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Financially, channel 22's early history was rough. As the first major UHF station in town, many viewers thought they could not receive it even when it was available to them on cable. The station was the third-rated of Seattle's third independents in the first year after it signed on; though it came much closer to KSTW in the ratings for its children's programming, its first foray into local program production, the dance show ''Seattle Bandstand'', lost its sponsors due to low ratings and left the air.<ref>{{cite news|page=D1|work=The Seattle Times|title=Fine-tuning at Channel 22: As it passes its first anniversary, Seattle's KTZZ is busy trying to carve out an identity in TV market|first=Marsha|last=King|date=June 30, 1986}}</ref> In September 1986, several employees were laid off to control costs.<ref name="News860924">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-ktzz-finds-road-to-a-br/137904509/|date=September 24, 1986|page=C-9|first=Andee|last=Beck|title=KTZZ finds road to a bright future is sometimes dim|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> In 1987, 40 percent of the station was sold to US-TV Network, a New York City firm run by ad sales representative Robert Dudley and financially backed by Australian broadcaster and businessman [[Kevin Parry]].<ref>{{Cite news|work=The Seattle Times|date=June 20, 1987|title=New partner promises millions to shore up TV station KTZZ|page=C7|first=Kit|last=Boss}}</ref> Despite the infusion of cash, the station continued to pare its payroll with more firings in late 1987 and early 1988.<ref name="News880217">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-ktzz-sails-with-skeleto/137903657/|date=February 17, 1988|page=C5|first=Andee|last=Beck|title=KTZZ sails with skeleton crew: Station's chief optimistic in the face of personnel losses|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> The Dudleys acquired the remainder of KTZZ in 1990 from Alden Television; it was their second television property after [[WXMI]] in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]].<ref name="News900111">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-2-brothers-buy-ktzz-tv/137903619/|date=January 11, 1990|pages=A11, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-ktzz/137903633/ A14]|first=John|last=Gillie|title=2 brothers buy KTZZ-TV|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu -->
Financially, channel 22's early history was rough. As the first major UHF station in town, many viewers thought they could not receive it even when it was available to them on cable. The station was the third-rated of Seattle's third independents in the first year after it signed on; though it came much closer to KSTW in the ratings for its children's programming, its first foray into local program production, the dance show ''Seattle Bandstand'', lost its sponsors due to low ratings and left the air.<ref>{{cite news|page=D1|work=The Seattle Times|title=Fine-tuning at Channel 22: As it passes its first anniversary, Seattle's KTZZ is busy trying to carve out an identity in TV market|first=Marsha|last=King|date=June 30, 1986}}</ref> In September 1986, several employees were laid off to control costs.<ref name="News860924">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-ktzz-finds-road-to-a-br/137904509/|date=September 24, 1986|page=C-9|first=Andee|last=Beck|title=KTZZ finds road to a bright future is sometimes dim|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> In 1987, 40 percent of the station was sold to US-TV Network, a New York City firm run by ad sales representative Robert Dudley and financially backed by Australian broadcaster and businessman [[Kevin Parry]].<ref>{{Cite news|work=The Seattle Times|date=June 20, 1987|title=New partner promises millions to shore up TV station KTZZ|page=C7|first=Kit|last=Boss}}</ref> Despite the infusion of cash, the station continued to pare its payroll with more firings in late 1987 and early 1988.<ref name="News880217">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-ktzz-sails-with-skeleto/137903657/|date=February 17, 1988|page=C5|first=Andee|last=Beck|title=KTZZ sails with skeleton crew: Station's chief optimistic in the face of personnel losses|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> The Dudleys acquired the remainder of KTZZ in 1990 from Alden Television; it was their second television property after [[WXMI]] in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]].<ref name="News900111">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-2-brothers-buy-ktzz-tv/137903619/|date=January 11, 1990|pages=A11, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-ktzz/137903633/ A14]|first=John|last=Gillie|title=2 brothers buy KTZZ-TV|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu -->


