KAKM
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KAKM: Anchorage, Alaska KTOO: Juneau, Alaska United States |
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| Branding | Alaska Public Television |
| Slogan | Life. Informed. |
| Channels |
Digital: KAKM: 8 (VHF) KTOO: 10 (VHF) Virtual: KAKM: 7 () KTOO: 3 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | x.1 PBS x.2 Create x.3 360 North x.4 PBS Kids |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner |
KAKM: Alaska Public Media KTOO: Capital Community Broadcasting, Inc. (operated by Alaska Public Media) (KAKM: Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc.) |
| First air date |
KAKM: May 7, 1975 KTOO: October 1, 1978 |
| Call letters' meaning |
KAKM Anchorage Kenai Matanuska KTOO: Unknown |
| Sister station(s) | KSKA, KTOO, KNLL, KRNN, KYUK-LD |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: KAKM: 7 (VHF, 1975–2009) KTOO: 3 (VHF, 1978–2009) |
| Transmitter power |
KAKM: 50 kW KTOO: 1 kW |
| Height |
KAKM: 240 m KTOO: -363.7 m |
| Facility ID |
KAKM: 804 KTOO: 8651 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
KAKM: 61°25′19.8″N 149°52′27.8″W / 61.422167°N 149.874389°W KTOO: 58°18′4.8″N 134°25′13.6″W / 58.301333°N 134.420444°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
/ KTOO-TV Profile / KTOO-TV CDBS |
| Website | http://www.alaskapublic.org/kakm/ |
KAKM is a PBS member station serving Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Owned by Alaska Public Media, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 (or virtual channel 7 via PSIP) from a transmitter located atop the Knik TV Mast. KAKM maintains studios at the Elmo Sackett Broadcast Center on the campus of Alaska Pacific University. KAKM was the only PBS station in Alaska that was not part of AlaskaOne during its existence. The call letters were chosen to represent the 3 major geographic areas served by the station Anchorage, Kenai, and Matanuska. KAKM operates a full-time satellite station, KTOO-TV licensed to Juneau, Alaska. KTOO is owned by Capital Community Broadcasting - who owns and operates non-commercial FM radio stations KTOO (FM), KNLL, and KRNN - but is operated by Alaska Public Media. KTOO broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 (or virtual channel 3 via PSIP) from a transmitter in downtown Juneau. KTOO was formerly part of AlaskaOne, until is dissolvement in 2012.
KAKM first started regular transmissions on May 7, 1975. Previously, PBS programming had been offered to Anchorage stations on per-program basis. (For example, Sesame Street was carried on KTVA, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on KIMO (now KYUR), and The Electric Company on KENI-TV (now KTUU-TV).
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