KING-TV
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HAAT | 232.1 m (761 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 47°37′54″N 122°21′3″W / 47.63167°N 122.35083°W |
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Website | www |
KING-TV (channel 5) is a
Debuting as the first television station in the Pacific Northwest, channel 5 was purchased by and became the flagship station of Dorothy Bullitt's King Broadcasting Company eight months into broadcasting; the company still exists as a license holder for its properties under Tegna ownership. The station became an NBC affiliate in 1959 and has generally led the Seattle television market since.
History
Channel 5 first took to the air as KRSC-TV on November 25, 1948,
Eight months after the television station debuted, KRSC-TV and KRSC-FM were purchased by
Once the
Dissatisfied with Stimson Bullitt's management style, Dorothy Bullitt, and Mr. Bullitt's sisters, arranged for his voluntary resignation from King Broadcasting in 1972.[citation needed] Stimson sold his company shares to his sisters, Harriet and Patsy. He then received control of the family's real estate interests. Ancil Payne, who had served as general manager of the company's Portland stations since 1965, became president and CEO. By the 1970s and 1980s, KING-TV was the flagship of a growing regional media empire which at various times included ventures in publishing, the film industry, cable television systems (under the name of King Videocable, the assets of which have by now been absorbed into Comcast) and even various timber assets in the Far East.[citation needed]
Locally produced programs that debuted on the station during the 1970s and 1980s included Seattle Today/Good Company, a mid-morning talk show hosted by Cliff Lenz and Shirley Hudson and later by Susan Michaels and Colby Chester; Seattle Tonight, Tonite!, hosted by Ross McGowan and later Dick Klinger; Almost Live!, originally a Sunday night talk and comedy show hosted by Ross Shafer, that later became an ensemble sketch comedy show (that eventually moved to Saturday nights) after Shafer left to become host of The Late Show on Fox; and a local Evening Magazine franchise, first hosted by Penny LeGate and Brian Tracey. Of these, only Evening Magazine (now entitled simply Evening) exists today. How Come?, a half-hour early Sunday evening family television program hosted by Al Wallace, won several awards during its run during the 1970s and early 1980s. The show covered topics on how things were made or done in the world. Dick Klinger hosted the show after Al Wallace died.
King Broadcasting's stations included KGW radio and television in Portland,
Gannett/Tegna, move to SoDo
On June 13, 2013, the
In April 2014, KING-TV announced plans to sell its
The choice of a smaller location was in response to concerns that the large size of its previous facility inhibited collaboration. The ground floor contains two studios: a street-side studio for KING-TV's news programming, and the other for local productions such as New Day Northwest. The newsroom is located on the second floor, and contained NWCN's main set. The new facility was equipped with new Grass Valley master control, graphics, and playout hardware, and Sony automation equipment.[26] After broadcasting its final newscast from the North Dexter Avenue studio on February 12, 2016, KING quietly transitioned its master control to Home Plate Center during that night's broadcast of Late Night with Seth Meyers, and began broadcasting newscasts from the new facility the following morning.[26][27]
On January 6, 2017, NWCN was shut down due to declining viewership, the free online streaming of KING and KONG's newscasts, and the reluctance of local cable systems to pay more for the channel to keep it operating.[28]
Programming
As of September 2023, KING-TV broadcasts only two syndicated programs during its weekday schedule, Extra and Inside Edition. This, as part of the station relying less on syndicated programming and more on the station's newscasts and local programming, makes KING-TV one of several stations in the U.S. to share a similar strategy. Despite this, KING-TV was airing 3+1⁄2 hours of syndicated programming prior to September 2013.[29]
On New Year's Eve, KING-TV broadcasts coverage of the fireworks show on the Space Needle.[30]
Sports programming
KING-TV opted not to carry
KING-TV has been the official television partner of the
KING-TV also broadcast all Seattle SuperSonics games covered through NBC's NBA broadcast contract from 1990 to 2002, including the team's 1996 NBA Finals appearance. It also aired select Seattle Mariners games via NBC's MLB broadcast contract from 1977 to 1989, and for the postseason only from 1995 to 2000.
