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King5

KING-TV
KING-TV New Logo.png
SeattleTacoma, Washington
United States
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
Owner Tegna Media
(King Broadcasting Company)
First air date November 25, 1948 (68 years ago) (1948-11-25)
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)
  • Analog:
  • 5 (VHF, 1948–2009)
Former affiliations
  • Primary:
  • CBS (1948–1953)
  • ABC (1953–1959)
  • Secondary:
  • DuMont (1948–1953)
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°W / 47.63167; -122.35083Coordinates: 47°37′54″N 122°21′3″W / 47.63167°N 122.35083°W / 47.63167; -122.35083
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.king5.com

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.


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