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KTLE to Form Idaho Network With BoiseDS.The purchase by KBIT, Inc. of the con I rolling Interest in a Boise television station will permit the formation oE a two-station Idaho television network, according to Howard Johnson, president of KBLI, Inc.Johnson $ald articles of'incorporation are on file with the secretary of state for the formation of KTLI, Inc. The KTLI corporation will own station KC1X-TV ip Boise,IuniHaat'finSixty per cent of the, KTLI, Tnc,miSOIarlt;onstock vwll be owned by KBLI, Inc., which also owns Pocatello's KTLI* TV and1 fcadio station KBLT in Blacfcfoot. Capitalization for KTLI was listed at *530,000.Johnson said KCIX in Boise and KTLE in Pocatello wit! be ‘'sisterfoilo’avclmststations.” He said the stations willlraoffer “package” contracls to national advertisers and hope to obtain better programming ihrough the more attractive offer of being able to cover “most of western and eastern Idaho.He said the stations will be able to beam their programs to one another. This would make it possible to send sports and other local events of either of the two cities to the viewers m both cities, he said.The merger-of the two stations was originally announced by Roger Hngadone, president of KCIX in Boise, Hagadone noted that the move still requires Federal Communications Commission approval.Hagadone • will remain on the board of directors of the corporation, will continue as general manager and svill own 20 per cent of -the station,KCIX wilt ask permis;on of the FC€ to increase its power and move Us transmitter and tower local ion to Deer Point, a position high above Boise and one that is atso occupied by. transmitters of the other two Boise stations.mu:ba
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Wed, Aug 19, 1959
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