KSTW

KSTW is a television station based in Renton, Washington, affiliated with the UPN television network, that broadcasts on VHF channel 11. Though based in Renton, its city of license is Tacoma and it identifies itself as a Tacoma/Seattle station.

KSTW began broadcasting in 1953 out of Tacoma as KTNT, for Tacoma News Tribune, the newspaper that founded it. At this time, it was a CBS affiliate.

In 1958, CBS moved to Seattle's KIRO channel 7, and KTNT became independent. KTNT was sold to Gaylord Entertainment Company in 1974 and changed its call letters to KSTW, for Seattle-Tacoma, Washington. In 1995 CBS returned to KSTW.

Two years later, on June 2, 1997, Gaylord Entertainment Company sold the station to Paramount Stations Group (part of Viacom). KSTW affiliated with UPN a few weeks later.

Through the 1960s and 1970s, KTNT's local children's programs featured a personable host named "Brakeman Bill". The station carried a wide range of syndicated programming and films.

For many years KSTW had produced its own 10pm newscast. However, its news operation was shut down in 1998, as a result of cost-cutting measures mandated by Viacom, its parent company. News returned to the station in March 2003, as it began to carry a 10pm newscast produced by KIRO 7.

External links

• http://www.upn11.com/