A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
66-646: KOMO-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Seattle, Washington , United States, affiliated with ABC . It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Bellevue -licensed CW affiliate KUNS-TV (channel 51). The two stations share studios within KOMO Plaza (formerly Fisher Plaza) in the Lower Queen Anne section of Seattle adjacent to the Space Needle ; KOMO-TV's transmitter is located in
132-572: A TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around the world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require
198-500: A barter in some cases. St. Helens (film) St. Helens is a 1981 made-for- cable HBO television film directed by Ernest Pintoff, and starring David Huffman , Art Carney , Cassie Yates , and Albert Salmi . The film centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington , with the story beginning on the day volcanic activity started on March 20, 1980, and ending on
264-504: A broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines the broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires
330-399: A fictionalized version of David A. Johnston , arrives to investigate the activity. Upon arriving in the small town of Cougar , he quickly befriends Linda Steele (Cassie Yates), a single mother who works as a waitress at a restaurant named Whittaker's Inn. While at Whittaker's Inn, he stirs up concern with its owner, Clyde Whittaker (Albert Salmi), and a group of farmers and loggers. Meanwhile,
396-598: A high-definition digital signal in 1997; on May 18, 1999, KOMO became the first television station in the United States to broadcast its daily newscasts in high definition. This statement, however, comes into conflict with a claim made by WFAA in Dallas (a sister station to KING-TV) that it is the first station in the nation to broadcast its daily news programs in high definition, on February 28, 1997. It also conflicts with WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina . On July 2, 2009,
462-594: A large electrical fire that started in an electrical vault at the Fisher Plaza complex at 11:15 p.m. that evening knocked KOMO off the air during its 11 p.m. newscast. On April 10, 2013, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it would acquire Fisher Communications for $ 373.3 million. However, the deal was subjected to financial scrutiny; the law firm Levi & Korsinsky notified Fisher shareholders with accusations that Fisher's board of directors were breaching fiduciary duties by "failing to adequately shop
528-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in
594-635: A station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,
660-483: A station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as
726-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations
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#1732780508639792-749: Is available to most cable subscribers in the Vancouver – Victoria, British Columbia , area as the ABC affiliate and is one of five Seattle television stations seen in Canada on the Bell Satellite TV and Shaw Direct satellite services. It is also seen out-of-market on Charter Spectrum in Ellensburg (part of the Yakima DMA), with ABC programming and some syndicated shows blacked out due to
858-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually
924-592: The Seattle Fire Department . The Eurocopter AS350 B2 helicopter involved in the crash, FAA registration number N250FB, had been leased to KOMO-TV while technical upgrades were being made to the station's own helicopter. On September 27, 2015, KOMO introduced a new studio for its newscasts, which was designed by Devlin Design Group—Sinclair's primary set design firm. The new design contains nods to Seattle's scenery, including tribal designs on
990-735: The Three Sisters volcanic chain) served as the pre-eruption Mount St. Helens, and the film opens with a picture of Mount Bachelor and the Central Oregon Cascades. The setting for the pre-eruption Spirit Lake was actually Sparks Lake, located west of Mount Bachelor. The setting for the Mount St. Helens Lodge was Elk Lake Lodge, located about 30 miles (48 km) from Bend along Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway . The film used Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway (Cascade Lakes Highway) to depict Washington State Route 504 (known now as
1056-463: The White House . The station's signal is multiplexed : KOMO-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 38, using virtual channel 4. In 2009, KOMO-TV became one of four television stations in the country to be
1122-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has
