KIDA
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KIDA was a television station
in Sun Valley, Idaho
, broadcasting locally on VHF channel 5 as an independent station. Founded October 25, 2000, the station was owned by Turner Enterprises. The station had a pre-digital transition
allotment for digital channel 32, but never utilized it. It carried programming from UPN
at its sign-on; however, it had lost the affiliation to KTWT-LP
by December 2004. Later, programming consisted primarily of infomercials. Neither Cox Communications
in Sun Valley or Cable One
in Twin Falls included KIDA in their line-ups.
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
. Instead, on or before June 12, 2009, which was the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KIDA was to have turned off its analog signal
and turn on its digital signal
(called a "flash cut").
Marcia Turner, doing business as Turner Enterprises, filed for special temporary authority
to remain silent on June 18, 2009 citing financial reasons and its inability to construct the digital facilities required by June 12, 2009. However, KIDA did not even apply for a construction permit
for such facilities, and as a result the FCC dismissed the STA and revoked its license on October 6, 2009.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Sun Valley, Idaho
Sun Valley, Idaho
Sun Valley is a resort city in Blaine County in the central part of the U.S. state of Idaho, adjacent to the city of Ketchum, lying within the greater Wood River valley. Tourists from around the world enjoy its skiing, hiking, ice skating, trail riding, tennis, and cycling. The population was 1,427...
, broadcasting locally on VHF channel 5 as an independent station. Founded October 25, 2000, the station was owned by Turner Enterprises. The station had a pre-digital transition
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
allotment for digital channel 32, but never utilized it. It carried programming from UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
at its sign-on; however, it had lost the affiliation to KTWT-LP
KTWT-LP
KTWT-LP or Southern Idaho CW is a CW affiliate broadcasting in Twin Falls, Idaho on channel 43 owned by Neuhoff Media. It serves as a sister station to CBS affiliate KMVT and MyNetwork affiliate KTID-LP...
by December 2004. Later, programming consisted primarily of infomercials. Neither Cox Communications
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
in Sun Valley or Cable One
Cable One
Cable ONE is a United States cable service provider and subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, functioning as its own self-contained corporation within its parent company. The company's name and current focus dates back to 1997; prior to that time the company was known as Post-Newsweek Cable...
in Twin Falls included KIDA in their line-ups.
Demise
Because it was granted an original construction permitConstruction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
after the FCC
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
finalized the DTV
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
. Instead, on or before June 12, 2009, which was the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KIDA was to have turned off its analog signal
Analog signal
An analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity, i.e., analogous to another time varying signal. It differs from a digital signal in terms of small fluctuations in the signal which are...
and turn on its digital signal
Digital signal
A digital signal is a physical signal that is a representation of a sequence of discrete values , for example of an arbitrary bit stream, or of a digitized analog signal...
(called a "flash cut").
Marcia Turner, doing business as Turner Enterprises, filed for special temporary authority
Special temporary authority
In U.S. broadcast law, a special temporary authorization or special temporary authority is a type of broadcast license which temporarily allows a broadcast station to operate outside of its normal technical or legal parameters...
to remain silent on June 18, 2009 citing financial reasons and its inability to construct the digital facilities required by June 12, 2009. However, KIDA did not even apply for a construction permit
Construction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
for such facilities, and as a result the FCC dismissed the STA and revoked its license on October 6, 2009.