KIMO, the flagship station, signed on the air on October 31, 1967, and its call letters were originally KHAR-TV. It was the third television station in Anchorage, after KTVA and KTUU. Its transmitter is located in Knik, Alaska. The station once had the top local newscasts in Anchorage from 1977 until 1986, when they were surpassed by KTUU. "Alaska's Superstation" was created in 1995. Smith Media sold KIMO and the remainder of the "ABC Alaska's Superstation" system to Vision Alaska LLC in 2010.