KVOS-TV

KVOS-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Bellingham, Washington, United States, serving the Seattle–Tacoma market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting alongside Seattle-licensed MeTV owned-and-operated station KFFV, channel 44 (which KVOS simulcasts on its third digital subchannel). While KVOS-TV is nominally part of the Seattle market, it can be characterized as a border blaster, as it primarily serves an audience in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, including Vancouver and Victoria. Its other subchannels carry Weigel's other diginet concepts.

KVOS-TV
    • Bellingham–Seattle–Tacoma, Washington
    • Vancouver–Victoria, British Columbia
  • United States–Canada
CityBellingham, Washington
Channels
Branding
  • Univision Seattle–Tacoma
  • H&I Washington (DT8)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Weigel Broadcasting
  • (KVOS-TV LLC)
Sister stations
KFFV
History
First air date
June 3, 1953 (1953-06-03)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 12 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 35 (UHF, until 2019)
Former affiliations
  • DuMont (primary 1953–1955, secondary 1955–1956)
  • CBS (primary 1955–1979, secondary 1979–1987)
  • Independent (1979–2011)
  • Citytv (secondary, 1990–2002)
  • MeTV (2011–2018)
  • Heroes & Icons (2018–2023)
Call sign meaning
Kessler's Voice of Seattle (from former sister radio station)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35862
ERP535 kW
HAAT799 m (2,621 ft)
Transmitter coordinates48°40′49.4″N 122°50′26.4″W
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.kvos.com

KVOS-TV's transmitter is situated atop Mount Constitution on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands, at an altitude of 2,621 feet (799 m) above the adjacent terrain. The station's signal is very well received throughout the British Columbia Lower Mainland, southern Vancouver Island, and much of northwest Washington. KVOS-TV original studios were located on Ellis Street in Bellingham. However, with the sale of KVOS-TV to OTA Broadcasting in 2010, the Bellingham facility was closed and the station currently shares studios with KFFV on Third Avenue South in Seattle. KVOS-TV previously maintained offices in Burnaby, British Columbia; before that, its Vancouver offices were located on West 7th Avenue; it now has no physical presence in the Vancouver area.

As KVOS serves both sides of the border, at one time the station decided to use both Canadian and American TV ratings at the start of each program, after they were established during the late 1990s— it was the only station on either side of the border to do so. Since early 2007, only U.S. ratings have been shown.

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