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{{short description|Class A TV station in Fairbanks, Alaska}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = KXDF-CD
| logo                   = KXDF-CD logo.png
| logo_size              = 200px
| location               = [[Fairbanks, Alaska]]
| country                = United States
| city                   =
| branding               = KXDF 13
| analog                 =
| digital                = 13 ([[VHF]])
| virtual                = 13
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''13.1:''' [[CBS]]|'''[[KTVF|13.2]]:''' [[NBC]]}}
| translators            = {{ubl|[[KFXF-LD]] 7.2 Fairbanks|[[KTVF]]-DT 11.3 Fairbanks}}
| owner                  = [[Gray Television]]
| licensee               = Gray Television Licensee, [[LLC]]
| founded                =
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1996|8|7|p=y}}
| last_airdate           =
| callsign_meaning       = "KXD Fairbanks" (derived from former K13XD call sign)
| sister_stations        = [[KFXF-LD]], [[KTVF]]
| former_callsigns       = {{ubl|K13XD (1995–2012)|K13XD-D (2012–November 2016)|KXDD-CD (November-December 2016)}}
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 13 (VHF, 1996–2012)
| former_affiliations    =
| erp                    = 3 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|275.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class                  = [[Class A television service|CD]]
| facility_id            = 64596
| coordinates            = {{coord|64|55|19|N|147|43|4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://www.webcenterfairbanks.com/}}
}}
'''KXDF-CD''' (channel 13) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television station]] in [[Fairbanks, Alaska]], United States, affiliated with [[CBS]]. It is owned by [[Gray Television]] alongside [[NBC]] affiliate [[KTVF]] (channel 11) and primary [[MeTV]] and secondary [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[KFXF-LD]] (channel 22). The stations share studios on Braddock Street in downtown Fairbanks; KXDF-CD's transmitter is located northeast of the city on Cranberry Ridge.
==History==
KXDF-CD signed on the air on August 7, 1996, as K13XD, the area's sixth television station, four months after longtime CBS affiliate [[KTVF]] switched to [[NBC]]. It was owned by Tanana Valley Television Company alongside Fox affiliate [[KFXF]]. Before channel 13 signed on, select CBS programming had been seen on KFXF. The addition of K13XD meant that Fairbanks would finally have a station for each of the four main networks: [[KATN]] ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), KFXF ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), KTVF (NBC), and K13XD (CBS), along with [[KJNP-TV]] ([[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]]) and [[KUAC-TV]] ([[PBS]]).
In 2000, the station upgraded to a [[Class A television service|class A]] license,<ref name="fcc-k13xdclassa">{{cite web|title=Application Search Details (2)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=530799|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> but retained its translator-style call sign; eventually the station branded with a contraction of its translator call as "KXD". In 2012, the station [[flash-cut]] from analog to digital,<ref name="fcc-k13xd-d">{{cite web|title=Application Search Details (1)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1471191|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> modifying its call sign to K13XD-D.<ref name="fcc-callsigns">{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (KXDF-CD)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=64596&Callsign=KXDF-CD|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref> The call letters were changed to KXDD-CD on November 7, 2016, and to KXDF-CD on December 16, 2016.<ref name="fcc-callsigns"/>
On November 8, 2016, Northern Lights Media, the subsidiary of [[Gray Television]] that operates Anchorage stations [[KTUU-TV]] and [[KYES-TV]], announced that it would buy KXDD-CD, KFXF-LD and KTVF for $8 million in cash;<ref>[http://www.ktuu.com/content/misc/Northern-Lights-Media-announces-acquisition-of-Fairbanks-television-stations-400417171.html Northern Lights Media announces acquisition of Fairbanks television stations - KTUU.com]</ref> the sale was completed on January 13, 2017.<ref>[http://gray.tv/uploads/documents/pressreleases/Press_Release_WBAY_KWQC_KTVF.pdf Gray Closes Green Bay, Davenport and Fairbanks Acquisitions] [[Gray Television]], January 17, 2017, Retrieved, January 22, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1749213&Service=DC&Form_id=905&Facility_id=64596 Consummation Notice],.[[Federal Communications Commission]], January 20, 2017, Retrieved January 22, 2017.</ref>
===Full-market over-the-air coverage ===
In addition to its own digital signal, KXDF-CD receives full-market over-the-air coverage via a [[high-definition television|high definition]] [[simulcast]] on KTVF's third [[digital subchannel]] (11.3) from a transmitter on the Ester Dome.<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=49621 RabbitEars TV Query for KTVF]</ref><ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=72584 RabbitEars TV Query for KFXF-LD]</ref><ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=64596 RabbitEars TV Query for KXDF-CD]</ref> The simulcast is most likely a direct compensation for how on March 2, 2017, Tanana Valley Television surrendered their license for [[KFYF]] (the original full-market over-the-air distributor of the programming of KFXF-LD) back to the FCC,<ref name="fcc-kfyfsurrendered">{{cite web|last1=Ramsey|first1=Coe W.|title=Re: KFYF(DT), Fairbanks, Alaska (Facility ID No. 64597) Surrender or Request for Cancellation of License|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f915a4e6b87015ab8b7d11d0518|website=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=March 18, 2017|format=PDF|date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> which cancelled it on March 10.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=64597 Station Search Details - Federal Communications Commission]</ref> Like KTVF does presently, KFYF had simulcast KXDF-CD on a subchannel.
==Newscasts==
Despite its ownership with KTVF, KXDF-CD continued to maintain a small-scale [[local news]] department separate from channel 11, airing two half-hour newscasts on weekdays at 5 and 11 p.m. Under its old ownership, the station's main news theme in the mid to late 2000s was the main menu theme to the 2000 video game ''[[Hitman: Codename 47]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YwQdRnf0KY|title=K13XD 11pm News, February 2, 2006|date=February 2, 2006|work=Video of station news opening|publisher=[[YouTube]], via channel name NewsActive3|access-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref>
The station's local newscast ceased in November 2024. Moving forward, KXDF-CD and KTVF will air newscasts from [[KTUU-TV]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnwell |first=Jack |date=November 18, 2024 |title=KTVF signs off over weekend with last local broadcast |url=https://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/ktvf-signs-off-over-weekend-with-last-local-broadcast/article_df2e71b8-a5d6-11ef-9177-77f61a30455c.html |access-date=November 20, 2024 |website=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |language=en}}</ref>
==Subchannels==
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KXDF-CD<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXDF-CD#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KXDF-CD|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=November 20, 2024}}</ref>
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 13.1
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=2| [[16:9]] || K13XD-D || [[CBS]]
|-
! scope = "row" | [[KTVF|13.2]]
| [[480i]] || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|KTVF-SD || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|[[NBC]] ([[KTVF]])
|}
{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.webcenterfairbanks.com/}}
{{Fairbanks TV}}
{{CBS Alaska}}
{{Gray TV}}
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