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KTVA
	Anchorage, Alaska
Branding	KTVA CBS 11 (general); CBS 11 News (news)
Slogan	Not Just What Happens, What Matters.
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF); Virtual: 11 (PSIP);
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	MediaNews Group, Inc.; (Alaska Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
First air date	December 11, 1953
Call letters’ meaning	TeleVision Alaska
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 11 (1953-2009)
Former affiliations	Secondary:; DuMont (1953-1955), NBC (1965-1970), PBS (Sesame Street, 1970-1975)
Transmitter Power	28.9 kW
Height	60.6 m
Facility ID	49632
Transmitter Coordinates	61°11′33″N 149°54′1.1″W / 61.1925°N 149.900306°W
Website	www.ktva.com

KTVA, channel 11, is a CBS affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska. The station is currently the only television station owned by the MediaNews Group newspaper chain.

KTVA is broadcast on over-the-air on digital channel 28, as well as on the local cable system, GCI.

[edit] History

KTVA is Alaska's first TV station, having signed on the air on December 11, 1953. The station also carried a few NBC programs in the late 1960s, until KHAR-TV (Now KIMO) took the NBC affiliation in 1970. The station was also a DuMont affiliate in the early 1950s ^[1]. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.^[2]

KTVA even carried Sesame Street from 1970 until KAKM signed on in May 1975.

[edit] Digital television

The station currently has a single 1080i high definition feed.

Digital channels

Channel (PSIP)	Programming	Freq (MHz)	Video PID	Audio PID
11.1	KTVA	557	49	52

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Current on-air talent

Current Anchor/

Dianne Baker - weeknights at 6 and 10PM
Matt Felling - weeknights at 6PM (also reporter and host of View from the Hill)
Andrea Gusty - weeknights at 5PM (also "Eye Team" investigative reporter)
Grace Jang' - weekends at 5, 6 and 10PM (also reporter)
Lauren Maxwell - weekday mornings "CBS 11 News This Morning"
Dave Stroh - weeknights at 5PM

Reporters

Corey Allen-Young - general assignment reporter
Karina Petersen - general assignment reporter
Matthew Simon - senior reporter
Todd Walker - general assignment reporter

Skytracker Weather Team

Brett Shepard - Chief Meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10PM
Christina Campbell (NWA Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekends at 5, 6 and 10PM
Mitch Sego - Meteorologist; weekday mornings "CBS 11 News This Morning" (also "Get Out" feature reporter)

Sports Team

The station does not currently operate a sports department.

[edit] Former on-air talent

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[edit] News/Station presentation

[edit] Newscast Titles

Eyewitness News 11 (1980s-2001)
CBS 11 News (2001-present)

[edit] Station slogans

You and 11, We've Got the Touch (1984-1985; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
First in Alaska (1990s-2006)
Not Just What Happens, What Matters. (2006-present)