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{{short description|PBS member station in Fairbanks, Alaska}}
{{short description|PBS member station in Fairbanks, Alaska}}
{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KUAC-TV
| callsign = KUAC-TV
| city =
| logo = KUAC current logo.jpg
| logo =
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_size = 250px
| slogan =
| branding = KUAC TV 9
| branding = KUAC-TV 9
| digital = 9 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])
| digital = 9 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])
| virtual = 9 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]])
| virtual = 9
| subchannels =
| subchannels =
| translators =
| translators =
| affiliations = '''9.1:''' [[PBS]]<br>'''9.2:''' [[World Channel|World]]<br>'''9.3:''' [[Create (TV network)|Create]]<br>'''9.4:''' UAF TV/[[First Nations Experience|FNX]]<br>'''9.5:''' [[PBS Kids]]
| affiliations = '''9.1:''' [[PBS]]<br>''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''
| network =
| network =
| founded =
| founded =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1971|12|22|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1971|12|22|p=y}}
| location = [[Fairbanks, Alaska]]
| location = [[Fairbanks, Alaska]]
| country = [[United States]]
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = '''U'''niversity of '''A'''laska '''C'''ollege
| callsign_meaning = University of Alaska College
| former_callsigns =
| former_callsigns =
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>9 (VHF, 1971–2009)<br>'''Digital:'''<br>24 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]], 2004–2009)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>9 (VHF, 1971–2009)<br>'''Digital:'''<br>24 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]], 2004–2009)
| owner = [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]]
| owner = [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]]
| licensee =
| licensee =
| sister_stations = [[KUAC-FM]]
| sister_stations = KUAC-FM
| former_affiliations =
| former_affiliations =
| erp = 30 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| erp = 30 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| haat = {{convert|168.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| haat = {{convert|168.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class =
| class =
| facility_id = 69315
| facility_id = 69315
| coordinates = {{coord|64|54|40|N|147|46|47|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KUAC-TV}}
| coordinates = {{coord|64|54|40|N|147|46|47|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KUAC-TV}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website = [http://www.kuac.org/ www.kuac.org]
| website = {{URL|https://kuac.org/}}
}}
}}


'''KUAC-TV''', [[virtual channel|virtual]] and [[Very high frequency|VHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 9, is a Public Broadcasting Service ([[PBS]]) [[network affiliate#Member stations|member]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Fairbanks, Alaska]], United States. Owned by the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]], it is [[sister station|sister]] to National Public Radio ([[NPR]]) member station [[KUAC (FM)|KUAC]] (89.9 FM). The two outlets share studios in the Great Hall on the UAF campus; KUAC-TV's transmitter is located on Bender Mountain.
'''KUAC-TV''' (channel 9) is a [[PBS]] member [[television station]] in [[Fairbanks, Alaska]], United States. Owned by the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]], it is [[sister station|sister]] to [[NPR]] member station [[KUAC (FM)|KUAC]] (89.9 FM). The two outlets share studios in the Great Hall on the UAF campus; KUAC-TV's transmitter is located on Bender Mountain. KUAC-TV is the only PBS station in Alaska that is not part of Alaska Public Television, which was established on July 1, 2012.


==History==
==History==
KUAC-TV signed on for the first time on December 22, 1971 as an early [[Christmas]] present to the Interior. It was the first public television station in Alaska, and the only one until [[KAKM]] in [[Anchorage]] signed on in 1975. It originally aired for only five hours a day, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. As the difficulties associated with bringing PBS programming decreased, channel 9 increased its schedule, and now operates 24 hours a day.
KUAC-TV signed on for the first time on December 22, 1971, as an early [[Christmas]] present to the Interior. It was the first public television station in Alaska, and the only one until [[KAKM]] in [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]] signed on in 1975. It originally aired for only five hours a day, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. As the difficulties associated with bringing PBS programming decreased, channel 9 increased its schedule, and now operates 24 hours a day.


