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KPTH is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Southern Siouxland licensed to Sioux City, Iowa. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 (or virtual channel 44.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in unincorporated Plymouth County, Iowa, east of James and US 75, along the Woodbury county line. The station can also be seen on Cable ONE channel 2 and in high definition on digital channel 475. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, KPTH operates CBS affiliate KMEG (owned by Waitt Broadcasting, Inc.) through a shared services agreement (SSA). The two outlets share studios along I-29 (postal address says Gold Circle) in unincorporated Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. ==History== The station signed-on May 9, 1999 as the market's fifth television outlet. Airing an analog signal on UHF channel 44, KPTH, originally owned by Pappas Telecasting, immediately joined Fox. Prior to KPTH's launch, future sister station KMEG carried a secondary affiliation with the network. Initially at its sign-on, channel 44 only covered the Sioux City metro area before increasing to full-power in October 1999. This upgrade extended its coverage area to include the 23 county area that makes up the designated market area. KPTH quickly became Siouxland's most-watched station and was a member of the "Fox #1 Club" in 2004 and 2005. The station also began to air the entire FOX lineup nightly. In May 2005, Waitt Broadcasting (owner of KMEG) entered into a shared services agreement with Pappas Telecasting. Although KPTH was designated the senior partner in the arrangement, it moved into KMEG's facility. In November 2007, Waitt announced it would sell KMEG to Siouxland Television, LLC, with Pappas continuing to operate it as part of the deal. However, Pappas' Sioux City duopoly was among the company's thirteen stations which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As a result, the sale of KMEG to Siouxland Television fell through. On January 16, 2009, it was announced several of the Pappas stations involved in the bankruptcy (including KPTH) would be sold to New World TV Group after the transaction received United States bankruptcy court approval. The change in ownership was completed on October 15, 2009, and on that day, New World TV Group took over the SSA with KMEG. KPTH shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 44, at noon on February 17, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television (which Congress had moved the previous month to June 12).〔(Today is the day for digital TV switch ), Dave Dreeszen, Sioux City Journal, February 17, 2009〕〔http://www.kmeg14.com/story/6936989/about-kmeg-14〕〔(List of Digital Full-Power Stations )〕 The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49, using PSIP to display KPTH's virtual channel as 44 on digital television receivers. TTBG announced the sale of most of its stations, including KPTH, to the Sinclair Broadcast Group on June 3, 2013. The sale was finalized on September 30.〔https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101578756&formid=905&fac_num=77451〕 The station's second digital subchannel began carrying college sports broadcasts via the American Sports Network syndication package on August 30, 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KPTH」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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