Beginning in 2024, KING-TV will air select Washington Huskies football games through Big Ten Saturday Night. It will also air select Seattle Kraken games as part of the team's new regional deal, which also made KONG the new flagship station for Kraken telecasts.[32][33]
News operation
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KING-TV presently broadcasts 46 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday, six hours on Saturdays and five hours on Sundays).
In 1999, to compete against KOMO-TV, KING-TV began broadcasting its newscasts in
Following its sale to the company, KING-TV adopted Gannett's standardized newscast presentation (which used a color coding system modeled upon co-owned newspaper USA Today.[36][37]
Notable former on-air staff
- Dennis Bounds – weekday morning anchor, later weeknight evening anchor (1991–2016, now retired)[38]
- Walter Cronkite School of Journalism)[39]
- Jim Compton – host of The Compton Report (1985–1999)[40]
- Lou Dobbs – anchor (was at CNN; formerly at Fox Business)[41]
- Jean Enersen – Seattle's first female news anchor (1972–2016, now retired)[38]
- Joe Fryer – general assignment/special projects reporter (2010–2013) (Now with NBC News as a Los Angeles-based correspondent)
- Grant Goodeve – Northwest Backroads host
- Jack Hamann – reporter
- David Kerley (was at KIRO-TV; currently at ABC News)[42]
- Margaret Larson – reporter/late-night anchor, New Day Northwest host (formerly with NBC News, KIRO-TV; 1999–2002, 2010–2020, now retired)[43][44]
- John Lippman – anchor (1971–1976); now television executive and the acting director of Voice of America
- Lori Matsukawa – weeknight anchor (1983–2019); now retired
- Tonya Mosley – anchor/reporter (now co-host of NPR's Here and Now)
- Shannon O'Donnell – weather anchor (1996–2000 and 2007–2009; now weather anchor at KOMO-TV)[46]
- Greg Palmer – reporter[47]
- Don Poier (later radio voice of Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies, deceased)[48]
- Wendy Tokuda - reporter/anchor (1974-1977); later worked in San Francisco and Los Angeles, now retired
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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5.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
KING-HD | NBC |
5.2 | 480i | Crime | True Crime Network | |
5.3 | Quest | Quest | ||
5.4 | The365 | The365
| ||
5.5 | QVC2 | QVC2
| ||
16.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KONG-HD | KONG (Independent) |
On December 6, 2011, Belo signed an agreement with the Live Well Network to affiliate with
Analog-to-digital conversion
KING-TV ceased regular programming over its analog signal, on June 12, 2009, as part of the
5.Canadian and out-of-market coverage
KING-TV is one of five Seattle television stations that are available in Canada on
References
Specific citations:
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KING-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ FCC History Cards for KING-TV. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "About KING5 | Seattle, Washington".
- ^ "KRSC-TV; Seattle station planning new program formula." Broadcasting – Telecasting, November 22, 1948, pg. 36. [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "KRSC-TV goes on the air with fanfare." Broadcasting – Telecasting, December 6, 1948, pg. 44. [2][permanent dead link]
- ^ Corr, O. Casey (October 6, 1996). "The day Seattle got TV–'It's cute, but I don't think it'll ever amount to much,' a radio broadcaster concluded". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ^ "KRSC-TV joins CBS television network." Broadcasting – Telecasting, October 25, 1948, pg. 28. [3][permanent dead link]
- ^ "KRSC-TV will sign three TV networks." Broadcasting – Telecasting, November 8, 1948, pg. 68. [4][permanent dead link]
- ^ "KRSC-FM-TV sold to KING for $375,000; subject to FCC okay." Broadcasting – Telecasting, May 16, 1949, pg. 30. [5][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Seattle change; TV start, FM switch set by KING." Broadcasting – Telecasting, August 22, 1949, pg. 38.
- ^ https://archive.today/VWrye/bff5b69de2c4fc9d60dc9c553a3b618f2fa54e15.png [bare URL image file]
- ^ "Redirect URL".
- ^ "KING_Mike.PNG (186x253 pixels)". si0.twimg.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ^ "KGW, KING stations affiliate with NBC."[permanent dead link] Broadcasting, October 20, 1958, pg. 74.