1188-416: The 83-year-old owner of the Mount St. Helens Lodge, Harry R. Truman (Art Carney), has a defiant attitude toward the idea of leaving his home on the slopes of the volcano. After Washington declares a danger zone around the volcano and prohibits anyone from entering it, owners of property inside the prohibited area demand access to their property. To appease them, the state government agrees to let them into
1254-456: The Company before agreeing to enter into the transaction", and Sinclair was underpaying for Fisher's stock. Shortly after the announcement, a lawsuit was filed by a Fisher shareholder. On August 6, the shareholders voted to approve the sale, after they approved that the shareholders would get $ 41 per share. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted approval of the deal on August 6, and
1320-591: The Emmy Award for "Breaking News Coverage". A segment on The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies ( Palm Springs, California ) received an Emmy in 1997. In March 2019, KOMO-TV aired a news special entitled Seattle is Dying . This special documented the ongoing drug and homelessness crisis in Seattle and included interviews with residents, business owners, a former police chief, and several homeless people. The documentary and KOMO-TV were criticized by other media following
1386-708: The FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division . As KOMO and KCPQ rank among the four highest-rated stations in the Seattle−Tacoma market in total day viewership and broadcasters are not currently allowed to legally own more than two full-power television stations in a single market, the companies would have been required to sell either the KOMO/KUNS or the KCPQ/KZJO duopolies to another station group in order to comply with FCC ownership rules preceding approval of
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#17327805086391452-652: The Inn of the Seventh Mountain resort in Seventh Mountain , Oregon, for lodging and production offices. Gerri Whiting, the sister of lodge owner Harry Truman, served as a historical consultant for the film. According to her, Harry Truman and David Johnston were indeed friends and spent some time together. One of the film's writers was Larry Sturholm, a Portland and Seattle television news reporter and personality known for humorous local news stories. Sturholm
1518-502: The KOMO call sign ; on February 2, 2022, Lotus changed KOMO radio's call sign to KNWN , though it continues to maintain a partnership with KOMO-TV, and the Lotus stations have not departed KOMO Plaza. On September 1, 2023, the station's second subchannel began to carry The CW temporarily, replacing KSTW , after CBS News and Stations exercised its option to withdraw its affiliations with
1584-557: The NBC affiliation full-time. At that point, KOMO-TV became an exclusive ABC affiliate. During the 1960s, local television personality Don McCune became well known in the Seattle market for two programs seen on KOMO-TV. Thousands of children in the area knew McCune as "Captain Puget ", his role while hosting a children's entertainment program . Channel 4 and McCune also produced the documentary series Exploration Northwest , which explored many of
1650-460: The Sinclair deal, intending to seek other mergers and acquisitions opportunities. In September 2021, radio sister stations KOMO (1000 AM and 97.7 FM ), KVI (570 AM), and KPLZ-FM (101.5) were sold to Lotus Communications , leaving KUNS-TV as the sole sister station to KOMO-TV in Seattle; KOMO-TV and KOMO radio were separated after 68 years with the sale. Sinclair retained full control over
1716-599: The Spirit Lake Memorial Highway). The photos during the depiction of the May 18, 1980, eruption showing the north face of Mount St. Helens collapsing and exploding were taken by an amateur photographer at the Bear Meadow campsite 11 miles (18 km) northeast of the peak. The photographer, Gary Rosenquist, became a household name shortly after the eruption, and his photo sequence was widely used by
1782-647: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in
1848-501: The United States, having served as KOMO's evening news team from 1987 to 2009. The station's evening newscast has long been co-anchored by Lewis and Goertzen, and was praised by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as being the "Best First-String anchor unit in town." Following the presidential inauguration ceremony in 1993, Lewis became the first reporter to interview then- President Bill Clinton , which occurred at
1914-428: The acquisition; however, a sale of either station to an independent buyer was dependent on later decisions by the FCC regarding local ownership of broadcast television stations and future acts by Congress . After speculation that Sinclair would keep KOMO-TV and KUNS-TV and sell KCPQ and KZJO to Fox Television Stations , it announced on April 24, 2018, that it would keep KOMO-TV, buy KZJO and sell KCPQ and KUNS-TV. KUNS-TV
