PBS member station in Anchorage
KAKM
(channel 7) is a
PBS
member
television station
in
Anchorage, Alaska
, United States. Owned by
Alaska Public Media
, it is
sister
to
NPR
member
KSKA
(91.1 FM). The two stations share studios at the Elmo Sackett Broadcast Center on the campus of
Alaska Pacific University
; KAKM's
transmitter
is located near
Knik, Alaska
.
KAKM was the only PBS station in Alaska that was not part of
AlaskaOne
during its existence. The
call letters
were chosen to represent the three major geographic areas served by the station: Anchorage,
Kenai
, and
Matanuska
.
KAKM operates a full-time
satellite station
,
KTOO-TV
(channel 3), licensed to the
capital city
of
Juneau
. This station is owned by Capital Community Broadcasting as a sister to
non-commercial
FM radio stations
KTOO
,
KNLL
, and
KRNN
, but is operated by Alaska Public Media. KTOO's transmitter is located in downtown Juneau. KTOO was formerly part of AlaskaOne, until its dissolution in 2012.
KAKM is also relayed on
low-power
station
KYUK-LD
(channel 15) in
Bethel
, owned by
Bethel Broadcasting, Incorporated
as sister to radio stations KYUK (AM) and KYUK-FM.
History
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KAKM first started regular transmissions on May 7, 1975, at 7:07 p.m. Previously, PBS programming had been offered to Anchorage stations on a per-program basis: for example,
Sesame Street
was carried on
KTVA
(channel 11),
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
on KIMO (channel 13, now
KYUR
) and
The Electric Company
on KENI-TV (channel 2, now
KTUU-TV
).
KAKM became the
flagship station
of Alaska Public Television, the successor to
AlaskaOne
, replacing
KUAC-TV
in
Fairbanks
, on July 1, 2012 (which became a standalone station again).
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As a result, KTOO-TV became a full-time satellite of KAKM. KYUK-LD also rebroadcasts KAKM, but it carries the
Alaska Rural Communications Service
on its second digital subchannel in place of
Create
.
Station presentation
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-
KAKM's former "Line 7" logo, in blue
-
KAKM's former "Line 7" logo, in mauve
-
KAKM's former "Line 7" logo, with
sister station
KSKA
Technical information
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The stations' signals are
multiplexed
:
KAKM subchannels
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KTOO-TV subchannels
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Subchannels of KTOO-TV
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Channel
|
Res.
|
Aspect
|
Short name
|
Programming
|
3.1
|
1080i
|
16:9
|
AK PBS
|
PBS
|
3.2
|
480i
|
Create
|
Create
|
3.3
|
360Nort
|
360 North
|
KYUK-LD subchannels
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360 North provides statewide coverage of Alaska public affairs, documentaries, historical programs, and Native topics. Originating at KTOO-TV, 360 North replaced Gavel to Gavel Alaska, which televised the Alaska Legislature.
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Analog-to-digital conversion
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KAKM and KTOO shut down their analog signals on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States
transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts
under federal mandate:
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- KAKM shut down its analog signal, over
VHF
channel 7; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 8, using
virtual channel
7.
- KTOO shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 10, using virtual channel 3.
Translators
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KAKM and KTOO extend their over-the-air coverage through a network of
translator stations
.
KAKM translators
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References
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External links
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Local stations
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- KTUU-TV
(2.1
NBC
, 2.2
H&I
, 2.3
Start
, 2.4
Crime
,
5.11
CBS
)
- KTBY
(4.1
Fox
, 4.2
Dabl
, 4.3
Cozi
, 4.4
Defy
, 4.5
Ion
, 4.6
Scripps
)
- KAUU
(
2.11
NBC
,
2.12
H&I
,
2.13
Start
,
2.14
Crime
, 5.1
CBS
, 5.2
ANT
, 5.3
Outlaw
, 5.4
MNTV
, 5.5
The365
, 5.6
Mystery
)
- KNIK-LD 6
(
Ind.
/Radio)
- KAKM
(7.1
PBS
, 7.2
Create
, 7.3 360 North, 7.4
PBS Kids
)
- KTVA
(11.1
REW
)
- KYUR
(13.1
ABC
, 13.2
CW+
,
13.3
Fox
, 13.5
Scripps News
)
- KDMD
(33.1
Ion
, 33.2
TMD
, 33.3
MeTV
, 33.4
Grit
, 33.5
NewsNet
, 33.6
Court
, 33.7
Laff
, 33.8
Movies!
, 33.9
Catchy
)
- KCFT-CD
(35.1
Independent
, 35.2
KATB
, 35.3
KAFC
, 35.4
KVNT
)
- K54IT 54
(
INSP
)
- K56HV 56
(
MTV2
)
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Local stations
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- ARCS
(.1
ABC
/
CBS
/
Fox
/
NBC
, .2
PBS
/
KAKM
, .3 UAF TV/
FNX
, .4 360 North, regionwide)
- KUCB-LP 8
(
community bulletin board
,
Unalaska
)
- KYUK-LD
(15.1
PBS
/
KAKM
, 15.2
ARCS
, 15.3 360 North, 15.4 KYUK (AM),
Bethel
)
- K16KJ-D 16
(
3ABN
,
Nome
)
- K16KP-D 16
(
3ABN
,
Dillingham
)
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