As an entertainment industry professional with over 30 years in television and motion picture production, I began my career at KTVA in Anchorage, working on "The Varsity Show", a live teen dance program. [3] KTVA signed off on September 3, 2020 after the completion of the transition, and its fate is currently unknown. After the final newscast for the KTVA news operation aired on August 30, 2020, the station notified the FCC it would go dark as of September 3, as it searches for a buyer. Veteran Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle scratches from the race. [20] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 11. GCI’s entry into this environment was noble. Legendary Alaskan broadcast pioneer August G. "Augie" Hiebert (1916–2007) applied for the license in May 1953 through his company, Northern Television. Then a reporter for KTVA, a station in Alaska, Greene ended her segment on marijuana by revealing that she was a proponent of legalization – and was … Because they will now have little choice. [19] Its website was then directed to a new combined KTUU/KYES website, with that news operation now known as "Alaska's News Source". [22], On September 21, 2014, during the outro of a story regarding the state's November Measure 2 ballot issue, which would allow recreational use of marijuana, reporter Charlene Ebge, who used the on-air pseudonym Charlo Greene, revealed that she was the president of the medical cannabis organization Alaska Cannabis Club, which campaigned for the legalization of the drug in Alaska. GCI paid its people well and provided generous benefits. [11] KTVA became the first television station in Alaska to broadcast local news in high definition.[12]. Channel 11's studios were severely damaged following major earthquakes that hit Anchorage on the morning of November 30, 2018, which also knocked the station off the air. Whether GCI raised the standards of television journalism can be debated. But It is far different to report on a developing story than to enterprise one on topics such as health care, education or the economy, which takes research, experience and time. KTVA is a CBS local network affiliate in Anchorage, AK. And the coverage can be compelling. On December 2, 2013, KTVA moved to a new high definition-capable studio on the second floor of the headquarters of the Anchorage Daily News, and unveiled a new set and logo. KTVA shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. [26], Independent TV station in Anchorage, Alaska, Television station in Alaska, United States, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts, "FCC Digital TV Coverage Maps - Anchorage", "GCI announces sale of broadcast business", "GCI to purchase NBC for Southeast Alaska KATH-TV and KSCT-TV", "GCI wins out in FCC fight over acquisition of Alaska TV stations", "Reinventing a television station in the middle of Alaska", "Alaska earthquake leaves Anchorage TV station KTVA heavily damaged", "Gray Expands Its Peacock Presence In Alaska", "One company will own Anchorage's 2 local TV news stations after deal with GCI", "Suspension of Operations and Silent Authority of a DTV Station Application", "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds", "Layoffs at KTVA as Morning and Weekend Newscasts are Canceled", "Questions remain after GCI sells television assets to competitor", "KTVA reporter quits on-air after saying she owns Alaska Cannabis Club", "KTVA Issues Formal Apology for Its 'F*ck It, I Quit' Reporter", "TV reporter drops F-bomb live on air, quits to focus on her marijuana club", BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTVA-TV, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTVA&oldid=1015857719, Independent television stations in the United States, Television channels and stations established in 1953, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from April 2012, All articles needing additional references, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 April 2021, at 23:54.