T.L. Hughes 753 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Last year, Nexstar Broadcasting dropped Fox affiliations in Evansville, Fort Wayne and Terre Haute, Indiana and Springfield, Missouri; while Block Communications lost the Fox affiliation for KTRV in Boise. Now, two more Fox affiliations are about to be lost due to a stalemate caused by Fox and a station group who couldn't agree on retrans payments. Two Idaho stations involved with Intermountain West Communications Company, KXTF/Twin Falls and KFXP/Pocatello (KFXP is operated by Intermountain West through a management agreement with owner Compass Communications, while Intermountain West owns KXTF outright), have announced that they will stop carrying Fox programming starting July 1, due to compensation demands that exceed the two stations' current revenue. KFXP and KXTF is now in negotiations with Weigel Broadcasting to carry This TV as its primary affiliation; This TV is a 24-hour digital multicast network, launched in 2008, that carries primarily movies from network co-owner Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other film studios along with morning children's programming supplied by Cookie Jar Group and classic television series during the early morning hours from MGM's television library. For Twin Falls residents, whether they will see Fox on a local station will be tricky barring they can land an affiliation on KSAW-LD (now a repeater of Boise ABC affiliate KIVI) or KTFT-LD (now a repeater of Boise NBC affiliate KTVB); KMVT may be an option given that station already has affiliations with CBS, The CW (which repeats KTWT-LP) and MyNetworkTV (which repeats KTID-LP). In Pocatello, Retro Television Network affiliate KIPF and MyNetworkTV affiliate KXPI-LD are strong options, although CBS affiliate KIDK or ABC affiliate KIFI could add the network as a subchannel affiliation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effseesee 101 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Not sure what will happen in Pokey, but I'm pretty sure Journal will end up piping KNIN onto a subchannel of KSAW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 753 Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Not sure what will happen in Pokey, but I'm pretty sure Journal will end up piping KNIN onto a subchannel of KSAW. Interesting theory, although one would wonder since KSAW-LD is a semi-satellite of KIVI, would Journal operate a Fox-affiliated subchannel on KSAW as a semi-satellite of KIVI sister station KNIN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effseesee 101 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Interesting theory, although one would wonder since KSAW-LD is a semi-satellite of KIVI, would Journal operate a Fox-affiliated subchannel on KSAW as a semi-satellite of KIVI sister station KNIN? Why not? They own all the properties and it would all be sent through the same datastream. It wouldn't be the first time that has happened. In Cheyenne, WY, KLWY, the Fox affiliate, rebroadcasts KTWO the ABC affiliate in Casper on a subchannel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 753 Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 KTWT-LP, a low-powered MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Neuhoff Family Limited Partnership, will be Twin Falls' new Fox affiliate starting July 1 (the station had been affiliated with The CW via The CW Plus program service until a few months ago, when it moved to KMVT's second digital subchannel). The station is expected to launch its digital signal by that point on UHF channel 14 (it currently broadcasts on analog channel 43), and will change its branding from "Spud TV" to "Fox 14" (branding by its physical digital channel, rather than its pre-digital analog channel). The station will carry three local newscasts daily, which will apparently be produced by sister station and local CBS affiliate KMVT, which doesn't relay the station on its digital signal despite the fact that KTWT is a low-power analog station. MyNetworkTV programming will remain on KTWT, but will air outside of the service's recommended 7-9 p.m. slot, airing from 11 p.m.-1 a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Dillweed 73 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 In Idaho Falls/Pocatello, Fisher has picked up Fox for its low-powered KXPI-LD, which is also on a subchannel of their CBS affiliate, KIDK. The station currently carries My Network TV, which will be bumped to 10pm-1am. They air a 9pm newscast from KIDK, which, actually, is produced by ABC affiliate KIFI in a shared-services agreement (confused yet?). As with KTWT-LP in Twin Falls, the switch happens July 1st. http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/60195/fisher-gains-fox-affiliation-in-idaho-falls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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