Historical Marker
Tower Theater
Historical marker location:
321 Carrie Rex Avenue, Melba, Idaho
( Marker is at the intersection of Carrie Rex Avenue and 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on Carrie Rex Avenue.)
Marker installed: 2012
Idaho was the first state to have a complete statewide system of television broadcasting. KIDO-TV, now KTVB, began broadcasting in Boise in 1953, and within a few years, the entire state was covered by a network of television stations.