On July 12, 1953, it begins the operational activity in official manners and become the oldest television in Idaho with the call signs of KIDO-TV. In the NBC network, a female owner Georgia Davidson was the founder of the network along with the radio broadcasting of KIDO. Later radio assets were decided to sell out in 1959 and KIDO TV remained with her. On February 1 call letters were changed to current KTVB NBC 7 by Georgia under her possession.
KTVB Local News Live:
KIDO radio has a long-term relationship with NBC radio in that case KTVB has always been a primary NBC-associated network in the market. In November 1953, KBOI on-aired its first-ever transmission and both stations immediately adopt the secondary affiliation with DuMont, and the ABC association was shared between both broadcasting groups. Sesame Street was telecast without any commercial during morning transmission by KTVB until KAID signed on in December 1971. In La Grande, Oregon KTVB decided to build a satellite station for its better coverage and signal capacity to the viewers.
Viewership of KTVB:
On December 6, 1964, KTVR entered the market as a semi-satellite of KTVB while local programing and prime night newscast are on-aired by the studio of La Grande at Adams Ave area. Due to the geographical time zone, KTVR was the better option in Pacific Time Zone because it served as a repeater channel of the Mountain Time zone. On August 31, 1976, KTVB NBC 7 was sold to Oregon Public Broadcasting and converted into a non-commercial station on February 1, 1977. Kings Broadcasting Company acquired the KTVB in 1979 along with KING-TV in Seattle and KGW-TV in Portland.
News App of Channel 7:
KTVB offered its viewers a friendly and easy-to-use mobile application that contain locally based news transmission, headlines and breaking stories, Sports reporting, and weather forecasting. You can get every day and weekly news reports along with weather situations as per your saved location on your devices. News alerts and weather warnings are also available during usage of the NBC 7 mobile app.
News Team of KTVB:
KTVB news department has Mark Johnson, Kim Fields, and Maggie O Mara as anchors of the NBC 7 team. Joe Paris is working as a reporter and Shirah Matsuzawa is a producer and reporter in the network. General assignment reporting is presented by Katija Stjepovic and the weather department is controlled by chief meteorologist Rick Lantz. Jay Trust is working as sports director in the news team of KTVB.
News Channel 7 Weather App:
Weather mobile application of KTVB NBC 7 is redesigned and faster in use with having comprehensive details regarding weather conditions and reports. You only need to choose your favorite area in the satellite mapping option and entire details such as Temperature, Dew Point, Wind Speed, Humidity, UV Index, and Hurricanes. This information is updated every minute of an hour and you can share those details via social media platforms.
News Channel 7 Weather App:
Larry Gebert and Bri Eggers are working in the weather department of KTVB as experts and station meteorologists. There are such weather conditions in which local communities have to be informed in case of emergency and people need to arrange for upcoming weather disasters. Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall caused the flooded situation in several counties of the United States. Health advisories and warnings generated from weather experts are filled with the latest information.
Where We Can Watch Live Stream:
KTVB live transmission is provided through the digital transmitter and other translators along with subchannels which are carried by cable and satellite transmission. Local news, entertainment and live coverage of sports matches are available through the direct streaming service of KTVB NBC 7 in a mode of monthly and yearly plans with is 7 days free trial by Hulu, Fubo service providers.
KTVB television is a virtually based network that is operated on very high-frequency channel 7. It has an association with the NBC network and was granted a transmission license for the area of Boise, Idaho in the United States. Tegna Inc is the present owner and operational facility is based in Boise on West Fairview Avenue. The transmitter tower is situated and installed in the area of Bogus Basin in Boise County. KTFT is operated as a low-power repeater of the network for the transmission of Twin Falls. Both have similar signals except commercial programming which are being sold and transmitted in the Magic Valley area.
