KVOS-TV

KVOS-TV
Bellingham–Seattle–Tacoma, Washington; Vancouver–Victoria, British Columbia; ; United States–Canada;
City	Bellingham, Washington
Channels	Digital: 14 (UHF); Virtual: 12;
Branding	Univision Seattle–Tacoma; H&I Washington (DT8);
Programming
Affiliations	12.1: Univision; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Weigel Broadcasting; (KVOS-TV LLC);
Sister stations	KFFV
History
First air date	June 3, 1953 (71 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 12 (VHF, 1953–2009); Digital: 35 (UHF, until 2019);
Former affiliations	DuMont (primary 1953–1955, secondary 1955–1956); CBS (primary 1955–1979, secondary 1979–1987); Independent (1979–2011); Citytv (secondary, 1990–2002); MeTV (2011–2018); Heroes & Icons (2018–2023);
Call sign meaning	Kessler's Voice of Seattle (from former sister radio station)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	35862
ERP	535 kW
HAAT	799 m (2,621 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	48°40′49.4″N 122°50′26.4″W / 48.680389°N 122.840667°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.kvos.com

KVOS-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Bellingham, Washington, United States, serving the Seattle–Tacoma market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting alongside Seattle-licensed MeTV owned-and-operated station KFFV, channel 44 (which KVOS simulcasts on its third digital subchannel). Its other subchannels carry Weigel's other diginet concepts. Though it now functions as a conventional Seattle-market station, for much of its history it primarily served an audience in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, including Vancouver and Victoria.

KVOS-TV's transmitter is situated atop Mount Constitution on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands, at an altitude of 2,621 feet (799 m) above the adjacent terrain. The station's signal is very well received throughout the British Columbia Lower Mainland, southern Vancouver Island, and much of northwest Washington. KVOS-TV original studios were located on Ellis Street in Bellingham. However, with the sale of KVOS-TV to OTA Broadcasting in 2010, the Bellingham facility was closed and the station currently shares studios with KFFV on Third Avenue South in Seattle.^[2] KVOS-TV previously maintained offices in Burnaby, British Columbia; before that, its Vancouver offices were located on West 7th Avenue;^[3] it now has no physical presence in the Vancouver area.

As KVOS serves both sides of the border, at one time the station decided to use both Canadian and American TV ratings at the start of each program, after they were established during the late 1990s— it was the only station on either side of the border to do so. Since early 2007, only U.S. ratings have been shown.^[4]

^ "Facility Technical Data for KVOS-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ Per contact information at MeTV website for KVOS-TV. Must follow that link for KVOS information, as it is hosted by metv.com.
^ the address was shown in this letter sent from the KVOS' Vancouver office in 1996
^ "Full Compilation Cut of Dec 5th 1997 KVOS" – via www.youtube.com.

[1] "Facility Technical Data for KVOS-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] Per contact information at MeTV website for KVOS-TV. Must follow that link for KVOS information, as it is hosted by metv.com.

[3] the address was shown in this letter sent from the KVOS' Vancouver office in 1996

[4] "Full Compilation Cut of Dec 5th 1997 KVOS" – via www.youtube.com.

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