KDMD (channel 33) is a

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, United States, affiliated with Ion Television and

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. The station is owned by Ketchikan Television, and maintains studios on East 66th Avenue near the

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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

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, KDMD carried

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baseball via the Mariners Television Network. In June 2007, the station began broadcasting

on a digital subchannel, making it the first

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broadcast station in Alaska.

KDMD-DT3

KDMD-DT3 (branded on-air as MeTV Alaska) is the MeTV-affiliated third

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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

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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:

References

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