On September 23, 1991, KTZZ began airing a 10 p.m. local newscast produced by KIRO-TV. The program was originally hosted by KIRO's evening news team of [[Aaron Brown (journalist)|Aaron Brown]], Harry Wappler, and [[Wayne Cody]] and provided competition for KSTW's 10 p.m. news.<ref name="News910920">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-brooklyn-bridge-bring/138013570/|date=September 20, 1991|page=TGIF 33|first=Andee|last=Beck|title='Brooklyn Bridge' brings back treasured memories|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Later, Gary Justice and [[Susan Hutchison]] became anchors at 10 on top of their existing assignments. This caused strife at KIRO and led to KIRO's union, [[AFTRA]], suing the station in June 1992 for unfair labor practices. An administrative law judge sided with Justice and Hutchison, stating that the additional newscast took away from preparation for the 5 and 11 p.m. reports and that there was no full-time producer for the KTZZ broadcast. By that time, officials at both stations were discussing ending the newscast.<ref name="News930113">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-case-of-overworked-anc/138013646/|date=January 13, 1993|page=Sound Life 12|first=Andee|last=Beck|title='Case of Overworked Anchors' may kill newscast on KTZZ|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> Among all programs airing at 10 p.m. locally, the KTZZ news placed seventh.<ref name="News930131">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-kiro-wagers-reputation/138013735/|date=January 31, 1993|page=Sound Life 5|first=Andee|last=Beck|title=KIRO wagers reputation on 'news outside of the box'|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --> In spite of this, KIRO expanded its presence on channel 22 in April 1993 when the station began simulcasting two hours of KIRO radio's morning newscast.<ref>{{cite news|title=KTZZ-TV to feature radio news|page=Tempo 29|first=Paula|last=Yoo|date=April 16, 1993|work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The partnership ended shortly thereafter, and on September 17, 1993, the 10 p.m. newscast for KTZZ was ended.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV stations shuffle syndicated shows as contracts expire|date=September 6, 1993|first=John|last=Engstrom|page=B3|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref>
On September 23, 1991, KTZZ began airing a 10 p.m. local newscast produced by KIRO-TV. The program was originally hosted by KIRO's evening news team of [[Aaron Brown (journalist)|Aaron Brown]], Harry Wappler, and [[Wayne Cody]] and provided competition for KSTW's 10 p.m. news.<ref name="News910920">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-brooklyn-bridge-bring/138013570/|date=September 20, 1991|page=TGIF 33|first=Andee|last=Beck|title='Brooklyn Bridge' brings back treasured memories|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Later, Gary Justice and [[Susan Hutchison]] became anchors at 10 on top of their existing assignments. This caused strife at KIRO and led to KIRO's union, [[American Federation of Television and Radio Artists|AFTRA]], suing the station in June 1992 for unfair labor practices. An administrative law judge sided with Justice and Hutchison, stating that the additional newscast took away from preparation for the 5 and 11 p.m. reports and that there was no full-time producer for the KTZZ broadcast. By that time, officials at both stations were discussing ending the newscast.<ref name="News930113">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-case-of-overworked-anc/138013646/|date=January 13, 1993|page=Sound Life 12|first=Andee|last=Beck|title='Case of Overworked Anchors' may kill newscast on KTZZ|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> Among all programs airing at 10 p.m. locally, the KTZZ news placed seventh.<ref name="News930131">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-kiro-wagers-reputation/138013735/|date=January 31, 1993|page=Sound Life 5|first=Andee|last=Beck|title=KIRO wagers reputation on 'news outside of the box'|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --> In spite of this, KIRO expanded its presence on channel 22 in April 1993 when the station began simulcasting two hours of KIRO radio's morning newscast.<ref>{{cite news|title=KTZZ-TV to feature radio news|page=Tempo 29|first=Paula|last=Yoo|date=April 16, 1993|work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The partnership ended shortly thereafter, and on September 17, 1993, the 10 p.m. newscast for KTZZ was ended.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV stations shuffle syndicated shows as contracts expire|date=September 6, 1993|first=John|last=Engstrom|page=B3|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref>


