slogan your alaska link channels digital 20 uhf virtual 4 psip subchannels 4.1 fox affiliations fox 1986 present owner coastal television broadcasting company llc first air date december 2 1983 ; 32 years ago 1983 12 02 sister station s katn kjud kyur former channel number s analog 4 vhf 1983 2009 former affiliations independent 1983 1986 transmitter power 234.4 kw height 45 m facility id 35655 transmitter coordinates 61 13 9.5 n 149 53 30.6 w 61.219306 n 149.891833 w 61.219306 ; 149.891833 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.youralaskalink.com ktby virtual channel 4 is a fox affiliated television station serving anchorage alaska . the station is owned by coastal television broadcasting company llc . 1 and co owned with kyur both of which use recording studios located on east tudor road in anchorage while ktby uses a transmitter tower in historic downtown anchorage on top of the hilton anchorage east tower hotel . the station is broadcast on digital over the air channel 20 and on the local cable tv system gci . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channel 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 news operation 4 references 5 external links history edit ktby signed on the air on december 2 1983 as a locally owned independent with mike parker president mike buck general manager and dave peters ii program director before joining the then fledgling fox network on its launch of october 9 1986 and today is still one of the charter affiliates . it was the only fox station in alaska until 1992 when kfxf in fairbanks went on the air ; in the late 1980s it also became the first station in alaska to broadcast 24 hours a day . during the 1980s ktby was the first anchorage station to air professional wrestling with any regularity largely in response to the increase in mainstream interest . televised wrestling programs were largely absent from anchorage television as the programs were traditionally used to promote live events which have been held only occasionally in alaska dating back to the 1950s . the station originally aired awa all star wrestling in conjunction with a short lived attempt on their part to promote events in the market and later world class championship wrestling and wwf superstars of wrestling . in june 2010 coastal television hired scott centers as general manager to manage ktby and under a shared services agreement manage vision alaska i and vision alaska ii . in september 2010 ktby relocated its master control operations to colocate with vision alaska i. dave german is the station manager . digital television edit digital channel edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 4.1 720p 16 9 ktby dt main ktby programming fox analog to digital conversion edit ktby shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 4 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 . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 20 . 3 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 4 . news operation edit until october 1 2008 ktby aired a 9 00 p.m. weeknight newscast produced by local cbs affiliate ktva . this production ceased when ktby began its own news operation . trill gates kristen doogan and ebony williams were initial members of the news operation . citation needed currently newscasts are produced by kyur . references edit 1 rabbitears tv query for ktby dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for ktby biafn s media web database information on ktby tv program information for ktby at titantv.com 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 fox network affiliates in the state of alaska ktby 4 anchorage kfxf 7 fairbanks kjud dt 8.2 juneau arcs alaska bush see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in alaska retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ktby & oldid 718404552 categories fox network affiliates1983 establishments in alaskatelevision channels and stations established in 1983television stations in anchorage alaskahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2014 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 informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 3 may 2016 at 09 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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