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The following year, The Oregonian applied for and received a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit for a television station, but later returned it in order to focus on its core newspaper business.The Oregonian sold KGW-AM-FM to North Pacific Television, a consortium of Seattle businesswoman Dorothy Bullitt and five Portland businessmen, on November 1, 1953.[citation needed] The station returned to the air on October 16 using a temporary tower, as well as an antenna on loan from KTNT-TV (now KSTW) of Tacoma, Washington.In January 1964, KGW began building a new broadcast center at 1501 SW Jefferson Street,[9] which has served as its headquarters and main studios location ever since.[13] In 1992, King Broadcasting (which also included KING-TV in Seattle, KREM-TV in Spokane, Washington, KTVB in Boise, Idaho, and KHNL in Honolulu, Hawaii) merged with The Providence Journal Company.However, Gannett operated KGW through joint sales and shared services agreements in order to comply with the FCC's cross-ownership restrictions.[19] Shortly afterward, Sander Media filed with the FCC to transfer KGW's license to Tegna's King Broadcasting Company;[20] the acquisition was completed on December 3, 2015.Another innovative show on KGW was the Sunday night public affairs program Open Line, also hosted by Klinger; viewers could phone in during the live broadcast and ask a question of that week's guest.[citation needed] On January 21, 2008, KGW became the first television station in the Portland market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition.[26] In 2008–2009, the station developed a high-definition news studio in downtown Portland at Pioneer Courthouse Square, in a space previously occupied by Powell's Books.[citation needed] On August 2, 2010, KGW restored the 24-hour news and weather channel on 8.2 and moved Estrella TV programming to digital subchannel 8.3.
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