KTZZ gained a reputation as a home for prime-time tabloid talk shows<ref name="News990329">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-the-wbs-ktzz-to-become/137936946/|date=March 29, 1999|page=SL2|first=Stephanie|last=Simons|title=The WB's KTZZ to become KTWB in makeover|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --> as well as some eclectic local programming. In 1992, ''[[The Spud Goodman Show]]'' debuted on channel 22.<ref name="News921002">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-spud-goodman-show-hop/138013724/|date=October 2, 1992|page=Sound Life 29|first=Andee|last=Beck|title='Spud Goodman Show' hopes to wean Howard Stern fans|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> ''Spud Goodman'' formed part of a block of local shows aired between midnight and 2 a.m., including three music programs: ''Music Inner City'', ''Rock Northwest'', and ''[[Bohemia Visual Music|Bohemia After Dark]]''. All four programs were to be removed from the channel 22 schedule in September 1994,<ref name="ST940708">{{cite news|title='Music Inner City' is looking for new station to call home|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|page=E39|work=The Seattle Times|date=July 8, 1994}}</ref> but ''Spud Goodman'' lasted on the lineup into 1995.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Spud's still frying up the airwaves|page=B1|first=Jean|last=Godden|date=April 30, 1995|work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> During this time, KTZZ spent two years in bankruptcy reorganization. Three creditors—television program distributors [[MCA Television]], [[MTM Distribution]], and [[DLT Entertainment]]—forced the station into involuntary [[Chapter 11]] bankruptcy in mid-1992. The debts were inherited by the Dudleys from the original ownership and had been accrued during the 1980s, when prices for syndicated programs were more expensive.<ref>{{Cite news|page=H1|first=Patrick|last=MacDonald|title=KTZZ hopes to resolve debt woes soon|date=April 8, 1993|work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>
KTZZ gained a reputation as a home for prime-time tabloid talk shows<ref name="News990329">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-the-wbs-ktzz-to-become/137936946/|date=March 29, 1999|page=SL2|first=Stephanie|last=Simons|title=The WB's KTZZ to become KTWB in makeover|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --> as well as some eclectic local programming. In 1992, ''[[The Spud Goodman Show]]'' debuted on channel 22.<ref name="News921002">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-spud-goodman-show-hop/138013724/|date=October 2, 1992|page=Sound Life 29|first=Andee|last=Beck|title='Spud Goodman Show' hopes to wean Howard Stern fans|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> ''Spud Goodman'' formed part of a block of local shows aired between midnight and 2 a.m., including three music programs: ''Music Inner City'', ''Rock Northwest'', and ''[[Bohemia Visual Music|Bohemia After Dark]]''. All four programs were to be removed from the channel 22 schedule in September 1994,<ref name="ST940708">{{cite news|title='Music Inner City' is looking for new station to call home|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|page=E39|work=The Seattle Times|date=July 8, 1994}}</ref> but ''Spud Goodman'' lasted on the lineup into 1995.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Spud's still frying up the airwaves|page=B1|first=Jean|last=Godden|date=April 30, 1995|work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> During this time, KTZZ spent two years in bankruptcy reorganization. Three creditors—television program distributors [[Universal Television|MCA Television]], [[MTM Enterprises|MTM Distribution]], and [[DLT Entertainment]]—forced the station into involuntary [[Chapter 11]] bankruptcy in mid-1992. The debts were inherited by the Dudleys from the original ownership and had been accrued during the 1980s, when prices for syndicated programs were more expensive.<ref>{{Cite news|page=H1|first=Patrick|last=MacDonald|title=KTZZ hopes to resolve debt woes soon|date=April 8, 1993|work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>


===WB affiliation===
===WB affiliation===

Revision as of 14:25, 4 January 2024

KZJO
CitySeattle, Washington
Channels
BrandingFox 13+
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerFox Television Stations, LLC
KCPQ
History
FoundedFebruary 28, 1983
First air date
June 22, 1985 (39 years ago) (1985-06-22)
Former call signs
  • KTZZ-TV (1985–1999)
  • KTWB-TV (1999–2006)
  • KMYQ (2006–2010)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 22 (UHF, 1985–2009)
  • Digital: 25 (UHF, until 2019)
Call sign meaning
Former branding of Joe TV; "Z" represents its former KTZZ calls (themselves look-alikes for its channel number of 22)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID69571
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT287 m (942 ft)
Transmitter coordinates47°36′56.3″N 122°18′30.4″W / 47.615639°N 122.308444°W / 47.615639; -122.308444
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.fox13seattle.com

KZJO (channel 22), branded as Fox 13+, is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, broadcasting the MyNetworkTV programming service. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Tacoma-licensed Fox outlet KCPQ (channel 13). Both stations share studios on Westlake Avenue in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood, while KZJO's transmitter is located near the Capitol Hill section of Seattle.

