KPHO-TV
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Phoenix, Arizona United States |
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| Branding | CBS 5 (general) CBS 5 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | CBS 5 Answers |
| Channels |
Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 5 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Translators | (see below) |
| Affiliations | CBS (1949–1953, 1994–present) |
| Owner |
Meredith Corporation (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation) |
| First air date | December 4, 1949 |
| Call letters' meaning | PHOenix |
| Sister station(s) | KTVK |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1949–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Independent (1955–1994) Secondary: NBC (1949–1953) ABC (1949–1955) DuMont (1949–1955) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 507 m (1,663 ft) |
| Facility ID | 41223 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°20′3.3″N 112°3′43.1″W / 33.334250°N 112.061972°WCoordinates: 33°20′3.3″N 112°3′43.1″W / 33.334250°N 112.061972°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.cbs5az.com |
KPHO-TV virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 17) is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by the Meredith Corporation as part of a duopoly with independent station KTVK (channel 3). KPHO has its studios located on North Seventh Avenue in Uptown Phoenix with its transmitter located on South Mountain on the city's south side. KPHO extends its signal throughout northern Arizona by way of more than a dozen translators.
The station first signed on the air on December 4, 1949 as the first television station in Arizona. It was originally owned by a group of entrepreneurs – one of whom, John Mullins, would later launch KBTV (now KUSA) in Denver. Majority interest was held by Phoenix Broadcasting, owners of KPHO radio (910 AM, now KFYI at 550 AM); the television station, which was originally assigned the call letters KTLX, had its callsign changed to KPHO-TV to match its radio sister shortly before its debut. It originally broadcast from studios at the Hotel Westward Ho in downtown Phoenix. The Meredith Corporation purchased the KPHO stations on June 25, 1952. In April 1950, the Lew King Ranger children's show broadcast live on KPHO with a young Wayne Newton as announcer. In 1954, it began airing The Wallace and Ladmo Show, a children's program which aired weekday mornings until 1989 – one of the longest-running locally produced children's shows in television history.
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