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KCPQ
Image:KCPQ.png
Tacoma / Seattle, Washington
Branding Q13 FOX
Slogan Right on Q
Channels Analog: 13 (VHF)
Digital: 18 (UHF),
moving to 13 (VHF) in 2009
Translators (See article)
Affiliations Fox

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Owner Tribune Broadcasting
Founded August 2, 1953(as KMO/KTVW)
1975 (as KCPQ)
Call letters’ meaning K
Clover
Park
Quality
Former affiliations NBC (19531954; secondary in 1980s),
PBS (19751981)
Transmitter Power 316kW (analog)
600kW (digital)
Height 610.0 m (analog)
585.0 m (digital)
Website www.q13.com

KCPQ is the FOX television affiliate serving the Seattle/Tacoma, Washington media market. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 13, and its digital signal on UHF channel 18. Its transmitter is located on Gold Mountain in Bremerton, Washington. Tribune Broadcasting is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... This article is about the television network. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power (ERP) is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains to the actual electrical power output of a transmitter. ... The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ... HAAT is used extensively in radio, as it is actually much more important than power. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... FOX redirects here. ... Seattle redirects here. ... Nickname: Location of Tacoma in Pierce County and Washington State Coordinates: , Country State County Pierce Government  - Mayor Bill Baarsma (D) Area  - City  62. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... Sinclair Inlet and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (left), Dyes Inlet (middle distance) and Manette and Warren Avenue Bridges (left to right) across Port Washington Narrows Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, USA. The population was 37,259 at the 2000 census. ...


Though licensed to Tacoma, the station's offices and broadcasting center are located on the west shore of Lake Union in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood. KCPQ shares its facilities with sister station KMYQ, Seattle's MyNetwork TV affiliate. Both stations are owned by the Tribune Company. In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Lake Union from atop the Space Needle Lake Union is a freshwater lake completely within the Seattle, Washington city limits. ... Westlake is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the US state of Washington, named after its location on the western shore of Lake Union. ... KMYQ is a television station in Seattle, Washington. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MNT, or MNTV) is an upcoming television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation, which is scheduled to launch on September 5, 2006. ... The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ...


KCPQ is one of five local Seattle TV stations seen in Canada on the Bell ExpressVu and Star Choice satellite providers. The station is also carried on several cable systems in southeastern Alaska. Bell ExpressVu is the division of Bell Canada Enterprises that provides satellite television service across Canada. ... Star Choice is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada which is majority-owned by cable TV operator Shaw Communications Inc. ...

Contents

History

As KMO-TV/KTVW

Channel 13 signed on air on August 2, 1953 as KMO-TV, co-owned with KMO radio by Carl Haymond. The station carried some NBC programming for its first year until Seattle's KOMO-TV took to the air on December 11, 1953. Hampered by a poor signal from north of Tacoma and no network material, Haymond was forced to declare bankruptcy and sell the station to J. Elroy McCaw, father of cellular phone magnate Craig McCaw. is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... This article is about the television network. ... KOMO Studio KOMO-TV (KOMO 4) is a television station in Seattle, Washington. ... is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Craig McCaw at NSTAC meeting, June 2001 Craig McCaw (b. ...


Under McCaw's ownership, Channel 13, renamed KTVW, closed their studio in Tacoma's Roxy Theater, relocated to their transmitter building, and limped along on a diet of a low-budget local programming, old network reruns and ancient B-movies. Their advertising of the period pictured a stylized black cat and the ironic tag line "Lucky 13."


In 1970, the station ran a weekday stock-market news program produced by Rockwell Hammond and hosted by Merrill Mael. Dick Stokke and, later, Joe McCusker read the news. Hammond leased six and a half hours a day from KTVW and originated the program, called "Business Action Line", live from the Northern Life Tower in Seattle from where it was microwaved to KTVW in Tacoma. Despite the poor over-the-air reception of KTVW in Seattle, the program had a following in the business community, if only for the 15-minute delayed stock ticker and the real time display of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. However, expenses quickly overcame the income from what proved to be a limited commercial base, and the venture failed. Linear graph of the DJIA from 1901 until today Logarithmic graph of the DJIA from 1901 until today The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DJI, also called the DJIA, Dow 30, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several stock market indices created by nineteenth-century...