The station operates two UHF translators, and KZJO rebroadcasts KCPQ's programming on its second digital subchannel in high definition to provide that station to areas in the eastern portion of the Seattle market that receive weak signal coverage from KCPQ's Bremerton transmitter.

History

In 1966, King's Garden, operator of religious AM and FM radio stations in Edmonds, applied for channel 22.[2] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the construction permit,[3] but King's Garden never built the station. By 1973, Maharishi International University applied for channel 22 and six other UHF stations across the United States, proposing educational and commercial programming.[4][5]

Construction and early years

In 1981, the FCC designated three applications for channel 22 for comparative hearing, from Trinity Broadcasting of Seattle; Seattle STV; and Tavitac Corporation.[6] The Tavitac application had been made in 1977.[7] Trinity Broadcasting dropped out, and the other two applicants merged their bids into Seattle Broadcasting Corporation and won the construction permit in 1982.[8] By late 1984, work was beginning on the station, which had taken the call sign KTZZ-TV. Dean Woodring, a general manager of TV stations in Spokane and Portland, Oregon, was named to the post for KTZZ and a station under construction in Portland.[9]

KTZZ-TV began broadcasting on June 22, 1985. Broadcasting from studios at 945 Dexter Avenue North and a tower on Capitol Hill, it was Seattle's first commercial UHF television station; at the time, the only such stations in the area were Christian station KTBW-TV on channel 20 and public station KTPS-TV (channel 28), both in Tacoma.[10][11] Its programming largely consisted of classic TV shows and children's programming, in contrast to existing independents KSTW and KCPQ, which emphasized movies.[12] The station was bypassed in favor of KCPQ by the new Fox when it started later that year.[13] The lineup was bolstered in 1986 when KIRO-TV (channel 7) struck a deal with the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team; KIRO produced 30 games, of which 15 aired on KTZZ.[14] This was followed by a similar deal for Seattle Mariners baseball games in 1987.[15] In both deals, KIRO sold most of the advertising with KTZZ getting selected advertising slots.[16] KIRO dropped its Mariners agreement after 1988 due to the team's poor ratings performance.[17]

Financially, channel 22's early history was rough. As the first major UHF station in town, many viewers thought they could not receive it even when it was available to them on cable. The station was the third-rated of Seattle's third independents in the first year after it signed on; though it came much closer to KSTW in the ratings for its children's programming, its first foray into local program production, the dance show Seattle Bandstand, lost its sponsors due to low ratings and left the air.[18] In September 1986, several employees were laid off to control costs.[19] In 1987, 40 percent of the station was sold to US-TV Network, a New York City firm run by ad sales representative Robert Dudley and financially backed by Australian broadcaster and businessman Kevin Parry.[20] Despite the infusion of cash, the station continued to pare its payroll with more firings in late 1987 and early 1988.[21] The Dudleys acquired the remainder of KTZZ in 1990 from Alden Television; it was their second television property after WXMI in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[22]

On September 23, 1991, KTZZ began airing a 10 p.m. local newscast produced by KIRO-TV. The program was originally hosted by KIRO's evening news team of Aaron Brown, Harry Wappler, and Wayne Cody and provided competition for KSTW's 10 p.m. news.[23] Later, Gary Justice and Susan Hutchison became anchors at 10 on top of their existing assignments. This caused strife at KIRO and led to KIRO's union, AFTRA, suing the station in June 1992 for unfair labor practices. An administrative law judge sided with Justice and Hutchison, stating that the additional newscast took away from preparation for the 5 and 11 p.m. reports and that there was no full-time producer for the KTZZ broadcast. By that time, officials at both stations were discussing ending the newscast.[24] Among all programs airing at 10 p.m. locally, the KTZZ news placed seventh.[25] In spite of this, KIRO expanded its presence on channel 22 in April 1993 when the station began simulcasting two hours of KIRO radio's morning newscast.[26] The partnership ended shortly thereafter, and on September 17, 1993, the 10 p.m. newscast for KTZZ was ended.[27]

