KXDF-CD

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Television station in Fairbanks, Alaska

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::summary Television station in Fairbanks, Alaska ::

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FieldValue
callsignKXDF-CD
logoKXDF-CD logo.png
logo_size200px
locationFairbanks, Alaska
countryUnited States
brandingKXDF Channel 13
digital13 (VHF)
virtual13
affiliations
translators
ownerGray Media
licenseeGray Television Licensee, LLC
airdate
callsign_meaning"KXD Fairbanks" (derived from former K13XD call sign)
sister_stationsKFXF-CD, KTVF
former_callsigns
former_channel_numbersAnalog: 13 (VHF, 1996–2012)
erp3 kW
haat275.4 m
classCD
facility_id64596
coordinates
licensing_authorityFCC
website
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KXDF-CD (channel 13) is a low-power, Class A television station in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Gray Media alongside KFXF-CD (channel 7) and NBC affiliate KTVF (channel 11). The stations share studios on Braddock Street in downtown Fairbanks; KXDF-CD's transmitter is located northeast of the city on Cranberry Ridge.

History

KXDF-CD signed on the air on August 7, 1996, as K13XD, the area's sixth television station, four months after longtime CBS affiliate KTVF switched to NBC. It was owned by Tanana Valley Television Company alongside Fox affiliate KFXF. Before channel 13 signed on, select CBS programming had been seen on KFXF. The addition of K13XD meant that Fairbanks would finally have a station for each of the four main networks: KATN (ABC), KFXF (Fox), KTVF (NBC), and K13XD (CBS), along with KJNP-TV (TBN) and KUAC-TV (PBS).

In 2000, the station upgraded to a class A license, but retained its translator-style call sign; eventually the station branded with a contraction of its translator call as "KXD". In 2012, the station flash-cut from analog to digital, modifying its call sign to K13XD-D. The call letters were changed to KXDD-CD on November 7, 2016, and to KXDF-CD on December 16, 2016.

On November 8, 2016, Northern Lights Media, the subsidiary of Gray Television that operates Anchorage stations KTUU-TV and KYES-TV, announced that it would buy KXDD-CD, KFXF-LD and KTVF for $8 million in cash; the sale was completed on January 13, 2017.

Full-market over-the-air coverage

In addition to its own digital signal, KXDF-CD receives full-market over-the-air coverage via a high definition simulcast on KTVF's third digital subchannel (11.3) from a transmitter on the Ester Dome. The simulcast is most likely a direct compensation for how on March 2, 2017, Tanana Valley Television surrendered their license for KFYF (the original full-market over-the-air distributor of the programming of KFXF-LD) back to the FCC, which cancelled it on March 10. Like KTVF does presently, KFYF had simulcast KXDF-CD on a subchannel.

Newscasts

Despite its ownership with KTVF, KXDF-CD continued to maintain a small-scale local news department separate from channel 11, airing two half-hour newscasts on weekdays at 5 and 11 p.m. Under its old ownership, the station's main news theme in the mid to late 2000s was the main menu theme to the 2000 video game Hitman: Codename 47.

The station's local newscast ceased in November 2024. Moving forward, KXDF-CD and KTVF will air newscasts from KTUU-TV.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed: ::data[format=table title="Subchannels of KXDF-CD{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXDF-CD#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KXDF-CD|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=November 20, 2024}}"]

ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming13.113.2
1080i16:9K13XD-DCBS
480iKTVF-SDNBC (KTVF)
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References

References

  1. "Application Search Details (2)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
  2. "Application Search Details (1)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
  3. "Call Sign History (KXDF-CD)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
  4. [http://www.ktuu.com/content/misc/Northern-Lights-Media-announces-acquisition-of-Fairbanks-television-stations-400417171.html Northern Lights Media announces acquisition of Fairbanks television stations - KTUU.com]
  5. [http://gray.tv/uploads/documents/pressreleases/Press_Release_WBAY_KWQC_KTVF.pdf Gray Closes Green Bay, Davenport and Fairbanks Acquisitions] [[Gray Television]], January 17, 2017, Retrieved, January 22, 2017.
  6. [http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1749213&Service=DC&Form_id=905&Facility_id=64596 Consummation Notice],.[[Federal Communications Commission]], January 20, 2017, Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  7. [http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=49621 RabbitEars TV Query for KTVF]
  8. [http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=72584 RabbitEars TV Query for KFXF-LD]
  9. [http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=64596 RabbitEars TV Query for KXDF-CD]
  10. (March 2, 2017). "Re: KFYF(DT), Fairbanks, Alaska (Facility ID No. 64597) Surrender or Request for Cancellation of License". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
  11. [http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=64597 Station Search Details - Federal Communications Commission]
  12. (February 2, 2006). "K13XD 11pm News, February 2, 2006". [[YouTube]], via channel name NewsActive3.
  13. Barnwell, Jack. (November 18, 2024). "KTVF signs off over weekend with last local broadcast".
  14. "RabbitEars TV Query for KXDF-CD".

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