KOMO-TV

KOMO-TV

Seattle–Tacoma, Washington United States
City	Seattle, Washington
Channels	Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 4
Branding	KOMO 4; KOMO News (pronounced as a word)
Programming
Affiliations	4.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (Sinclair Seattle Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	KUNS-TV
History
Founded	June 1953
First air date	December 11, 1953 (70 years ago) (1953-12-11)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 38 (UHF, 1998–2020)
Former affiliations	NBC (1953–1959) ABC (secondary, 1958–1959) The CW (secondary, 2023)
Call sign meaning	Derived from former sister station KOMO (now KNWN)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	21656
ERP	915 kW
HAAT	259 m (850 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	47°37′55″N 122°21′14″W / 47.63194°N 122.35389°W / 47.63194; -122.35389
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	komonews.com

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 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 the city's television market ratings behind KING-TV throughout its existence.