KNIN-TV

KNIN-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Caldwell, Idaho, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Boise area. It is owned by Gray Television, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with the E. W. Scripps Company, owner of Nampa-licensed ABC affiliate KIVI-TV (channel 6), for the provision of certain services. Both stations share studios on East Chisholm Drive in Nampa along I-84/US 30/SH-55, while KNIN-TV's transmitter is located at the Bogus Basin ski area summit in unincorporated Boise County.

Not to be confused with WNIN (TV).
KNIN-TV
CityCaldwell, Idaho
Channels
BrandingFox 9 Now
MeTV Boise (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
OperatorE. W. Scripps Company
(via SSA)
KIVI-TV
History
First air date
December 28, 1992 (1992-12-28)
Former call signs
KHDT-TV (1992–1996)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 9 (VHF, 1991–2009)
Call sign meaning
Channel 9, or calls pronounced as "canine"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID59363
ERP25 kW
HAAT818 m (2,684 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°45′18″N 116°5′55″W
Translator(s)K18NG-D 18 (UHF) McDermitt, NV
Links
Public license information
Websitefox9now.revrocket.us

History

Early years

The station signed on December 28, 1992, as KHDT-TV, airing an analog signal on VHF channel 9.[2] The launch allowed KHDT-TV to beat a year-end deadline to get on the air.[3] It was originally owned by William Schuyler, who had put several television stations on the air in California, and was affiliated with the Home Shopping Network (HSN). On January 16, 1995, it became a charter UPN affiliate while continuing to air HSN from midnight to 6 p.m.[4]

Schuyler sold KHDT-TV in 1996 to Boise Broadcasting, a division of Las Vegas-based Lambert Television. On September 2, 1996, the station dropped most of its home shopping programming for a general-entertainment independent lineup and became a dual affiliate of UPN and The WB.[5] In commercials, the station's mascot was Boise DJ Brad Rowen under the alias "Rot Wyler", fitting with the "canine" pronunciation of the call sign;[6] the station's website called him "Idaho's most misunderstood no news anchor" and promised, "If there's news in the Treasure Valley, be assured K9-TV will miss it!"[7] The station was operated by Banks Broadcasting by 2000;[8] Banks then purchased the station in 2001.[9]

In the wake of the 2006 merger of UPN and The WB into The CW, KNIN-TV became the network's Boise affiliate.

Journal ownership and Fox affiliation

On July 1, 2008, Banks Broadcasting announced that it had agreed to sell KNIN to Journal Communications (owner of KIVI and four FM and two AM radio stations), creating Boise's first television duopoly and marking Banks's exit from the television business. However, it was unclear how Journal was going to justify the purchase to the FCC because Boise had too few unique station owners to permit a duopoly.[10] While the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) initially rejected the application on November 10, 2008, stating Journal had not successfully shown that KNIN-TV was a "failing station" that could be rolled into a duopoly,[11] shortly afterward, Banks Broadcasting filed an appeal, and on January 16, 2009, the FCC reversed its decision, allowing the deal to go through.[12] The purchase closed on April 24;[13] some KNIN-TV employees were laid off after the sale.[14]

After a dispute involving affiliation fees, Fox announced in May 2011 that it would discontinue its affiliation with KTRV-TV (channel 12) and move its programming to KNIN-TV in September.[15] It was one of two affiliation changes for the same reason made by Fox at that time, along with another in Evansville, Indiana.[16][17] The CW moved to CW Plus programming moved to KYUU-LP and a subchannel of CBS affiliate KBOI-TV.[18]

On July 30, 2014, it was announced that the E. W. Scripps Company would acquire Journal Communications in an all-stock transaction and then spin off both companies' print assets.[19] Originally, KNIN-TV, KIVI-TV and five radio stations were not included in the merger; in September, Journal filed to transfer these stations to Journal/Scripps Divestiture Trust (with Kiel Media Group as trustee).[20][21] The merger was completed on April 1, 2015,[22][23] and Kiel Media Group assumed the operations of the license, Scripps retained KIVI-TV and the radio stations.[24] On May 7, 2015, Raycom Media agreed to purchase KNIN-TV for $14.5 million; Scripps then entered into a shared services agreement that will allow KIVI to continue to provide services to KNIN-TV, the second such agreement between Scripps and Raycom after one in West Palm Beach, Florida.[25] The sale was completed on October 1, 2015.[26] Raycom Media merged with Gray Television in January 2019.[27]

Sale to Marquee Broadcasting

Gray Television announced on February 15, 2023, that it would trade KNIN-TV to Marquee Broadcasting in exchange for Marquee's WPGA-TV serving the Macon, Georgia, market. The station swap would complete a key objective for Gray by giving it a full-service station in every market in Georgia, the company's home state.[1]

Programming

Syndicated programming

Syndicated programming on KNIN includes Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory among others.

Newscasts

Following Journal's acquisition of KNIN, it began airing a weeknight prime time newscast produced by KIVI. Then known as Today's 6 News on K9, the show could be seen for thirty minutes. In January 2011, KIVI upgraded its local newscasts to 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen and the KNIN weeknight broadcast was included. Although not true high definition, broadcasts match the aspect ratio of HD television screens.

Corresponding with the station's affiliation switch to Fox from The CW on September 1, 2011, the weeknight prime time show became known as Fox 9 News at 9. The newscast was expanded to an hour and originally featured separate news anchors on weeknights. Eventually, the show was renamed Fox 9 On Your Side and began to resemble local news seen on KIVI. The newscast competes with a weeknight half-hour show on KYUU that is produced by KBOI. In addition, KIVI made the prime time news on this station a seven night operation.

On August 25, 2014, KNIN launched an hour-long extension to Good Morning Idaho from 7:00–8:00 a.m. with KIVI's current morning team.[28]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[29]
9.1720p16:9KNIN-HDMain KNIN-TV programming / Fox
9.2480iMeTVMeTV
9.3GritGrit
9.4CircleCircle

Translator
City of license Callsign Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates Owner
McDermitt, NVK18NE-D 180.15 kW88 m (289 ft)5429841°37′56.6″N 117°44′30.4″WQuinn River TV Maintenance District

Analog-to-digital conversion

KNIN-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 9, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 10.[30] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 9.

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