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KSTW-TV News Daily Broadcast Videotape, 1981-1998
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- KSTW-TV (Television station : Tacoma, Wash.)
- Title
- KSTW-TV News Daily Broadcast Videotape
- Dates
- 1981-1998 (inclusive)19811998
- Quantity
- 141 Boxes
- Collection Number
- PH2022-032
- Summary
- News broadcasts from a local television station in Tacoma, Washington
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access is restricted. No user access copy is available and a user access copy cannot be made without permission from the donor. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
The station began broadcasting March 1, 1953 in Tacoma as KTNT-TV Channel 11, named after its founder, the Tacoma News Tribune. At the time, it was a primary CBS affiliate and sister station to KTNT radio (AM 1400, now KITZ, and FM 97.3, now KIRO-FM). In February 1958, KIRO-TV in Seattle became the exclusive CBS affiliate, triggering a lawsuit files by KTNT-TV. CBS agreed to settle the suit in 1960 by taking on both KIRO-TV and KTNT-TV as primary affiliates. This arrangement lasted until September 1962, when Channel 7 became the sole CBS station for Western Washington and Channel 11 became an independent. In March 1974, new ownership changed the station's call letters to KSTW, standing for Seattle-Tacoma, Washington.
KSTW offered local newscasts throughout most of its history. Its news department began when the station signed on in 1953 as a CBS affiliate and was shut down on December 4, 1998, as a result of cost-cutting measures mandated by then-parent company Viacom.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
News broadcasts from KSTW-TV in Tacoma, Washington from 1981 to 1998.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyrights retained by creator. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.
