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{{short description|Ion Television affiliate in Pocatello, Idaho}}
{{short description|Ion Television affiliate in Pocatello, Idaho}}
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{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KVUI
| callsign = KVUI
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| logo_size = 200px
| logo_size = 200px
| branding = KVUI 31
| branding = KVUI 31
| digital = 31 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| digital = 31 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 31
| virtual = 31
| subchannels =
| subchannels =
| translators =
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''31.1:''' [[Ion Television]] (2017–present)|'''31.2:''' [[Start TV]]|'''31.3:''' [[TheGrio]]|'''31.4:''' [[Cozi TV]]|'''31.5:''' [[GetTV]]|'''31.6:''' [[Ion Mystery]]|'''31.7:''' [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]|'''31.8:''' [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]|'''31.9:''' [[HSN]]|'''31.10:''' [[Buzzr]]}}
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''31.1:''' [[Ion Television]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| country = United States
| country = United States
| airdate = {{start date and age|1998|7|16|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1998|7|16|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| last_airdate =
| location = [[Pocatello, Idaho|Pocatello]]–[[Idaho Falls, Idaho]]
| location = [[Pocatello]]–[[Idaho Falls, Idaho]]
| callsign_meaning =
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = KBDL (1998)<br>KFXP (1998–2015)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KBDL (1998)|KFXP (1998–2015)}}
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>31 (UHF, 1998–2008)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 31 (UHF, 1998–2008)
| owner = Ventura Broadcasting
| owner = Ventura Broadcasting
| licensee = Ventura Media Communications, [[Limited liability company|LLC]]
| licensee = Ventura Media Communications, [[LLC]]
| sister_stations = [[KPIF]]
| sister_stations = [[KPIF]]
| former_affiliations = '''Primary:'''<br>[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (1998–2012)<br>[[This TV]] (2012–2013)<br>[[Dark (broadcasting)|Dark]] (2013–2015)<br>[[MeTV]] (2015–2017)<br>'''Secondary:'''<br>[[UPN]] (1998–2000)
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (1998–2012)|[[UPN]] (secondary, 1998–2000)|[[This TV]] (2012–2013)|[[Dark (broadcasting)|Dark]] (2013–2015)|[[MeTV]] (2015–2017)}}
| erp = 68.5 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| erp = 68.5 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|447|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| haat = {{convert|447|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class =
| class =
| facility_id = 78910
| facility_id = 78910
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|42|55|15|N|112|20|47|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| coordinates = {{coord|42|55|15|N|112|20|47|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website =
| website =
}}
}}


'''KVUI''', [[virtual channel|virtual]] and [[ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 31, is an [[Ion Television]]-[[network affiliate|affiliated]] station [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Pocatello, Idaho]], United States, and also serving [[Idaho Falls, Idaho|Idaho Falls]]. Owned by [[Fresno, California]]–based Ventura Broadcasting, it is part of a [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]] with [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]] affiliate [[KPIF]] (channel 15, also licensed to Pocatello). KVUI's studios are located on West Alameda Road in Pocatello, and its transmitter is located on Howard Mountain.
'''KVUI''' (channel 31) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Pocatello, Idaho]], United States, serving the [[Idaho Falls]]–Pocatello [[media market|market]] as an affiliate of [[Ion Television]]. It is owned by Ventura Broadcasting alongside [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]] affiliate [[KPIF]] (channel 15, also licensed to Pocatello). The two stations share studios on West Alameda Road in Pocatello; KVUI's transmitter is located on Howard Mountain.


