KEPR-TV
CBS/CW television affiliate in Pasco, Washington, United States
KEPR-TV (channel 19) is a television station licensed to Pasco, Washington, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area as an affiliate of CBS, The CW Plus, and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Univision affiliate KVVK-CD (channel 15); both stations are operated by Rincon Broadcasting Group as sisters to KFFX-TV (channel 11). KEPR-TV and KVVK-CD share studios on West Lewis Street (US 395) in Pasco; KEPR-TV's transmitter is on Johnson Butte near Kennewick.
Although identifying as a station in its own right, KEPR is considered a semi-satellite of KIMA-TV (channel 29) in Yakima, which operates another semi-satellite, KLEW-TV (channel 3) in Lewiston, Idaho. KEPR and KLEW simulcast all network and syndicated programming as provided through KIMA, but air separate commercial inserts, legal identifications and early evening newscasts, and have their own websites. Master control and some internal operations for the four stations are based at KOMO Plaza (formerly Fisher Plaza) in Seattle.
On satellite, Dish Network and DirecTV carry both KEPR-TV and KIMA-TV.
History
KEPR-TV went on the air for the first time December 30, 1954, as a satellite of KIMA-TV. It was owned by Cascade Broadcasting Company, which also owned 40 percent of KWIE (610 AM) in Kennewick. Cascade bought the remaining 60 percent of KWIE in November 1956 and changed its call letters to KEPR, matching the television station, the following year.
A few years earlier, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) collapsed all of central Washington into one giant television market. However, this market was designated a "UHF island" due to being sandwiched between Seattle to the west, Spokane to the east and Portland to the south.
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