KTUU-TV Public Relations

KTUU-TV’s history can be traced back nearly six decades. On October 15, 1953 KFIA (First In Anchorage), owned by Kiggins and Rolling of San Diego, Calif., was issued a broadcast license. Midnight Sun Broadcasting Company, owned by the Lathrop Company and managed by Al Bramstedt Sr., then purchased KFIA on December 28, 1954. Midnight Sun invested in a new transmitter tower and in 1955, KFIA became KENI-TV.

In 1959, Midnight Sun Broadcasting Company sold KENI-TV to All Alaska Broadcasting Company, which later became Midnight Sun Broadcasters Inc. On September 19, 1966 Channel 2 became the first station in Alaska to transmit in color when it aired an episode of That Girl.

On June 3, 1981, Zaser and Longston of Bellevue, Wash. purchased KENI-TV, where it then became KTUU-TV, Channel 2 Broadcasting Company. Then on July 1, 2008, Schurz Communications Inc. of South Bend, Ind. purchased KTUU-TV, becoming Northern Lights Media.