==History==
==History==
{{expand section|include information on KFXP's history between its sign on and the disaffiliation from Fox|date=July 2012}}
{{expand section|include information on KFXP's history between its sign on and the disaffiliation from Fox|date=July 2012}}
Channel 31 signed on the air as '''KFXP''', the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate for the Pocatello–Idaho Falls market, on July 16, 1998.<ref name=pr-kfxpon>{{cite news|last1=Menser|first1=Paul|title=Fox makes it to rooftops; WB preview on its way|url=http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=00895-07161998&today=1998-07-16|access-date=November 12, 2015|work=[[Post Register]]|date=July 16, 1998}}</ref> Prior to the station's launch, Fox programming had been seen on area cable systems via [[Foxnet]];<ref name=pr-kfxpon/> the network also maintained a secondary affiliation with [[CBS]] affiliate [[KIDK]] (channel 3).<ref name=pr-kfxpfirstowners>{{cite news|last1=Menser|first1=Paul|title=Fox network gets local affiliate|url=http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=00148-04281998&today=1998-04-28|access-date=November 12, 2015|work=[[Post Register]]|date=April 28, 1998}}</ref> KFXP was originally owned by a partnership of three companies—Redwood Broadcasting, Winstar Communications, and Compass Communications—that had competed for the license;<ref name=pr-kfxpfirstowners/> through a [[Local marketing agreement|time brokerage agreement]], the station was operated by Sunbelt Communications (later known as [[Intermountain West Communications Company]]), owner of [[NBC]] outlet [[KPVI-DT|KPVI]] (channel 6), and the two stations shared studios in Pocatello.<ref name=pr-kfxpon/> By 1999, Compass Communications had acquired Redwood and Winstar's interests in KFXP.<ref name=fcc-saletocompass1>{{cite web|title=Application Search Details (1)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=272849|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=November 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name=fcc-saletocompass2>{{cite web|title=Application Search Details (2)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=286978|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=November 12, 2015}}</ref> In its early years, channel 31 had a secondary affiliation with [[UPN]];<ref name=matthewsittel-upnonkfxp>{{cite web|title=Listing of channel lineups in TV Guide Idaho Edition|url=http://www.matthewsittel.com/tvg/tvg-id.htm|website=matthewsittel.com|access-date=November 12, 2015}}</ref> however, this had ended by 2000.<ref name=pr-kfxpnoupn>{{cite news|last1=Ginter|first1=Barry|title='Voyager' will arrive late on new channel|url=http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=120571-11152000&today=2000-11-15|access-date=November 12, 2015|work=[[Post Register]]|date=November 15, 2000}}</ref>
Channel 31 signed on the air as KFXP, the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate for the Pocatello–Idaho Falls market, on July 16, 1998.<ref name=pr-kfxpon>{{cite news|last1=Menser|first1=Paul|title=Fox makes it to rooftops; WB preview on its way|url=http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=00895-07161998&today=1998-07-16|access-date=November 12, 2015|work=[[Post Register]]|date=July 16, 1998}}</ref> Prior to the station's launch, Fox programming had been seen on area cable systems via [[Foxnet]];<ref name=pr-kfxpon/> the network also maintained a secondary affiliation with [[CBS]] affiliate [[KIDK]] (channel 3).<ref name=pr-kfxpfirstowners>{{cite news|last1=Menser|first1=Paul|title=Fox network gets local affiliate|url=http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=00148-04281998&today=1998-04-28|access-date=November 12, 2015|work=[[Post Register]]|date=April 28, 1998}}</ref> KFXP was originally owned by a partnership of three companies—Redwood Broadcasting, Winstar Communications, and Compass Communications—that had competed for the license;<ref name=pr-kfxpfirstowners/> through a [[Local marketing agreement|time brokerage agreement]], the station was operated by Sunbelt Communications (later known as [[Intermountain West Communications Company]]), owner of [[NBC]] outlet [[KPVI]] (channel 6), and the two stations shared studios in Pocatello.<ref name=pr-kfxpon/> By 1999, Compass Communications had acquired Redwood and Winstar's interests in KFXP.<ref name=fcc-saletocompass1>{{cite web|title=Application Search Details (1)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=272849|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=November 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name=fcc-saletocompass2>{{cite web|title=Application Search Details (2)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=286978|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=November 12, 2015}}</ref> In its early years, channel 31 had a secondary affiliation with [[UPN]];<ref name=matthewsittel-upnonkfxp>{{cite web|title=Listing of channel lineups in TV Guide Idaho Edition|url=http://www.matthewsittel.com/tvg/tvg-id.htm|website=matthewsittel.com|access-date=November 12, 2015}}</ref> however, this had ended by 2000.<ref name=pr-kfxpnoupn>{{cite news|last1=Ginter|first1=Barry|title='Voyager' will arrive late on new channel|url=http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=120571-11152000&today=2000-11-15|access-date=November 12, 2015|work=[[Post Register]]|date=November 15, 2000}}</ref>


