KAKM

KAKM / KTOO-TV
KAKM: Anchorage, Alaska KTOO: Juneau, Alaska United States

Branding	Alaska Public Television
Slogan	Life. Informed.
Channels	Digital: KAKM:8 (VHF) KTOO:10 (VHF) Virtual: KAKM: 7 (PSIP) KTOO: 3 (PSIP)
Subchannels	x.1 PBS x.2 Create x.3 360 North
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	KAKM: Alaska Public Media KTOO: Capital Community Broadcasting, Inc. (operated by Alaska Public Media) (KAKM: Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc.)
First air date	KAKM: May 7, 1975 (1975-05-07) KTOO: October 1, 1978 (1978-10-01)
Call letters' meaning	KAKM Anchorage Kenai Matanuska KTOO: Unknown
Sister station(s)	KSKA, KTOO, KNLL, KRNN, KYUK-LD
Former channel number(s)	Analog: KAKM: 7 (VHF, 1975–2009) KTOO: 3 (VHF, 1978–2009)
Transmitter power	KAKM: 50 kW KTOO: 1 kW
Height	KAKM: 240 m KTOO: -363.7 m
Facility ID	KAKM: 804 KTOO: 8651
Transmitter coordinates	KAKM: 61°25′19.8″N 149°52′27.8″W / 61.422167°N 149.874389°W / 61.422167; -149.874389 (KAKM) KTOO: 58°18′4.8″N 134°25′13.6″W / 58.301333°N 134.420444°W / 58.301333; -134.420444 (KTOO-TV)
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	/ KTOO-TV Profile / KTOO-TV CDBS
Website	http://www.alaskapublic.org/kakm/

KAKM is a PBS member station serving Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Owned by Alaska Public Media, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 (or virtual channel 7 via PSIP) from a transmitter located atop the Knik TV Mast. KAKM maintains studios at the Elmo Sackett Broadcast Center on the campus of Alaska Pacific University. 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 3 major geographic areas served by the station Anchorage, Kenai, and Matanuska. KAKM operates a full-time satellite station, KTOO-TV licensed to Juneau, Alaska. KTOO is owned by Capital Community Broadcasting - who owns and operates non-commercial FM radio stations KTOO (FM), KNLL, and KRNN - but is operated by Alaska Public Media. KTOO broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 (or virtual channel 3 via PSIP) from a transmitter in downtown Juneau. KTOO was formerly part of AlaskaOne, until is dissolvement in 2012.

History

KAKM first started regular transmissions on May 7, 1975. Previously, PBS programming had been offered to Anchorage stations on per-program basis. (For example, Sesame Street was carried on KTVA, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on KIMO (now KYUR), and The Electric Company on KENI-TV (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. ^[1] As a result, KTOO-TV became a full-time satellite of KAKM. The other AlaskaOne station, low-power television station KYUK-LD (channel 15) in Bethel, also rebroadcasts KAKM, but it broadcats the Alaska Rural Communications Service on its second digital subchannel in place of Create.

Station presentation

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.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[2]
x.1	1080i	16:9	KAKM-HD KTOO-HD	Main programming / PBS
x.2	480i	4:3	KAKM-CR KTOO-CR	Create
x.3	480i	4:3	360Nort	360 North

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.^[3]

Analog-to-digital conversion

Both stations shut down their analog signals on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate:^[4]

KAKM shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 8. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog 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. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 3.

Translators

KAKM and KTOO extend their over-the-air coverage through a network of translator stations.

**Translators of KAKM**
Call sign	Community of license	Additional Information
K05FW-D	Girdwood, Alaska	FCC
K07PF-D	Homer, Alaska	FCC
K12LA-D	Kenai, Alaska	FCC
K21AM-D	Ninilchik, Alaska	FCC
K48AC-D	Kasilof, Alaska	FCC

**Translators of KTOO-TV**
Call sign	Community of license	Additional Information
K02QM-D	Lemon, Alaska	FCC
K07PF-D	Mendenhall Valley, Alaska	FCC

References

↑ "Split in Alaska public TV consortium". Television Business Report. December 9, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KAKM
↑ http://www.360north.org/about.php
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

Television stations viewable in Anchorage, Alaska

Local stations	KTUU (2.1 NBC HD, 2.2 Justice Network SD) KTBY (4.1 Fox HD) KYES (5.1 MNTV, 5.2 Antenna TV, 5.3 This TV, 5.4 France 24, 5.50 KEUL Music, 5.51 Music, 5.52 Testing) KNIK-LP 6 (Ind./Radio) KAKM (7.1 PBS HD, 7.2 Create, 7.3 360 North) KTVA (11.1 CBS HD) KYUR (13.1 ABC, 13.2 CW) KDMD (33.1 Ion, 33.2 TEL, 33.3 KACN-LP, 33.4 TBN) KCFT-CD (35.1 FamilyNet, 35.2 KATB-FM, 35.3 KAFC-FM, 35.4 Alaska Sports Channel) KACN-LP 38 (Me-TV/IND) K54IT 54 (INSP) K56HV 56 (MTV2)

Alaska broadcast television areas by city Alaskan Bush Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau

Television Stations viewable in Juneau and Southeast Alaska

Juneau	KTOO-TV (3.1 PBS, 3.2 360 North) KATH-LD (5.1 NBC) KJUD (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 Fox) KXLJ-LD (24.1 CBS) K17HC 17 (MNTV)

Ketchikan	KUBD (4.1 CBS) K08KY (IND)

Sitka	KSCT-LP 5 (NBC) KTNL-TV (13.1 CBS)

Alaska broadcast television areas by city Alaskan Bush Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau

PBS Member Stations in the state of Alaska

Alaska Public Television (APT):	KAKM 7 (Anchorage) KTOO 3 (Juneau) KMXT-LP 9 (Kodiak) KYUK-LD 15 (Bethel) ARCS (Alaska Bush)

Other:	KUAC 9 (Fairbanks)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Alaska

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