KTZZ gained a reputation as a home for prime-time tabloid talk shows[28] as well as some eclectic local programming. In 1992, The Spud Goodman Show debuted on channel 22.[29] Spud Goodman formed part of a block of local shows aired between midnight and 2 a.m., including three music programs: Music Inner City, Rock Northwest, and Bohemia After Dark. All four programs were to be removed from the channel 22 schedule in September 1994,[30] but Spud Goodman lasted on the lineup into 1995.[31] During this time, KTZZ spent two years in bankruptcy reorganization. Three creditors—television program distributors MCA Television, MTM Distribution, and DLT Entertainment—forced the station into involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in mid-1992. The debts were inherited by the Dudleys from the original ownership and had been accrued during the 1980s, when prices for syndicated programs were more expensive.[32]

WB affiliation

On January 11, 1995, KTZZ affiliated with the newly-formed WB Television Network, signing an agreement just a week before the new network launched.[33] The WB had initially signed KSTW in 1993 as its Seattle affiliate;[34] that station's owner, Gaylord Broadcasting, backed out of the deal a year later to affiliate with CBS, while UPN signed up KIRO, which had been the CBS affiliate.[35]

The Dudleys put their two television stations on the market in 1996, citing industry consolidation. [36] KTZZ and WXMI were sold to Emmis Communications in 1998; the two stations were then promptly dealt to Tribune Broadcasting in exchange for WQCD, an FM radio station in New York City.[37] Tribune changed the station's call letters to KTWB-TV (The Warner Brothers Network) on April 26, 1999. After Tribune acquired KCPQ in early 1999, KTWB's license was transferred to a trustee in the short-term until the FCC's approval of television duopolies later that year, though Tribune managed and operated the station during this period via a local marketing agreement. In 2004, KTWB revised its on-air brand from WB 22 to Seattle's WB as part of a groupwide branding effort.

MyNetworkTV affiliation

Logo as "myQ²", used from 2006 to 2010.

On January 24, 2006, Time Warner announced that the company would merge the operations of The WB with CBS Corporation's UPN (which CBS acquired one month earlier in December 2005 following its split from Viacom), to form a joint venture called The CW Television Network.[38][39] The network signed a ten-year affiliation agreement with Tribune Broadcasting for 13 of the 16 WB affiliates that the company owned at the time.[40] KTWB was one of the three Tribune stations passed over for an affiliation as CBS-owned UPN affiliate KSTW (which was included in 11 of 14 CBS-owned UPN affiliates) was chosen as The CW's Seattle-Tacoma charter station. KTWB was slated to revert to an independent station, but on May 15, 2006, Tribune announced that it would affiliate channel 22 (and two other WB affiliates that were not included in the CW affiliation deal) with MyNetworkTV, a competing network created by News Corporation that is run by the company's Fox Television Stations and Twentieth Television units.[41][42]

On July 14, 2006, channel 22's call letters were officially changed to KMYQ to reflect its new affiliation, and the station's brand name was changed to myQ² (alluding to its parent station, KCPQ, which brands as Q13 Fox) on August 7, 2006. On March 31, 2008, KMYQ became just the second MyNetworkTV affiliate in the Pacific Time Zone to utilize an early prime time schedule from 7 to 9 p.m. (the first was KQCA/Sacramento, which has since moved MyNetworkTV programming back to its recommended 8–10 p.m. timeslot). By 2009, MyNetworkTV converted from a full-fledged network to a programming service.