KFXP discontinued its Fox affiliation on July 1, 2012 following a dispute with the network over [[retransmission consent]]; several other stations lost their Fox affiliations a year earlier for similar reasons. The station subsequently affiliated with [[This TV]] (previously shown on KPVI-DT3) effective on that date with the network airing during the morning and overnight hours, though it retained general entertainment programming during daytime and prime time hours. [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]] sister station KXTF also lost its affiliation and switched to This TV on the same date, with Fox programming moving to [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[KSVT-LD|KTWT-LD]] as a primary affiliation.<ref name=kpvi-kfxpnofox>{{cite news|title=Eastern Idaho to Lose Fox Network Affiliate |url=http://www.kpvi.com/content/news/local/story/Eastern-Idaho-to-Lose-Fox-Network-Affiliate/e0InUYoEhUiV66G_heyl6g.cspx |access-date=May 21, 2012 |newspaper=[[KPVI-DT|KPVI News 6]] |date=May 17, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="KXPI Fox">[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/485964-Fisher_s_KXPI_Grabs_Fox_Affiliation_in_Idaho_Falls.php Fisher's KXPI Grabs Fox Affiliation in Idaho Falls], ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', June 15, 2012.</ref> MyNetworkTV affiliate [[KXPI-LD]] (channel 34, which is repeated on KIDK-DT2) assumed the Fox affiliation and retained MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation.<ref name="KXPI Fox"/>
KFXP discontinued its Fox affiliation on July 1, 2012, following a dispute with the network over [[retransmission consent]]; [[KOZL-TV|several]] [[WAWV-TV|other]] [[WFFT-TV|stations]] [[WTVW|lost]] their Fox affiliations a year earlier for similar reasons. The station subsequently affiliated with [[This TV]] (previously shown on KPVI-DT3) effective on that date with the network airing during the morning and overnight hours, though it retained general entertainment programming during daytime and prime time hours. [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]] sister station KXTF also lost its affiliation and switched to This TV on the same date, with Fox programming moving to [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[KTWT-LD]] as a primary affiliation.<ref name=kpvi-kfxpnofox>{{cite news|title=Eastern Idaho to Lose Fox Network Affiliate |url=http://www.kpvi.com/content/news/local/story/Eastern-Idaho-to-Lose-Fox-Network-Affiliate/e0InUYoEhUiV66G_heyl6g.cspx |access-date=May 21, 2012 |newspaper=[[KPVI-DT|KPVI News 6]] |date=May 17, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="KXPI Fox">[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/485964-Fisher_s_KXPI_Grabs_Fox_Affiliation_in_Idaho_Falls.php Fisher's KXPI Grabs Fox Affiliation in Idaho Falls], ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', June 15, 2012.</ref> MyNetworkTV affiliate [[KXPI-LD]] (channel 34, which is repeated on KIDK-DT2) assumed the Fox affiliation and retained MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation.<ref name="KXPI Fox"/>


