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Low-power digital · channel 28 · TWIN FALLS, ID
| Facility ID | 59256 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | SCRIPPS BROADCASTING HOLDINGS LLC |
| Community of licence | TWIN FALLS, ID
The town the station is legally obliged to serve. This is a regulatory obligation, not the transmitter location — the two are often tens of miles apart. |
| Transmitter | 42.72942, -114.41569 |
| Effective radiated power | 15 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 1341.5 m above average terrain · directional |
Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-24.
Whether this transmitter reaches a given address depends on the terrain between the two points, not just the distance. Ask for a specific spot:
GET /api/receivable?lat=&lon=
The answer grades the path geometry from the USGS 10 m elevation model and says how far into an obstruction it is. It ranks paths; it does not promise a picture.
| Website | https://www.kivitv.com/ksaw |
| AI crawlers blocked by name | 2
|
Publishes /llms.txt | no |
Publishes /.well-known/ai | no |
| Structured data on the homepage | yes |
Checked 2026-09-22 by fetching robots.txt
and the homepage once each. A robots.txt entry is evidence that a line exists in a file. It is not
evidence of intent, and there are sound reasons a publisher may choose it.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| KMVT | 11 | DTV | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| KSVT-CD | 14 | DCA | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| KTFT-LD | 20 | LPD | KING BROADCASTING COMPANY |
| K21ME-D | 21 | LPD | I84 BROADCASTING COMPANY |
| KIPT | 22 | DTV | STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, STATE OF IDAHO |
| KGLW-LD | 23 | LPD | VENTURA MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC |
| KDLN-LD | 26 | LPD | VENTURA MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LLC |
| KXTF | 34 | DTV | TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC. |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KSAW-LD | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KSAW-LD | the facility record |
POST /mcp | MCP, nine tools, no key required |
A Rootz dataset. Sources and licences at /api/sources. Corrections: the underlying records come from the FCC and Wikidata, and a fix there flows through here on the next daily run.