KDMD (TV)
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Anchorage, Alaska United States | |
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Branding |
KDMD Channel 33 Telemundo Alaska (on DT2) KACN TV (on DT3) |
Channels |
Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 33 (PSIP) |
Subchannels |
33.1 Ion Television 33.2 Telemundo 33.3 MeTV 33.4 TBN 33.5 Movies! |
Translators |
KLDY-LD 41 (UHF) Anchorage K45HQ-D 45 (UHF) Anchorage |
Owner | Ketchikan Television LLC |
First air date | October 1, 1989 |
Sister station(s) | KDMD-LP, KUBD-LP |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 33 (UHF, 1989–2009) |
Former affiliations |
Secondary: HSN (2000s) |
Transmitter power | 17.2 kW |
Height | 300.2 m |
Facility ID | 25221 |
Transmitter coordinates | 61°20′8.9″N 149°30′55.9″W / 61.335806°N 149.515528°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www.kdmd.tv |
KDMD is an Ion Television-affiliated television station located in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Owned by Ketchikan Television LLC, the station broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 (or virtual channel 33 via PSIP)from a transmitter located in Eagle River. KDMD maintains studios on East 66th Avenue near the Seward Highway in Anchorage.
History
The station debuted on the air on October 1, 1989 with a mix of religious, classic TV and infomercial programming before joining Pax TV (the original name for Ion) in 1998. Today it airs Ion Television and a variety of local programming. KDMD used to carry Seattle Mariners baseball via the Mariners Television Network.
In June 2007, the station began broadcasting Telemundo on a digital subchannel, making it the first Spanish-language broadcast station in Alaska.
Station Presentation
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Former PAX logo
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KDMD's alternate Ion logo
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
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33.1 | 480i | 4:3 | ION | Ion Television |
33.2 | TELEMUNDO | Telemundo | ||
33.3 | Me-TV | Me-TV | ||
33.4 | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network | ||
33.5 | 16:9 | MOVIES! | Movies! |
See also
References
External links
- Station website
- Telemundo Alaska
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KDMD
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KDMD-TV