Upn11.com
Title
KSTW: Homepage
Description
In 1953 Channel 11 began local broadcast history. A program broadcast on state-of-the-art, seven-inch television screens, hosted by Ed Sullivan, began it all – local television was born! KSTW-TV began broadcasting on March 1, 1953 as KTNT-TV in a Seattle-Tacoma market that consisted of only 189,000 TV homes. Today KSTW-TV reaches more than 1.6 million TV homes in the Puget Sound region, and an additional 1.3 million cable homes throughout British Columbia and the state of Washington.
As the station’s original ownership and network affiliation changed over the years KTNT-TV became fully independent in 1958, after CBS transferred its programming to KIRO-TV. In 1974 KTNT-TV was sold to Gaylord Entertainment Company, who changed the call letters to KSTW-TV, which stands for (K) Seattle-Tacoma, Washington. In 1995 KSTW’s network affiliation came full circle with the return of CBS to Channel 11. On June 2, 1997, KSTW-TV became a member of the Paramount Stations Group (PSG), the third owner in its 50 year existence, and became an affiliate of the United Paramount Network (UPN) later that month.
KSTW-TV 11 is a part of the CBS Television Stations Group, fully owned by CBS Corporation based in New York City. CBS is a leading global media company with a preeminent position in broadcast and cable television, radio, outdoor advertising, book publishing and online. Some of CBS’s well-known brands include: CBS Television Network, UPN Television Network, The CW Network (launching late Summer 2006), College Sports TV (CSTV), CBS Television Stations Group, CBS Radio, CBS Outdoor, and Simon & Schuster.
Languages
English
