KSKN-TV
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Spokane, Washington/Coeur d'Alene, Idaho United States |
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| Branding | Spokane's CW 22 (general) KREM 2 News (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 22 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 22.1 The CW 22.2 AccuWeather |
| Affiliations | The CW (2006–present) |
| Owner |
Tegna Media (KSKN Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | 1983 |
| Call letters' meaning | SpoKaNe |
| Sister station(s) | KREM |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 22 (UHF, 1983–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1983–1988) Dark (1988–1989) HSN (1989–1997) UPN (1997–2002) The WB (2002–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 250 kW |
| Height | 622 m |
| Facility ID | 35606 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°35′41″N 117°17′53″W / 47.59472°N 117.29806°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KSKN, virtual channel 22 (digital channel 36), is the CW-affiliated television station for Spokane, Washington, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and the Inland Northwest. It is also the sister station of KREM-TV and shares some of its programming. KSKN is owned by Tegna.
KSKN signed on the air on October 1, 1983 as an independent competitor to KAYU-TV (channel 28). The station featured a general entertainment format consisting of classic cartoons from 6 to 9 a.m., religious shows from 9 a.m. to noon, classic sitcoms from noon to 2:30 p.m., new cartoons from 2:30 to 5 p.m., recent sitcoms from 5 to 7 p.m., movies from 7 to 9 p.m., a mix of old and recent sitcoms from 9 p.m. to midnight, and movies during the overnight hours. Weekends consisted of more movies and drama shows. The station had good ratings, but overspent on programming. The original owners filed for bankruptcy in the summer of 1985. The station scaled back operations to daily from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. The station added more barter shows and dropped the stronger programming. In the fall of 1985, KSKN was sold. The new owners, former owners of KMSB in Tucson returned the station to stronger programming and added most of the shows the previous owners lost.
The station continued to suffer financially. These owners also filed bankruptcy in April 1987. The station began carrying home shopping programming from various sources 15 hours a day and some religious shows and cartoons for the remaining 9 hours. In June 1987, KSKN went dark. In the early 1990s, KSKN returned to the airwaves with Home Shopping Network programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week with exception of several hours Sunday Morning when they ran religious and educational kids shows.
In December 1995, KSKN entered into a local marketing agreement with KREM-TV, which was owned by the Providence Journal Company at the time. The station continued carrying Home Shopping Network programming, except during the morning hours and late afternoon hours, when the station ran cartoons. In 1996, the station became an affiliate of the United Paramount Network, with the station carrying the network's primetime programs and a couple hours a day of cartoons were added in afternoons. The station was re-launched early in 1997 with an overhaul of programming. Home Shopping Network programming was relegated to overnights; daytime hours consisted of cartoons until 9 a.m. and from 3 to 5 p.m., sitcoms from 9 a.m. to noon, talk and reality shows from noon to 3 p.m., sitcoms from 5 to 8 p.m. and from 10:30 p.m. to midnight, and a newscast at 10 p.m.
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