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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, [[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>
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=tst-kironewsonktzz>{{cite news|last=Boss|first=Kit|title=KIRO's Late-Night News Team Will Get An Early Jump . . . On KTZZ|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910828&slug=1302430|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=August 28, 1991}}</ref><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 [[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>
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>
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On January 11, 1995, KTZZ affiliated with the newly-formed [[The WB|WB Television Network]], signing an agreement just a week before the new network launched.<ref name=tst-ktzzwb>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|title=KTZZ To Join New WB Television Network|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950104&slug=2097765|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=January 4, 1995}}</ref> The WB had initially signed KSTW in 1993 as its Seattle affiliate;<ref name=tst-kstwwb>{{cite news|title=KSTW-TV Will Join New WB Network|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19931104&slug=1729799|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=November 4, 1993}}</ref> that station's owner, [[Ryman Hospitality Properties|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.<ref name=tst-kstwnowb>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|title=CBS Dropping KIRO-TV, May Pick Up KSTW – Industrywide Shake-Up Finally Hits Seattle Area|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940913&slug=1930463|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=September 13, 1994}}</ref>
On January 11, 1995, KTZZ affiliated with the newly-formed [[The WB|WB Television Network]], signing an agreement just a week before the new network launched.<ref name=tst-ktzzwb>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|title=KTZZ To Join New WB Television Network|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950104&slug=2097765|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=January 4, 1995}}</ref> The WB had initially signed KSTW in 1993 as its Seattle affiliate;<ref name=tst-kstwwb>{{cite news|title=KSTW-TV Will Join New WB Network|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19931104&slug=1729799|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=November 4, 1993}}</ref> that station's owner, [[Ryman Hospitality Properties|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.<ref name=tst-kstwnowb>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|title=CBS Dropping KIRO-TV, May Pick Up KSTW – Industrywide Shake-Up Finally Hits Seattle Area|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940913&slug=1930463|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=September 13, 1994}}</ref>


The Dudleys put their two television stations on the market in 1996, citing industry consolidation. <ref name="News961024">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-ktzz-tv-joins-others-up/137903420/|date=October 24, 1996|pages=B7, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-ktzz/137903548/ B11]|first=Mike|last=Maharry|first2=Cynthia|last2=Flash|title=KTZZ-TV joins others up for sale: Channel 22 is 4th area station to change hands or go on market|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> KTZZ and WXMI were sold to [[Emmis Communications]] in 1998; the two stations were then promptly dealt to [[Tribune Broadcasting]] in exchange for [[WFAN-FM|WQCD]], an FM radio station in [[New York City]].<ref name=psbj-saletotribune>{{cite news|last=Kim|first=Nancy J|title=Nordstrom eyes first national brand campaign|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1998/01/12/newscolumn1.html?page=all|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=[[Puget Sound Business Journal]]|date=January 11, 1998}}</ref> 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 [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]'s approval of television [[duopoly (broadcasting)|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.
The Dudleys put their two television stations on the market in 1996, citing industry consolidation. <ref name="News961024">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-ktzz-tv-joins-others-up/137903420/|date=October 24, 1996|pages=B7, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-ktzz/137903548/ B11]|first=Mike|last=Maharry|first2=Cynthia|last2=Flash|title=KTZZ-TV joins others up for sale: Channel 22 is 4th area station to change hands or go on market|newspaper=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> KTZZ and WXMI were sold to [[Emmis Communications]] in 1998; the two stations were then promptly dealt to [[Tribune Broadcasting]] in exchange for [[WFAN-FM|WQCD]], an FM radio station in [[New York City]].<ref name=psbj-saletotribune>{{cite news|last=Kim|first=Nancy J|title=Nordstrom eyes first national brand campaign|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1998/01/12/newscolumn1.html?page=all|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=[[Puget Sound Business Journal]]|date=January 11, 1998}}</ref> Eleven weeks after the sale to Tribune closed, the company agreed to purchase KCPQ, the market's Fox affiliate. At the time, one company could only own one TV station in a market.{{r|PI980825}} As a result, KTZZ went on the market, and in December, Tribune applied to the FCC to place the station into a disposition trust headed by John Dudley.<ref>{{Cite press release|id={{Gale|A53413956|title=Tribune Transfers KTZZ-TV Seattle into Disposition Trust In Preparation for Purchase of KCPQ-TV Seattle|publisher=Tribune Company|via=PR Newswire|date=December 16, 1998}}</ref>


