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KCIX-TV
Channels
Ownership
OwnerHagadone Broadcasting Co.
History
First air date
November 9, 1958 (1958-11-09)
Last air date
January 4, 1960 (1960-01-04)
Technical information
ERP8,320 watts [1]
HAAT340 ft (100 m)

KCIX-TV was a television station broadcasting on channel 6 in Nampa, Idaho, United States, from November 9, 1958, to January 4, 1960. It was the second attempt to establish a station on the allocation, after KFXD-TV, which had lasted two months in 1953.

History

Radio Boise, Inc.—soon changed to the Hagadone Broadcasting Company—received the construction permit to build a new channel 6 TV station from the Federal Communications Commission on March 27, 1958. [2] Hagadone had recently sold KYME radio in Boise and at the time of the grant was owner of a radio station in Soda Springs. The station signed on November 9, 1958, from leased space in the Nampa transmitter building of KFXD ( 580 AM) and an antenna on one of the station's towers; plans called for the eventual establishment of the station's own studio base in Nampa. [3] While it was promised that the station would use syndicated programming from ABC, and that live network affiliation was being negotiated, none came to pass. [3] At the time, KIDO-TV (channel 7) was the ABC affiliate in the Boise area. [4]

Hagadone got the station on air, but no network programs ever emerged. Seeking additional capital for the company, Hagadone reached a deal in August 1959 to join forces with Pocatello radio station KBLI, which held the construction permit for KTLE, also on channel 6, in that eastern Idaho city; the two stations would share programming. Hagadone would own 20 percent of the combined company, "KTLI, Inc.", with a majority stake being owned by Howard Johnson, who also owned KNAK in Salt Lake City. [5] Plans were revealed to move KCIX's transmitter to Deer Point in the Boise National Forest, improving the station's coverage. [6] The station switched to operating on a minimum schedule while it awaited FCC action on the transfer of control. [7] On January 4, 1960, Hagadone then announced the station would go off the air altogether pending approval. [8]

The transaction had fallen apart by mid-1960, when the purchase of KCIX-TV by the Publix Broadcasting Co., incorporated by Samuel Nissley (owner of KLOR-TV in Provo, Utah) and Vern Kloepfer, [9] was announced. Publix promised new call letters, a new studio near Boise, and a new transmitter site on Deer Point, and it claimed to be in negotiations for an ABC affiliation. [10] In December, Hagadone sued KBLI, seeking $9,500 it had placed as a down payment before opting to back out of the sale agreement. [11] That same month, the two other stations in Boise, KBOI-TV and KIDO-TV, filed to block Publix's concurrent attempt to purchase KYME radio, claiming it was selling securities to the Idaho public without registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [12] Not long after, KTLE, the Pocatello station with which KCIX-TV was to be associated, signed off the air as a result of NBC moving its affiliation for that market to KIFI-TV in Idaho Falls. [13]

The license remained in force until the FCC dismissed its renewal application on June 18, 1964. [14]

References

  1. ^ "KCIX-TV" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1959. p. B-23. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 7, 1958. p. 89. Retrieved March 21, 2021. (Note correction)
  3. ^ a b "Channel 6 Sets Oct. 26". Idaho Free Press. October 2, 1958. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  4. ^ "New & Upcoming Stations" (PDF). Television Digest. November 8, 1958. p. 10. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 2, 1959. p. 78. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  6. ^ "KTLE to Form Idaho Network With Boise". Idaho State Journal. August 19, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  7. ^ "Nampa, Pocatello Stations Merge". Idaho Free Press. September 2, 1959. p. 3. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "Channel Six to Stop Broadcasts". Idaho Free Press. UPI. January 4, 1960. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  9. ^ "Articles Filed By Broadcasters". Idaho State Journal. June 17, 1960. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  10. ^ "Publix Purchases TV Franchise". Idaho Free Press. July 14, 1960. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  11. ^ "KBLI Sued For Payment On TV Station". Idaho State Journal. December 23, 1960. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  12. ^ "KYME sale protested" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 5, 1960. pp. 9, 10. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  13. ^ "KBLI Director Defends Firm". Idaho State Journal. August 10, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  14. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 29, 1964. p. 86. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
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