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KTUU-TV
KTUU-TV KTUU is also available on DIRECTV and DISH Network for
the Anchorage television market.
Its over-the-air transmitter is located in Knik, Alaska.
History
KTUU is one of Alaska’s first two TV stations to sign on in
the state (KTVA is the other), signing on in October 1953
KFIA.
as KFIA It became KENI-TV in 1955, and then KTUU in
1981.
Anchorage, Alaska
On September 19, 1966, channel 2 became the first
Branding Channel 2 station in Alaska to transmit in color (NTSC) when it
Channel 2 News aired the premiere episode of the ABC situation comedy
Slogan Alaska’s News Source That Girl (entitled "Don’t Just Do Something, Stand
There!"). The station had joint primary affiliation with
Channels Digital: 10 (VHF)
NBC and ABC (with KTVA picking up some of the slack)
Virtual: 2 (PSIP)
until October 1, 1967 when it switched to ABC primary
Affiliations NBC (joint primary 1953-1967, secondary and NBC secondary, primarily because ABC had more
1967-1970, full-time since 1971) programs on film. Channel 2 became a full-time ABC af-
Owner Schurz Communications, Inc. filiate in 1970 when KHAR (now KYUR) took the NBC af-
(Northern Lights Media, Inc.) filiation. The two stations switched networks in October
1971, at which time KHAR became KIMO. Channel 2 also
Founded October 16, 1953[1]
carried a few PBS programs (particularly The Electric Com-
Call letters’ TUU sounds like Two pany) until KAKM signed on in 1975. Until KTVF in Fair-
meaning banks switched networks from CBS to NBC in April 1996,
Former KFIA (1953-1955) KTUU was the only full-time NBC affiliate in Alaska.
callsigns KENI-TV (1955-1981)[2] In August 2010, KTUU became the third Schurz-
owned television station (after KWCH-DT and KSCW-DT
Former Analog:
Analog
channel 2 (VHF, 1953-2009) in Wichita, Kansas and WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia) to re-
number(s) launch its Web site through a new partnership with the
Tribune Company’s Tribune Interactive division. Previ-
Former ABC (joint primary 1953-1967; primary
ously, the Web address was operated by the local media
affiliations 1967-1971)
PBS (per program, 1970-1975) division of World Now. The other Schurz television sta-
tion Web sites, which are currently operated by Broad-
Transmitter 50 kW cast Interactive Media, will follow suit when their CMS
power
contract with BIM runs out.
Height 240 m KTUU has been number one in the Anchorage, AK
market for decades. The Channel 2 News team routinely
Facility ID 10173
wins regional and national awards and in 1999, became
Transmitter 61°25′19.8″N 149°52′27.8″W / 61.422167°N the first and only television station in Alaska with their
coordinates 149.874389°W / 61.422167; -149.874389 own satellite uplink truck (NewsStar 2). The National
Website KTUU.com Press Photographers Association named KTUU the Small
Market Television News Photography Station of the Year in
KTUU-TV is an NBC affiliated television station serving 2006, 2008 and 2010.[3]
Anchorage, Alaska. The station is owned by Schurz Com- Former Alaska governor and Vice Presidential candi-
munications of South Bend, Indiana. date Sarah Palin (née Heath) was a fill-in weekend sports
The station is broadcast over the air on digital chan- anchor for KTUU shortly after college.
nel 10; on the local cable TV system, GCI on standard
cable channel 2 and high-definition cable channel 652.
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Channel Programming Freq Video Audio
(PSIP) (MHz) PID PID
2.1 KTUU-HD 195 49 52
2.2 KTUU-SD 195 65 68
Digital television • - general assignment reporter
• - general assignment reporter
The station’s digital channel has both High Definition and • - general assignment reporter
Standard Definition programming feeds: • - general assignment reporter
Digital channels • -general assignment reporter
KTUU is one of only two NBC stations in Alaska to broad- • - general assignment reporter
cast its programming in High Definition. The other is 2 Weather Team
KATH in Juneau, which airs all of KTUU’s newscasts. • (AMS Seal of Approval) - Chief Meteorologist;
KTVF Channel 11 in Fairbanks is the only station not car- weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
rying HD programming from NBC. • (AMS Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekday
mornings "Channel 2 News Morning Edition"
Analog feed • (AMS Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekends at
Following the digital transition, which took place on June 5 and 10PM
12, 2009, KTUU maintains analog programming on Chan- • (AMS/NWA Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; fill-in
nel 2 under the Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Sports Team
Readiness Act. A video is broadcast on the channel that • - Sports Anchor/Reporter
informs viewers on how to obtain and use a digital con- • - Sports Anchor; weekends at 5 and 10 p.m. (also
verter box. The video alternates in English and Spanish sports reporter)
and is played throughout the day. • - Sports Anchor; weeknights at 10 p.m. (also sports
reporter)
On-air staff Former on-air staff
• hosted a morning public affairs program for many
Current on-air staff years, similar to Norma Goodman at KTVA.
