KBCI-TV

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KBCI-TV

Boise, Idaho
Branding	CBS2 (general) CBS2 Eyewitness News (newscasts)
Channels	2 (VHF) analog, 28 (HDTV, UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS (secondary until 1974)
Owner	Fisher Communications
Founded	November 26, 1953
Call letters meaning	See main article
Former callsigns	KBOI-TV (1953-1974)
Former affiliations	ABC (1953-1974) DuMont (1953-1955)
Website	www.2news.tv

KBCI-TV channel 2 is a CBS affiliate in Boise, Idaho. It is owned by Fisher Communications and is the market's second television station, having signed on the air on November 26, 1953.

KBCI originally signed on as KBOI-TV with CBS, ABC and DuMont affiliations. By 1974 the ABC affiliation went to new sign-on KIVI, leaving KBOI with CBS. After its co-owned radio stations were sold, its call letters were changed to KBCI. The KBCI call letters were chosen because at the time, the station had a sign consisting of 10 to 12 foot high metal letters "KBOI" on the front of its studio, and the station could make the old sign match the new call letters simply by sawing out a section of the "O."

KBCI also owns and operates local Univision affiliate KUNB-LP channel 35.

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KBCI logo used in 1986; this logo is similar to the one used by San Francisco's KTVU.

The current KBCI logo.

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Broadcast television in the Boise market (Nielsen DMA #119)
KBCI 2 (CBS) - KAID 4 (PBS/IPTV) - KIVI 6 (ABC) - KTVB 7 (NBC) - KNIN 9 (The CW, CW+ on DT2) - KTRV 12 (Fox) - K17ED 17 (3ABN) - KCLP-CA 18 (TCT) - KMBA-LP 19 (A1) - K31FD 31 (3ABN) - KBSE-LP 33 (HSN) - KUNB-LP 35 (UNI) - KKJB 39 (A1) - KBTI-LP 41 (JTV) - KIWB-LP 43 (TVAB) - KZAK-LP 49 (24/7 news) - KCBB-LP 51 (AZA)
Local cable television channels
TVTV Cable 11 - 24/7 Cable 28 (KTVB local news channel)