KTVA

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KTVA

Anchorage, Alaska
Branding	KTVA CBS 11/CBS 11 News
Slogan	Not Just What Happens, What Matters.
Channels	11 (VHF) analog, 28 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	MediaNews Group
Founded	1953
Call letters meaning	Tele Vision Alaska
Website	[1]

KTVA, channel 11, is a CBS affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska. The station is owned by the MediaNews Group newspaper chain.

KTVA is broadcast on over-the-air on analog channel 11 and digital channel 28, as well as on the local cable system, GCI.

[edit] History

KTVA is Alaska's first TV station, having signed on the air on December 11, 1953. The station was also a secondary ABC affiliate (which it shared with KTUU-TV) until KIMO debuted in 1967. The station was also a DuMont affiliate in the 1950s [2].

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Broadcast television in the Anchorage market (Nielsen DMA #154)

Anchorage:
KTUU 2 (NBC) - KTBY 4 (Fox) - KYES 5 (MNTV) - KZND-LP 6 (Ind)¹ - KAKM 7 (PBS) - KTVA 11 (CBS) - KIMO 13 (ABC/The CW on DT2) - KDMD 33 (i/HSN) - KCFT-LP 35 (FamilyNet)

Outlying Areas:²
KYUK 4 (PBS/AK1, Bethel) - KMXT 9 (PBS/AK1, Kodiak) - KUBD-LP 11 (CBS/i, Kodiak)

¹-- audio only; simulcast of KZND 94.7 FM
²-- areas of Alaska that are not part of any market ([3]), but receive Anchorage channels on cable

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Alaska

KUBD 4 / KUBD-LP 11 (Ketchikan / Kodiak) - KTVA 11 (Anchorage) - K13XD 13 (Fairbanks) - KTNL 13 / KTNL-LP 24 (Sitka / Juneau)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Alaska