KTVA

KTVA
Satellite of KAKM
Channels
BrandingAlaska Public Media
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerAlaska Public Media
History
First air date
December 11, 1953 (1953-12-11)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 11 (VHF, 1953–2009)
Call sign meaning
Television Alaska
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID49632
ERP28.9 kW
HAAT60.6 m (199 ft)
Transmitter coordinates61°11′31″N 149°54′9″W / 61.19194°N 149.90250°W / 61.19194; -149.90250
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.alaskapublic.org

KTVA (channel 11) is a television station in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It is a satellite of PBS member station KAKM (channel 7) which is owned by Alaska Public Media. KTVA's transmitter is located in Spenard—covering the Anchorage bowl and much of the adjacent Matanuska-Susitna Valley.

KTVA was a commercial station affiliated with CBS from its sign-on in December 1953. That relationship ended on July 31, 2020, when the CBS affiliation in Anchorage was moved to KYES-TV (channel 5, now KAUU) as that station's parent company, Gray Television, acquired KTVA's non-license assets.

KTVA signed off on September 3, 2020. It resumed broadcasting on September 2, 2021, to retain its license.

In the past, KTVA was a partner of the service of low-power translators through the Alaska Rural Communications Service (ARCS).