Yakima, Washington United States |
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Branding | NBC Right Now |
Slogan |
NBC Right Now (primary) We are where you are (secondary) |
Channels |
Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 23 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 23.1 NBC 23.3 SWX Right Now |
Owner |
Cowles Company (KHQ, Inc.) |
First air date | October 15, 1959 |
Call letters' meaning | Sounds like "Can-Do" |
Sister station(s) | KNDU |
Former channel number(s) | 23 (UHF analog, 1959–2009) |
Former affiliations |
ABC (1959–1970, secondary from 1965) CBS (secondary, 1959–1965) |
Transmitter power | 150 kW |
Height | 266 m |
Facility ID | 12395 |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°31′58.4″N 120°30′30.2″W / 46.532889°N 120.508389°W |
Website | www.kndo.com |
KNDO, virtual channel 23, is the NBC-affiliated television station serving the Yakima, Washington area. It is owned by the Cowles Company of Spokane as part of The KHQ Television Group. It is sister station to KNDU in the Tri-Cities, which is considered a semi-satellite of KNDO, even though newscasts for KNDO come from the studios of KNDU.
KNDO is rebroadcast on K32IG-D (channel 32), a low-powered digital translator in Ellensburg, Washington, owned and operated by the Kittitas County TV Improvement District. On satellite, KNDO is only available on DirecTV, while Dish Network carries KNDU instead.
KNDO and KNDU have been digital-only since February 17, 2009. NBC Weather+ had been carried on digital subchannel 23.3; the originating national network ceased operation on December 1, 2008. On September 1, 2010, KNDO dropped Universal Sports (channel 23.2) from their subchannel line-up.
KNDO debuted on the air on October 15, 1959 as an ABC (primary) affiliate. It was owned by Hugh Davis and his Columbia Empire Broadcasting Corporation. During this time it also showed occasional programs from NBC, as well as a few CBS programs turned down by KIMA-TV, including The Andy Griffith Show. In 1965 KNDO became a primary NBC affiliate but showed some ABC programming until KAPP debuted in 1970 to take the ABC affiliation.