KXTF

KXTF (channel 35) is a

The station originally signed on the air in January 1989 as KKVI, operating as a

KXTF went dark on March 18, 2013, due to the end of its lease of its studio facilities on North Blue Lakes Boulevard in Twin Falls, which were demolished on April 1.^[7] It returned to the air from studios on Second Street in March 2014 as an affiliate of Cozi TV.^[8][9][10] Intermountain West Communications Company reached a deal to sell KXTF and KPVI-DT to Broadcast Partners in June 2013; Idaho Broadcast Partners is a subsidiary of Frontier Radio Management.^[11][12] The sale was completed on May 13, 2014.^[13] Ten days later, on May 23, 2014, KXTF again ceased broadcasting, citing technical problems;^[14] the station returned in May 2015, still affiliated with Cozi TV.^[15][16]

On January 29, 2016, Frontier Radio Management sold Idaho Broadcast Partners to NBI Holdings, LLC,^[17] which owns Northwest Broadcasting.^[18] The sale was completed on March 24.^[19] In November 2017, Northwest Broadcasting agreed to donate KXTF to Tri-State Christian Television.^[20] After the donation, the station became a TCT O&O, adding TCT HD and TCT Kids to its subchannels.

Newscasts

KXTF simulcast KPVI on Fox News at 9, a half-hour 9 p.m. newscast produced for Pocatello sister station KFXP by NBC affiliate KPVI-DT (which operated KFXP through an operational agreement with owner Compass Communications). As a result of both stations disaffiliating from Fox on July 1, 2012, the newscast was canceled with the last broadcast airing on June 30, 2012.^[21] The station eventually began airing KPVI More at 5:30 p.m. weeknights, but the program contained no weather or sports updates and focused on features, rather than day-to-day news coverage.

Subchannels

The station's signal is

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