KIDK, virtual channel

Virtual channel

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 3, is the CBS

CBS

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-affiliated television station for Idaho Falls

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Idaho Falls is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, and the largest city in Eastern Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population of Idaho Falls was 56,813, with a metro population of 130,374....

 and Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the Pocatello metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Bannock...

, USA

United States

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. It broadcasts a digital

ATSC

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 signal on channel 36. The station is owned by Fisher Communications

Fisher Communications

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. Its transmitter is located atop East Butte, near Atomic City

Atomic City, Idaho

Atomic City is a hamlet in Bingham County, Idaho, United States. The population was 25 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Atomic City is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

.

History

The station was founded on December 20, 1953 as KID-TV, co-owned with KID radio (AM 590

KID (AM)

KID is a commercial radio station located in Idaho Falls, Idaho, broadcasting on 590 AM. KID airs news/talk programming which includes syndicated programs like Coast to Coast AM, Laura Ingraham, and Dr. Laura.-History:...

 and FM 96.1

KID-FM

KID-FM is a commercial radio station located in Idaho Falls, Idaho, broadcasting on 96.1 FM. KID-FM airs a country music format branded as "River Country".-History:...

). It became KIDK in 1984, when the radio stations were sold.

In December 2010 it was announced that KIDK had entered into a shared services arrangement with KIFI under which KIDK would be run out of the KIFI facility and 27 KIDK staffers would be laid off. As a result of the arrangement, KIDK's morning newscast was canceled on January 7, 2011. The kidk.com URL was subsequently replaced by a redirect to a separate section of the KIFI website.

Newscast titles

• Newswatch 3 (1970s-1991; 2000–2007)
• News 3 (1991–2000)
• No Wait News at 10 (10 p.m. newscast; 2006–unknown)
• Channel 3 Eyewitness News
  Eyewitness News
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  (2007–present)

News team

Anchors

• Todd Kunz

Weather

• Steve Cannon

Sports

• Jeff Landers
• Michelle Ludtka

Reporters

• Marissa Bodnar
• Brittany Borghi
• Troy Campbell
• Brett Crandall
• Jessica Crandall
• Tammy Harmer
• Michelle Ludtka
• Hasti Taghi

Translators

Within its network, KIDK has a total of 20 translators serving parts of Eastern and Central Idaho

Idaho

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, and parts of Western Wyoming

Wyoming

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.

• Challis, Idaho
  Challis, Idaho
  Challis is a city in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The population was 909 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Custer County.-History:...
  
  K10AW
• Clayton, Idaho
  Clayton, Idaho
  Clayton is a city in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The population was 7 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from early resident Clayton Smith, who is alleged to be the owner of a bawdy house.- History :...
  
    K05AL
• Driggs, Idaho
  Driggs, Idaho
  Driggs is a city in Teton County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Jackson, WY-ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is located in Teton Valley. The population was 1,100 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Teton County...
  
    K07QC
• Inkom, Idaho
  Inkom, Idaho
  Inkom is a city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Pocatello, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 738 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Inkom is located at ....
  
    K11AG
• Lava Hot Springs, Idaho
  Lava Hot Springs, Idaho
  Lava Hot Springs is a city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the 'Pocatello, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 521 at the 2000 census...
  
   K11CP
• Lemhi, Idaho
  Lemhi, Idaho
  Lemhi is an unincorporated community on the Lemhi River in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States. Lemhi is located on Idaho State Highway 28, south of Tendoy and northwest of Leadore. Lemhi has a post office with ZIP code 83465....
  
  ; Baker, Idaho K05BE
• Leadore, Idaho
  Leadore, Idaho
  Leadore is an incorporated city of the State of Idaho in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States. The population was 70 in the 1990 census and is currently at 90 from the 2000 census.-History:...
  
    K11BD
• Malad City, Idaho
  Malad City, Idaho
  For the Mumbai, India Suburb, see Malad .Malad City is the only city in and the county seat of Oneida County, Idaho, United States. Its population was 2,158 at the 2000 census....
  
    K58AR
• Montpelier, Idaho
  Montpelier, Idaho
  Montpelier is a city in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States. The population was 2,785 at the 2000 census. The city is the largest community in the Bear Lake Valley, a farming region north of Bear Lake in southeastern Idaho along the Utah border...
  
    K27CS
• North Fork, Idaho
  North Fork, Idaho
  North Fork is an unincorporated community in Lemhi County, Idaho.Its name is derived from confluence of the south-flowing North Fork of the Salmon River with the north-flowing main Salmon River, which makes a near-right angle turn here to flow westward across the state to Riggins...
  
    K02CE
• Preston, Idaho
  Preston, Idaho
  Preston is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 4,682 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Franklin County. It is part of the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
    K36AD
• Salmon, Idaho
  Salmon, Idaho
  Salmon is a city in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,122 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Lemhi County...
  
  ; Williams Creek, Idaho K09CA
• Salmon, Idaho
  Salmon, Idaho
  Salmon is a city in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,122 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Lemhi County...
  
  ; Williams Creek, Idaho K07PV
• Soda Springs, Idaho
  Soda Springs, Idaho
  Soda Springs is a city in Caribou County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,381 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Caribou County....
  
   K09ID
• Afton, Wyoming
  Afton, Wyoming
  Afton is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,818 at the 2000 census.Afton is home to the world's largest elk horn arch...
  
    K10LO
• Auburn, Wyoming
  Auburn, Wyoming
  Auburn is a census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 276.-Geography:Auburn is located at...
  
    K12AH
• Big Piney, Wyoming
  Big Piney, Wyoming
  Big Piney is a town in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 408 at the 2000 census.-History:Big Piney is the oldest settlement in Sublette County. It was founded in 1879, when rancher Daniel B...
  
    K12AH
• Hoback Junction, Wyoming  K11LL
• South Park, Wyoming
  South Park, Wyoming
  South Park is a census-designated place in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 864 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson, WY–ID Micropolitan Statistical Area...
  
    K07CS
• Thayne, Wyoming
  Thayne, Wyoming
  Thayne is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 341 at the 2000 census.Randall Luthi, a former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives, practices law in Thayne and is managing partner of a nearby ranch.-Geography:...
  
    K07PB

KIDK has a construction permit for a digital fill-in translator on channel 38 in Rexburg, Idaho

Rexburg, Idaho

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 17,257 people, 4,274 households, and 2,393 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,534.4 people per square mile . There were 4,533 housing units at an average density of 928.4 per square mile...

External links

• KIDK's Homepage