KIDK

callsign	KIDK
city	Idaho Falls, Idaho
branding	Fox 5 (3.2)
digital	36 (UHF)
virtual	3
translators	KXPI-LD 34 Pocatello for others, see
affiliations	3.1: MeTV 3.2: Fox for others, see
airdate	December 20, 1953
location	Idaho Falls–Pocatello, Idaho
country	United States
callsign meaning	Idaho (former call sign) with extra "K"
former callsigns	KID-TV (1953–1984)
former channel numbers	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1953–2009)
owner	VistaWest Media, LLC
operator	News-Press & Gazette Company
sister stations	KIFI-TV, KXPI-LD
former affiliations	CBS (1953–2021) DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955)‡R1R‡ NBC (secondary, 1953–1961) ABC (secondary, 1953–1974) Fox (secondary, 1994–1998) UPN (secondary, 1996–2003) Dabl (2021–2026) MyNetworkTV (secondary, (????–2026, on 3.2)
erp	200 kW
haat	458 m
facility id	56028
coordinates	43.4975°N, -112.66472°W
licensing authority	FCC

KIDK (channel 3, cable channel 5) is a television station licensed to Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States, serving the Idaho Falls–Pocatello market as an affiliate of MeTV and Fox. It is owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG), owner of ABC, CBS, CW+ and Telemundo affiliate KIFI-TV (channel 8, also licensed to Idaho Falls), for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on North Yellowstone Highway/US 26 in Idaho Falls; KIDK's transmitter is located on East Butte in unincorporated northern Bingham County along the Idaho National Laboratory border.

KIDK's signal is relayed on low-power translator KXPI-LD (channel 34, owned by NPG outright alongside KIFI-TV) in Pocatello, with transmitter on Howard Mountain in unincorporated Bannock County west of downtown Pocatello.

History

News operation

As a result of the SSA between KIDK and KIFI, the former consolidated its news department into KIFI's studios. KIFI then began producing all of KIDK's newscasts. KIDK modified its local news schedule in order to reduce opportunities for direct competition with KIFI. More specifically, KIDK dropped its weekday morning show in favor of CBS Morning News repeats making that station one of a few in the United States that does not provide a local news broadcast in the time slot.

Its separate newscasts airing weeknights at 5 and 6 on KIDK were dropped in favor of one seen at 5:30 while KIFI airs ABC World News Tonight. KIDK provides the CBS Evening News at 5 preceding its local show. KIDK still offers a separate broadcast weeknights at 10 that does compete with KIFI. All local news programming produced for KIDK originates from KIFI's primary set except with modified studio elements, such as duratrans and on-screen graphics, indicating the specific channel airing news.

In order to maintain individual on-air identities and branding, KIDK and KIFI have separate graphic schemes and news music packages. The two maintain primary weeknight personalities (such as news anchors) that only appear on one channel. On weekends, KIFI offers its own early evening newscast at 5 while KIDK follows at 5:30. The two television outlets simulcast together at 10 although the broadcast can be delayed or preempted on one channel due to network obligations.

KIDK airs a nightly prime time newscast on its Fox subchannel known as Channel 3 Eyewitness News at 9 on Fox 5. The show can be seen for 35 minutes on weeknights and a half-hour on weekends. Prior to the SSA formulation with KIFI, KIDK-DT2 also rebroadcast KIDK's weekday morning show at 7.[11][12] KIFI now produces KIDK-DT2's newscast as a result of the SSA. It competed with another local newscast seen weeknights at 9 on KFXP (that was produced by rival NBC affiliate KPVI-DT, channel 6). However, that thirty-minute show was discontinued on June 30, 2012, as KFXP lost its Fox affiliation a day before KXPI affiliated with the network.

Notable former on-air staff

Nadine Woodward – weeknight news anchor (1987–1990); mayor of Spokane, Washington.[13]

KIDK

History

News operation

Notable former on-air staff

Technical information

Subchannels

Analog-to-digital conversion

Translators

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