KXDF-CD explained

Callsign:KXDF-CD
Location:Fairbanks, Alaska
Country:United States
Branding:KXDF 13; NewsCenter Fairbanks
Digital:13 (VHF)
Virtual:13
Affiliations:13.1: CBS
13.2: NBC
Translators:KFXF-LD 7.2 (VHF) Fairbanks
KTVF-DT 11.3 (26.3 UHF) Fairbanks
Owner:Gray Television
Licensee:Gray Television Licensee, LLC
Callsign Meaning:"KXD Fairbanks" (derived from former K13XD call sign)
Sister Stations:KFXF-LD, KTVF
Former Channel Numbers:Analog:
13 (VHF, 1996–2012)
Erp:3 kW
Haat:275.40NaN0
Class:CD
Facility Id:64596
Licensing Authority:FCC

KXDF-CD, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is a low-power, Class A CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television, it is a sister station to NBC affiliate KTVF (channel 11) and primary MeTV and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate KFXF-LD (channel 22). The stations share studios on Braddock Street in downtown Fairbanks, while 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,[1] 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,[2] modifying its call sign to K13XD-D.[3] The call letters were changed to KXDD-CD on November 7, 2016, and to KXDF-CD on December 16, 2016.[3]

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, pending FCC approval.[4] The sale was completed on January 13, 2017.[5] [6]

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 (UHF channel 26.3 or virtual channel 11.3 via PSIP) from a transmitter on the Ester Dome.[7] [8] [9] 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,[10] which cancelled it on March 10.[11] Like KTVF does presently, KFYF had simulcast KXDF-CD on a subchannel.

Newscasts

Despite its ownership with KTVF, KXDF-CD continues to maintain a small-scale local news department separate from channel 11, airing two half-hour newscasts on weekdays at 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 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 .[12]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

ChannelVideoAspectShort nameProgramming[13]
13.1 K13XD-D Main KXDF-CD programming / CBS
KTVF-SD SD simulcast of KTVF / NBC

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Application Search Details (2). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 11, 2016.
  2. Web site: Application Search Details (1). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 11, 2016.
  3. Web site: Call Sign History (KXDF-CD). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 20, 2016.
  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
  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
  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. Web site: Ramsey. Coe W.. Re: KFYF(DT), Fairbanks, Alaska (Facility ID No. 64597) Surrender or Request for Cancellation of License. Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 18, 2017. PDF. March 2, 2017.
  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. Web site: K13XD 11pm News, February 2, 2006. February 2, 2006. Video of station news opening. YouTube, via channel name NewsActive3. February 3, 2020.
  13. http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXDF-CD#station RabbitEars TV Query for KXDF-CD