Mael, a respected broadcaster for six decades, died in 2000. McCusker moved on to a career with the United Nations television operation, retiring in 2007.


During the late 1960s and early 70s, the station featured an on-air movie host named Bob Corcoran, who hawked endless items from Tacoma's B & I Circus Store and Niagara recliners. Corcoran later forged a fledgling political career from his television late-night talk show. Station owner McCaw died in 1969 and the station was purchased by Blaidon Mutual Investors Corporation in 1971 for $1.1 million. Bob Corcoran was a former television talk show host on KTVW, Channel 13 in Tacoma, Washington, during the early 1970s. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ...


Blaidon tried to turn KTVW around by acquiring first-run syndicated programming and color-capable broadcast equipment (the station telecast exclusively in black-and-white until 1972). Channel 13's poor over-the-air signal, along with the weak Puget Sound economy and Blaidon's undercapitalized operation, rendered the station a money-losing proposition. In an attempt to improve ratings, the station launched an afternoon cartoon show hosted by a "superhero" for whom viewers were asked to suggest a name. The winning entry was "Flash Blaidon" and the host frequently made his entrance "flying" onto the set by jumping off a ladder whose shadow was often visible on the back wall of the cramped studio. Interestingly, Blaidon president Donald Wolfstone attempted to sell the station to then-unknown televangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson, but a court-appointed trustee canceled the deal. Another sale to a Long Island television broadcast company also fell through. A bankruptcy judge then forced KTVW to cease operations in 1974. Puget Sound For the university in this region, see University of Puget Sound. ... Marion Gordon Pat Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is a televangelist from the United States. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...


As KCPQ

The remaining Channel 13 assets were bought in bankruptcy court bidding by the Clover Park School District in Lakewood, a Tacoma suburb, for $378,000. The call letters were changed to KCPQ, replacing Clover Park's UHF channel 56 transmitter which had operated under the name KPEC-TV, and the station went back on the air, carrying secondary PBS and educational programs. The KTVW call letters now reside on a Phoenix TV station unrelated to the present-day KCPQ. This page is about the city in Pierce County, Washington. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... KTVW is a Univision-owned and operated television station located in Phoenix, Arizona. ... Nickname: Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: , Country State County Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area  - City  515. ...


By 1980, the Seattle market could sustain another commercial television station, and Kelly Broadcasting of Sacramento purchased KCPQ from the Clover Park School District for $6.25 million, outbidding a New Mexico company that had initially stepped up to buy the station. The station went silent temporarily February 28, 1980 during the ownership change. KCPQ's transmitter was relocated to Gold Mountain, a peak west of Bremerton, enabling better signal coverage throughout Western Washington. The station relanuched November 4, 1980. KCPQ became "The Northwest's Movie Channel," counterprogramming network prime-time with uncut versions of recent films. The station also ran NBC shows that KING-TV pre-empted (including NBC's Saturday morning cartoons). Other than Saturdays, KCPQ did not run children's programming during the week. KCPQ ran mostly first-run syndicated talk and game shows, off-network dramas, lots of movies, and some early morning religious programs. KCPQ also carried college sports for the majority of the 1980s and early 1990s including Pacific Ten Conference Football and Men's Basketball as well as college football bowl games from syndicators such as Mizlou, Katz Sports and Raycom Sports. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Sinclair Inlet and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (left), Dyes Inlet (middle distance) and Manette and Warren Avenue Bridges (left to right) across Port Washington Narrows Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, USA. The population was 37,259 at the 2000 census. ... is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... KING-TV (KING 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is affiliated with the NBC network, and broadcasts on analog VHF channel 5 and digital UHF channel 48. ...


