KDMD (channel 33) is a
television station
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in
Anchorage, Alaska
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, United States, affiliated with
Ion Television and
Telemundo
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. The station is owned by Ketchikan Television, and maintains studios on East 66th Avenue near the
Seward Highway
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in Anchorage; its transmitter is located in
Eagle River.
History
The station debuted on the air on October 1, 1989, with a mix of
religious, classic TV and
paid programming before joining Pax TV (the original name for Ion) in 1998. Today, it airs Ion and a variety of local programming. From
2002
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to
2006
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, KDMD carried
Seattle Mariners
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baseball via the Mariners Television Network.
In June 2007, the station began broadcasting
Telemundo
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on a digital subchannel, making it the first
Spanish-language
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broadcast station in Alaska.
KDMD-DT3
KDMD-DT3 (branded on-air as MeTV Alaska) is the
MeTV-affiliated third
digital subchannel
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of KDMD, broadcasting in standard definition on channel 33.3. In addition to MeTV programming, the subchannel broadcasts a mix of local Alaskan programming daily from both professional and amateur video producers. Until 2010, KDMD-DT3 operated as a separate station on
analog
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UHF channel 38 under the calls KACN-LP. On April 24, 2014, KACN became a MeTV affiliate.
Rabbitears: KDMD/KACN
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Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
See also
* KUBD-LP
References
External links
Station website
Telemundo Alaska
1989 establishments in Alaska
Television channels and stations established in 1989
DMD (TV)
Ion Television affiliates
Telemundo network affiliates
MeTV affiliates
Grit (TV network) affiliates
Laff (TV network) affiliates
Court TV affiliates
Buzzr affiliates
Movies! affiliates
Decades (TV network) affiliates
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