Nonetheless, channel 22 forged ahead with plans formulated by Tribune to relaunch the station with new call letters and as a higher-profile WB affiliate in 1999.<ref name="PI980825">{{Cite news|page=D6|first=John|last=Levesque|title=Tribune Co. to acquire KCPQ, leaving KTZZ in the lurch|date=August 25, 1998|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> On April 26, 1999,<ref>{{Cite news|title='Ultimate guide' into labyrinth of ants|date=April 5, 1999|page=C6|first=John|last=Levesque|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> KTZZ-TV became KTWB-TV, broadcasting from a new transmitter and antenna. The original facility had signal deficiencies in some areas, including in parts of Seattle.<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=SL-2|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 5, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon -->
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===MyNetworkTV affiliation===
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[[File:KMYQ-TV.png|thumb|left|Logo as "myQ²", used from 2006 to 2010.]]
On January 24, 2006, [[WarnerMedia|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 [[Viacom (1952–2006)#2005 split and re-merger of CBS and Viacom|split]] from [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]]), to form a joint venture called [[The CW|The CW Television Network]].<ref>[https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/ 'Gilmore Girls' meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner venture beginning in September], [[CNNMoney.com]], January 24, 2006.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 24, 2006.</ref> 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.<ref>[http://corporate.tribune.com/pressroom/?p=574 Tribune TV Stations to Lead Affiliate Group of New Network] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121216131255/http://corporate.tribune.com/pressroom/?p=574 |date=December 16, 2012 }}, Tribune Company corporate website, January 24, 2006.</ref> 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 [[WATL|two other]] [[WPHL-TV|WB affiliates]] that were not included in the CW affiliation deal) with [[MyNetworkTV]], a competing network created by [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] that is run by the company's [[Fox Television Stations]] and [[20th Television|Twentieth Television]] units.<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php News Corp. Unveils My Network TV], ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', February 22, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2006/05/15/daily7.html KTWB to air MyNetworkTV], ''Puget Sound Business Journal'', May 15, 2006.</ref>


[[File:KCPQ studios on Westlake Avenue, Oct 2021.jpg|thumb|right|The KCPQ and KZJO studios in Seattle|alt=A three-story building with KCPQ and KZJO logos on a sign outside]]
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, California|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.
Tribune originally needed to find a buyer for KTWB by September 1, 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|page=D6|first=John|last=Levesque|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|title=With Goertzen up and about, so are KOMO's news ratings|date=March 9, 1999}}</ref> The search became a moot point in August, when the FCC voted to legalize television [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopolies]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=FCC relaxes limits on radio, TV ownerships in a market|date=August 6, 1999|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|page=C1}}</ref> Deals creating duopolies were permitted beginning in November, at which time Tribune filed to purchase KTWB outright and own it alongside KCPQ.<ref>{{Cite news|page=33|title=Tribune on $90 million Qwest to add stations|work=Variety|id={{pq|1401422382}}|work=Variety|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=November 15, 1999}}</ref> Its operations moved in with KCPQ; Tribune created 50 positions to match the 50 jobs that channel 22 had as an independent business, but not all of them matched the skill set of KTWB's employees, some of which Tribune offered to transfer elsewhere in the company.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Megan|last=Larson|page=26|title=Duopoly lets KCPQ dodge preemptions|date=February 28, 2000|work=Mediaweek|id={{pq|213619367}} }}</ref> The station began airing newscasts from KCPQ preempted by Fox network sports programming and sharing some of KCPQ's syndicated program inventory.<ref>{{cite news|id={{pq|213644582}}|title=Seattle|work=Mediaweek|first=Eileen|last=Davis Hudson|pages=19–22|date=July 3, 2000}} </ref> In 2005, the KCPQ–KTWB facility began handling [[master control]] operations for [[KRCW-TV|KWBP-TV]] in Portland, which Tribune acquired from [[ACME Communications]]; the general manager of the Seattle stations also assumed responsibility for KWBP.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Mediaweek|title=Seattle|id={{pq|213637303}}|pages=11–14|date=June 13, 2005|first=Eileen|last=Davis Hudson}}</ref>


