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Seattle–Tacoma, Washington United States |
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City | Seattle, Washington |
Branding | KING 5 (general) KING 5 News (newscasts) |
Slogan |
Western Washington's Home Team This is Home |
Channels |
Digital: 48 (UHF) (to move to 25 (UHF)) Virtual: 5 () |
Translators | 13 K13ER Cashmere/Leavenworth |
Affiliations |
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Owner |
Tegna Media (King Broadcasting Company) |
First air date | November 25, 1948 |
Call letters' meaning | KING County, Washington; pronounced 'King' |
Sister station(s) |
KONG KGW KREM KSKN KTVB KTFT |
Former callsigns | KRSC-TV (1948–1949) |
Former channel number(s) |
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Transmitter power | 960 kW 608 kW (CP) |
Height | 239 m (784 ft) |
Facility ID | 34847 |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°37′54″N 122°21′3″W / 47.63167°N 122.35083°WCoordinates: 47°37′54″N 122°21′3″W / 47.63167°N 122.35083°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www |
KING-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 48, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Seattle, Washington, United States and also serving Tacoma. The station is owned by Tegna, Inc., as part of a duopoly with Everett-licensed independent station KONG (channel 16). The two stations share offices and studios at the Home Plate Center in the SoDo district of Seattle; KING-TV's transmitter is located in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle.
KING-TV is one of five Seattle television stations that are available in Canada on satellite providers Bell TV and Shaw Direct, and is available to most cable subscribers in the Vancouver/Victoria, British Columbia area as the NBC affiliate. The station is also carried on several cable providers in southeastern Alaska and northwestern Oregon.