In 1995, KUAC-TV joined with KTOO-TV in [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] and KYUK-TV in [[Bethel, Alaska|Bethel]] to form [[AlaskaOne]], a network of PBS stations serving all of Alaska outside of Anchorage. The three stations formed the Alaska Public Broadcasting Service to air a common PBS schedule. This move was made in hopes of sharing administrative costs.<ref name=NewsMiner>Lean, Reba. [http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/19017368/article-AlaskaOne-dissolving--KUAC-TV-taking-over AlaskaOne dissolving; KUAC TV taking over]. [[Fairbanks Daily News-Miner]], 2012-06-16.</ref> KTOO and KYUK occasionally broke off from the AlaskaOne feed to air programming relevant to their areas, while KUAC-TV used its massive translator network to deliver AlaskaOne programming across the Interior.
In 1995, KUAC-TV joined with KTOO-TV in [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] and KYUK-TV in [[Bethel, Alaska|Bethel]] to form [[AlaskaOne]], a network of PBS stations serving all of Alaska outside of Anchorage. The three stations formed the Alaska Public Broadcasting Service to air a common PBS schedule. This move was made in hopes of sharing administrative costs.<ref name=NewsMiner>Lean, Reba. [http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/19017368/article-AlaskaOne-dissolving--KUAC-TV-taking-over AlaskaOne dissolving; KUAC TV taking over]. [[Fairbanks Daily News-Miner]], June 16, 2012.</ref> KTOO and KYUK occasionally broke off from the AlaskaOne feed to air programming relevant to their areas, while KUAC-TV used its massive translator network to deliver AlaskaOne programming across the Interior.


On November 18, 2011. the APBS board voted to transfer operation of the AlaskaOne feed to Alaska Public Telecommunications, owner of Anchorage's PBS station, [[KAKM]]. In response, UAF, which cast the lone dissenting vote, announced on December 11 that KUAC-TV would break off from AlaskaOne and revert to being a separate locally focused PBS station on July 1, 2012.<ref>[http://www.uafcornerstone.com/2011/kuac-tv-becoming-independent-of-alaskaone KUAC TV becoming independent of AlaskaOne]. UAF Communications, 2011-12-11</ref> UAF contended that a single statewide PBS service would not meet the needs of the Interior.<ref name=NewsMiner/> On July 1, KUAC-TV resumed its original branding of "KUAC TV9," while KTOO and KYUK joined with KAKM to form [[Alaska Public Media]].
On November 18, 2011. the APBS board voted to transfer the operation of the AlaskaOne feed to Alaska Public Telecommunications, owner of Anchorage's PBS station, KAKM. In response, UAF, which cast the lone dissenting vote, announced on December 11 that KUAC-TV would break off from AlaskaOne and revert to being a separate locally-focused PBS station on July 1, 2012.<ref>[http://www.uafcornerstone.com/2011/kuac-tv-becoming-independent-of-alaskaone KUAC TV becoming independent of AlaskaOne]. UAF Communications, December 11, 2011</ref> UAF contended that a single statewide PBS service would not meet the needs of the Interior.<ref name=NewsMiner/> On July 1, KUAC-TV resumed its original branding of "KUAC TV9," while KTOO and KYUK joined with KAKM to form [[Alaska Public Media]].


==Technical information==
==Digital television==


===Digital channels===
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
⚫
|+Subchannels of KUAC-TV<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KUAC#station RabbitEars TV Query for KUAC]</ref>
⚫
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
⚫
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
⚫
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 9.1
⚫
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
⚫
| [[720p]] || [[16:9]] || KUAC-1 || Main KUAC-TV programming / [[PBS]]
⚫
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
⚫
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! [[Program and System Information Protocol#What PSIP does|PSIP Short Name]]
⚫
! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KUAC#station RabbitEars TV Query for KUAC]</ref>
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 9.2
⚫
| 9.1 || [[720p]] || [[16:9]] || KUAC-1 || Main KUAC-TV programming / [[PBS]]
⚫
| rowspan="4" | [[480i]] || rowspan="4" | [[4:3]] || KUAC-2 || [[World Channel|World]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 9.3
⚫
| 9.2 || rowspan="4" | [[480i]] || rowspan="4" | [[4:3]] || KUAC-2 || [[World Channel|World]]
⚫
| KUAC-3 || [[Create (TV network)|Create]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 9.4
⚫
| 9.3 || KUAC-3 || [[Create (TV network)|Create]]
⚫
| KUAC-4 || UAF TV/[[First Nations Experience]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 9.5
⚫
| 9.4 || KUAC-4 || UAF TV/[[First Nations Experience]]
| KUAC-5 || [[PBS Kids]]
|-
|-
| 9.5 || KUAC-5 || [[PBS Kids]]
! scope = "row" | 9.6
⚫
| rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[Radio broadcasting|Audio only]] || KUAC-FM || [[KUAC (FM)|KUAC-FM]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 9.9
⚫
| 9.6 || rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[Radio broadcasting|Audio only]] || KUACFM || [[KUAC (FM)|KUAC FM]]
| [[480i]] || [[4:3]] || 360TV || [[KAKM|KTOO 360TV]]
|}
|}


In 2004, the station signed on first high definition public television service in Alaska.
In 2004, the station signed on the first high-definition public television service in Alaska.