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===MyNetworkTV and Joe TV===
On September 13, 2010, the station moved its MyNetworkTV programming to 11&nbsp;pm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=10769&channel=10 |title=KZJO TV Listings, TV Shows and Schedule - Zap2it |website=tvlistings.zap2it.com |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926105337/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=10769&channel=10 |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.
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[[File:KMYQ-TV.png|thumb|left|Logo as "myQ²", used from 2006 to 2010.]]
On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and the [[Warner Bros.]] unit of [[WarnerMedia|Time Warner]] announced that the two companies would respectively shut down [[UPN]] and The WB and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called [[The CW]]; the day of the announcement, it was revealed that 13 of Tribune's 16 15 UPN affiliates would become CW stations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seid |first=Jessica |date=January 24, 2006 |title='Gilmore Girls' meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner venture beginning in September |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/ |website=[[CNN Business|CNN Money]] |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316043531/http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Bill |date=January 24, 2006 |title=UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017035638/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl |url-status=live }}</ref> The merger of networks left out three Tribune-owned WB stations in three markets, including KTWB in Seattle, where The CW affiliated with a CBS-owned station. These three stations—[[WPHL-TV]] in Philadelphia, [[WATL]] in Atlanta, and KTWB—signed affiliation agreements in May with [[MyNetworkTV]], set up by [[Fox Television Stations]] to serve its own ex-UPN outlets and other displaced stations.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 22, 2006 |title=News Corp. Unveils MyNetworkTV |work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php |access-date=September 24, 2012 |archive-date=April 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417165134/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/mynetworktv-signs-13-more-affils-80072|date=May 15, 2006|first=Allison|last=Romano|title=MyNetworkTV Signs 13 More Affils|work=Broadcasting & Cable}}</ref> The station changed its call sign to KMYQ and branded as "MyQ²", a [[brand extension]] of KCPQ.<ref>{{cite news|title=Clean start: MyNetworkTV will be awash in a new brand of soaps|page=C1|first=Melanie|last=McFarland|date=September 2, 2006}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://q13fox.com/joetv/|title=Archive of KZJO's website|date=February 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201185329/http://q13fox.com/joetv/|access-date=November 18, 2019|archive-date=February 1, 2016}}</ref>
At a time when the company was relaunching several of its secondary stations with new branding, Tribune rebranded KMYQ as "JoeTV" on September 13, 2010, and changed its call sign to KZJO. The station was positioned to be grittier and appeal to a younger male audience with its mix of syndicated shows.<ref>{{Cite news|id={{pq|753784533}}|first=Katy|last=Bachman|work=Mediaweek|title=Tribune Gets Irreverent With Seattle's 'Joetv'|date=September 13, 2010|page=10}}</ref> MyNetworkTV programming was deemphasized; or several years, the site's 'about us' copy erroneously said that the MyNetworkTV affiliation ended with the JoeTV relaunch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://q13fox.com/joetv/|title=Archive of KZJO's website|date=February 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201185329/http://q13fox.com/joetv/|access-date=November 18, 2019|archive-date=February 1, 2016}}</ref>


===Sinclair sale attempt; acquisition by Nexstar and Fox===
===Sinclair sale attempt; acquisition by Nexstar and Fox===
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==Programming==
==Programming==
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===Newscasts===
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{{see|KCPQ#Newscasts}}
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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6542492.html?industryid=47169 |title=KMYQ Seattle Adds 9 p.m. News|first=Michael|last=Malone|work=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=March 20, 2008 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520034001/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article-friendly/94430-KMYQ_Seattle_Adds_9_p_m_News.php?carryoverarticleID=6542492 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Sports programming===
===Sports programming===
KMYQ/KZJO aired ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' games featuring the [[Seattle Seahawks]] from [[2006 Seattle Seahawks season|2006]] (following ''MNF''{{'}}s move from [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] to [[ESPN]]) to [[2012 Seattle Seahawks season|2012]], when [[Belo Corporation|Belo]] outbid Tribune for rights to ''MNF'' and [[NFL Network]]'s ''[[Thursday Night Football]]'' Seahawks games and placed them on [[KONG (TV)|KONG]].
KMYQ/KZJO aired ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' games featuring the [[Seattle Seahawks]] from [[2006 Seattle Seahawks season|2006]] (following ''MNF''{{'}}s move from [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] to [[ESPN]]) to [[2012 Seattle Seahawks season|2012]], when [[Belo Corporation|Belo]] outbid Tribune for rights to ''MNF'' and [[NFL Network]]'s ''[[Thursday Night Football]]'' Seahawks games and placed them on [[KONG (TV)|KONG]].


