KFXF-LD
 
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Fairbanks, Alaska United States |
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| Branding | Fox 7 (general) |
| Channels |
Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 22 () |
| Subchannels | 22.1 Fox 22.2 CBS |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | 1996 |
| Call letters' meaning | FoX Fairbanks |
| Sister station(s) | KTVF, KXDF-CD |
| Former callsigns | K22EY (1995–2010) K22EY-D (2010–2016) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 22 (UHF, 1996–2010) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 16 metres (52 feet) |
| Facility ID | 72584 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 64°48′42.5″N 147°42′4.2″W / 64.811806°N 147.701167°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.tvtv.com |
KFXF-LD, virtual channel 22 (UHF digital channel 22), is a Fox-affiliated low-powered television station licensed in Fairbanks, Alaska. The station is owned by Gray Television, and is a sister station to NBC affiliate KTVF and CBS affiliate KXDF-CD. The station maintains studio and transmitter facilities located on Braddock Street in downtown Fairbanks.
The KFXF-LD intellectual unit originated on April 20, 1992, when Tanana Valley Television Company signed on K07UU as the area's first commercial station (and fifth in general after KJNP-TV in 1981) since 1955, when KTVF and KATN started. The station upgraded to a full-power license and changed its call letters to KFXF on February 27, 1995.
In its early years, K07UU/KFXF ran programming from Canadian music channel MuchMusic during the overnight hours, and for a time in 1993-94 carried the NBA on NBC. Until K13XD (now KXDF-CD) went on the air in August 1996, KFXF also carried some CBS shows. The station also ran UPN programs from 2000 to 2006, when that network merged with The WB to form The CW, which is shown on a digital subchannel of KATN.
After Gray Television's purchase of KTVF, KXDF-CD, and the non-license assets of KFXF on January 13, 2017, all of KFXF's programming was moved to KFXF-LD, which had previously served as a translator of KFXF. The full-powered station's license (which was not included in the sale because the market has only five full-power stations, too few to create a duopoly) changed its call letters to KFYF on February 9, 2017 and was subsequently cancelled on March 10.
On March 14, 1995, the Federal Communications Commission granted a construction permit for a new low-powered station in Fairbanks, which received the K22EY call letters. The station signed on 1996.
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