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 7.1 10.1 pbs 7.2 10.2 create 7.3 10.3 360 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 ; 41 years ago 1975 05 07 ktoo october 1 1978 ; 38 years ago 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 . contents 1 history 2 station presentation 3 digital television 3.1 digital channels 3.2 analog to digital conversion 4 translators 5 references 6 external links history edit 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 edit 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 edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed digital channels channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 7.1 1080i 16 9 kakm hd main programming pbs 10.1 ak pbs 7.2 480i 4 3 kakm cr create 10.2 create 7.3 kakm 7 . 360 north 10.3 360nort 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 edit kakm and ktoo shut down their analog signal over vhf channel 7 and vhf channel 3 respectively 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 . both station s digital signal remained on their pre transition vhf channel 8 for kakm and vhf channel 10 for ktoo . 4 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 7 . translators edit 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 edit 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 edit kakm official website query the fcc s tv station database for kakm query the fcc s tv station database for ktoo biafn s media web database information on kakm tv biafn s media web database information on ktoo tv v t e 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 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 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kakm & oldid 740253287 categories 1975 establishments in alaskapbs member stationstelevision channels and stations established in 1975television stations in anchorage alaska navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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