KCPQ-TV
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Tacoma – Seattle, Washington United States |
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| City | Tacoma, Washington |
| Branding | Q13 Fox (general) Q13 (secondary) Q13 (Fox) News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | We are Q13 Fox (general) We are Q13 (Fox) News (newscasts) The Exclusive Home of Your Seattle Seahawks (during NFL season) |
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Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 13 () |
| Translators | (see article) |
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Tribune Broadcasting (Tribune Broadcasting Seattle, LLC) |
| First air date | August 2, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Clover Park Quality (reference to the Clover Park School District) |
| Sister station(s) | KZJO |
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| Transmitter power | 30 kW |
| Height | 610 m (2,001 ft) |
| Facility ID | 33894 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°32′53″N 122°48′22″W / 47.54806°N 122.80611°WCoordinates: 47°32′53″N 122°48′22″W / 47.54806°N 122.80611°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | q13fox |
KCPQ, channel 13, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States that serves the Seattle-Tacoma television market. The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Media Company as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate KZJO (channel 22 & 10). The two stations share studio and office facilities located on Westlake Avenue in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood, and KCPQ's transmitter is located on Gold Mountain in Bremerton, Washington.
KCPQ is one of five local Seattle television stations seen in Canada on satellite providers Bell TV and Shaw Direct, as well as various cable systems across Canada (an alternate feed of this station exists for Canadian viewers on some providers with infomercials replacing programs like The Wendy Williams Show, The Steve Wilkos Show, TMZ Live and a rerun of Modern Family; fellow station KIRO-TV also has this). The station is also carried on several cable systems in southeastern Alaska.
Channel 13 signed on air on August 2, 1953 as KMO-TV, co-owned with KMO radio (AM 1360, now KKMO), initially owned by Carl Haymond. The station carried some NBC programming for its first year until Seattle-licensed KOMO-TV (channel 4) began broadcasting on December 11. Hampered by a poor signal from north of Tacoma and the lack of alternate sources of programming, Haymond was forced to declare bankruptcy and sell the station to J. Elroy McCaw, a colorful and eccentric radio and television station owner, and father of cellular phone magnate Craig McCaw.
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