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| City | Seattle, Washington |
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| Branding | KING 5 |
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| History | |
First air date | November 25, 1948 |
Former call signs | KRSC-TV (1948–1949) |
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Call sign meaning | King Broadcasting Company |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 34847 |
| ERP | 715 kW |
| HAAT | 232.1 m (761 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°37′54″N 122°21′3″W / 47.63167°N 122.35083°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Everett-licensed independent station KONG (channel 16). The two stations share studios at the Home Plate Center in the SoDo district of Seattle; KING-TV's transmitter is located in the city's Queen Anne neighborhood.
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.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KING-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.