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There were two companies under the name Cascade Broadcasting Company:
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There were two companies under the name Cascade Broadcasting Company:
The first Cascade Broadcasting Company was based in Yakima, Washington. It consisted of four television stations and two AM radio stations.
Although Cascade Broadcasting originally produced its own programming schedule selecting shows from all major networks and syndicators under the direction of James "Jimmy" Nolan, all three remaining television stations are now CBS affiliates. Limited original programming was also produced from the beginning of the regional network. This included news programming, a children's program called "Uncle Jimmy's Clubhouse," starring Jimmy Nolan, and a country-western music program titled "Buckaroo Time," starring Bert Wells.
In 1954, Cascade Broadcasting became the first company in the United States to receive permission from the Federal Communications Commission to operate satellite stations. KEPR-TV, KLEW-TV, and KBAS-TV were given permission to receive KIMA-TV directly off of the air and to retransmit its signal. The only provision the FCC made was that the KIMA-TV station identification announcements were not to be retransmitted by any of its satellites. This saved Cascade the expense of installing AT&T network television microwave service to its satellite stations. KBAS-TV ceased operations and went dark on November 30, 1961.
In 1961, Cascade Broadcasting's original owner, Archie W. Talbot, sold the company to the HalTom Corporation. On October 7, 1968, Cascade was sold to Filmways, Inc. At the time of this sale, Cascade's two AM radio stations, KIMA 1460 kHz, and KEPR 610 kHz, were split off under the ownership of Thomas C. "Tom" Bostic Jr., Cascade's original owner-manager. Filmways was later purchased by Orion Pictures, which included the Cascade television stations. In 1972, Orion sold Cascade to NWG Broadcasting. In 1986, it was sold to Retlaw Enterprises, Inc., a private Disney concern, and, in 1999, it was sold to Fisher Communications of Seattle, Washington. Fisher was merged into Sinclair Broadcast Group in 2013.
The second Cascade Broadcasting Group was an unrelated business. It owned or operated three television stations:
Continued losses by this Cascade began to take a toll on the company. In 2008, it entered into an agreement to sell KWBA to Journal Broadcast Group and its Tucson station KGUN-TV; the Federal Communications Commission allowed Journal to buy the station later in the year by issuing a failing station waiver. WBKI was foreclosed on, and the Louisville stations were sold at auction to Fusion Communications; they later bought W24BW outright.
WDRB, virtual channel 41, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Block Communications, as part of a duopoly with Salem, Indiana-licensed dual CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate WBKI. The two stations share studios on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard in downtown Louisville and transmitting facilities in rural northeastern Floyd County, Indiana. On cable, WDRB is available on Charter Spectrum channel 9.
WBKI, virtual channel 58, is a dual CW/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station serving Louisville, Kentucky, United States that is licensed to Salem, Indiana. The station is owned by Block Communications, as part of a duopoly with Louisville-licensed Fox affiliate WDRB. The two stations share studios on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard in downtown Louisville and transmitting facilities in rural northeastern Floyd County, Indiana.
WHAS-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 11, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Tegna Inc. WHAS-TV's studios are located on West Chestnut Street in Downtown Louisville, and its transmitter is located in rural northeastern Floyd County, Indiana. On cable, the station is available on Spectrum channel 4 in both standard and high definition.
WLKY, virtual channel 32, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of Hearst Communications. WLKY's studios are located on Mellwood Avenue on Louisville's east side, and its transmitter is located in rural northeastern Floyd County, Indiana. On cable, the station is available on Spectrum channel 5 in both standard and high definition.
WBKI-TV, virtual channel 34, was a CW-affiliated television station serving Louisville, Kentucky, United States that was licensed to Campbellsville. The station was owned by LM Communications, LLC; Block Communications, which owned Louisville-licensed Fox affiliate WDRB and Salem, Indiana-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYO, operated WBKI-TV under a local marketing agreement (LMA). WBKI-TV's transmitter was located in Raywick, Kentucky. In 2014, all of WBKI-TV's operations were consolidated at WDRB and WMYO's shared studio facility on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard in downtown Louisville. Previously, WBKI-TV maintained separate studios at the Kaden Tower on Dutchmans Lane in Louisville's Bowman section, while the WDRB/WMYO facilities only housed WBKI-TV's master control and some internal operations.
