KIVI FCC political-file form names Commercial Space Experts—not Redbird—as Defend and Protect’s media agency

Verification: the user-provided KIVI Political File Disclosure Form is dated May 8, 2026 and identifies Commercial Space Experts, 2400 Laramie Trail, Austin, TX 78745, phone 512-297-7349, contact Kristin Black, as the agency. The sponsor is Defend and Protect Idaho, PO Box 162, Boise; Gary Raney is listed as chair and Judith Ellis as treasurer. The form does not name Redbird Strategies. This date matches the $110,000 Defend-and-Protect payment to Redbird recorded in Idaho campaign-finance data. A second user-provided NAB agreement for the same sponsor likewise names Commercial Space Experts and K. Black, but its station-completion fields (station representative, date, call letters, run dates, disposition) are blank. Interpretation: Redbird may have been paid for a broader strategic/vendor role while broadcast placement was handled by an outside agency, or the transaction chain may be a pass-through; the PDFs alone do not establish which. The incomplete form is an anomaly to verify, not proof of wrongdoing.