KAYU-TV
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Spokane, Washington United States |
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| Branding | Fox 28 (general) Fox 28 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Everybody's Watching Fox 28 |
| Channels |
Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 28 () |
| Subchannels | 28.1 Fox 28.2 MNTV/Antenna TV |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Fox (1986–present) |
| Owner |
Northwest Broadcasting (Mountain Licenses, LP) |
| First air date | October 31, 1982 |
| Sister station(s) |
KFFX-TV KCYU-LD |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 28 (UHF, 1982–2009) Digital: 30 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Independent (1982–1986) Secondary: UPN (1995–1997) |
| Transmitter power | 445 kW |
| Height | 601 m |
| Facility ID | 58684 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°34′44″N 117°17′46″W / 47.57889°N 117.29611°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | myfoxspokane |
KAYU-TV, channel 28, is the Fox-affiliated television station for Spokane, Washington, owned and operated by Mountain Broadcasting, LLC, a subsidiary of Northwest Broadcasting. The general manager is Doug Holroyd, formerly of KCVU of Chico, California.
On cable, KAYU's signal is available in standard definition on channel 3 on Comcast in the Spokane area and on Time Warner Cable in the Coeur d'Alene area; it is also available in high definition on Comcast digital channel 103 in Spokane, Time Warner Cable digital channel 1206 in Coeur d'Alene and the Palouse. In addition, it is also on numerous cable providers throughout Eastern Washington and north/central Idaho. On satellite, it is available on DirecTV and Dish Network channel 28, both standard and high-definition. KAYU is also available in Canada on satellite provider Shaw Direct and Shaw Cable in much of Central and Southern Alberta and Southeastern British Columbia.
The station was founded in 1982 by Spokane native Robert Hamacher and his company, Salmon River Communications. It was Spokane's first independent station, as well as the first new commercial station to sign on in the area since KREM-TV (channel 2) hit the airwaves 28 years earlier. It is also the oldest non-Big Three station in the eastern part of the state. It joined Fox as a charter affiliate in 1986.
On October 1, 1989, KAYU-TV launched two low-power semi-satellites: K53CY in Yakima (known on-air as "KCY"), and K66BW in the Tri-Cities (branded as "KBW"). Both stations aired most of KAYU's programming (with the exception of select programs that KAYU did not have the rights to show in those markets), though with local commercials. K53CY was replaced in 1993 by K68EB, though it continued to go by "KCY" outside of station identifications. The station also operated a semi-satellite in Wenatchee known as KCWT channel 27 from 1986-1990, that station is now defunct.
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