KIVI

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KIVI
Nampa/Boise, Idaho
Branding	Today's 6 News
Slogan	Less Chit Chat. More News. Touch Today's Channel 6
Channels	Analog: 6 (VHF) Digital: 24 (UHF)
Translators	KSAW-LP 51 Twin Falls K27DX McCall
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Journal Broadcast Group, Inc. (Journal Broadcast Corporation)
First air date	February 1, 1974
Call letters’ meaning	Idaho VI (Roman numeral 6)
Former callsigns	KITC (1974-1975) KIVI-TV (1975-1998)
Transmitter Power	56 kW (analog) 589 kW (digital)
Height	856.8 m (analog) 858.1 m (digital)
Facility ID	59255
Transmitter Coordinates	43°45′20.8″N, 116°5′57″W
Website	www.todays6.com

KIVI, also known as Today's 6, is the ABC affiliate serving the Boise, Idaho area. It is owned by Journal Communications, and it is licensed to Nampa, Idaho. KIVI has been an ABC affiliate since it signed on the air on February 1, 1974 as KITC-TV. The station was long known as 6 On Your Side.

The station runs a distant second in the ratings in all newscast time periods. ^[1]

KIVI's programming can also be seen in Twin Falls on KSAW-LP/51, in McCall on K27DX, and on radio in the Boise area on 87.7 FM.

In 2007, KIVI-TV was recognized with an Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northwest Chapter [2] in the area of Program Achievement for having the best evening newscast in the pacific northwest, small market division.

Contents 1 This American Life story 2 On-air personalities 2.1 Anchors 2.2 Reporters 2.3 Weather 2.4 Sports 3 External links 4 References

[edit] This American Life story

The station was the subject of part of an episode of the Chicago Public Radio series This American Life (TAL) called "The Competition" which was first broadcast in November 2007.^[2] The episode was about how in 2005 KIVI covered what started as the revelation that a registered sex offender was working as a hockey referee at Idaho Ice World; it described in detail KIVI's decision to break and then cover the story, as well as the aftermath of the decision.^[2]

The story was narrated by Thanh Tan, a reporter now at KATU in Portland, Oregon who had been a reporter at KBCI-TV in Boise; Tan and her news director, who got the tip the same day that KIVI did, waited a day to get more details on the case, then chose not to cover the story.^[2] The TAL episode features comments from both stations' news directors, Brandi Smith (the former KIVI reporter who covered the story), and the referee and his wife.^[2]

The referee in question had been charged in 1992 with statutory rape; he had been 23 years old, and his victim had been 15.^[2] The charge had been dismissed by a judge three years later, though the dismissal did not eliminate the requirement that the referee register as a sex offender.^[2]

[edit] On-air personalities

[edit] Anchors

• Don Nelson - Weekdays, Live at 5:00, 6:00, 6:30 & 10:00
• Michelle Edmonds - Weekdays, Live at 5:00, 6:00, 6:30 & 10:00
• Mellisa Paul - Weekdays, Good Morning Live
• Michelle Stark - Weekdays, Good Morning Live
• Lincoln Graves - Weekdays, Good Morning Live
• Shane Johnson - Weekends

[edit] Reporters

• Kelsey Minor
• Rebecca Swart

[edit] Weather

• Scott Dorval, Chief Meteorologist - Weekdays, Live at 5:30, 6:00, & 10:00
• Jacqueline Bennett - Weekends, Live at 5:30 & 10:00

[edit] Sports

• Joe Hughes - Weekdays
• Randy Simon - Weekends

[edit] External links

• KIVI website
• KSAW Twin Falls
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KIVI
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for KSAW
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K27DX
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KIVI-TV

[edit] References

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Boise market  (Nielsen DMA #113) KBCI 2 (CBS) - KAID 4 (PBS) - KIVI 6 (ABC) - KTVB 7 (NBC) - KNIN 9 (CW, CW+ on DT2) - KTRV 12 (Fox) - KKIC-LP 16 (TEL) - K17ED 17 (3ABN) - KCLP-CA 18 (TCT) - KITL-LP 20 (Ind) - K31FD 31 (3ABN) - KBSE-LP 33 (HSN) - KUNB-LP 35 (UNI) - KKJB 39 (A1) - KBTI-LP 41 (JTV) - KIWB-LP 43 (TVA) - KZAK-LP 49 (24/7 news) - KCBB-LP 51 (AZA) Local cable television channels TVTV Cable 11 - 24/7 Cable 28 (KTVB local news channel)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Twin Falls market (Nielsen DMA #193) KIDA 5 (Ind) - KMVT 11 (CBS/CW on DT2) - KIPT 13 (PBS/IPT) - KSVX 18 (ION) - KBGH 19 (Edu) - K25EV 25 (TBN) - KBAX 27 (A1) - KXTF 35 (FOX) - KTFT 38 (NBC) - KTWT-LP 43 (CW) - KCTF 45 (REL) - KSAW-LP 51 (ABC) - KCJY-LP 55 (JCTV) - KTID-LP 58 (ION) Broadcast television available on cable only: KSL 5 (NBC, Salt Lake City)

v • d • e ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Idaho KIVI 6 / KSAW-LP 52 (Nampa / Twin Falls) - KIFI 8 (Idaho Falls) - KMNZ-LP 38* (Coeur D'Alene) *Repeater of KXLY-TV, Spokane, Washington. See also: CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Idaho

v • d • e Journal Broadcast Group Corporate Staff: Doug Kiel (COB and President & CEO) · Carl Gardner · Jim Prather · Steve Wexler · Ron Kurtis · Anne Schepp · Andy Laird · Basil A. Thomas · David B. Amy · Lucy A. Rutishauser · Barry M. Faber · Jim Thomas Radio Stations: KCID · KEZO · KFAQ · KFDI · KFFN · KFTI · KFTI-FM · KFXJ · KGEM · KGMG · KICT · KJOT · KKCD · KMXZ · KQCH · KQXR · KRVB · KSPW · KSRZ · KTHI · KTTS · KVOO · KXSP · KYQQ · KZPT · KZRQ · WKHT · WKTI · WTMJ · WWST ABC Network Affiliates: KGUN · KIVI · KTNV CBS Network Affiliate: KMTV Fox Network Affiliates: WFTX · WSYM NBC Network Affiliates: KMIR · WGBA · WTMJ MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KPSE-LP · WACY1 CW Network Affiliate: KWBA2 1: Station owned by Ace TV, operated via a local marketing agreement. 2: Sale from Cascade Broadcasting Group currently pending. Annual Revenue: none USD (2004) · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: NYSE: JRN · Website: www.journalbroadcastgroup.com