KTBW-TV, virtual channel 20 (UHF digital channel 14), is a TBN owned-and-operated television station serving Seattle, Washington, United States that is licensed to Tacoma. The station is owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. KTBW's studios are located on South 341st Place in Federal Way, and its transmitter is located on Gold Mountain near Bremerton.
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KTBW originally signed on the air with the call sign KQFB on March 30, 1984. As KQFB, the station was originally locally owned by Family Broadcasting based in University Place, Washington. Family Broadcasting originally was going to broadcast Christian programming from several sources. Before the station went on the air, a minority interest in KQFB was acquired by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. When TBN acquired all the interest in Family Broadcasting, the call letters changed from KQFB to KTBW on December 18, 1984.
| TV stations in Washington | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle area | Spokane area | Yakima/Tri-Cities area | Portland/Vancouver area |
| KVOS, Bellingham | KQUP/KDYS-LD/KQUP-LD, Pullman/Spokane | KUNW-CD/KVVK-CA/KORK-CA, Yakima/Kennewick/Walla Walla | KOXI-CD, Camas |
| KONG, Everett | KHBA-LD, Spokane | K21JQ-D, Walla Walla | KEVE-LD, Vancouver |
| KTBW, Tacoma | K33EJ-D, Walla Walla | ||
| KBCB, Bellingham | |||
| KWPX-DT7, Bellevue | |||
| KWDK, Tacoma | |||
| KFFV, Seattle | |||
| KUNS, Bellevue | |||
| KUSE-LD, Seattle | |||
| TV stations in the Puget Sound Region, including Seattle, Tacoma and Everett |
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| KOMO 4 (ABC) KING 5 (NBC) KIRO 7 (CBS) K08OU-D 8 (3ABN) KCTS 9 (PBS) KSTW 11 (CW) KVOS 12 (H&I) KCPQ 13 (Fox) KCKA 15 (PBS) KONG 16 (Ind) KTBW 20 (TBN) KZJO 22 (MNTV) KBCB 24 (SBN) KRUM-LD 24 (Ind) KBTC 28 (PBS) KWPX 33 (Ion) KFFV 44 (Ind) KUSE-LD 46 (AAT TV) KUNS 51 (UNI) KWDK 56 (Daystar) |