1980-424: The broadcast. The Seattle Times contested the piece, publishing a rebuttal that April which countered that Seattle's crime rates are actually significantly lower than the 1980s and 1990s. A subject of the documentary piece reported, when later interviewed, that he had been misrepresented. KOMO anchors Dan Lewis , Kathi Goertzen, and weather forecaster Steve Pool had the third-longest tenure of an anchor team in
2046-551: The broadcast. KOMO would likely have held the distinction of being the first television station in Seattle, and perhaps the nation, if it were not for the occurrences of the Great Depression and World War II . The station was originally owned by the Fisher family, which had its start in the flour mill and lumber businesses. The Fishers branched into broadcasting with its founding of KOMO radio in 1926. In competing for
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2112-555: The channel 4 construction permit , the Fishers faced off against the then-owners of KJR radio . KOMO was awarded the license in June 1953 after the KJR group dropped their bid, and KOMO-TV first signed on the air only five months later. William W. Warren, general manager of KOMO radio and a nephew of KOMO co-founder Oliver D. Fisher, oversaw the development of KOMO-TV and remained involved with
2178-478: The city's Queen Anne neighborhood. KOMO-TV signed on in December 1953 as the flagship station of Seattle-based Fisher Broadcasting ; originally an NBC affiliate, it was the television extension to KOMO (1000 AM) , which was a sister station until 2021. The station became Seattle's ABC affiliate in 1959 when KING-TV affiliated with NBC after a year-long transition period; it has generally ranked second in
2244-598: The city's television market ratings behind KING-TV throughout its existence. KOMO-TV began operating on December 11, 1953, as an NBC affiliate, owing to KOMO radio's long-time relationship with the NBC Radio Network . It is the fourth-oldest television station in the Seattle– Tacoma area. KOMO also has an almost forgotten distinction as being the first station in Seattle to broadcast a television signal. Whereas crosstown rival KRSC-TV (channel 5, now KING-TV )
2310-535: The crashed helicopter, which was leased to the station by St. Louis -based Helicopters Inc. and was also used by KING-TV under a Local News Service agreement, ran down Broad Street (along and south of the crash site), later bursting into flames. Helicopter pilot Gary Pfitzner and photographer Bill Strothman were both killed in the crash. A 37-year-old man in one of the cars was also critically injured, reportedly suffering burns covering up to 20% of his body (revised from an earlier report of burns at up to 50%) according to
2376-512: The danger zone as long as they sign waivers agreeing that the state has no liability for death or injury they suffer due to volcanic activity. On April 30, 1980, state officials in Cougar give them waivers of liability to sign. As the volcanic activity increases, so does the attraction between David and Linda, and the two eventually fall in love. Presumably on the day before the eruption, David packs Linda and her son off to safety and stays behind for
2442-484: The day of the eruption, May 18, 1980. The film premiered on May 18, 1981, on the first anniversary of the eruption. The film is noted for being the first Hollywood soundtrack of the italian prog-rock group Goblin ( Massimo Morante , Claudio Simonetti , Fabio Pignatelli , Agostino Marangolo and Antonio Marangolo ). On March 20, 1980, an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck Mt. St. Helens, signaling
2508-408: 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 outside Toutle . In 1984, KOMO became the first television station to broadcast daily programming in full stereo sound . In 1994, KOMO applied for the first test license for broadcasting new high-definition signals. KOMO began broadcasting
2574-723: The entire Monday Night Football schedule live, regardless of the teams that were playing each week. A decade later, the program moved to cable on ESPN , though ABC began to simulcast select games with ESPN in 2020, along with NFL Wild Card playoff games starting in 2015. KOMO-TV aired the Seahawks' appearance in Super Bowl XL . KOMO produces Seattle Refined , a lifestyle newsmagazine program that contains advertorial content. KOMO-TV presently broadcasts 45 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday and five hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). For
2640-455: The eruption. His film crew had been dropped off by helicopter in the area on May 23, 1980, and as they filmed the devastation, their compasses started malfunctioning due to the magnetic field differences in the volcanic ash . This resulted in them getting lost and nearly killed by a second large explosion on May 25, 1980. Brief clips from the 1980 documentary film The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! filmed during that expedition were included in
