anderson indiana assigned the icao code kaid see anderson municipal airport . idaho public television statewide idaho united states branding idahoptv channels analog see table below digital see table below affiliations .1 pbs .2 independent .3 create .4 world owner state of idaho idaho state board of education first air date see table below transmitter power see table below height see table below facility id see table below transmitter coordinates see table below licensing authority fcc public license information public television profile public television cdbs website www.idahoptv.org idaho public television also known as idahoptv and idaho public tv is a public broadcasting service pbs member network serving the state of idaho . it comprises five television stations operated and funded by the idaho state board of education an agency of the idaho state government that holds licenses to all pbs member stations in the state . the network is headquartered in boise with satellite studios at the university of idaho in moscow and idaho state university in pocatello . funding for idaho public television comes from three major sources . 63 % of funding comes from private contributions . 24 % is provided by the state of idaho . 13 % is provided by an annual grant from the corporation for public broadcasting . 1 contents 1 history 2 stations 3 digital television 3.1 digital subchannels 3.2 analog to digital conversion 4 translators 5 references 6 external links history edit the network s first station kuid tv signed on from the ui campus in september 1965 . kbgl tv signed on in july 1971 from isu in pocatello followed that december by kaid tv in boise licensed to boise state university . after a decade kbgl changed its call letters to kisu tv in 1981 . the three stations shared many programs but were largely operated independently at first . however in 1981 two kuid produced documentaries one about logging practices another about lead exposure caused such an outcry that the state legislature yanked nearly all funding for public television . 2 citing budget restrictions in early 1981 the state legislature cut 90 % of the state funding for public television 3 and the stations relied on federal funding and private donations . 4 a year later the legislature ordered the merger of the three stations into a single network . 5 6 the licenses for all three stations were transferred to the state board of education . 7 two other stations in coeur d alene and twin falls were added in 1992 . in 2001 idaho ptv began broadcasting its hd channel kaid hd using the default pbs hd schedule . once the digital switchover had occurred in july 2009 and after a two year acclimation process the main hd channel became the home of the regular idahoptv schedule in august 2011 and the second standard definition channel was converted from the regular idahoptv schedule into a plus subchannel featuring an alternate schedule of programming . 8 stations edit combined the five stations and their extensive translator network reach almost all of idaho as well as parts of washington montana and oregon . the north idaho stations of coeur d alene and moscow are in the pacific time zone while the south idaho stations of boise twin falls and pocatello are in the mountain time zone . there is a one hour video delay for stations in the pacific time zone so that all programs are broadcast at the same local time i.e. a printed schedule would be valid in both time zones . the exception is for viewers in montana tuned to a north idaho station as the time is one hour later . station city of license channels digital virtual channel psip first air date call letters meaning erp digital haat digital facility id transmitter coordinates kaid flagship station boise 21 uhf 4 december 31 1971 ada county idaho county where boise is based 725 kw 858 m 62442 43 45 20.8 n 116 5 57 w 43.755778 n 116.09917 w 43.755778 ; 116.09917 kaid kcdt coeur d alene 45 uhf 26 september 22 1992 coeur d alene television 38 kw 465 m 62424 47 43 53.7 n 116 43 50.2 w 47.731583 n 116.730611 w 47.731583 ; 116.730611 kcdt kipt twin falls 22 uhf 13 january 19921 idaho public television 50 kw 181.9 m 62427 42 43 45.9 n 114 24 56.5 w 42.729417 n 114.415694 w 42.729417 ; 114.415694 kipt kisu tv2 pocatello 17 uhf 10 july 7 1971 idaho state university 189 kw 451.1 m 62430 43 30 4.2 n 112 39 44.9 w 43.501167 n 112.662472 w 43.501167 ; 112.662472 kisu tv kuid tv moscow 12 vhf 12 september 6 1965 university of idaho 78 kw 339.7 m 62382 46 40 54.3 n 116 58 14.2 w 46.681750 n 116.970611 w 46.681750 ; 116.970611 kuid tv map all coordinates using osm map all coordinates using google map up to 200 coordinates using bing export all coordinates as kml export all coordinates as georss export all coordinates as gpx map all microformatted coordinates place data as rdf notes 1 . the broadcasting and cable yearbook says kipt signed on january 18 while the television and cable factbook says it signed on january 17 . 2 . kisu tv used the call sign kbgl tv from its 1971 sign on until december 7 1981 . the isu athletic teams are the bengals . 