KFXP went dark on July 1, 2013<ref name=fcc-kfxpdark1>{{cite web|last=Monroy|first=Barbara|title=FCC 398 Children's Television Programming Report|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/KidVid/public/report/19/report.faces?id=142448|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=July 11, 2013|date=July 1, 2013}}</ref> following the end of its lease on its transmission tower; a new lease on the tower cannot be negotiated until the completion of an ownership change for the tower.<ref name=fcc-kfxpdark2>{{cite web|last=Proctor|first=Gerald R|title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1562636&Service=DT&Form_id=910&Facility_id=78910|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=July 11, 2013|date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> The time brokerage agreement with KPVI-DT was also terminated as of the preceding day; it had been slated to expire on July 16.<ref name=fcc-kfxpkpvitbaend>{{cite web|title=Oregon Trail Broadcasting Company Character Issues [Amendment]|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101592442&qnum=5000&copynum=1&exhcnum=1|work=KPVI-DT sale application|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=January 4, 2014|date=November 26, 2013}}</ref> KFXP had begun showing a still announcing the shutdown on June 24, 2013. On January 31, 2014, Compass Communications reached a deal to sell KFXP, along with two commonly-owned low-power stations in [[Beaumont, Texas]], to Abraham Telecasting Company,<ref name=fcc-saletoabraham>{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1622468&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=78910|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=February 3, 2014|date=January 31, 2014}}</ref> however, the sale fell through. On June 12, 2015, Compass agreed to sell KFXP to Buckalew Media for $450,000.<ref name=fcc-saletobuckalew>{{cite web|title=Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1681798&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=78910|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=July 14, 2015|date=June 29, 2015}}</ref> The sale was completed on October 30;<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1696804&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=78910 Consummation Notice] ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref> on November 9, Buckalew changed the station's call letters to KVUI.<ref name=fcc-callsigns>{{cite web|title=Call Sign History|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=78910&Callsign=KVUI|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=November 12, 2015}}</ref> Buckalew then announced that it would relaunch KVUI by December 1 as a [[MeTV]] affiliate; the station also intends to air some local programming.<ref name=isj-kvuireturn>{{cite news|last1=McFarland|first1=Cydney|title=Family-friendly TV channel returns to Pocatello with new name|url=http://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/family-friendly-tv-channel-returns-to-pocatello-with-new-name/article_57108b1a-1259-52e6-a4ac-855666b3200b.html|access-date=November 24, 2015|work=[[Idaho State Journal]]|date=November 19, 2015}}</ref>
KFXP went dark on July 1, 2013<ref name=fcc-kfxpdark1>{{cite web|last=Monroy|first=Barbara|title=FCC 398 Children's Television Programming Report|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/KidVid/public/report/19/report.faces?id=142448|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=July 11, 2013|date=July 1, 2013}}</ref> following the end of its lease on its transmission tower; a new lease on the tower cannot be negotiated until the completion of an ownership change for the tower.<ref name=fcc-kfxpdark2>{{cite web|last=Proctor|first=Gerald R|title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1562636&Service=DT&Form_id=910&Facility_id=78910|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=July 11, 2013|date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> The time brokerage agreement with KPVI-DT was also terminated as of the preceding day; it had been slated to expire on July 16.<ref name=fcc-kfxpkpvitbaend>{{cite web|title=Oregon Trail Broadcasting Company Character Issues [Amendment]|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101592442&qnum=5000&copynum=1&exhcnum=1|work=KPVI-DT sale application|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=January 4, 2014|date=November 26, 2013}}</ref> KFXP had begun showing a still announcing the shutdown on June 24, 2013. On January 31, 2014, Compass Communications reached a deal to sell KFXP, along with two commonly-owned low-power stations in [[Beaumont, Texas]], to Abraham Telecasting Company,<ref name=fcc-saletoabraham>{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1622468&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=78910|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=February 3, 2014|date=January 31, 2014}}</ref> however, the sale fell through. On June 12, 2015, Compass agreed to sell KFXP to Buckalew Media for $450,000.<ref name=fcc-saletobuckalew>{{cite web|title=Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1681798&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=78910|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=July 14, 2015|date=June 29, 2015}}</ref> The sale was completed on October 30;<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1696804&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=78910 Consummation Notice] ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], Retrieved November 2, 2015.</ref> on November 9, Buckalew changed the station's call letters to KVUI.<ref name=fcc-callsigns>{{cite web|title=Call Sign History|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=78910&Callsign=KVUI|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=November 12, 2015}}</ref> Buckalew then announced that it would relaunch KVUI by December 1 as a [[MeTV]] affiliate; the station also intends to air some local programming.<ref name=isj-kvuireturn>{{cite news|last1=McFarland|first1=Cydney|title=Family-friendly TV channel returns to Pocatello with new name|url=http://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/family-friendly-tv-channel-returns-to-pocatello-with-new-name/article_57108b1a-1259-52e6-a4ac-855666b3200b.html|access-date=November 24, 2015|work=[[Idaho State Journal]]|date=November 19, 2015}}</ref>