2706-489: The film's premiere, 36 scientists who knew Johnston signed a letter of protest against the depiction of Johnston in the form of the David Jackson character. They wrote, "Dave's life was too meritorious to require fictional embellishments," and "Dave was a superbly conscientious and creative scientist." Johnston's friend, USGS geologist Don Swanson, who, due to other commitments had convinced Johnston to take his place at
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2772-468: The film, arguing that it possessed not "an ounce of David in it" and that the fictional Jackson character portrayed him "as a daredevil rather than a careful scientist." Johnston's mother stated that the film had misrepresented many aspects of the eruption and had depicted her son falsely as "a rebel" with "a history of disciplinary trouble." Johnston's family threatened to sue the makers of the film because they felt that it had sullied his memory. Prior to
2838-481: The first signs of volcanic activity there in 123 years. During the earthquake, a flock of quail becomes disoriented and smashes into the windshield of an Aerospatiale SA341G Gazelle helicopter in use for logging operations. The helicopter's pilot, Otis Kaylor ( Ron O'Neal ), makes a successful emergency landing , only to be accused of nearly killing a group of loggers. Shortly afterward, United States Geological Survey volcanologist David Jackson (David Huffman),
2904-522: The first to launch mobile DTV signals. The Open Mobile Video Coalition chose KOMO and independent station KONG (channel 16), and WPXA-TV and WATL in Atlanta to beta test the ATSC-M/H standard, which has since been officially adopted for free-to-air digital broadcast television with clear reception on mobile devices , which overcomes the defects of the original ATSC standard. KOMO-TV
2970-417: The floor, a desk inspired by whale pods, as well as a helicopter blade—serving as a memorial to Pfitzner and Strothman. On May 8, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group entered into an agreement to acquire Tribune Media —owner of Fox affiliate KCPQ (channel 13) and MyNetworkTV affiliate KZJO (channel 22)—for $ 3.9 billion, plus the assumption of $ 2.7 billion in debt held by Tribune, pending regulatory approval by
3036-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of
3102-589: The horror of the day's events when a radio announcer declares that David was one of the first victims. The film ends with a scene of a small tree growing amidst the barren moonscape of the posteruption North Fork Toutle River valley. The entire movie was shot on location in Bend, Oregon , and at Mount Bachelor in Central Oregon's Cascade Range . In the film, both Mount Bachelor and the South Sister (of
3168-493: The last three decades, KOMO has competed directly with KING-TV for first place in the Seattle news ratings. KOMO continually places first among the local newscasts in the market. KOMO-TV's news division has consistently won awards for its reporting, and averages more wins per year than any Seattle television station. The station won the Edward R. Murrow Award for "Best Large Market Newscast" In both 2002 and 2008. In June 2008, KOMO
3234-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at
3300-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on
3366-482: 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." His video made worldwide news and was used in a movie remake of
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#17327805086393432-496: The mountain. At 8:32 a.m. PDT the mountain's entire north face collapses in a massive landslide , causing the mountain to explode in a lateral eruption . The eruption kills both David and Harry and continues for hours. Pyroclastic flows destroy everything in their path, and lahars sweep down into the valley of the North Fork Toutle River , taking houses, trees, and bridges with them. Linda soon realizes
3498-582: The movie, as were clips from a previous expedition to the Mount St. Helens area several weeks before the May 18, 1980, eruption. Filming of the movie began in November 1980 and finished in April 1981. The film premiered on May 18, 1981, on the first anniversary of the eruption. The film was given a limited theatrical release, mostly in the Pacific Northwest. Film production crews used facilities at
3564-418: The network after Nexstar acquired a majority stake. The subchannel continued to carry programming from Comet in all other time periods. On January 1, 2024, KUNS-TV discontinued its Univision affiliation (which moved to Bellingham -licensed KVOS-TV ) and became the new affiliate of The CW for the Seattle market. KOMO-TV and its Portland sister station KATU (also built by Fisher and signed-on in 1962) were
