KPHO

KPHO, "CBS5" is the CBS affiliate television station in Phoenix, Arizona. Its transmitter is located on South Mountain in Phoenix. It can be seen on Channel 5 in Phoenix and operates several translators throughout Northern Arizona.

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KPHO is Arizona's oldest television station. It signed on December 4, 1949 and was a CBS affiliate until 1955, when the CBS affiliation went to KOOL-TV (now KSAZ). KPHO became an independent station, and over the years, it ran cartoons, off-network sitcoms, old movies, a 9 PM newscast, and drama shows. It also produced a children's show called Wallace & Ladmo, which aired weekday mornings from 7-9am until the early 1980s, and 7-8am until 1989 (when it was cancelled). KPHO was sole independent station in Phoenix until 1979, when KNXV Channel 15 signed on with general entertainment during the day and Subscription TV at night. (KNXV became a full-time general entertainment station by 1983.)

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