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KXLY-TV, virtual channel 4 (digital channel 13), is the ABC-affiliated television station in Spokane, Washington. KXLY-TV is owned by Spokane Television Group, a subsidiary of Morgan Murphy Media. KXLY is operated in a duopoly with KXMN-LD, which was launched on September 5, 2006 as Spokane's MyNetworkTV affiliate (and has since switched to Me-TV). On cable, the station is available in standard definition on channel 4 on Comcast in the Spokane area and on Time Warner Cable in the Coeur d'Alene area; it is also available in high definition on Comcast digital channel 104 in Spokane and Time Warner Cable digital channel 1200 in Coeur d'Alene and the Palouse. On satellite, it is available on channel 4 in both standard definition and high-definition on Dish Network and DirecTV. The station is also carried on cable in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; both of which are double the size of KXLY's American coverage area. This forces the Calgary and Edmonton stations to air American programming in Pacific Time, even though Calgary and Edmonton are both on Mountain Time. It is one of five local Spokane area television stations available in Canada via satellite provider Shaw Direct. ==History== Although KHQ and KXLY were both granted authorization by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to build television stations on July 11, 1952,〔("Television Closer in City; KHQ and KXLY Get Go-Ahead" ) ''The Spokesman-Review'', July 12, 1952. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 KXLY was second to sign on, going on the air with broadcast tests on January 16, 1953,〔("KXLY-TV Tries Test Pattern, Film" ) ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', January 17, 1953. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 with regular programming beginning on February 22.〔("KXLY Schedules Sunday Telecast" ) ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', February 16, 1953. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 KXLY had initially hoped to have its television station on the air by Christmas of 1952,〔("TV Possible by Christmas, Craney of KXLY believes" ) ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', July 21, 1952. Retrieved May 20, 2012.〕 but adverse weather conditions on Mount Spokane delayed the launch.〔("KXLY-TV Abandons Video Objective" ) ''The Spokesman-Review'', December 25, 1952. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 It was owned by northwestern broadcast pioneer Ed Craney along with Spokane's oldest radio station, KXLY (AM 920). Just a few months after signing on, Craney sold KXLY-AM-TV to Northern Pacific Radio and Television Corporation. KXLY-TV was a primary CBS affiliate owing to its radio sister's long affiliation with CBS Radio〔("Network TV Shows Arrive in Spokane With Little Delay" ) ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', January 14, 1953. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 sharing ABC with KHQ-TV. Channel 4 also carried some programming from DuMont〔("KXLY-TV Plans DuMont Shows" ) ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', January 9, 1953. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 up until as late as April 1955. ABC programming,〔("KREM to Relay ABC Telecasts" ) ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', December 22, 1954. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 along with partial DuMont shows that KXLY-TV did not carry, moved to KREM when it signed on in 1954. At first, channel 4 enjoyed a good partnership with CBS. The national affiliate worked well with early KXLY executives Dick Jones, Bob Struble, and James Agostino to help the station become a dominant player in the Spokane television market in the 1950s and 1960s. Morgan Murphy bought the station in 1961. However, the station's relationship with CBS faltered in later years when it started airing several network shows out of pattern. On February 19, 1976, CBS sent KXLY-TV a "notice of termination,"〔("CBS Plans to Terminate KXLY-TV Affiliation" ) ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', March 3, 1976. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 with CBS spokesman Barry Richardson stating that the network was ending its 23-year arrangement with KXLY-TV "because we made a business judgment that we could get wider exposure for our programs with another station." This would become a rare first in which a major television network would strip a station of its affiliation without first announcing a new affiliate.〔("KREM-TV to Join CBS Chain" ) ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', March 29, 1976. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 On August 8, the affiliation switch went into effect,〔("On Sunday: TV Stations Switching" ) ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', March 29, 1976. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 with CBS programming moving to KREM (KREM wanted to wait until ABC finished airing the network's broadcast of the 1976 Summer Olympics to make the switch〔("Timing decided for TV shift" ) ''The Spokesman-Review'', March 30, 1976. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕). KXLY then picked up KREM's old ABC affiliation,〔("“Early Summer” – KXLY Set to Join ABC" ) ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', May 6, 1976. Retrieved: May 20, 2012.〕 although it began the transition in February 1976 when it started airing ''Good Morning America'' while airing CBS shows throughout the day. Ironically at this time, ABC jumped to number one in the ratings for the next several years. This meant KXLY ended up broadcasting the highest-rated networks (first CBS, then ABC) throughout the 1970s. Its radio sister would remain with CBS for another 30 years. KXLY-TV is the only station in the Spokane market to broadcast from Mount Spokane, to the northeast of the city. The site (located in a state park) was originally developed with the expectation that Spokane's other TV stations would want to follow suit. When this did not occur, KXLY built a translator (K09FZ on channel 9, later becoming K11VT Channel 11, then KUUP-LP) to serve non-antenna-rotator-equipped households from the mountain ridge south of Spokane used by the other stations. On May 24, 2006, it became KXMN-LP and from September 5, 2006 until the national DTV transition in February 2009, it broadcast MyNetworkTV programming. From the digital transition date forward the South Hill transmitter rebroadcast KXLY ABC - both in analog on VHF Channel 11 and as 4.1 (ABC HD) and 4.2 (MyNetworkTV/Me-TV) over a VHF Channel 9 high definition digital translator. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KXLY-TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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