KUBD,
virtual and
VHF
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digital
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channel 13, is a
CBS-
affiliated television station
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licensed
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to
Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan ( ; tli, Kichx̱áan) is a city in and the borough seat of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of Alaska. It is the state's southeasternmost major settlement. Downtown Ketchikan is a National Historic District.
With a population at the 20 ...
, United States. Owned by
Gray Television
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, it is operated as a full-time
satellite
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of
Juneau
The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the s ...
-licensed
KYEX-LD (channel 5). KUBD's transmitter is located in downtown Ketchikan.
On cable, KUBD is available on channel 4 on GCI and KPU CommVision, the latter of which is owned by the City of Ketchikan.
History
The station went on the air April 1, 1995 as KNEB-TV, operating on
analog
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channel 4. It became KUBD in 1998. Originally a
TBN affiliate, the station switched to Pax (now
Ion Television
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) when it launched in 1998 and joined CBS in 2000. It continued a secondary affiliation with Pax for some time after joining CBS.
KUBD launched their digital signal in early 2006 on channel 13. KUBD stayed on channel 13 when the digital switchover took place in 2009.
On December 9, 2013, Ketchikan Television filed to sell KUBD, along with KTNL-TV in
Sitka
russian: Ситка
, native_name_lang = tli
, settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough
, image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg
, image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984
, image_size ...
and
KXLJ-LD
KXLJ-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 24, was a low-powered CBS- affiliated television station that was licensed to Juneau, Alaska, United States. It was a full-time satellite of Sitka-licensed KTNL-TV (channel 13) which was owned by Dena ...
in
Juneau
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, to Denali Media Holdings, a subsidiary of local cable provider
GCI. The deal would make them sister stations to
NBC
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affiliate
KATH-LD in Juneau and its satellite KSCT-LP in Sitka, as well as fellow CBS affiliate
KTVA in
Anchorage, Alaska
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.
The sale was completed on July 28, 2014.
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Digital television
The station's digital signal is multiplexed
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:
See also
* KTUU-TV
* KAUU
References
External links
1995 establishments in Alaska
Ketchikan, Alaska
Television channels and stations established in 1995
UBD (TV)
Gray Television
CBS network affiliates
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