KING-TV

KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the Tegna subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group alongside Everett-licensed KONG (channel 16), an independent station. The two stations share studios at the Home Plate Center on 1st Avenue South in the SoDo district of Seattle; KING-TV's transmitter is located in the city's Queen Anne neighborhood. Debuting as the first television station in the Pacific Northwest, channel 5 was purchased by and became the flagship station of Dorothy Bullitt's King Broadcasting Company eight months into broadcasting; the company still exists as a license holder for its properties under Nexstar ownership. The station became an NBC affiliate in 1959 and has generally led the Seattle television market since.