In 1986, KCPQ became one of the first affiliates of the Fox network. In 1987, with the children's television business growing, KCPQ began running cartoons weekday mornings 7-9 AM and afternoons 3-5 PM. KCPQ aired some sitcoms as well, and continued airing first-run syndicated shows and movies. As the Fox network's viewership and ratings strengthened in the 1990s, KCPQ gained prominence as a major broadcaster in the local Seattle market. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... FOX redirects here. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...


Tribune Broadcasting, which also owns KMYQ, acquired KCPQ in August of 1998 as part of a three-way deal with Kelly Broadcasting and Meredith Corporation. (Kelly pulled out of broadcasting by selling most of its stations to Hearst-Argyle, while Meredith acquired Atlanta's WGNX from Tribune.) Tribune Broadcasting's status is uncertain as of 2007 while the parent Tribune Co. searches for a buyer. Tribune Broadcasting is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois. ... KMYQ, channel 22, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station in Seattle, Washington. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Meredith Corporation NYSE: MDP is based in Des Moines, Iowa. ... Hearst-Argyle Television, Incorporated, is a broadcasting company in the United States. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... WGCL is the current callsign of two broadcast stations: WGCL-TV in Atlanta, Georgia WGCL-AM in Bloomington, Indiana And formerly WGCL-FM in Cleveland, Ohio This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


News

KCPQ once ran several news updates between movies during the early 1980s, and briefly ran a full half-hour 10pm newscast. This operation couldn't compete with the more established 10pm news on then-independent KSTW, and was eventually cancelled. The current news operation began on January 18, 1998, when it launched a new 10pm newscast. It also launched a morning newscast in 2000 following Tribune's purchase. KSTW is the UPN owned and operated television station for Seattle. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...


On March 31, 2008, the station will begin producing a 9 P.M. newscast airing on KMYQ.[1] is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...


Current personalities

  • Maria Arcega-Dunn - Morning Co-Anchor
  • Jennifer Cabala - Weekend Anchor/Reporter
  • Brian Callanan - Reporter
  • Darren Dedo - Reporter
  • Dan Devone - Weeknight Sports Anchor
  • Adam Gehrke - Traffic Reporter
  • Lily Jang - Morning Co-Anchor
  • Walter Kelley - Chief Meteorologist
  • Angela King - Reporter
  • Aaron Levine - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter
  • Parella Lewis - Weekend Meteorologist
  • James Lynch - Reporter
  • M.J. McDermott - Morning Meteorologist
  • Nicole Sanchez - Reporter
  • David Rose - Weekend Co-Anchor
  • Roxanne Vainuku - Reporter
  • Suzanne West - Reporter
  • Bill Wixey - Morning Co-Anchor
  • Mark Wright - Weeknight Co-Anchor & IQ Weekly Anchor
  • Lara Yamada - Weeknight Co-Anchor

Notes

During the 1980s and early 1990s, KCPQ used a ship bell ring, for the station ID.


Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:


Digital channels

Virtual
Channel
Physical
RF Channel
Video Aspect Programming
13.1 18.1 720p 16:9 Main KCPQ Programming / FOX HD
13.2 18.2 480i 4:3 Q13 Fox First Forecast / AccuWeather

In 2009, KCPQ will remain on channel 13 when the analog to digital conversion is complete.[1] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of common resolutions. ... The aspect ratio of a two-dimensional shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. ... JOHN HERMAN SUCKS FAT DICK ... The 16:9 aspect ratio (also known as widescreen) is an aspect ratio that is 16/9 or 1. ... This article is about the animal. ... 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... 4:3 is a ratio. ... The AccuWeather Channel is a 24-hour weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network owned and operated by AccuWeather which is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Repeaters

All repeaters are owned by KCPQ and are within the Seattle market, unless specified.

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