KSVT-CD

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Television station in Twin Falls, Idaho

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::summary Television station in Twin Falls, Idaho ::

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Field	Value
callsign	KSVT-CD
city	Twin Falls, Idaho
logo	KSVT14.png
location	Twin Falls–Sun Valley, Idaho
country	United States
branding	KSVT Fox 14; KSVT News
digital	14 (UHF)
virtual	14
translators	KMVT 11.3 (VHF)
affiliations
owner
licensee	Gray Television Licensee, LLC
founded	July 14, 1997
airdate
callsign_meaning	Sun Valley Television
sister_stations	KMVT
former_callsigns
former_channel_numbers	Analog: 43 (UHF, 1999–2012)
former_affiliations
erp	15 kW
haat	186 m
class	CD
facility_id	167735
coordinates
licensing_authority	FCC
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In addition to its own digital signal, KSVT-CD is simulcast in standard definition on KMVT's third digital subchannel (11.3) from the same transmitter site.

History

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KSVT signed-on for the first time 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+) to form The CW. The new network was seen on KTWT (via The CW Plus) until March 2012, when the station 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.

KTWT joined Fox on July 1, 2012, replacing KXTF (channel 35); the station also converted to digital operation 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. On February 27, 2014, the station changed its call letters to KSVT-LD to reflect an increased emphasis on Blaine County and the Wood River Valley, including Sun Valley (from which the call letters are derived). (A previous and unrelated low-power TV station in Ketchum had also operated as KSVT-LD, simulcasting with KSVX-CD in Hailey.)

On March 12, 2015, Gray Television announced that it would purchase KSVT-LD and KMVT from Neuhoff Communications for $17.5 million. The sale was completed on July 1.

On July 7, 2025, it was announced that, in an exchange of several stations between Gray Media and the E. W. Scripps Company, KSVT-LD and KMVT would be traded to Scripps, making them sisters to KSAW-LD.

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. Concurrent with the relaunch as KSVT, Neuhoff Communications announced that the station would open a Wood River Valley bureau.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed: ::data[format=table title="Subchannels of KSVT-CD{{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}}"]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name
720p	16:9	KSVT-HD	Fox
Ion-HD	Ion Television
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References

(February 24, 2014). "Neuhoff Communications of Twin Falls Expands Into Blaine County". [[KMVT]].com.
Malone, Michael. (June 6, 2012). "Neuhoff's KTWT Snags Fox Affiliation in Idaho". [[Broadcasting & Cable]].
(March 12, 2015). "Gray Buying Twin Falls Duopoly For $17.5M". TVNewsCheck.
(July 1, 2015). "Gray In 4 New Deals, Closes 3 Earlier Ones". TVNewsCheck.
(July 7, 2025). "Gray Media and Scripps Agree to Swap Television Stations". [[E. W. Scripps Company]].
"Information About the New Fox 14".
"RabbitEars query for KSVT".

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