Two LPTV stations in the Idaho DMA (189) are poised to launch ATSC 3.0 and make Twin Falls the fourth market to bring Evoca TV, the NextGen TV-based OTA-OTT hybrid pay television service, to viewers. All that’s needed is for the stations, Ventura Broadcasting-owned KVUI and KPIF, to receive final approval from the FCC for their conversion to 3.0. Once the switch is flipped, Twin Falls will become the smallest market on-air with NextGen TV.
WEEK ENDING DEC. 4
Station Trading Roundup: 1 Sale, $35,000
The sale of KPIF Pocatello, Idaho, by KM Communications to Ventura Broadcasting tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA/Kelsey.
