KDOV

KDOV is the ABN affilliate serving the Anchorage community on analog channel 21. KDOV 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 Anchorage. KDOV along with sister station KAKZ, KSCY and KAJN still rely on videotape and microwave relay stations to beam programming to Sitka viewers. In the early days, KAJN piggy backed on stations from Sitka and Cicely. Unlike most ABN stations in the contiguous lower 48 states, KDOV 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.