truck. The station has won a total of seven National Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). KTVB is also the recipient of numerous Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northwest Chapter. On September 30, 2013, KTVB added the area's second weekday hour-long 4:00 p.m. newscast (after KBOI-TV). Notable former-on air staff Eric Johnson – weekend sports anchor (1984–1986). Currently weeknight anchor for KOMO 4 in Seattle. Technical information Subchannels The stations' digital signals are multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion KTVB shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 26 to VHF channel 7 for post-transition operations. Translators See also Circle 7 logo KTVB-DT2 Northwest Cable News References External links NBC network affiliates True Crime Network affiliates Quest (American TV network) affiliates Twist (TV network) affiliates Rewind TV affiliates Tegna Inc. Television channels and stations established in 1953 1953 establishments in Idaho TVB 24-hour television news channels in the United States Former Gannett subsidiaries