Buckalew Media agreed to sell KVUI, along with the [[construction permit]] for [[KKIF-LD|KVUT-LD]] in Twin Falls, to Ventura TV Video Appliance Center for $575,000 on January 20, 2017.<ref name="fcc-saletoventura">{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1749387&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=78910|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=January 24, 2017|date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>
Buckalew Media agreed to sell KVUI, along with the [[construction permit]] for [[KKIF-LD|KVUT-LD]] in Twin Falls, to Ventura TV Video Appliance Center for $575,000 on January 20, 2017.<ref name="fcc-saletoventura">{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1749387&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=78910|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=January 24, 2017|date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>
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===Subchannels===
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|+Subchannels of KVUI<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KVUI#station RabbitEars TV Query for KVUI]</ref>
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! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
⚫
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
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! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
⚫
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.1
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! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
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| [[720p]] || [[16:9]] || ION || [[Ion Television]]
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! [[Display resolution|Video]]
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! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
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! Short name
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! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KVUI#station RabbitEars TV Query for KVUI]</ref>
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.2
⚫
| 31.1 || rowspan=10|[[480i]] || rowspan=10|[[16:9]] || ION || [[Ion Television]]
| rowspan=12|[[480i]] || rowspan=12|[[4:3]] || Grit || [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]
|-
|-
| 31.2 || StartTV || [[Start TV]]
! scope = "row" | 31.3
| Spree || [[Infomercials]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.4
| 31.3 || TheGrio || [[TheGrio]]
| Cozi || [[Cozi TV]]
|-
|-
| 31.4 || Cozi || [[Cozi TV]]
! scope = "row" | 31.5
| GetTV || [[GetTV]]
|-
|-
| 31.5 || Get || [[GetTV]]
! scope = "row" | 31.6
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| Mystery || [[Ion Mystery]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.7
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| 31.6 || Escape || [[Ion Mystery]]
| JTV || [[Jewelry Television]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.8
| 31.7 || Quest || [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]
| Rewind || [[Rewind TV]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.9
| 31.8 || LAFF || [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]
| HSN || [[HSN]]
|-
|-
| 31.9 || HSN || [[HSN]]
! scope = "row" | 31.10
| Buzzr || [[Buzzr]]
|-
|-
| 31.10 || Buzzr || [[Buzzr]]
! scope = "row" | 31.11
| NOTW || [[Infomercial]]s
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.12
| RNowTV || Right Now TV
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.13
| Ventana || Ventana TV
|}
|}


===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KVUI (as KFXP) shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 31, on November 17, 2008. The station "[[flash-cut]]" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 31.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html|title = Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115}}</ref> Because it was granted an original construction permit after the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] finalized the [[digital television|DTV]] allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital [[television station]].
KVUI (as KFXP) shut down its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 31, on November 17, 2008. The station "[[flash-cut]]" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 31.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html|title = Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115}}</ref> Because it was granted an original construction permit after the [[FCC]] finalized the [[digital television|DTV]] allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital [[television station]].


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Latest revision as of 13:18, 19 September 2024

KVUI
CityPocatello, Idaho
Channels
BrandingKVUI 31
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Ventura Broadcasting
  • (Ventura Media Communications, LLC)
KPIF
History
First air date
July 16, 1998 (26 years ago) (1998-07-16)
Former call signs
  • KBDL (1998)
  • KFXP (1998–2015)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 31 (UHF, 1998–2008)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID78910
ERP68.5 kW
HAAT447 m (1,467 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°55′15″N 112°20′47″W / 42.92083°N 112.34639°W / 42.92083; -112.34639
Links
Public license information

KVUI (channel 31) is a television station licensed to Pocatello, Idaho, United States, serving the Idaho Falls–Pocatello market as an affiliate of Ion Television. It is owned by Ventura Broadcasting alongside Grit affiliate KPIF (channel 15, also licensed to Pocatello). The two stations share studios on West Alameda Road in Pocatello; KVUI's transmitter is located on Howard Mountain.

History

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Channel 31 signed on the air as KFXP, the Fox affiliate for the Pocatello–Idaho Falls market, on July 16, 1998.[2] Prior to the station's launch, Fox programming had been seen on area cable systems via Foxnet;[2] the network also maintained a secondary affiliation with CBS affiliate KIDK (channel 3).[3] KFXP was originally owned by a partnership of three companies—Redwood Broadcasting, Winstar Communications, and Compass Communications—that had competed for the license;[3] through a time brokerage agreement, the station was operated by Sunbelt Communications (later known as Intermountain West Communications Company), owner of NBC outlet KPVI (channel 6), and the two stations shared studios in Pocatello.[2] By 1999, Compass Communications had acquired Redwood and Winstar's interests in KFXP.[4][5] In its early years, channel 31 had a secondary affiliation with UPN;[6] however, this had ended by 2000.[7]

KFXP discontinued its Fox affiliation on July 1, 2012, following a dispute with the network over retransmission consent; several other stations lost their Fox affiliations a year earlier for similar reasons. The station subsequently affiliated with This TV (previously shown on KPVI-DT3) effective on that date with the network airing during the morning and overnight hours, though it retained general entertainment programming during daytime and prime time hours. Twin Falls sister station KXTF also lost its affiliation and switched to This TV on the same date, with Fox programming moving to MyNetworkTV affiliate KTWT-LD as a primary affiliation.[8][9] MyNetworkTV affiliate KXPI-LD (channel 34, which is repeated on KIDK-DT2) assumed the Fox affiliation and retained MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation.[9]

