KBGH

KBGH
(defunct)
Filer/Twin Falls, Idaho
United States
City Filer, Idaho
Channels Analog: 19 (UHF)
Digital: 18 (UHF)
(never used)
Affiliations defunct
Owner College of Southern Idaho
Founded November 3, 1992
First air date July 6, 1999 (1999-07-06)
Last air date February 17, 2009 (2009-02-17)
Former affiliations Educational independent (1999–2009)
Transmitter power 75.9 kW (analog)
40 kW (digital)
Height 161 m (528 ft) (both)
Facility ID 12284
Transmitter coordinates 42°43′47″N 114°24′55.6″W / 42.72972°N 114.415444°W / 42.72972; -114.415444

KBGH was an independent non-commercial educational television station serving Twin Falls, Idaho, United States that was licensed to Filer. It broadcast an analog signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter on Flat Top Butte near Jerome. KBGH was owned by the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) of Twin Falls and existed strictly as a means of providing telecourses and distance learning.

History

An original construction permit for a full-service station was granted to CSI on November 3, 1992. Its original callsign was the application ID, 920210KE, but changed to KBGH on May 14, 1993. Although it was to be a full-service station, its permit specified a low-power 75.9 kW ERP signal. The station commenced broadcasting July 6, 1999.

KBGH was granted a construction permit to construct a digital television station on channel 18, on February 22, 2001. However, CSI has elected not to transition KBGH to a digital facility. On February 17, 2009, the original day of national digital transition, KBGH completely ceased operations. On March 31, 2009, the FCC officially deleted KBGH's callsign.[1]

Since the shut down, CSI has implemented a fully digital online telecommunication system, whereby students at distant sites can participate via the Internet.

Paradoxically, if CSI initially had applied for a license for a LPTV station instead of as a full-service station, it would have remained free to continue analogue broadcasts after the original February 2009 deadline, though it would be required to convert to digital or close down by September 1, 2015.

Programming

CSI used KBGH solely as a means of delivering telecourses to students. When the station was not broadcasting a telecourse, it had no programming at all—only a blank picture is transmitted .

References

  1. ↑ Radio-Info: "DTV transition claims more stations", 3/31/2009.


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