On September 13, 2010, the station moved its MyNetworkTV programming to 11 pm.[43] KMYQ changed its call letters to KZJO and as part of a company-wide branding effort during the era Tribune was owned by Sam Zell to play down network affiliations, unconventionally rebranded as JOEtv that same day, casting the station in its branding as a neighborhood dive bar carrying 'blue collar' programming. This included its website template changing to one titled "Joe's Wall", designed to look like a 'bar bathroom', with appropriate graffiti on its virtual stalls advertising the station's offerings. The branding was soon toned down as it cast the station to viewers as an unpopular 'down-market' operation, and after the last of the Zell group departed Tribune Media, the station took on a more traditional brand image, though the logo remained relatively unchanged (with the 'graffiti drips' removed) until the station came under Fox control in 2021.

On September 19, 2011, the station moved MyNetworkTV programming yet again, this time, back one hour to 12 a.m. As of 2020, it airs even later, from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. and is rarely promoted on air, if at all. The station's later websites under Tribune would not mention the station's network affiliation, and for several years, the site's 'about us' copy erroneously said it ended the affiliation in 2011.[44]

Sinclair sale attempt; acquisition by Nexstar and Fox

Further information: Attempted acquisition of Tribune Media by Sinclair Broadcast Group

Tribune Media agreed to be sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group on May 8, 2017, for $3.9 billion and the assumption of $2.9 billion in debt held by Tribune.[45][46] As Sinclair already owned KOMO-TV and KUNS-TV,[47] KCPQ was among 23 stations identified for divestment in order to meet regulatory compliance for the merger.[48] Sinclair agreed to purchase KZJO and sell KCPQ to Fox Television Stations as part of a $910 million deal;[49] Howard Stirk Holdings additionally agreed to purchase KUNS-TV.[50] Lead FCC commissioner Ajit Pai publicly rejected the deal in July 2018 after details of Sinclair's proposed divestitures came to light;[51] weeks later, Tribune terminated the merger agreement with Sinclair, nullifying both transactions.[52]

Tribune Media agreed to be acquired by Nexstar Media Group for $6.9 billion in cash and debt on December 3, 2018.[53] Following the merger's completion on September 19, 2019,[54] Fox Television Stations purchased KCPQ and KZJO as part of a $350 million deal, with Fox citing KCPQ's status as the broadcaster of most Seahawks home games as the impetus for the transaction.[55][56] The sale was completed on March 2, 2020.[57] After its acquisition by Fox, KCPQ dropped the Joe TV moniker and rebranded to "Fox 13+" on September 26, 2021, conforming with the branding of other Fox-owned stations.[58]

Programming

Sports programming

KMYQ/KZJO aired Monday Night Football games featuring the Seattle Seahawks from 2006 (following MNF's move from ABC to ESPN) to 2012, when Belo outbid Tribune for rights to MNF and NFL Network's Thursday Night Football Seahawks games and placed them on KONG.

In 2014, the station began to air Major League Soccer matches featuring Seattle Sounders FC alongside KCPQ.[59] The station also aired pre-match and post-match coverage for the team through the end of the 2022 season.[60]

Newscasts

Further information: KCPQ § Newscasts

On September 16, 1991, KTZZ-TV launched a 10 p.m. newscast produced by KIRO-TV.[61] The newscast was joined on April 19, 1993, by a simulcast of the 5–7 a.m. portion of KIRO-AM-FM's morning show.[62] The 10 p.m. newscast was dropped in September 1993.[63] On March 31, 2008, KMYQ began airing a KCPQ-produced 9 p.m. newscast (Q13 Fox News @ Nine on myQ², now Fox 13 News at 8:00/9:00) Monday through Sunday.[64]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KZJO[65]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
22.1 720p 16:9 KZJO MyNetworkTV
22.2 FOX13 Fox (KCPQ)
22.3 480i AntTV Antenna TV
22.5 LiveNOW Fox LiveNOW
  Simulcast of subchannels of another station

Analog-to-digital conversion

KZJO (as KMYQ) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 22, on June 12, 2009, as part of the mandatory federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[66] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25, using virtual channel 22.

Translators

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KZJO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Skreen, C. J. (November 22, 1966). "Como's Special Lacks Spark". The Seattle Times. p. 29.
  3. ^ Skreen, C. J. (April 9, 1968). "A Literary Happening". The Seattle Times. p. 35.
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