KIMA-TV

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KIMA-TV

Yakima, Washington
Branding	KIMA News Watch
Slogan	The One to Watch
Channels	29 (UHF) analog, 33 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Fisher Communications
Founded	July 19, 1953
Call letters meaning	YaKIMA
Former affiliations	NBC (secondary, 1953-59) ABC (secondary, 1953-70)
Website	www.kimatv.com

KIMA-TV, channel 29, is the CBS affiliate serving the Yakima, Washington region.

KIMA was the 200th television station in the United States and the first in central Washington, having signed on the air on July 19, 1953. KIMA was owned by Cascade Broadcasting Co., Inc. It carried programming from all three networks until KNDO signed on in 1959 as the NBC affiliate. KIMA then shared ABC programming with KNDO until 1970, when KAPP signed on and took over ABC.

KIMA used to provide most of the programming for satellite stations KEPR-TV in the Tri-Cities and KLEW-TV in Lewiston, Idaho however, all programming is now ran out of Seattle from Fisher Plaza along with Univision stations KKFQ-CA and KWWV-CA. The station is owned by Fisher Communications.

It is also a sister station of ABC-affiliate KOMO in Seattle, but doesn't share the same broadcasts or network.

KIMA also had a satellite station in Ephrata Washington. KBAS signed on the air February 15, 1957 first on channel 43, moving to channel 16 in 1958. KBAS was owned by Basin TV Co. and reflected its name in its call letters. Basin TV was a subsidiary of Cascade Broadcasting Co., Inc., owners of KIMA.

On February 12th, 2007, KIMA News Watch at 11:00 was cancelled. Sister station KEPR-TV in the Tri-Cities took over the time slot with News Watch at 11:00, a late night newscast featuring news from both the Mid-Columbia, north eastern Oregon, and the Yakima Valley.

[edit] Newscasts

News Watch at Sunrise
KIMA News Watch at 5:00
KIMA News Watch at 6:00
News Watch at 11:00
News Watch Weekend Edition at 6:30
News Watch Weekend Edition at 11:00

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Broadcast television in the Yakima / Walla Walla / Pasco / Richland / Kennewick market (Nielsen DMA #126)

Northern End (Yakima Valley)
Yakima: KKFQ-CA 2 (UNI) - KNDO 23 (NBC) - KCWK-LP 27 (The CW) - KIMA 29 (CBS) - KAPP 35 (ABC) - KCYU-LP 41 (FOX) - KYVE 47 (PBS)

Ellensburg: K25FP 25 (3ABN) - K31AK 31 (NBC) - K39DM 39 (TBN) - K41CK 41 (FOX) - KWWA-CA 49 (UNI) - K51BD 51 (CBS) - K54DX 54 (FOX) - K63BZ 63 (ABC) - K69BE 69 (PBS)

Southern End (Columbia Basin)
Tri-Cities: KFFX 11 (FOX) - KVVK-CA 15 (UNI) - KEPR 19 (CBS) - KNDU 25 (NBC) - KTNW 31 (PBS) - KVEW 42 (ABC) - KRLB-LP 49 (COR)

Walla Walla: KCWK 9 (The CW) - KTVR 13 (PBS/OPB) - KORX-CA 16 (UNI) - K22BI 22 / K21EK 21 / K28FT 28 (HOPE/Worship) - K33EJ 33 (3ABN) - KWWO-LP 47 (COR)

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Washington

KREM 2 (Spokane) - KIRO 7 (Seattle) - KEPR 19 / KIMA 29 (Pasco / Yakima)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Washington