KOAT-TV

KOAT-TV
CityAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Channels
BrandingKOAT 7; KOAT Action 7 News (call letters are pronounced individually)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
October 2, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-10-02)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 7 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 21 (UHF, 2002–2009)
DuMont (secondary, 1954–1955)
Call sign meaning
from former radio sister KOAT (AM)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID53928
ERP26.5 kW
HAAT1,292 m (4,239 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°12′53″N 106°27′3″W / 35.21472°N 106.45083°W / 35.21472; -106.45083
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.koat.com

KOAT-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, affiliated with ABC. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios on Carlisle Boulevard in Northeast Albuquerque, and its transmitter is located on Sandia Crest, northeast of Albuquerque. 27 repeaters carry its broadcast signal to much of New Mexico as well as southwestern Colorado and northeastern Arizona.

KOAT-TV was the second station to broadcast in Albuquerque, signing on in October 1953 as one of two new TV stations in the city in the same month. It suffered financial difficulty twice in its first four years of operation, though ownership by Clinton D. McKinnon and the Steinman Stations group steadied operations. KOAT-TV's newscasts have generally led the Albuquerque–Santa Fe market in viewership since the mid-1970s.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KOAT-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.