In [[2014 Seattle Sounders FC season|2014]], the station began to air [[Major League Soccer]] matches featuring [[Seattle Sounders FC]] alongside KCPQ.<ref>{{cite press release |date=December 10, 2013 |title=Sounders FC to Partner with Q13 FOX and JOEtv for 2014 MLS Season |url=https://www.soundersfc.com/news/sounders-fc-partner-q13-fox-and-joetv-2014-mls-season |publisher=[[Seattle Sounders FC]] |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref> The station also aired pre-match and post-match coverage for the team through the end of the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite press release |date=February 26, 2020 |title=Sounders FC announces complete regional broadcast lineup for 2020 season |url=https://www.soundersfc.com/news/sounders-fc-announces-complete-regional-broadcast-lineup-2020-season |publisher=Seattle Sounders FC |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref>
In [[2014 Seattle Sounders FC season|2014]], the station began to air [[Major League Soccer]] matches featuring [[Seattle Sounders FC]] alongside KCPQ.<ref>{{cite press release |date=December 10, 2013 |title=Sounders FC to Partner with Q13 FOX and JOEtv for 2014 MLS Season |url=https://www.soundersfc.com/news/sounders-fc-partner-q13-fox-and-joetv-2014-mls-season |publisher=[[Seattle Sounders FC]] |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref> The station also aired pre-match and post-match coverage for the team through the end of the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite press release |date=February 26, 2020 |title=Sounders FC announces complete regional broadcast lineup for 2020 season |url=https://www.soundersfc.com/news/sounders-fc-announces-complete-regional-broadcast-lineup-2020-season |publisher=Seattle Sounders FC |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref>{{efn|All [[Major League Soccer]] local television rights agreements ended after 2022 to make way for MLS's 10-year deal with [[Apple Inc.|Apple]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theathletic.com/news/mls-tv-deal-espn-apple-univision/cbC0ubEBpHsb/|work=[[The Athletic]]|first=Sam|last=Stejskal|title=MLS agrees to 10-year broadcast deal with Apple worth $2.5 billion: Sources|quote=Apple TV matches will not be shown on local television networks...|date=June 14, 2022|url-access=subscription|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=July 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718022734/https://theathletic.com/news/mls-tv-deal-espn-apple-univision/cbC0ubEBpHsb/|url-status=live}}</ref> }}


In 2016, KCPQ and KZJO began broadcasting locally televised games of the [[Seattle Storm]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]; initially starting with 15 home games on channel 22 in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|website=Seattle Storm|url=https://storm.wnba.com/news/storm-announces-partnership-q13-foxjoetv-15-games-joetv/|title=Storm Announces Partnership with Q13 FOX/JOEtv, 15 Games on JOEtv|date=April 7, 2016|access-date=April 7, 2023|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407170313/https://storm.wnba.com/news/storm-announces-partnership-q13-foxjoetv-15-games-joetv/|url-status=live}}</ref> KZJO was slated to carry 29 games in the 2023 season plus six more on KCPQ.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.q13fox.com/sports/seattle-storm-fox-13-continue-partnership-35-games-to-broadcast-locally-on-fox-13-or-fox-13|date=March 14, 2023|website=KCPQ|title=Seattle Storm, FOX 13 continue partnership; 35 games to broadcast locally on FOX 13 or FOX 13+|access-date=April 7, 2023|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407170311/https://www.q13fox.com/sports/seattle-storm-fox-13-continue-partnership-35-games-to-broadcast-locally-on-fox-13-or-fox-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Newscasts===

