KATV, channel 7, is an ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 affiliated television station serving the Little Rock television market and central Arkansas

Arkansas

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. The station is owned by Allbritton Communications Company

Allbritton Communications Company

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The station broadcasts its digital signal via UHF channel 22, using its former analog assignment of 7 as its virtual channel via PSIP. It is also available on Comcast analog cable channel 8, with its HD simulcast on Comcast Digital Cable channel 231 in Little Rock.

Until it collapsed January 11, 2008, both signals were broadcast from the KATV Tower

KATV Tower

The KATV tower was a 2000 ft tall television mast built near Redfield, Arkansas in 1965 at . Its Federal Communications Commission registration and other sources claim that it was built in 1967, but they are incorrect; the Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield also has an incorrect...

 near Redfield, Arkansas

Redfield, Arkansas

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