KPTH

KPTH

Sioux City, Iowa United States
Channels	Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 44
Branding	Fox Siouxland My KPTH (DT2) CBS Siouxland (DT3)
Programming
Affiliations	44.1: Fox 44.2: TBD/MyNetworkTV 44.3: CBS
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (KPTH Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	KMEG
History
First air date	May 9, 1999 (25 years ago) (1999-05-09)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 44 (UHF, 1999–2009) Digital: 49 (UHF, 2009–2018)
Call sign meaning	Pappas Telecasting of the Heartland, from founding owner[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	77451
ERP	871 kW
HAAT	613 m (2,011 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°35′12″N 96°13′19″W / 42.58667°N 96.22194°W / 42.58667; -96.22194
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	siouxlandnews.com

KPTH (channel 44) is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, United States, affiliated with Fox and CBS. It is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to Dabl affiliate KMEG (channel 14) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Waitt Broadcasting. The two stations share studios along I-29 (postal address says Gold Circle) in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota; KPTH's transmitter is located in unincorporated Plymouth County, Iowa, east of James and US 75 along the Woodbury County line.

KPTH has been the Fox affiliate for Sioux City since its construction by Pappas Telecasting in 1999. Its operations were merged with KMEG, then the CBS affiliate, in 2005. After Pappas filed for bankruptcy protection, the station was sold to Titan TV Broadcast Management in 2009 and again to Sinclair in 2013. KPTH absorbed the CBS programming previously on KMEG in 2021. KPTH aired local news from 2006 to 2023.