KFXP went dark on July 1, 2013[10] following the end of its lease on its transmission tower; a new lease on the tower cannot be negotiated until the completion of an ownership change for the tower.[11] The time brokerage agreement with KPVI-DT was also terminated as of the preceding day; it had been slated to expire on July 16.[12] KFXP had begun showing a still announcing the shutdown on June 24, 2013. On January 31, 2014, Compass Communications reached a deal to sell KFXP, along with two commonly-owned low-power stations in Beaumont, Texas, to Abraham Telecasting Company,[13] however, the sale fell through. On June 12, 2015, Compass agreed to sell KFXP to Buckalew Media for $450,000.[14] The sale was completed on October 30;[15] on November 9, Buckalew changed the station's call letters to KVUI.[16] Buckalew then announced that it would relaunch KVUI by December 1 as a MeTV affiliate; the station also intends to air some local programming.[17]

Buckalew Media agreed to sell KVUI, along with the construction permit for KVUT-LD in Twin Falls, to Ventura TV Video Appliance Center for $575,000 on January 20, 2017.[18]

Newscasts

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Shortly after sign-on, KFXP partnered with KPVI to provide a 9 p.m. newscast on Monday through Friday nights. The program was canceled after a few years and entertainment programming returned to the timeslot. KFXP partnered with KPVI once again in 2006 to produce a late evening newscast at 9 p.m. that debuted on October 30, 2006, entitled KPVI on Fox News at 9; this newscast was also broadcast on Twin Falls sister station KXTF. In preparation for the discontinuance of its Fox affiliation and the switch to This TV, the station canceled the 9 p.m. newscast for a second time,[19] with its last broadcast airing on June 29, 2012; it was replaced with a new weeknight 5:30 p.m. newscast produced by KPVI, that debuted in September 2012.[9] The 5:30 p.m. program was titled KPVI More, an interview and features program that aired simultaneously on KXTF. It contained no weather or sports segments.

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KVUI[20]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
31.1 720p 16:9 ION Ion Television
31.2 480i 4:3 Grit Grit
31.3 Spree Infomercials
31.4 Cozi Cozi TV
31.5 GetTV GetTV
31.6 Mystery Ion Mystery
31.7 JTV Jewelry Television
31.8 Rewind Rewind TV
31.9 HSN HSN
31.10 Buzzr Buzzr
31.11 NOTW Infomercials
31.12 RNowTV Right Now TV
31.13 Ventana Ventana TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

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KVUI (as KFXP) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 31, on November 17, 2008. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 31.[21][22] Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KVUI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b c Menser, Paul (July 16, 1998). "Fox makes it to rooftops; WB preview on its way". Post Register. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Menser, Paul (April 28, 1998). "Fox network gets local affiliate". Post Register. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  4. ^ "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  5. ^ "Application Search Details (2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  6. ^ "Listing of channel lineups in TV Guide Idaho Edition". matthewsittel.com. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  7. ^ Ginter, Barry (November 15, 2000). "'Voyager' will arrive late on new channel". Post Register. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  8. ^ "Eastern Idaho to Lose Fox Network Affiliate". KPVI News 6. May 17, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ a b c Fisher's KXPI Grabs Fox Affiliation in Idaho Falls, Broadcasting & Cable, June 15, 2012.
  10. ^ Monroy, Barbara (July 1, 2013). "FCC 398 Children's Television Programming Report". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  11. ^ Proctor, Gerald R (July 10, 2013). "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  12. ^ "Oregon Trail Broadcasting Company Character Issues [Amendment]". KPVI-DT sale application. Federal Communications Commission. November 26, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  13. ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. January 31, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  14. ^ "Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 29, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  15. ^ Consummation Notice CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  16. ^ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  17. ^ McFarland, Cydney (November 19, 2015). "Family-friendly TV channel returns to Pocatello with new name". Idaho State Journal. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  18. ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  19. ^ Malone, Michael (May 22, 2012). "KTXF Staffers Moving on After Fox Split". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  20. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KVUI
  21. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  22. ^ "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".
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