KOMO

KOMO-TV, "KOMO 4" is a television station in Seattle, Washington. It is affiliated with the ABC network. It broadcasts on analog channel 4 and digital channel 38.

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The station is owned by Fisher Communications, which also owns KATU in Portland, as well as a number of smaller television stations acquired from Retlaw Enterprises in 1998, along with several radio stations (including KOMO AM 1000, KOMO-TV's immediate sister radio station). The station's studios are located just south of the Seattle Center in the Denny Regrade neighborhood in a new broadcasting center, Fisher Plaza, opened in 2000.

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KOMO-TV has won the most broadcast awards out of any Seattle TV station. Its newscasts, "KOMO 4 News", have been rated consistently the "Best Newscast in America" for more than 15 years.

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It is one of five local Seattle TV stations seen in Canada on the Bell ExpressVu and StarChoice satellite providers.

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