KAAL is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Austin, Minnesota, United States, serving Southeastern Minnesota and Northeastern Iowa. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 33 (or virtual channel 6 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Grand Meadow Township, Minnesota. Owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, KAAL has studios on Salem Road in Rochester, Minnesota.
Austin/Albert Lea/Rochester, Minnesota/ Mason City, Iowa | |
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City | Austin, Minnesota |
Branding | ABC 6 (general) ABC 6 News |
Channels | Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 6 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 6.1 ABC 6.2 This TV |
Translators | 33 Mason City |
Affiliations | ABC |
Owner | Hubbard Broadcasting (KAAL-TV, LLC) |
First air date | August 17, 1953 (65 years ago) |
Call letters' meaning | Austin/Albert Lea |
Sister station(s) | KSTP-TV, KSTC-TV, WDIO-DT |
Former callsigns | KMMT (1953–1968) KAUS-TV (1968–1975) |
Former channel number(s) | 6 (VHF analog, 1953–2009) 33 (UHF digital, 2001–2009) |
Former affiliations | CBS (1953–1954) DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955) |
Transmitter power | 620 kW |
Height | 326 m (1,070 ft) |
Class | DT |
Facility ID | 18285 |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°38′34″N92°31′36.0″W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information | Profile CDBS |
Website | kaaltv.com |
In addition to its main signal, KAAL operates a low-powered translatorlicensed to Mason City, Iowa. This airs a digital signal on UHF channel 33 from a transmitter in Garner, Iowa along U.S. 18.