Knik TV Mast
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Knik TV Mast, located near Knik, Alaska
Knik-Fairview, Alaska
Knik-Fairview is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 7,050.-Geography:Knik-Fairview is located at...

, is a 246 metres (807.1 ft) tall guyed mast
Radio masts and towers
Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. They are among the tallest man-made structures...

 used for FM radio
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 and television broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...

. The mast is operated by Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc.
Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc.
Alaska Public Media is a non-profit organization with member television and radio stations that are part of PBS, NPR and other public broadcasting networks...

  The mast gained the distinction as the tallest structure in Alaska, following the April 28, 2010 demolition of the 411 metres (1,348.4 ft) guyed mast at LORAN-C transmitter Port Clarence
LORAN-C transmitter Port Clarence
The LORAN-C transmitter Port Clarence was a transmission facility for LORAN-C situated at Port Clarence, Alaska at . It used as aerial a 411.48m high guyed mast, which was built in 1961 and which was the tallest construction of Alaska until its demolition with explosives on April 28, 2010.-External...

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The following transmitters are radiated:

Television

Program Channel Number Transmission Power
KAKM
KAKM
KAKM is a Public television station in Anchorage, Alaska, broadcasting locally on digital channel 8 as a PBS member station. The station is owned by Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc., and is the only PBS station in Alaska that is not part of AlaskaOne. Its program is transmitted from Knik TV...

 
8 50 kW
KTUU-TV
KTUU-TV
KTUU-TV is an NBC affiliated television station serving Anchorage, Alaska. The station is owned by Schurz Communications of South Bend, Indiana....

 
10 50 kW
KYUR  12 41 kW

FM radio

Program Channel Number Transmission Power
KNBA
KNBA
KNBA is a radio station in Anchorage, Alaska. The station is currently owned by Koahnic Broadcast Corporation and airs an adult album alternative format, as well as programing from National Public Radio and Public Radio International....

 
90.3 MHZ 100 kW
KSKA 91.1 MHz 100 kW

External links

  • http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?state=&call=&city=&arn=&serv=&vac=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&facid=&class=&dkt=&list=1&dist=1&dlat2=61&mlat2=25&slat2=20&NS=N&dlon2=149&mlon2=52&slon2=28&EW=W&size=9
  • http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=112366
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