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.
News broadcasts from KSTW-TV in Tacoma, Washington from 1981 to 1998.
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