KPTH

KPTH (channel 44) is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, United States, affiliated with Fox and CBS.

Pappas Telecasting received a construction permit to build a new station in Sioux City on February 25, 1997, immediately announcing that it planned to put KPTH on the air as a Fox affiliate in early 1998.

It operated from offices in South Sioux City, Nebraska, and broadcast from an interim antenna at the 1,500-foot (460 m) level of its planned 2,000-foot (610 m) tower for the first five months.

[1] It also provided tower space for KMEG and for the digital facilities of KTIV and Iowa Public Television transmitter KSIN.

[7] In November 2007, Waitt announced it would sell KMEG to Siouxland Television, LLC, with Pappas continuing to operate it as part of the deal.

On January 16, 2009, it was announced that several of the Pappas stations involved in the bankruptcy (including KPTH) would be sold to New World TV Group (also known as Titan Broadcast Management or Titan TV Broadcast Group) after the transaction received United States bankruptcy court approval; New World/Titan also took over their operations while the sale was completed.