite web|url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-291375A1.pdf|title=UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=June 12, 2009|access-date=June 3, 2024}}</ref>
* KCDT shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 26; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45, using virtual channel 26.
* KIPT shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22, using virtual channel 13.
* KISU-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 10; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 17, using virtual channel 10.
* KUID-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 35; the station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition VHF channel 12.

== Translators ==
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62442|3=KAID (DTS)}}''' Boise Front (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62404|3=K24NO-D}}''' [[Bonners Ferry]] (translates KCDT)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62450|3=K14IC-D}}''' [[Burley, Idaho|Burley]] (translates KIPT)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62441|3=K11PB-D}}''' [[Cambridge, Idaho|Cambridge]] (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62395|3=K09LO-D}}''' [[Cascade, Idaho|Cascade]] (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62442|3=KAID (DRT)}}''' Cascade (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62451|3=K12GS-D)}}''' [[Challis, Idaho|Challis]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62452|3=K11WR-D}}''' [[Council, Idaho|Council]] (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62407|3=K13QE-D}}''' [[Driggs, Idaho|Driggs]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62442|3=KAID (DTS)}}''' [[Emmett, Idaho|Emmett]] (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62393|3=K26OW-D}}''' [[Garden Valley, Idaho|Garden Valley]] (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62410|3=K15GO-D}}''' [[Georgetown, Idaho|Georgetown]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62442|3=KAID (DRT)}}''' [[Glenns Ferry]] (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|9885|3=K35MJ-D}}''' [[Grangeville, Idaho|Grangeville]] (translates KUID-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|25822|3=K25OX-D}}''' [[Hagerman, Idaho|Hagerman]] (translates KIPT)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62442|3=KAID (DTS)}}''' Harris Ranch (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|181291|3=K25PO-D}}''' [[Holbrook, Idaho|Holbrook]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62442|3=KAID (DRT)}}''' [[Idaho City]] (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62454|3=K22NX-D}}''' [[Juliaetta]] (translates KUID-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|33294|3=K11KO-D}}''' [[Kamiah]] (translates KUID-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62455|3=K25OP-D}}''' [[Kellogg, Idaho|Kellogg]] (translates KUID-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62418|3=K05GQ-D}}''' [[Kooskia]] (translates KUID-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62456|3=K14MC-D}}''' [[Lava Hot Springs]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62446|3=K14IJ-D}}''' [[Leadore]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62457|3=K25NZ-D}}''' [[Lewiston, Idaho|Lewiston]] (translates KUID-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62449|3=K15HR-D}}''' [[Mackay, Idaho|Mackay]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62399|3=K22NV-D}}''' [[Malad City]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62406|3=K23DO-D}}''' [[Malta, Idaho|Malta]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|189406|3=K11WT-D}}''' [[McCall, Idaho|McCall]] (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|125493|3=K25OR-D}}''' McCall (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|54299|3=K20NT-D}}''' [[McDermitt, NV]] (translates KAID)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|4393|3=K23BV-D}}''' [[Montpelier, Idaho|Montpelier]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22334|3=K27GM-D}}''' [[Preston, Idaho|Preston]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62461|3=K36PW-D}}''' [[Priest Lake]] (translates KCDT)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62397|3=K20MQ-D}}''' [[Rexburg]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62397|3=K19CY-D}}''' [[Rockland, Idaho|Rockland]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62463|3=K23HT-D}}''' [[St. Maries]] (translates KUID-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62462|3=K29LY-D}}''' [[Salmon, Idaho|Salmon]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62425|3=K30LS-D}}''' [[Sandpoint]] (translates KCDT)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|125090|3=K31PT-D}}''' [[Soda Springs, Idaho|Soda Springs]] (translates KISU-TV)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|62464|3=K13QH-D}}'''[[Swan Valley, Idaho|Swan Valley]]/[[Irwin, Idaho|Irwin]] (translates KISU-TV)

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.idahoptv.org/ Idaho PTV's website]
*[https://sciencetrek.org/ Science Trek]
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