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{{see|KCPQ#Newscasts}}
Other local sports are aired in limited quantities on KZJO. In the 2022 and 2023 season, the station aired telecasts of [[OL Reign]] women's soccer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olreign.com/news/2023/3/20/ol-reign-and-fox-13-expand-broadcast-partnership|website=OL Reign|date=March 20, 2023|title=OL Reign and FOX 13+ Expand Broadcast Partnership}}</ref> In 2023, the station agreed to air ten [[Seattle Thunderbirds]] junior hockey games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fox13seattle.com/sports/ten-seattle-thunderbirds-games-to-air-on-fox-13-in-2023-24-season|date=October 12, 2023|title=Ten Seattle Thunderbirds games to air on FOX 13+ in 2023-24 season|website=KCPQ}}</ref>
On September 16, 1991, KTZZ-TV launched a 10 p.m. newscast produced by KIRO-TV.<ref name=tst-kironewsonktzz>{{cite news|last=Boss|first=Kit|title=KIRO's Late-Night News Team Will Get An Early Jump . . . On KTZZ|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910828&slug=1302430|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=August 28, 1991}}</ref> The newscast was joined on April 19, 1993, by a simulcast of the 5–7 a.m. portion of [[KIRO (AM)|KIRO-AM]]-[[KKWF|FM]]'s morning show.<ref name=tst-kiroradioonktzz>{{cite news|last=Yoo|first=Paula|title=KTZZ-TV To Feature Radio News|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930416&slug=1696332|access-date=January 3, 2017|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=April 16, 1993}}</ref> The 10 p.m. newscast was dropped in September 1993.<ref name="sjap-kiroonktzzend">{{cite news |title=TV stations sharing broadcasts |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KWAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pWUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3678%2C3231892 |access-date=November 25, 2023 |work=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)|Sun Journal]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 15, 1993 |page=12}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6542492.html?industryid=47169 |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 20, 2008 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829203828/https://www.nexttv.com/?industryid=47169 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Several of KCPQ's sports team partnerships have included components on KCPQ. The station airs encores of ''What's Kraken?'', a weekly show about the [[Seattle Kraken]] produced by KCPQ.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Malone |first=Michael |date=January 23, 2023 |title=KCPQ Seattle, Seattle Kraken Work Out Partnership |language=en |work=Broadcasting & Cable |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/kcpq-seattle-seattle-kraken-work-out-partnership |access-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123192428/https://www.nexttv.com/news/kcpq-seattle-seattle-kraken-work-out-partnership |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Technical information==
==Technical information==
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===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KZJO (as KMYQ) shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 22, on June 12, 2009, as part of the mandatory [[Digital television transition in the United States|federally mandated transition from analog to digital television]].<ref name="Analog to Digital">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf List of Digital Full-Power Stations]</ref> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25, using [[virtual channel]] 22.
KZJO (as KMYQ) shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 22, on June 12, 2009, as part of the mandatory [[Digital television transition in the United States|federally mandated transition from analog to digital television]]. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25, using [[virtual channel]] 22.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2006 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=August 29, 2021 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> KZJO relocated its signal from channel 25 to channel 36 on January 17, 2020, as a result of the [[2016 United States wireless spectrum auction]].<ref name="Repack Table">{{Cite web|url=http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Phase_Assignment_Closing_PN.csv|title=FCC TV Spectrum Phase Assignment Table|format=CSV|website=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=April 13, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417160749/http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Phase_Assignment_Closing_PN.csv|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Translators===
===Translators===
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|69575|3=K15MI-D}}''' [[Centralia, Washington|Centralia]]/[[Chehalis, Washington|Chehalis]]
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|69575|3=K15MI-D}}''' [[Centralia, Washington|Centralia]]/[[Chehalis, Washington|Chehalis]]
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|69574|3=K29ED-D}}''' [[Everett, Washington|Everett]]
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|69574|3=K29ED-D}}''' [[Everett, Washington|Everett]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 03:34, 5 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][24] 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.[25] Among all programs airing at 10 p.m. locally, the KTZZ news placed seventh.[26] 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.[27] The partnership ended shortly thereafter, and on September 17, 1993, the 10 p.m. newscast for KTZZ was ended.[28]

KTZZ gained a reputation as a home for prime-time tabloid talk shows[29] as well as some eclectic local programming. In 1992, The Spud Goodman Show debuted on channel 22.[30] 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,[31] but Spud Goodman lasted on the lineup into 1995.[32] 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.[33]

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.[34] The WB had initially signed KSTW in 1993 as its Seattle affiliate;[35] 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.[36]

The Dudleys put their two television stations on the market in 1996, citing industry consolidation. [37] 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.[38] Eleven weeks after the sale to Tribune closed, the company agreed to purchase KCPQ, the market's Fox affiliate. At the time, one company could only own one TV station in a market.[39] As a result, KTZZ went on the market, and in December, Tribune applied to the FCC to place the station into a disposition trust headed by John Dudley.[40]

