| Anchorage, Alaska | |
|---|---|
| Branding | KYUR ABC 13 Anchorage (general) Your Alaska Link (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Alaska's Superstation Your Alaska Link |
| Channels | Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 13 (PSIP) |
| Translators | K03FW 3 Kenai |
| Affiliations | ABC (since 1971) The CW (DT2) |
| Owner | Vision Alaska LLC (Vision Alaska I LLC) |
| First air date | October 31, 1967 |
| Call letters' meaning | YoUR Alaska Link |
| Former callsigns | KHAR-TV (1967-1971) KIMO (1971-2010) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 13 (VHF, 1967-2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1970-1971) PBS (per program, 1971-1975) |
| Transmitter power | 41 kW |
| Height | 240 m |
| Facility ID | 13815 |
| Website | youralaskalink.com |
KYUR, virtual channel 13 (digital channel 12) in Anchorage, is the flagship station of a trio of ABC and digital CW affiliates covering "The Last Frontier" under the "Alaska's Superstation" banner, which also includes KATN and KJUD. It is owned by Vision Alaska. Its transmitter is located at the Knik TV Mast in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
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KYUR-DT broadcasts on digital channel 12.
This station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Virtual channel |
Physical channel |
Video | Aspect | Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | 12.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KYUR-DT | Main KYUR programming / ABC HD |
| 13.2 | 12.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Anchorage CW "KWBX-DT" | CW network and syndicated programming |
KYUR signed on the air on October 31, 1967 as KHAR-TV. It was the third television station in Anchorage, after KTVA and KENI-TV (now KTUU-TV). The station was launched by Willis R. "Bill" Harpel, who operated under the corporate name of Sourdough Broadcasters, Inc. Harpel began his broadcasting career in the early 1940s at Anchorage radio station KFQD, and was previously the owner of radio stations in Ellensburg and Mercer Island, Washington. Prior to the launch of the television station, he started Anchorage radio stations KHAR-AM in 1961 and KHAR-FM (now KBRJ) in 1966. A short time after the television station signed on the air, on January 13, 1968, Harpel died in a snowmobile accident near Girdwood, south of Anchorage. He was 46 years old.[1] His widow, Patricia, took over the reins at a time when the station's future was uncertain. KHAR was, at the time, unable to obtain a network affiliation, forcing it to operate as an independent station. Finally, in 1970, it took the NBC affiliation from KENI. Patricia Harpel became sole owner of Sourdough Broadcasters at around the same time. KHAR swapped affiliations with KENI a year later and joined ABC; that same year, it changed its call letters to KIMO.
In 1972, KIMO opened its own taping facility in Seattle so it could tape ABC shows directly off the network feed without having to use Hawaii as a middleman. The station brought Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and some other PBS programs to Anchorage in the early 1970s, before KAKM signed on in 1975. The station had the top local newscasts in Anchorage from 1977 until 1986, when it was surpassed by KTUU. The station became the flagship of the "Alaska's Superstation" network in 1995, along with KATN and KJUD.
Smith Media sold KIMO and the remainder of the "ABC Alaska's Superstation" system to Vision Alaska LLC in 2010.[2] The station was taken over by Coastal Television, owners of Fox affiliate KTBY, under a shared services agreement that June; on January 1, 2011, KIMO changed its call letters to KYUR.
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