KOAT-TV

KOAT-TV

Albuquerque–Santa Fe, New Mexico United States
City	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Channels	Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7
Branding	KOAT 7; KOAT Action 7 News (call letters are pronounced individually)
Programming
Affiliations	7.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Hearst Television (Hearst Properties Inc.)
History
First air date	October 2, 1953 (70 years ago) (1953-10-02)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 7 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 21 (UHF, 2002–2009)
Former affiliations	DuMont (secondary, 1954–1955)
Call sign meaning	from former radio sister KOAT (AM)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	53928
ERP	26.5 kW
HAAT	1,292 m (4,239 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°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	Public file LMS
Website	www.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.