KSCY

KSCY is the ABN affilliate serving the Sitka community on analog channel 13. KSCY is one of a few ABN stations in the state of Alaska still relying on analog broadcasting due to extreme limitations of HD broadcasting to reach the citizens of Sitka. KSCY along with sister station KAKZ, KAJN and KDOV still rely on videotape and microwave relay stations to beam programming to Sitka viewers. In the early days, the station piggy backed on stations from Juneau, Anchorage and Cicely. Unlike most ABN stations in the contiguous lower 48 states, KSCY and their sister stations shut down their analog transmitters at 12:00 AM Alaska time and restart the transmitters at 7:00 AM Alaska time. The ABN Domestic Television Corporation in conjunction with Champion Digital Broadcasting is working to get satellite HD relays to KAKZ, KAJN, KSCY and KDOV to improve the signal quality. It will take place in June of 2015.