Firsts in Lewiston

Historical marker location:

111 Main Street, Lewiston, Idaho

( Marker is on Main Street near 1st Street.)

Marker installed: 1939

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.