King Broadcasting Company

King Broadcasting Company
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryBroadcast television, Broadcast radio
FoundedJune 18, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-06-18)[1]
FounderDorothy Bullitt
FateAssets split up; name used by Tegna for license holding
Successors
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Western United States
Key people
ParentTegna Inc.

King Broadcasting Company is an American former media conglomerate founded in 1946 by Dorothy Bullitt. The company was owned by the Bullitt family until it was sold to the Providence Journal Company in 1991; it is currently a subsidiary of Tegna as the licensee for its remaining stations. Based in Seattle, Washington, it began with one AM radio station and grew to include a large group of broadcast television and radio stations as well as a cable television network throughout the Western United States.

  1. ^ "King Broadcasting Co - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg Markets. Retrieved October 8, 2021.