===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KUAC-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 9, in April 2009. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition [[UHF]] channel 24 to VHF channel 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |accessdate=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archivedate=2013-08-29 }}</ref>
KUAC-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 9, in April 2009. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition [[UHF]] channel 24 to VHF channel 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.kuac.org/ KUAC-FM-TV]
* [http://www.kuac.org/ KUAC-FM-TV]
* {{TVQ|KUAC-TV}}
* {{BIA|KUAC|TV|TV}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQNS7gHAaVk YouTube]{{spaced ndash}}Inaugural broadcast of KUAC-TV on December 22, 1971, including introductory comments from University of Alaska president [[William Ransom Wood]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQNS7gHAaVk YouTube]{{spaced ndash}}Inaugural broadcast of KUAC-TV on December 22, 1971, including introductory comments from University of Alaska president [[William Ransom Wood]]


Latest revision as of 17:59, 20 January 2023

KUAC-TV
Channels
BrandingKUAC TV 9
Programming
Affiliations9.1: PBS
for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
OwnerUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks
KUAC-FM
History
First air date
December 22, 1971 (52 years ago) (1971-12-22)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
9 (VHF, 1971–2009)
Digital:
24 (UHF, 2004–2009)
Call sign meaning
University of Alaska College
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID69315
ERP30 kW
HAAT168.9 m (554 ft)
Transmitter coordinates64°54′40″N 147°46′47″W / 64.91111°N 147.77972°W / 64.91111; -147.77972 (KUAC-TV)
Links
Public license information
Websitekuac.org

KUAC-TV (channel 9) is a PBS member television station in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Owned by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, it is sister to NPR member station KUAC (89.9 FM). The two outlets share studios in the Great Hall on the UAF campus; KUAC-TV's transmitter is located on Bender Mountain. KUAC-TV is the only PBS station in Alaska that is not part of Alaska Public Television, which was established on July 1, 2012.

History

[edit]

KUAC-TV signed on for the first time on December 22, 1971, as an early Christmas present to the Interior. It was the first public television station in Alaska, and the only one until KAKM in Anchorage signed on in 1975. It originally aired for only five hours a day, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. As the difficulties associated with bringing PBS programming decreased, channel 9 increased its schedule, and now operates 24 hours a day.

In 1995, KUAC-TV joined with KTOO-TV in Juneau and KYUK-TV in Bethel to form AlaskaOne, a network of PBS stations serving all of Alaska outside of Anchorage. The three stations formed the Alaska Public Broadcasting Service to air a common PBS schedule. This move was made in hopes of sharing administrative costs.[2] KTOO and KYUK occasionally broke off from the AlaskaOne feed to air programming relevant to their areas, while KUAC-TV used its massive translator network to deliver AlaskaOne programming across the Interior.

On November 18, 2011. the APBS board voted to transfer the operation of the AlaskaOne feed to Alaska Public Telecommunications, owner of Anchorage's PBS station, KAKM. In response, UAF, which cast the lone dissenting vote, announced on December 11 that KUAC-TV would break off from AlaskaOne and revert to being a separate locally-focused PBS station on July 1, 2012.[3] UAF contended that a single statewide PBS service would not meet the needs of the Interior.[2] On July 1, KUAC-TV resumed its original branding of "KUAC TV9," while KTOO and KYUK joined with KAKM to form Alaska Public Media.

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KUAC-TV[4]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
9.1 720p 16:9 KUAC-1 Main KUAC-TV programming / PBS
9.2 480i 4:3 KUAC-2 World
9.3 KUAC-3 Create
9.4 KUAC-4 UAF TV/First Nations Experience
9.5 KUAC-5 PBS Kids
9.6 Audio only KUAC-FM KUAC-FM
9.9 480i 4:3 360TV KTOO 360TV

In 2004, the station signed on the first high-definition public television service in Alaska.

Analog-to-digital conversion

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KUAC-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 9, in April 2009. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 24 to VHF channel 9.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KUAC-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b Lean, Reba. AlaskaOne dissolving; KUAC TV taking over. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, June 16, 2012.
  3. ^ KUAC TV becoming independent of AlaskaOne. UAF Communications, December 11, 2011
  4. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KUAC
  5. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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