KING-TV

KING-TV

Seattle–Tacoma–Everett, Washington United States
City	Seattle, Washington
Channels	Digital: 25 (UHF) Virtual: 5
Branding	KING 5
Programming
Affiliations	5.1: NBC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Tegna Inc. (King Broadcasting Company)
Sister stations	KONG
History
First air date	November 25, 1948 (75 years ago) (1948-11-25)
Former call signs	KRSC-TV (1948–1949)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 5 (VHF, 1948–2009) Digital: 48 (UHF, 1999–2019)
Former affiliations	CBS (1948–1953) ABC (secondary 1948−1953, primary 1953–1959) NBC (secondary, 1948–1953 and 1958–1959) DuMont (secondary, 1948–1956)
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 / 47.63167; -122.35083
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.king5.com

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.