KATV

KATV
CityLittle Rock, Arkansas
Channels
BrandingABC 7; Channel 7
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
December 19, 1953 (70 years ago) (1953-12-19)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 7 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • CBS (1953–1956)
  • ABC (secondary, 1953–1956)
  • NTA (secondary, 1956–1961)
Call sign meaning
"Arkansas Television"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID33543
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT515 m (1,690 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°47′49.3″N 92°29′20.1″W / 34.797028°N 92.488917°W / 34.797028; -92.488917
Links
Public license information
Websitekatv.com

KATV (channel 7) is a television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studios are located on Riverfront Drive in the Riverdale section northwest of downtown Little Rock, and its transmitter is located at the Shinall Mountain antenna farm in the Chenal Valley area (itself a developer-created corruption of "Shinall").

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KATV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.