JOEtv
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Seattle–Tacoma, Washington United States |
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| City | Seattle, Washington |
| Branding | JOEtv (general) Q13 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | You're Welcome. |
| Channels |
Digital: 25 (UHF) (to move to 36 (UHF)) Virtual: 22 () |
| Subchannels | See Below |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV |
| Owner |
Tribune Broadcasting (sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group pending; possible resale to Fox Television Stations thereafter) (Tribune Broadcasting Seattle, LLC) |
| Founded | February 28, 1983 |
| First air date | June 22, 1985 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Z(S)eattle's JOE TV (The Z represents the former KTZZ calls) |
| Sister station(s) | KCPQ |
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| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 290 m (951 ft) 287 m (942 ft) (CP) |
| Facility ID | 69571 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°36′56.3″N 122°18′30.4″W / 47.615639°N 122.308444°WCoordinates: 47°36′56.3″N 122°18′30.4″W / 47.615639°N 122.308444°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | KZJO section on KCPQ website |
KZJO, virtual channel 22 (UHF digital channel 36), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Seattle, Washington, United States and also serving Tacoma. The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Media Company, as part of a duopoly with Tacoma-licensed Fox affiliate KCPQ (channel 13). The two stations share studio and office facilities located on Westlake Avenue in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood; KZJO's transmitter is located near the Capitol Hill section of Seattle.
The station operates two UHF translators, and KZJO rebroadcasts KCPQ's programming on its second digital subchannel in widescreen standard definition to provide that station to areas in the eastern portion of the Seattle market that receive weak signal coverage from KCPQ's Bremerton transmitter.
The station began broadcasting as KTZZ-TV on June 22, 1985. The call letters stood for Television 22, the Zs closely resembling numeral 2s. At that time there was a hole in the market for cartoons and sitcoms. While KSTW (channel 11) was running such programming, KCPQ counter-programmed with more adult fare like dramas, game shows, and movies. As such, KTZZ signed on with a lineup of classic off-network sitcoms, westerns, cartoons, movies, and dramas. Initially the station was profitable under the ownership of Alden Television, Inc. Originally, to keep people from changing channels, the station broadcast only its station identification—no commercials—between the closing credits of one show and the opening credits of the next show. One Christmas season, as snow fell in the Puget Sound area, viewers were treated to a gag in which someone pretending to be a janitor (Rob Thielke) takes control of the station for a few moments to deliver "the news" which was mostly a fake weather forecast which began "The weather outside is frightful. But inside it's quite delightful. As long as I've got no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."
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