- ^ "Seattle partner-change in '59: KOMO-TV to ABC; KING-TV to NBC."[permanent dead link] Broadcasting, October 27, 1958, pg. 68.
- ^ "KOMO-TV joins ABC."[permanent dead link] Broadcasting, April 13, 1959, pg. 99.
- ^ "'Operation Switchover.'"[permanent dead link] Broadcasting, October 5, 1959, pg. 100.
- ^ a b "KING 5 puts building up for sale as South Lake Union booms". Seattle Times. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Ortutay, Barbara; Fowler, Bree (June 13, 2013). "Gannett to buy TV station owner Belo for $1.5B". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ Gannett Completes Its Acquisition of Belo, TVNewsCheck, Retrieved December 23, 2013
- ^ "Separation of Gannett into two public companies completed | TEGNA". Tegna. June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- Gannett Company. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ "KING 5 moving to Seattle's SoDo neighborhood". KING5.com. Gannett Company. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ^ "What's next for 333 Dexter Avenue". KING5.com. Tegna. Archived from the original on February 14, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ^ "333 Dexter Ave. demolition". KING5.com.
- ^ a b "KING Hits A Grand Slam At Home Plate Center". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ "KING 5 News pre-emptions this week". KING5.com. Tegna. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ Connelly, Joel; SeattlePI (October 28, 2016). "Tegna pulls the plug on Northwest Cable News". seattlepi.com.
- ^ "Inside Edition's local girl Megan Alexander". KING5.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "TV Picks for Monday: 'New Year's at The Needle' on KING". The Seattle Times. December 31, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ "Seattle Seahawks And KING 5 Announce New Multi-Year Partnership". Seattle Seahawks. May 10, 2022. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ "New, More Ways to Watch the Kraken | Seattle Kraken". www.nhl.com. April 25, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Kraken leaving ROOT Sports for new TV and streaming deals". The Seattle Times. April 25, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "HDTV". KING-TV. Archived from the original on May 16, 2007.
- ^ "KING 5 News switches to HD format". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
- ^ "New graphic look coming to KING 5 on Wednesday". KING5.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ "Gannett Stations Clean Up Their Graphics". TVNewsCheck. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- ^ a b "Dennis Bounds, Jeff Renner among KING 5 staffers taking retirement offers". April 15, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. Archived from the originalon September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- ^ Porterfield, Elaine (October 28, 2003). "Ex-journalist says he asks tough questions". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- Sky Valley Chronicle. October 31, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Boss, Kit (August 13, 1992). "KING Anchor Rejoins KIRO". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- ^ Wiley, Suzie (July 31, 2020). ""People are amazing", KING 5's Margaret Larson looks back on a 35 year career in journalism". KING5.com. Tegna Inc. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ^ "Margaret Larson Bio". KING5.com. Tegna Inc. July 12, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ^ "Mark Mullen Biography". KNSD. September 25, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- ^ "Sharon O'Donnell bio". KOMO-TV. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ Clarridge, Christine (May 10, 2009). ""Funniest guy in the room" told whimsical TV stories". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- ^ Moore, Jim (January 24, 2005). "Don Poier, 1951–2005: Voice of Grizzlies honed his skills in NW". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KING
- ^ Live Well Net Adds Two More Belo Stations, TVNewsCheck, December 6, 2011.
- ^ Congress postpones DTV transition, Seattle may not Archived February 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, KING/AP, February 5, 2009
- ^ http://www.king5.com/business/stories/NW_061209DTV-switchover-complete-JM.72d85dd1.html KING, KONG now all-digital Archived June 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CDBS Print". FCC. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Channel Line-Up & Packages" (PDF). Inland Networks. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ "Spectrum TV Packages – Ellensburg, WA". Charter Communications. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ "TV Channel listings | TV Guide | REVTV". REV. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
General references:
- Dorothy Stimson Bullitt: An Uncommon Life by Delphine Haley, from Sasquatch Press; ISBN 1-57061-327-3
- King: The Bullitts of Seattle and Their Communications Empire by O. Casey Corr, from University of Washington Press; ISBN 0-295-97584-9
- On the Air: The King Broadcasting Story by Daniel Jack Chasan, from Island Publishers; ISBN 0-9615580-6-7