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{{Short description|TV station in Twin Falls, Idaho}}
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{{Infobox broadcasttelevision station
| call_letterscallsign = KSVT-LD
| city = Twin Falls, Idaho
| station_logologo = KSVT14.png
| location = [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]]/–[[Sun Valley, Idaho]]
| country = [[United States]]
| station_brandingbranding = KSVT Fox 14; {{small|(general)}}<br>''KMVTKSVT News on Fox 14'' {{small|(newscasts)}}
| station_slogananalog = ''Putting You First'' =
| analogdigital = 14 = ([[UHF]])
| digital virtual = 14 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| subchannels =
| virtual = 14 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]])
| subchannelstranslators = [[KMVT]] =11.3 ([[VHF]])
| other_chs affiliations = {{smallubl|[[KMVTFox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]-DT 11.3 (primary)|[[very high frequency|VHFMyNetworkTV]] (secondary) Twin Falls}}
| affiliationsowner = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]/ = [[MyNetworkTVGray Television]]
| ownerlicensee = Gray Television =Licensee, [[Gray TelevisionLLC]]
| licensee founded = GrayJuly Television Licensee14, [[Limited liability company|LLC]]1997
| airdate = {{start date and age|19971999|10|08|p=y}}
| callsign_meaning = '''S'''unSun '''V'''alleyValley '''T'''elevisionTelevision<ref name=kmvt-ktwttoksvt>{{cite news|title=Neuhoff Communications of Twin Falls Expands Into Blaine County|url=http://www.kmvt.com/news/latest/Neuhoff-Communications-of-Twin-Falls-Expands-Into-Blaine-County-247059531.html|accessdateaccess-date=March 15, 2014|newspaper=[[KMVT|KMVT.com]]|date=February 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315231431/http://www.kmvt.com/news/latest/Neuhoff-Communications-of-Twin-Falls-Expands-Into-Blaine-County-247059531.html|archive-date=March 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| sister_stations = [[KMVT]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K43FK (1997–2000)<br>|KTWT-LP (2000–2012)<br>|KTWT-LD (2012–2014)}}
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br> 43 (UHF, 1997–20121999–2012)
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (1997–20041999–2004)<br>|[[UPN]] (2004–2006)<br>[[The CW]] (2006–20122006–March 2012)}}
| effective_radiated_powererp = 15 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| HAAT haat = {{convert|186|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = [[low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| facility_id = 167735
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|42|43|47|N|114|24|55|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| homepage website =
}}
 
'''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.
'''KSVT-LD''' is a [[low-power broadcasting|low-powered]] primary [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] and secondary [[MyNetworkTV]]-[[network affiliate|affiliated]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]], [[Idaho]], [[United States]] and serving [[Southern Idaho]]'s [[Magic Valley]]. It broadcasts a [[high-definition television|high definition]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] signal on [[virtual channel|virtual]] and [[ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 14 from a transmitter on [[Flattop Mountain|Flat Top Butte]] in [[unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated]] [[Jerome County, Idaho|Jerome County]] east of [[Jerome, Idaho|Jerome]] and [[U.S. Route 93 in Idaho|U.S. 93]]. The station can also be seen on [[Cable One|Cable ONE]] channel 8 and in high definition on [[digital cable|digital]] channel 475. Owned by [[Gray Television]], KSVT is sister to [[CBS]]/[[The CW Plus|CW+]] affiliate [[KMVT]] (channel 11) and the two outlets share studios on Blue Lakes Boulevard North/U.S. 93 in Twin Falls.
 
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|125px200px|left|Logo used from March until July 2012.]]
KSVT signed-on infor 1997the asfirst antime on October 8, 1999, as [[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 March 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 Channelchannel 14 although LPTV stations are not required to broadcast digital signals.▼
 
KTWT joined Fox on July 1, 2012of 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.<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|accessdateaccess-date=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/> (A previous and unrelated low-power TV station in [[Ketchum, Idaho|Ketchum]] had also operated as KSVT-LD, simulcasting with KSVX-CD in [[Hailey, Idaho|Hailey]].)▼
▲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|accessdateaccess-date=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|accessdateaccess-date=July 2, 2015|work=TVNewsCheck|date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>▼
▲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>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.kmvt.com/home/related/157509605.html |title=Information About the New Fox 14] |access-date=June 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609035219/http://www.kmvt.com/home/related/157509605.html |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Concurrent with the relaunch as KSVT, Neuhoff Communications announced that the station willwould open a Wood River Valley bureau.<ref name=kmvt-ktwttoksvt/>
 
==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
|-
! scope = "row" | 11.1
| rowspan="2"|[[720p]] || rowspan="2"|[[16:9]] || KSVT-HD || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 11.2
| Ion-HD || [[Ion Television]]
|}
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.kmvt.com/ KMVT website]
*{{TVQ|KSVT}}
*{{BIA|KSVT|TV|LD}}
 
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