3630-594: The only two ABC stations in the contiguous United States which aired Monday Night Football on a one-hour delay , from the program's start in 1970 until 1995, in order to accommodate early evening newscasts on both stations. When the Seattle Seahawks joined the NFL in 1976, the stations modified this arrangement in order to broadcast Monday Night Football games involving the Seahawks live. In 1996, after years of fan protests, both KOMO-TV and KATU began clearing
3696-622: The places and people of the Pacific Northwest . KOMO-TV nearly lost one of its staff in the volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980. Dave Crockett, who had been with the station 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 18, he woke up at 3:00 a.m. 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
3762-525: The presence of local affiliate KAPP . Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany , was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to
3828-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be
3894-508: The sale was consummated on August 8. Prior to the sale, KOMO-TV had been the last television station in the Seattle market to be owned by local interests, having been built by Fisher from the ground up. On March 18, 2014, KOMO-TV's news helicopter crashed at the Seattle Center , as it was taking off from Fisher Plaza around 7:40 a.m., falling onto at least one car. A second car and pickup truck, also involved, caught fire. Fuel from
3960-477: The scientific community to reconstruct the events that led to the eruption. The eruption images of Mount St. Helens were sourced from actual file footage of Mount St. Helens, much of it from ABC News , ABC affiliates KOMO-TV in Seattle, and KATU-TV in Portland . One of the film's associate producers, Seattle filmmaker Otto Seiber, nearly lost his life in a filming expedition on Mount St. Helens shortly after
4026-461: The scientific work he still needs to do on a ridge a few miles north of the volcano. Later that night, he pays a last visit to Harry. On the morning of May 18, 1980, David hikes to a ridge 6 miles (10 km) north of Mount St. Helens to monitor a massive bulge that has been growing on the north face of the mountain for the past few weeks, while Harry goes fishing in Spirit Lake at the foot of
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#17327805086394092-583: The station's management until his retirement in 1987. In 1954, a KOMO news photographer discovered a way to develop color film in a new process that took just a few hours instead of days. His discovery allowed KOMO-TV to become the first television station in the nation to broadcast in true color. In October 1958, however, NBC signed affiliation deals with King Broadcasting Company for their radio and television properties in Seattle and Portland, Oregon . In Seattle, channel 4 shared both ABC and NBC programming with KING-TV until September 27, 1959, when KING-TV took
4158-423: Was awarded 15 regional Emmy Awards , taking top honors in the "Station Excellence", "Morning News", "Evening News", "Breaking News" and "Team Coverage" categories. KOMO anchor/reporter Molly Shen won the prestigious Individual Achievement Award for the second time in three years, and longtime anchor Kathi Goertzen took home a Silver Circle Award, in recognition of her 25+ years with the station. The station also won
4224-459: Was murdered in 1989 before his subsequent screenplay, Shadow Games , could be completed. St. Helens was first broadcast on television in the United States on May 18, 1981. In the Philippines, the film was theatrically released as Last Eruption by Mega Films on October 10, 2001. The behavior of the movie's David Jackson character sparked controversy. David Johnston's parents criticized
4290-432: Was the first to air "wide audience" television in November 1948, KOMO broadcast a television signal nearly 20 years prior on an experimental basis. On June 3, 1929, KOMO radio engineer Francis J. Brott televised images of a heart, a diamond, a question mark , letters, and numbers over electrical lines to small sets with one-inch screens—23 years before KOMO-TV's first regular broadcasts. A handful of viewers were captivated by
4356-815: Was to be sold to Howard Stirk Holdings , with Sinclair continuing to provide services to the station, while KCPQ was to be sold to Fox Television Stations, making KCPQ a Fox owned-and-operated station ; with the cancellation of the deal, KCPQ and KZJO instead went to Nexstar Media Group in September 2019, only to be sold to Fox in March 2020. On July 18, 2018, the FCC voted to have the Sinclair–Tribune acquisition reviewed by an administrative law judge amid "serious concerns" about Sinclair's forthrightness in its applications to sell certain conflict properties. Three weeks later on August 9, Tribune announced it would terminate
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