3 . kuid tv was on analog channel 12 until its digital channel signed on ; the analog signal was moved to channel 35 which had previously been assigned as kuid s digital allocation . digital television edit digital subchannels edit the digital channels of idahoptv s stations are multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 9 10 11 12 13 xx .1 720p 16 9 idahoptv main programming pbs xx .2 480i idahoptv plus xx .3 4 3 learn 12 a.m. 6 a.m. create 6 a.m. 12 a.m. xx .4 world plus is a best of channel with nightly themes . sunday s theme is history programming while mondays is local content and exploration . tuesdays theme is science wednesdays drama ; thursdays british comedies ; fridays natural history ; and saturdays performance . 8 analog to digital conversion edit idahoptv s stations shut down their analog signals 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 channel allocations post transition are as follows 14 kaid shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 4 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 21 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 4 . kcdt shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 26 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 45 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 26 . kipt shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 13 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 22 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 13 . kisu tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 10 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 17 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 10 . kuid tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 35 ; the station s digital signal broadcasts on its pre transition vhf channel 12 . translators edit idaho public television has a network of low power translators across idaho which are rapidly being converted to digital analog translators marked after the city kcdt coeur d alene idaho digital channels displayed as 26.x by psip k44kk d channel 44 bonners ferry k49jd d channel 49 kellogg k42gt d channel 42 priest lake k30ls d channel 30 sandpoint kaid boise idaho digital channels displayed as 4.x by psip k11pb d channel 11 cambridge k09lo d channel 9 cascade kaid channel 17 cascade k11wr d channel 11 council k41eo d channel 41 crouch garden valley k51fl d channel 51 garden valley kaid channel 32 glenns ferry kaid channel 17 idaho city k11wt d channel 11 mccall k41hs d channel 41 mccall kipt twin falls idaho digital channels displayed as 13.x by psip k14ic d channel 14 burley k47jw d channel 47 hagerman 15 kisu pocatello idaho digital channels displayed as 10.x by psip k12ls d channel 12 challis ellis k13qe d channel 13 driggs k15go d channel 15 georgetown k14mc d channel 14 lava hot springs k14ij d channel 14 leadore k15hr channel 15 mackay analog digital channel under construction k35gw d channel 35 malad city k23do d channel 23 malta k43jd d channel 43 rexburg k19cy d channel 19 rockland k49ic d channel 49 salmon k13qh d channel 13 swan valley irwin kuid moscow idaho digital channels displayed as 12.x by psip k46hx d channel 46 grangeville k43ge d channel 43 juliaetta k05gq d channel 5 kooskia stites k51hy d channel 51 lewiston k23ht d channel 23 st. maries references edit the history of idaho public television snow ruth october 20 2001 . iptv could shift back into university control . moscow pullman daily news . p. 10a . public tv report due . spokesman review . associated press . july 14 1981 . p. 9 . public tv funds sought . spokane daily chronicle . upi . september 10 1981 . p. 3 . idaho pbs future fuzzy . spokesman review . associated press . february 8 1982 . p. 8 . idaho public tv hot issue . spokane daily chronicle . upi . february 8 1992 . p. 5 . idaho public tv stations to have single manager . spokane chronicle . associated press . april 6 1982 . p. 5 . a b sefton dru june 11 2012 . multicasts tailored to local priorities . current . american university school of communication . retrieved march 31 2016 . rabbitears tv query for kaid rabbitears tv query for kcdt rabbitears tv query for kipt rabbitears tv query for kisu rabbitears tv query for kuid dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign k47jw d station external links edit idaho ptv s website query the fcc s tv station database for kaid query the fcc s tv station database for kcdt query the fcc s tv station database for kipt query the fcc s tv station database for kisu query the fcc s tv station database for kuid biafn s media web database information on kaid tv biafn s media web database information on kcdt tv biafn s media web database information on kipt tv biafn s media web database information on kisu tv biafn s media web database information on kuid tv v t e broadcast television in eastern washington the idaho panhandle the montana flathead and northeastern oregon including spokane and coeur d alene spokane krem 2.1 cbs 2.2 justice 2.3 decades kxly tv 4.1 abc 4.2 metv khq tv 6.1 nbc 6.2 swx ksps tv 7.1 pbs 7.2 world 7.3 create kxmn ld metv kxmn lp 11 abc kskn 22.1 cw 22.2 accuweather kayu tv 28.1 fox 28.2 antenna tv mntv kdys ld 32.1 daystar hd 32.2 daystar sd kgpx tv 34.1 ion 34.2 qubo 34.3 ion life 34.4 ion shop 34.5 qvc 34.6 hsn khba ld 39.1 hope 39.2 3abn 39.3 open book tv 39.4 llbn esperanza tv k43gz d 43.1 hsn2 coeur d alene kcdt 26.1 pbs iptv 26.2 iptv plus