KAYU-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 28, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Spokane, Washington, United States and also serving Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The station is owned by Atlanta-based Cox Media Group. KAYU's studios are located on South Regal Street in Spokane, and its transmitter is on Krell Hill southeast of Spokane.
KVEW, virtual channel 42, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Kennewick, Washington, United States and serving the Tri-Cities (Richland/Pasco/Kennewick) area. The station is owned by Morgan Murphy Media. KVEW's studios are located on North Edison Street in Kennewick, and its transmitter is located on Jump Off Joe Butte.
KAPP, virtual channel 35, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Yakima, Washington, United States. The station is owned by Morgan Murphy Media. KAPP's studios are located on North 4th Street in downtown Yakima, and its transmitter is located on Ahtanum Ridge.
KIMA-TV, virtual channel 29, is a dual CBS/CW+-affiliated television station licensed to Yakima, Washington, United States. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is a sister station to low-powered, Class A Univision affiliate KUNW-CD. The two stations share studios on Terrace Heights Boulevard in Yakima; KIMA-TV's transmitter is located on Ahtanum Ridge.
KEPR-TV, virtual channel 19, is a dual CBS/CW+-affiliated television station licensed to Pasco, Washington, United States and serving the Tri-Cities (Richland/Pasco/Kennewick) area. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. KEPR's studios are located on West Lewis Street in Pasco, and its transmitter is located on Johnson Butte near Kennewick.
KLEW-TV, virtual channel 3, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Lewiston, Idaho, United States, serving north-central Idaho and southeastern Washington, including nearby Pullman, as well as Wallowa County, Oregon. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. KLEW's studios are located on 17th Street in Lewiston, and its transmitter is located near Clarkston, Washington.
KFFX-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 11, is a dual Fox/Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Pendleton, Oregon, United States and serving the Tri-Cities, Washington (Richland/Pasco/Kennewick) area. The station is owned by Atlanta-based Cox Media Group. KFFX-TV's studios are located on Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick, and its transmitter is located in the Umatilla National Forest east of Pendleton.
KNDO, virtual channel 23, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Yakima, Washington, United States. The station is owned by the Spokane-based Cowles Company as part of the KHQ Television Group. KNDO's studios are located on West Yakima Avenue in downtown Yakima, and its transmitter is located on Ahtanum Ridge.
KWBA-TV, virtual channel 58, is a CW-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona, United States that is licensed to Sierra Vista. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, as part of a duopoly with Tucson-licensed ABC affiliate KGUN-TV. The two stations share studios on East Rosewood Street in East Tucson; KWBA's transmitter is located atop the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of the city.
WMYO-CD, virtual channel 24, is a low-powered, Class A Laff-affiliated television station licensed to Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc. WMYO-CD's studios are located on Potters Lane in Clarksville, Indiana, and its transmitter is located in the Louisville tower farm in Floyd County.
Block Communications is an American privately held holding company of various assets, mainly in the print and broadcast media, based in Toledo, Ohio. The company was founded in 1900 in New York City when Paul Block, a German-Jewish immigrant who came to the United States fifteen years prior, formed an ad representation firm for newspaper the Block empire grew to encompass many newspapers on the east coast of the US, however with the Great Depression in the 1930s came the loss of all but three properties: the ad representation firm, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the Toledo Blade. After Block's death in 1941, his children took over the company and later his grandchildren.
KCWK, VHF analog channel 9, was a television station licensed to Walla Walla, Washington, United States. The station was owned by Pappas Telecasting. It was most recently affiliated with The CW, and had a low-powered repeater in Yakima. The station went off the air on May 25, 2008.
KCYU-LD, virtual channel 41, is a low-powered dual Fox/Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Yakima, Washington, United States. The station is owned by Atlanta-based Cox Media Group. KCYU-LD's studios are located on West Lincoln Avenue in Yakima, and its transmitter is located on Ahtanum Ridge.
KUNW-CD, virtual channel 2, is a low-powered, Class A Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Yakima, Washington, United States. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is sister to CBS affiliate KIMA-TV. The two stations share studios on Terrace Heights Boulevard in Yakima; KUNW-CD's transmitter is located on Ahtanum Ridge.
The following television stations in the United States brand as channel 9 :