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AlaskaOne

Type	Non-commercial educational broadcast television network
Country	United States
TV stations	See § Stations
Broadcast area	Statewide Alaska (except Anchorage)
Owner	various, see table below
Launch date	1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Dissolved	July 1, 2012; 12 years ago (July 1, 2012)
Affiliation(s)	PBS
Official website	www.alaskaone.org

AlaskaOne (or Alaska One) was a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member network of public television stations based in Fairbanks, Alaska from 1995 to 2012. It served communities in Alaska outside Anchorage. It was operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

It comprised five stations:

• KUAC-TV channel 9 (Fairbanks)
• KTOO-TV channel 3 (Juneau)
• KMXT-LP channel 9 (Kodiak)
• KYUK-LD channel 15 (Bethel)
• KIAL-LP/KUCB-LP channel 8 Unalaska (licensed station operated by KUCB radio) (Licensed in Dutch Harbor)

KUAC-TV was the flagship station. The other four stations were locally owned, and occasionally broke off from the main AlaskaOne feed to air local programming. KUAC's massive translator network in the Alaska Interior aired the full network schedule.

KYUK-TV originally aired on full-power channel 4 in Bethel, but reportedly ceased operation and had its license deleted by the FCC on March 20, 2009. According to KYUK's website, in 2004 its signal was moved to low-power K15AV. However, it renamed the low-powered TV station as KYUK-LP (now KYUK-LD).

KUAC-TV signed on in 1971 as the first public television station in Alaska. KYUK followed in 1972, with KTOO coming online in 1978. The three stations merged into the AlaskaOne network in 1995.

Some AlaskaOne programs were also seen on Alaska's omnibus network, the Alaska Rural Communications Service, which is partially owned by AlaskaOne.

The organization also operates a radio network, which uses material from National Public Radio, American Public Media, Public Radio International, the Alaska Public Radio Network, and CoastAlaska.

In November 2011, AlaskaOne's corporate entity, Alaska Public Broadcasting Service, voted to transfer the network's operations from KUAC-TV to KAKM effective July 1, 2012. Claiming that this arrangement would do financial harm to KUAC, UAF announced on December 8 that KUAC-TV would leave AlaskaOne and revert to being a separate station at that time. On July 1, KUAC-TV officially relaunched as a separate station, while KTOO-TV and KYUK merged with KAKM to form Alaska Public Television.

Stations

Download coordinates as:

• KML
• GPX (all coordinates)
• GPX (primary coordinates)
• GPX (secondary coordinates)

KUCB-LP, channel 8, is a low-powered station operating at 10 watts. Further information about the station is unavailable.

References

1. "Radio-Info: "DTV transition claims more stations", 3/31/2009". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
2. "KYUK.org: About". Archived from the original on December 19, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
3. ^ "Split in Alaska public TV consortium". Television Business Report. December 9, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.

External links

• AlaskaOne
• KUAC-TV
• KTOO-TV
• KMXT
• KYUK
• Facility details for Facility ID 69315 (KUAC-TV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 8651 (KTOO-TV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 35342 (KMXT-LP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 62614 (KYUK-LD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• YouTube – Inaugural broadcast of KUAC-TV on December 22, 1971, including introductory comments from University of Alaska president William Ransom Wood

• 1995 establishments in Alaska
• 2012 disestablishments in Alaska
• PBS member networks
• Television channels and stations disestablished in 2012
• Television channels and stations established in 1995
• Television stations in Alaska
• Defunct mass media in Alaska
• Defunct television stations in the United States