KPIF

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KPIF / KBEO
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog =
KPIF: 15 (UHF)
KBEO: 11 (VHF)
digital =
other_chs =
affiliations = The CW
network =
founded =
airdate = KPIF: March 1, 2004
KBEO: March 30, 2001
location = KPIF: Pocatello/Idaho Falls, Idaho
KBEO: Jackson, Wyoming
callsign_meaning = KPIF:
Pocatello
Idaho
Falls
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = KM Communications, Inc.
licensee = Pocatello Channel 15, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = The WB (2004-2006)
effective_radiated_power = KPIF: 5000 kW
KBEO: 21.9 kW
HAAT = KPIF: 327 m
KBEO: 327 m
class =
facility_id = KPIF: 86205
KBEO: 35103
coordinates = KPIF:
coord|42|51|50.1|N|112|31|13.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
KBEO:
coord|43|27|42|N|110|45|13|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KBEO
homepage = [http://www.kpiftv.com

KPIF is a full-power television station serving Pocatello and Idaho Falls, Idaho as an affiliate of The CW Television Network. The station is owned by Pocatello Channel 15, LLC and broadcasts in analog on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter located on Howard Mountain in Pocatello. It has no separate digital channel allotment. KPIF's programming can also be seen on KBEO channel 11 in Wyoming's Jackson Hole area.

History

The original construction permit for KPIF was granted on March 2, 2001 to Pocatello Channel 15, LLC, a partnership between KM Communications, Inc. of Skokie, Illinois, Kaleidoscope Foundation, Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas (a subsidiary of Equity Broadcasting Corporation), and Potelco Broadcasting of Greensboro, North Carolina. The three companies had been competing applicants for a channel 15 television station in Pocatello, and agreed in 2000 to form a partnership in order to expedite construction of the station [http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=164612] . In 2003, due to irreconcilable differences that caused delays in development of the permit, Myoung Hwa Bae of KM Communications extended an offer to buy out the other two members [http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=164613] . KM Communications completed construction of the station and signed on in March 2004 under Program Test Authority from the FCC [http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1019A1.pdf] . The station applied for a license to cover the construction permit on March 1, 2004 and was granted the license on October 11, 2006.

Programming

KBEO was the first to sign on, on May 15,1998.

KPIF came on the air in March 2004 as an America One affiliate, but the station picked up WB affiliation about 4 months later. It has become an affiliate of The CW on September 18, 2006.

Digital television

Because they were granted original construction permits after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html] , KPIF and KBEO did not receive companion channels for digital television stations. Instead, on or before February 17, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KPIF and KBEO will be required to turn off their analog signals and turn on their digital signals (called a "flash-cut").

External links

*TVQ|KPIF
*TVQ|KBEO
*BIA|KPIF|TV|TV
*BIA|KBEO|TV|TV
* [http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=621352-03192004&today=2004-03-19&keywords=television%20UPN Post Register article on station sign-on]