douglas alaska ksct sitka alaska united states branding nbc southeast slogan nbc for southeast alaska channels analog ksct lp 5 vhf sitka digital kath ld 35 uhf juneau virtual 5 psip affiliations nbc owner denali media holdings denali media southeast corp. first air date kath august 17 1998 1998 08 17 ksct may 1 1995 1995 05 01 call letters meaning kath former owner s wife s name is kathy ksct k sitka community television sister station s kxlj ld ktnl tv kubd ktva former callsigns kath k05jr 1998 2001 ksct k05kh may november 1995 former channel number s kath 5 vhf analog 1998 2011 former affiliations kath the wb secondary 1998 1999 upn secondary ksct fox 1995 1998 the wb secondary 1995 1999 transmitter power kath 0.1 kw ksct 0.049 kw facility id kath 188833 ksct 15348 transmitter coordinates kath 58 18 0 n 134 25 19.7 w 58.30000 n 134.422139 w 58.30000 ; 134.422139 ksct 57 3 27 n 135 20 20.7 w 57.05750 n 135.339083 w 57.05750 ; 135.339083 ksct lp website www.kath.tv www.ksct.tv kath ld is a low power nbc affiliate serving juneau alaska . the station is broadcast over the air in high definition on digital channel 5.1 uhf frequency 35 . it is owned by denali media holdings a subsidiary of alaska s telecommunications company gci . 1 ksct lp is a low power translator of kath in sitka broadcasting over the air and on cable in sitka on channel 5 . ksct does not broadcast digital over the air tv signals at this time . kath is carried on gci cable in juneau on channel 15 on dish network throughout southeast alaska on channel 5 9380 and on directv throughout southeast alaska on channel 5 . kath s high definition feed is also available on gci s basic cable service on channel 652 in juneau sitka ketchikan petersburg and wrangell . kath s standard definition signal is also on gci cable in petersburg wrangell and angoon . daily alaska news is provided through a partnership with anchorage s nbc affiliate ktuu tv . history edit ksct lp was the first of the two stations to go on the air signing on may 1 1995 as a fox affiliate owned by dan etulain who previously owned ktnl channel 13 from 1983 to 1992 . 2 ksct had operated as a cable only station since december 9 1994 ; 3 during that period fox s primetime programming was seen in the afternoon though it was moved into primetime concurrently with channel 5 s sign on . 2 ksct affiliated with fox because at the time it was the only one of the big four television networks that was willing to affiliate with low power television stations . 2 initially most of ksct s non fox programming was supplied by national empowerment television though it also broadcast some local programming ; 2 3 after net moved to a satellite that the station could not receive its programming was replaced with channel america outdoor channel and american independent network on december 1 1995 . 4 by this time ksct had added a secondary affiliation with the wb . 4 the station was originally assigned the call letters k05kh ; it officially became ksct lp on november 20 1995 5 though it had promoted itself as ksct since its launch . 2 in june 1998 etulain announced that he would launch kath as juneau s nbc affiliate that july ; ksct lp had switched to nbc by this time as well . 6 delays in receiving equipment required to place the station on gci s lineup postponed the launch of the station to august 17 1998 . 7 nbc programming was previously only available in juneau via cable carriage of seattle s king tv ; however king was not carried on the basic cable tier unlike kath . 6 kath supplemented nbc programming with blocks of local programming which generally consisted of pre recorded coverage of community events and high school sports ; at its launch the station did not air any local newscasts . 6 7 juneau s existing stations abc affiliate kjud channel 8 and pbs station ktoo tv channel 3 were at the time part of the statewide alaska s superstation and alaskaone networks respectively with limited local programming . 6 shortly after kath s launch etulain purchased 8 k05jr 9 which had been licensed in 1994 ; 10 the sale was completed on may 26 1999 . 8 k05jr and ksct lp continued their secondary wb affiliations until early 1999 ; at that time k05jr added a secondary upn affiliation . 11 k05jr s call sign was changed to kath lp on november 15 2001 ; 9 it had been calling itself kath on the air since its sale to etulain . by early 2003 kath was simulcasting local newscasts from ktuu tv in anchorage . 12 kath ended analog over the air broadcasts in november 2011 . on november 9 2012 gci through subsidiary denali media holdings announced plans to purchase kath and ksct from dan etulain s north star television network along with ktva in anchorage from medianews group . 1 the federal communications commission approved the deal on october 29 2013 . 13 kath s news partnership with ktuu tv was suspended on december 7 2013 as a result of a larger dispute between gci and ktuu 14 but a deal to resume it was reached on february 6 2014 . 15 references edit a b gci to purchase nbc for southeast alaska kath tv and ksct tv . retrieved nov 9 2012 . a b c d e haugland shannon april 28 1995 . tv watchers to receive broader viewing . daily sitka sentinel . p. 13 . retrieved april 6 2016 . a b new tv station on air in sitka . daily sitka sentinel . december 30 1994 . p. 7 . retrieved april 6 2016 . a b local station changes schedule . daily sitka sentinel . november 30 1995 . p. 4 . retrieved april 6 2016 . call sign history ksct lp . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved april 6 2016 . a b c d juneau based television station to hit airwaves soon . juneau empire . june 26 1998 . retrieved april 6 2016 . a b new local television station to hit airwaves monday . juneau empire . august 16 1998 . retrieved april 6 2016 . a b application search details dkath lp 1 . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved april 6 2016 . a b call sign history dkath lp . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved april 6 2016 . application search details dkath lp 2 . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved april 6 2016 . smith doug march 1999 . tv news pdf . vhf uhf digest . p. 10 . retrieved april 6 2016 . krueger andrew march 6 2003 . what s up with that . juneau empire . retrieved april 6 2016 . burke jill october 30 2013 . gci wins out in fcc fight over acquisition of alaska tv stations . alaska dispatch . retrieved october 31 2013 . ktuu service in southeast to change . juneau empire . december 6 2013 . retrieved december 10 2013 . agreement finalized ktuu tv programming to return to rural alaska on gci cable systems . ktuu.com . february 6 2014 . retrieved february 7 2014 . external links edit official website ksct lp website query the fcc s tv station database for kath ld query the fcc s tv station database for ksct lp biafn s media web database information on kath ld biafn s media web database information on ksct lp v t e 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 v t e nbc network affiliates in the state of alaska ktuu 2 anchorage kath ld 5 ksct lp 5 juneau sitka ktvf 11 fairbanks arcs alaska bush see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in alaska this article about a television station in alaska is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kath ld & oldid 713976718 categories nbc network affiliates1998 establishments in alaskatelevision channels and stations established in 1998television stations in juneau alaskadigital low power stationsalaska building and structure stubswestern united states television station 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