KIFI-TV

KIFI-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States, serving the Idaho Falls–Pocatello market as an affiliate of ABC, CBS, The CW Plus and Telemundo. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG), which provides certain services to Dabl/Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate KIDK (channel 3, also licensed to Idaho Falls) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with VistaWest Media, LLC. The two stations share studios on North Yellowstone Highway/US 26 in Idaho Falls; KIFI-TV's transmitter is located on East Butte in unincorporated northern Bingham County along the Idaho National Laboratory border.

KIFI-TV



CityIdaho Falls, Idaho
Channels
  • Digital: 8 (VHF), to move to 18 (UHF)
  • Virtual: 8
Branding
  • Local News 8
  • Eyewitness News 3 (on DT2)
  • East Idaho CW 8.3 (on DT3)
  • Local News 8 NOW (on DT4)
  • Telemundo East Idaho (on DT5)
Programming
Affiliations
  • 8.1: ABC
  • 8.2: CBS
  • 8.3: CW+
  • 8.4: 24-hour local news
  • 8.5: Telemundo
Ownership
Owner
  • News-Press & Gazette Company
  • (NPG of Idaho, Inc.)
Sister stations
KIDK, KXPI-LD
History
First air date
January 1961 (1961-01)
Former call signs
KIFI (1961–1980)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 8 (VHF, 1961–2009)
  • Digital: 9 (VHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations
  • NBC (1961–1996)
  • ABC (secondary, 1961–1974)
  • Telemundo (DT2, until 2021; now on DT5)
Call sign meaning
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID66258
ERP
  • 63 kW
  • 500 kW (app)
HAAT
  • 464 m (1,522 ft)
  • 444 m (1,457 ft) (app)
Transmitter coordinates
  • 43°30′3.6″N 112°39′45.9″W
  • 43°30′4″N 112°39′46″W (app)
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.localnews8.com
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