KDMD (channel 33) is a

television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the eart ...

in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, affiliated with

Ion Television Ion Television is an American broadcast television network owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network first began broadcasting on August 31, 1998, as Pax TV, focusing primarily on family-oriented en ...

and

Telemundo Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...

. 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

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, classic TV and

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before joining Pax TV (the original name for Ion) in 1998. Today, it airs Ion and a variety of local programming. From 2002 to 2006, 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 Spanish-language broadcast station in Alaska.

KDMD-DT3

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

MeTV MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Marketed as "The Definitive Destination for Classic TV", the network airs a variety of classic television program ...

-affiliated third digital subchannel 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

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References

External links

Station website

Telemundo Alaska
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