Nonetheless, channel 22 forged ahead with plans formulated by Tribune to relaunch the station with new call letters and as a higher-profile WB affiliate in 1999.[39] On April 26, 1999,[41] KTZZ-TV became KTWB-TV, broadcasting from a new transmitter and antenna. The original facility had signal deficiencies in some areas, including in parts of Seattle.[29]

A three-story building with KCPQ and KZJO logos on a sign outside
The KCPQ and KZJO studios in Seattle

Tribune originally needed to find a buyer for KTWB by September 1, 1999.[42] The search became a moot point in August, when the FCC voted to legalize television duopolies.[43] Deals creating duopolies were permitted beginning in November, at which time Tribune filed to purchase KTWB outright and own it alongside KCPQ.[44] Its operations moved in with KCPQ; Tribune created 50 positions to match the 50 jobs that channel 22 had as an independent business, but not all of them matched the skill set of KTWB's employees, some of which Tribune offered to transfer elsewhere in the company.[45] The station began airing newscasts from KCPQ preempted by Fox network sports programming and sharing some of KCPQ's syndicated program inventory.[46] In 2005, the KCPQ–KTWB facility began handling master control operations for KWBP-TV in Portland, which Tribune acquired from ACME Communications; the general manager of the Seattle stations also assumed responsibility for KWBP.[47]

MyNetworkTV and Joe TV

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

On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner announced that the two companies would respectively shut down UPN and The WB and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called The CW; the day of the announcement, it was revealed that 13 of Tribune's 16 15 UPN affiliates would become CW stations.[48][49] The merger of networks left out three Tribune-owned WB stations in three markets, including KTWB in Seattle, where The CW affiliated with a CBS-owned station. These three stations—WPHL-TV in Philadelphia, WATL in Atlanta, and KTWB—signed affiliation agreements in May with MyNetworkTV, set up by Fox Television Stations to serve its own ex-UPN outlets and other displaced stations.[50][51] The station changed its call sign to KMYQ and branded as "MyQ²", a brand extension of KCPQ.[52]

At a time when the company was relaunching several of its secondary stations with new branding, Tribune rebranded KMYQ as "JoeTV" on September 13, 2010, and changed its call sign to KZJO. The station was positioned to be grittier and appeal to a younger male audience with its mix of syndicated shows.[53] MyNetworkTV programming was deemphasized; or several years, the site's 'about us' copy erroneously said that the MyNetworkTV affiliation ended with the JoeTV relaunch.[54]

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.[55][56] As Sinclair already owned KOMO-TV and KUNS-TV,[57] KCPQ was among 23 stations identified for divestment in order to meet regulatory compliance for the merger.[58] Sinclair agreed to purchase KZJO and sell KCPQ to Fox Television Stations as part of a $910 million deal;[59] Howard Stirk Holdings additionally agreed to purchase KUNS-TV.[60] Lead FCC commissioner Ajit Pai publicly rejected the deal in July 2018 after details of Sinclair's proposed divestitures came to light;[61] weeks later, Tribune terminated the merger agreement with Sinclair, nullifying both transactions.[62]

Tribune Media agreed to be acquired by Nexstar Media Group for $6.9 billion in cash and debt on December 3, 2018.[63] Following the merger's completion on September 19, 2019,[64] 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.[65][66] The sale was completed on March 2, 2020.[67] 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.[68]

Programming

Newscasts

Further information: KCPQ § Newscasts

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.[69]

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.[70] The station also aired pre-match and post-match coverage for the team through the end of the 2022 season.[71][a]

In 2016, KCPQ and KZJO began broadcasting locally televised games of the Seattle Storm of the WNBA; initially starting with 15 home games on channel 22 in 2016,[73] KZJO was slated to carry 29 games in the 2023 season plus six more on KCPQ.[74]

Other local sports are aired in limited quantities on KZJO. In the 2022 and 2023 season, the station aired telecasts of OL Reign women's soccer.[75] In 2023, the station agreed to air ten Seattle Thunderbirds junior hockey games.[76]

Several of KCPQ's sports team partnerships have included components on KCPQ. The station airs encores of What's Kraken?, a weekly show about the Seattle Kraken produced by KCPQ.[77]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KZJO[78]
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. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25, using virtual channel 22.[79] KZJO relocated its signal from channel 25 to channel 36 on January 17, 2020, as a result of the 2016 United States wireless spectrum auction.[80]

Translators

Notes

  1. ^ All Major League Soccer local television rights agreements ended after 2022 to make way for MLS's 10-year deal with Apple.[72]

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