• was a news reporter for many years, prior to joining
KFQD as the host of a radio talk show.
• joined the station from KTVA in 1996, replacing John
Tracy as news director in 2008. He was fired in early
February 2009 by still-fairly-new General Manager
Susan Lucas. He was rehired about 10 days later, but
relegated to an off-air role,[4] although he
occasionally fills in.
• - Intern Sports Anchor
• joined the station at roughly the same time as
Downey in 1985. With the Tracy-Downey anchor
team, KTUU quickly became the dominant news
KTUU anchor Megan Baldino waits to begin her report from station in the market, a title held by KIMO for most
Front Street in Nome during the 2007 Iditarod. of the previous decade. He became news director in
1987 and retired from the station in 2008 when
Anchors Schurz Communications bought the company.[5]
• - weeknights at 6 p.m. • became a sports reporter at KTUU in April 1984. He
• - weekday mornings "Channel 2 News Morning established himself and remained a community
Edition" (also producer) favorite for the next 28 years largely because of his
• - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. deft ability to combine sports, comedy and
• - weekday mornings "Channel 2 News Morning showmanship. For much of Carpenter’s tenure,
Edition" (also reporter) Channel 2 News featured his humor in a weekly
• - weekends at 5 and 10 p.m. (also reporter) segment called "The World According to Carp." In
Reporters December 2010, "Carp" answered his "higher calling"
• - general assignment reporter
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and left KTUU to become an associate pastor at [2] Mitchell, Elaine B., ed (1973). Alaska Blue Book (First
Baxter Road Bible Church in East Anchorage.[6] ed.). Juneau: Alaska Department of Education,
Division of State Libraries. p. 136.
News/station presentation [3] http://www.nppa.org/about_us/
honors_and_recognitions/station_of_year/
[4] O’Malley, Julia (February 2, 2009). "Longtime KTUU
Newscast titles newsman loses job". Anchorage Daily News
• World News (1953–1955) (Anchorage). http://www.adn.com/2009/02/02/
• KENI-TV News (1955–1964) 676863/longtime-ktuu-newsman-loses-job.html.
• The Alaska Report (1964–1968) Retrieved September 3, 2010.
• Newsnight (1968–1971) [5] Bluemink, Elizabeth (June 10, 2008). "TV news
• Newscope (1971–1975) director Tracy to leave KTUU". Anchorage Daily
• TV-2 News (1975–1981) News (Anchorage). http://www.adn.com/2008/06/
• Newservice 2 (1981–1986) 10/432425/tv-news-director-tracy-to-leave.html.
• Channel 2 News (1986–present) Retrieved September 3, 2010.
[6] http://www.adn.com/2011/01/15/1650962/carp-i-
Station slogans made-the-decision-to-walk.html
• Alaska’s Color Station (1960s)
• Keep Your News on Your Scope, with Newscope! (early
1970s)
External links
• TV-2 News, The News People (1977–1979) • KTUU’s website
• Alaska’s 24-Hour News Channel (1990–1995) • Query the FCC’s TV station database for KTUU
• Alaska’s News Source (1995–present) • BIAfn’s Media Web Database -- Information on
KTUU-TV
• Program Information for KTUU at TitanTV.com
References • YouTube - Al Bramstedt interviews Noel Wien in the
[1] The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says December KENI-TV studios, 1972
(no date given), while the Television and Cable
Factbook says October 16.
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• Television stations in Anchorage, Alaska
• Channel 10 digital TV stations in the United States
• Television channels and stations established in 1953
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