KPTH

KPTH (channel 44) is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, United States, affiliated with Fox and CBS. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside KMEG (channel 14). The two stations share studios along I-29 (postal address says Gold Circle) in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota; KPTH's transmitter is located northeast of Sioux City in Plymouth County, Iowa.

KPTH has been the Fox affiliate for Sioux City since its construction by Pappas Telecasting in 1999. Its operations were merged with KMEG, then the CBS affiliate, in 2005. After Pappas filed for bankruptcy protection, the station was sold to Titan TV Broadcast Management in 2009 and again to Sinclair in 2013. KPTH absorbed the CBS programming previously on KMEG in 2021. KPTH aired local news from 2006 to 2023.

History

Pappas Telecasting received a construction permit to build a new station in Sioux City on February 25, 1997, immediately announcing that it planned to put KPTH on the air as a Fox affiliate in early 1998.[1] Work on the tower site in Plymouth County began that October.

callsign	KPTH
branding	Fox Siouxland MyTV Siouxland (44.2) CBS Siouxland (44.3)
digital	30 (UHF)
virtual	44
affiliations	44.1: Fox 44.2: The Nest/MyNetworkTV 44.3: CBS
country	United States
airdate	May 9, 1999
location	Sioux City, Iowa
callsign meaning	Pappas Telecasting of the Heartland, from founding owner
former channel numbers	Analog: 44 (UHF, 1999–2009) Digital: 49 (UHF, 2009–2018)
owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group
licensee	KPTH Licensee, LLC
sister stations	KMEG
erp	871 kW
haat	613 m
facility id	77451
coordinates	42.58667°N, -96.22194°W
licensing authority	FCC
website	https://siouxlandnews.com/

History

News operation

Subchannels

Analog-to-digital conversion

Translators

External links

References