KIDK

KIDK
CityIdaho Falls, Idaho
Channels
Branding
  • Fox 5 (3.2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerVistaWest Media, LLC
OperatorNews-Press & Gazette Company
KIFI-TV, KXPI-LD
History
First air date
December 20, 1953 (1953-12-20)
Former call signs
KID-TV (1953–1984)
Former channel number
  • Analog: 3 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • CBS (1953–2021)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955)
  • NBC (secondary, 1953–1961)
  • ABC (secondary, 1953–1974)
  • Fox (secondary, 1994–1998)
  • UPN (secondary, 1996–2003)
  • Dabl (2021–2026)
  • MyNetworkTV (secondary, (????–2026, on 3.2)
Call sign meaning
Idaho (former call sign) with extra "K"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID56028
ERP200 kW
HAAT458 m (1,503 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°29′51″N 112°39′53″W / 43.49750°N 112.66472°W / 43.49750; -112.66472
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Public license information

KIDK (channel 3, cable channel 5) is a television station licensed to Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States, serving the Idaho Falls–Pocatello market as an affiliate of MeTV and Fox. It is owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG), owner of ABC, CBS, CW+ and Telemundo affiliate KIFI-TV (channel 8, also licensed to Idaho Falls), for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on North Yellowstone Highway/US 26 in Idaho Falls; KIDK's transmitter is located on East Butte in unincorporated northern Bingham County along the Idaho National Laboratory border.

KIDK's signal is relayed on low-power translator KXPI-LD (channel 34, owned by NPG outright alongside KIFI-TV) in Pocatello, with transmitter on Howard Mountain in unincorporated Bannock County west of downtown Pocatello.