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'''KSVT-LD''' (channel 14) is a [[low-power television station]] in [[Twin Falls, Idaho]], United States, affiliated with [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] and [[MyNetworkTV]]. It is owned by [[Gray Television]] alongside dual [[CBS]]/[[CW+]] affiliate [[KMVT]] (channel 11). The two stations share studios on Blue Lakes Boulevard North/[[U.S. Route 93 in Idaho|US 93]] in Twin Falls; KSVT-LD's transmitter is located on [[Flattop Mountain|Flat Top Butte]] in [[unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated]] [[Jerome County]] east of [[Jerome, Idaho|Jerome]] and US 93.
In addition to its own digital signal, KSVT-LD is [[simulcast]] in [[standard definition]] on KMVT's third [[digital subchannel]] (11.3) from the same transmitter site.
==History==
[[File:KTWT43.png|thumb|
KSVT signed-on
KTWT joined Fox on July 1
▲KSVT signed-on in 1997 as an independent station, K43FK. It became KTWT-LP in 2000. The station was a [[UPN]] affiliate from late 2004 (picking up the UPN affiliation from [[KIDA]], channel 5) until September 2006 when UPN merged with [[The WB]] (which was seen on KWTE, via [[The WB 100+ Station Group|The WB 100+]]) to form [[The CW]]; that network was seen on KTWT (via [[The CW Plus]]) until 2012, when it switched to [[MyNetworkTV]] 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.
On March 12, 2015, [[Gray Television]] announced that it would purchase KSVT-LD and KMVT from Neuhoff Communications for $17.5 million.<ref name=tvnc-saletogray>{{cite news|title=Gray Buying Twin Falls Duopoly For $17.5M|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/83670/gray-buying-twin-falls-duopoly-for-175m|
▲KTWT joined Fox on July 1, 2012, 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.<ref name=b&c-ktwtfox>{{cite news|last=Malone|first=Michael|title=Neuhoff's KTWT Snags Fox Affiliation in Idaho|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/485602-Neuhoff_s_KTWT_Snags_Fox_Affiliation_in_Idaho.php|accessdate=June 7, 2012|newspaper=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=June 6, 2012}}</ref> On February 27, 2014, the station changed its call letters to KSVT-LD to reflect an increased emphasis on [[Blaine County, Idaho|Blaine County]] and the [[Wood River Valley]], including [[Sun Valley, Idaho|Sun Valley]] (from which the call letters are derived).<ref name=kmvt-ktwttoksvt/>
▲On March 12, 2015, [[Gray Television]] announced that it would purchase KSVT-LD and KMVT from Neuhoff Communications for $17.5 million.<ref name=tvnc-saletogray>{{cite news|title=Gray Buying Twin Falls Duopoly For $17.5M|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/83670/gray-buying-twin-falls-duopoly-for-175m|accessdate=March 12, 2015|work=TVNewsCheck|date=March 12, 2015}}</ref> The sale was completed on July 1.<ref name=tvnc-saletograycomplete>{{cite news|title=Gray In 4 New Deals, Closes 3 Earlier Ones|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/86603/gray-in-4-new-deals-closes-3-earlier-ones|accessdate=July 2, 2015|work=TVNewsCheck|date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
==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.<ref>
==Subchannels==
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of KSVT-LD<ref name="rei">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KSVT#station|title=RabbitEars query for KSVT|website=www.rabbitears.info|language=en|access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
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! scope = "row" | 11.1
| rowspan="2"|[[720p]] || rowspan="2"|[[16:9]] || KSVT-HD || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
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! scope = "row" | 11.2
| Ion-HD || [[Ion Television]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.kmvt.com/ KMVT website]
{{Twin Falls TV}}
{{Idaho TV
{{Gray TV}}
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