KDMD (TV)
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KDMD is an Ion Television network affiliate (formerly known as Pax TV) in Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...

, operating on digital channel 32. The station is owned by Ketchikan Television, LLC. KDMD is the only full power UHF station on the air in Alaska.

History

The station debuted on the air on October 1, 1989 with a mix of religious, classic TV and infomercial programming before joining Pax TV (the original name for Ion) in 1998. Today it airs Ion Television and a variety of local programming. KDMD used to carry Seattle Mariners
Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July...

 baseball via the Mariners Television Network.

In June 2007, the station began broadcasting Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

 on a digital subchannel, making it the first Spanish-language broadcast station in Alaska.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed: Digital channels>
Channel
(PSIP)
Programming Freq
(MHz)
Video
PID
Audio
PID
33.1 KDMD (Ion Television) 581 49 52
33.2 Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

 
581 65 68
33.3 KACN-LP
KACN-LP
KACN-LP is a community television station in Anchorage, Alaska, previously operating on analog channel 38. KACN broadcasts a mix of local Alaskan programming daily from both professional and amateur video producers. Currently, the station broadcasts as a digital subchannel of KDMD.-External links:*...

 
581 81 84
33.4 Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...

581 97 100

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