KOMO-TV
Seattle, Washington
Branding	KOMO 4
Slogan	First 4 Local News
Analog channel	4 (VHF)
Digital channel	38 (HDTV, UHF)
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Fisher Communications
Founded	1953
Call letters meaning	Unknown
Former callsigns
Former affiliations	NBC (1953–1958)
Effective radiated power
Website	www.komotv.com

KOMO-TV, "KOMO 4" is a television station in Seattle, Washington. It is affiliated with the ABC network. It broadcasts on analog channel 4 and digital channel 38. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Downtown Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Government County King Mayor Greg Nickels NP/Democrat ¹ Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 369. ... This article is about the concept in marketing. ... Look up Slogan on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A slogan is a memorable phrase used in political or commercial context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. ... An analog or analogue signal is any variable signal continuous in both time and amplitude. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... A digital signal is a signal that is both discrete and quantized. ... It has been suggested that High Definition Video be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... An affiliate is an entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... Fisher Communications is a media company in the United States. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 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... 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 an entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or ERP is determined by subtracting system losses from system gains. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... Downtown Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Government County King Mayor Greg Nickels NP/Democrat ¹ Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 369. ... Look up ABC in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Abbreviation ABC is an abbreviation with many meanings: The Latin alphabet, of which A, B, and C are the first three letters. ...

The station is owned by Fisher Communications, which also owns KATU in Portland, as well as a number of smaller television stations acquired from Retlaw Enterprises in 1998, along with several radio stations (including KOMO AM 1000, KOMO-TV's immediate sister radio station). The station's studios are located just south of the Seattle Center in the Denny Regrade neighborhood in a new broadcasting center, Fisher Plaza, opened in 2000. KATU Channel 2 is a television station in Portland, Oregon, USA. It began operation on March 15, 1962 and is an affiliate of the American Broadcasting Company. ... KOMO is a radio station based in Seattle, Washington, broadcasting on 1000 in the AM radio spectrum. ... Center House, Seattle Center Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington, on the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. ... The Denny Regrade is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington that stretches north of the central business district to the grounds of Seattle Center. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

KOMO-TV has won the most broadcast awards out of any Seattle TV station. Its newscasts, "KOMO 4 News", have been rated consistently the "Best Newscast in America" for more than 15 years.

It is one of five local Seattle TV stations seen in Canada on the Bell ExpressVu and StarChoice satellite providers. Bell ExpressVu is the division of Bell Canada that sells digital television services in Canada. ... StarChoice is Canadas second direct broadcast satellite television distributor (the other being Bell ExpressVu), and is majority-owned by cable TV operator Shaw Communications Inc. ...

History

KOMO-TV has set many broadcast "firsts" in the industry. In 1957, a KOMO news photographer discovered a way to develop color film in a new process that took just a couple hours instead of days. His discovery allowed KOMO-TV to become the first TV station in the nation to broadcast in true color. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1985, KOMO became the first TV station to broadcast daily programming in full stereo sound. This article is about the year. ...

In 1994, KOMO applied for the first test license for broadcasting new high-definition signals. KOMO began broadcasting HDTV in 1997, and on May 18th, 1999, KOMO became the first TV station in America to broadcast its daily newscasts in HDTV. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

KOMO nearly lost one of its own in the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18th, 1980. Dave Crockett, who had been with KOMO since 1975, had been covering the mountain every day for three weeks until being rotated out a few days prior. On the morning of May 18th, he woke up at 3AM in Seattle on a hunch that he would get some impressive video that day, and loaded up his news car and headed towards Mount St. Helens without anyone at KOMO knowing about it. He arrived at the mountain just as it was erupting. His news video, which shows an advancing ash cloud and mud flows down the South Fork Toutle River, was made famous by its eleven-minute long "journey into the dark", six of those minutes of which were recorded in "total darkness" as Crockett narrated to what he thought would be his "last day on Earth." Mount St. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

His video made worldwide news and was used in a movie remake of the disaster starring Art Carney. The car he drove, with the remains of KOMO lettering still visible, is now a part of a Mount St. Helens Volcano Museum just ouside Toutle.

KOMO anchors Dan Lewis, Kathi Goertzen, and weather anchor Steve Pool have the third-longest running tenure out of any anchor team in America. Steve Pool has been at KOMO since 1977, and Kathi Goertzen joined KOMO-TV just after the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980. Dan Lewis, who had just finished working at WJLA in Washington DC, came to KOMO in 1987 to replace retiring news anchor Jim Harriott. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

Past Personalities

During the 1960s, local television personality Don McCune became well known for two programs. Mr. McCune was known to thousands of Seattle-area children who came to know him in the role of Captain Puget, hosting a tasteful and well-prepared children's entertainment program. KOMO and Don McCune also produced the "Exploration Northwest" documentary series, which explored many of the places and people of the Pacific Northwest.

During the 1970s and 1980s, weather reporter Ray Ramsey played a memorable role as the KOMO News meteorologist. He brought an enthusiasm to his work which is remembered by viewers many years later.

Current Personalities

The station's flagship 5 o'clock news broadcasts have long been anchored by the team of Dan Lewis and Kathi Goertzen. On Sept. 16th, 2005, she announced she was taking a leave of absence to treat a benign brain tumor [1]. She had a similar one removed seven years ago. Upon her return to work then, coanchor Dan Lewis welled up with tears, saying "Kathi, don't ever leave me like that again."

Trivia

In the movie Life or Something Like It (2002), Angelina Jolie's character works for a fictional Seattle TV station, KQMO 4, which is based on the real-life KOMO-TV. Parts of the movie were shot on location at KOMO's studio, and KOMO's equipment was also shown in some scenes (with KOMO's logo on the equipment and in the studio modified to say "KQMO" instead). Some of KOMO's anchors (such as Steve Pool, Margo Myers, Dan Lewis, and Theron Zahn) also made appearances in the movie. (Margo Myers has since moved to rival KIRO-TV.) Stephen Compall 19:09, 11 May 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jolie on French Glamour 2005 cover Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an Oscar-winning American actress and humanitarian. ... KIRO-TV is a television station in Seattle that broadcasts on analog channel 7 and digital channel 39. ...

Longtime KOMO anchors Dan Lewis and Kathi Goertzen also made a brief appearance in the movie Assassins (1995) starring Antonio Banderas and Sylvester Stallone. Assassins is a 1995 action film written by the Wachowski brothers, directed by Richard Donner, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas and Julianne Moore. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antonio Banderas as Zorro in The Legend of Zorro Antonio Banderas (born August 10, 1960), is a Spanish actor who was born José Antonio Domínguez Bandera in Málaga, Andalucía, Spain to Jose Domínguez, a State Department worker, and Ana Bandera, a teacher. ... Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946 in New York City) is an American film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. ...

In Harry and the Hendersons (1986) starring John Lithgow, then-hosts Dana Middleton and Dick Foley of KOMO-TV's Northwest Afternoon made an appearance as news anchors on KOMO 4 News, reporting the mysterious appearance of a Sasquatch in downtown Seattle. Several of KOMO-TV's news vehicles, bearing KOMO's old logo and paint scheme, also made an appearance. Movie poster Harry and the Hendersons is a 1987 American film starring John Lithgow. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1993, anchor Dan Lewis became the first reporter to interview former president Bill Clinton following the inauguration ceremony. The interview was conducted at the White House.

In 1989, Kathi Goertzen was the first American local TV news reporter to broadcast live from Germany as the Berlin Wall came down. Her broadcasts originated at the Brandenburg Gate from what was then known as "West Berlin."

External links

• http://www.komotv.com/
• http://www.fsci.com/
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KOMO-TV