KTUU-TV
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| KTUU-TV | |
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| Anchorage, Alaska | |
| Branding | Channel 2 |
| Slogan | Alaska's News Source |
| Channels | Analog: 2 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | NBC (primary 1953-1967, secondary 1967-1970, primary 1971-present) |
| Owner | Zaser & Longston, Inc. (sale pending to Schurz Communications, Inc.) (Channel 2 Broadcasting Company) |
| First air date | 1953[1] |
| Call letters’ meaning | TUU sounds like Two |
| Former callsigns | KFIA (1953-1955) KENI-TV (1955-1981) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1953-1971, secondary until 1967) |
| Transmitter Power | 100 kW (analog) 21 kW (digital) |
| Height | 219 m (analog) 240 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 10173 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.ktuu.com |
KTUU-TV, which brands itself as "Channel 2" on-air, is an NBC affiliate serving Anchorage, Alaska. The station is owned by Zaser & Longston of Bellevue, Washington. On December 20, 2007, the Anchorage Daily News reported that Zaser & Longston had reached an agreement to sell the station to Schurz Communications of South Bend, Indiana.
The station is broadcast over the air on analog channel 2 and digital channel 10; on local cable system, GCI on standard cable channel 2 and high-definition cable channel 652. KTUU is also available on DIRECTV and DISH Network for the Anchorage television market.
Its over-the-air transmitter is located in Knik, Alaska.
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[edit] History
KTUU is one of Alaska's first two TV stations to sign on in the state (KTVA is the other), signing on in 1953 as KFIA, and was the first station in Alaska to broadcast in color in 1966. It became KENI-TV in 1955, and then KTUU in 1981. The station had dual affiliation with NBC and ABC until October 1, 1967 when it switched to ABC primary and NBC secondary, primarily because ABC had more programs on film. Channel 2 became a full-time ABC affiliate in 1970 when KHAR (now KIMO) took the NBC affiliation. The 2 stations switched networks in October, 1971, at which time KHAR became KIMO.
[edit] Digital television
The station's digital channel has both High Definition and Standard Definition programming feeds:
Digital channels
| Channel | Programming |
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| 2.1 / 10.1 | KTUU-HD |
| 2.2 / 10.2 | KTUU-SD |
[edit] References
- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says December (no date given), while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 16.
[edit] External links
- KTUU's website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KTUU
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTUU-TV
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