KXDF-CD
{{Short description|Television station in Fairbanks, Alaska}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KXDF-CD
| logo = KXDF-CD logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| location = Fairbanks, Alaska
| country = United States
| city =
| branding = KXDF Channel 13
| analog =
| digital = 13 (VHF)
| virtual = 13
| affiliations = {{ubl|13.1: CBS|13.2: NBC}}
| translators = {{ubl|KFXF-LD 7.2 Fairbanks|KTVF-DT 11.3 Fairbanks}}
| owner = Gray Media
| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, LLC
| founded =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1996|8|7|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| callsign_meaning = "KXD Fairbanks" (derived from former K13XD call sign)
| sister_stations = KFXF-LD, KTVF
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K13XD (1995–2012)|K13XD-D (2012–November 2016)|KXDD-CD (November-December 2016)}}
| former_channel_numbers = Analog: 13 (VHF, 1996–2012)
| former_affiliations =
| erp = 3 kW
| haat = {{convert|275.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = CD
| facility_id = 64596
| coordinates = {{coord|64|55|19|N|147|43|4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website = {{URL|https://www.webcenterfairbanks.com/}}
}}
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 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; 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,{{cite web|title=Application Search Details (2)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=530799|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=November 11, 2016}} 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,{{cite web|title=Application Search Details (1)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1471191|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=November 11, 2016}} modifying its call sign to K13XD-D.{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (KXDF-CD)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=64596&Callsign=KXDF-CD|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=December 20, 2016}} 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;[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] the sale was completed on January 13, 2017.[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.[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.
=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.[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=49621 RabbitEars TV Query for KTVF][http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=72584 RabbitEars TV Query for KFXF-LD][http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=64596 RabbitEars TV Query for KXDF-CD] 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,{{cite web|last1=Ramsey|first1=Coe W.|title=Re: KFYF(DT), Fairbanks, Alaska (Facility ID No. 64597) Surrender or Request for Cancellation of License|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f915a4e6b87015ab8b7d11d0518|website=Licensing and Management System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=March 18, 2017|format=PDF|date=March 2, 2017}} which cancelled it on March 10.[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=64597 Station Search Details - Federal Communications Commission] 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YwQdRnf0KY|title=K13XD 11pm News, February 2, 2006|date=February 2, 2006|work=Video of station news opening|publisher=YouTube, via channel name NewsActive3|access-date=February 3, 2020}}
The station's local newscast ceased in November 2024. Moving forward, KXDF-CD and KTVF will air newscasts from KTUU-TV.{{Cite web |last=Barnwell |first=Jack |date=November 18, 2024 |title=KTVF signs off over weekend with last local broadcast |url=https://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/ktvf-signs-off-over-weekend-with-last-local-broadcast/article_df2e71b8-a5d6-11ef-9177-77f61a30455c.html |access-date=November 20, 2024 |website=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |language=en}}
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| class="wikitable"
|+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}} ! Channel ! Res. ! Aspect ! Short name ! Programming |
| scope = "row" | 13.1 |
|---|
| scope = "row" | 13.2
| 480i || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|KTVF-SD || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|NBC (KTVF) |
{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.webcenterfairbanks.com/}}
{{Fairbanks TV}}
{{CBS Alaska}}
{{Gray TV}}
Category:1996 establishments in Alaska
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1996