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| Anchorage, Alaska | |
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| Channels | Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 7 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc. |
| First air date | May 7, 1975 |
| Sister station(s) | KSKA |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 7 (VHF, 1975-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 50 kW |
| Height | 240 m |
| Facility ID | 804 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 61°25′19.8″N 149°52′27.8″W / 61.422167°N 149.874389°W |
| Website | https://www.kakm.org/ |
KAKM is a Public television station in Anchorage, Alaska, broadcasting locally on digital channel 8 as a PBS member station. The station is owned by Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc., and is the only PBS station in Alaska that is not part of AlaskaOne. Its program is transmitted from Knik TV Mast. The call letters were chosen to represent the 3 major geographic areas served by the station Anchorage, Kenai, and Matanuska.
The station 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 will become the flagship station of AlaskaOne, replacing KUAC-TV in Fairbanks, on July 1, 2012.[1]
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Station Presentation [link]
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KAKM 1 Blue.jpg
KAKM's former "Line 7" logo, in blue.
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KAKM's former "Line 7" logo, in mauve.
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KAKM's former "Line 7" logo, with sister station KSKA.
Digital television [link]
The station's digital channel, VHF 8, is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Callsign | Programming |
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| 7.1 | KAKM-HD | Main KAKM programming / PBS HD |
| 7.2 | KAKM-CR | Create |
| 7.3 | KAKM-7. | 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.[2]
References [link]
- ^ "Split in Alaska public TV consortium". Television Business Report. December 9, 2011. https://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/split-in-alaska-public-tv-consortium.html. Retrieved Deccember 10, 2011.
- ^ https://www.360north.org/about.php
External links [link]
- KAKM official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KAKM
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KAKM-TV
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