![]() ![]() The Fishers branched into broadcasting with its founding of KOMO radio in 1926. The station was originally owned by the Fisher family, which had its start in the flour mill and lumber businesses. ![]() KOMO would likely have held the distinction of being the first television station in Seattle, and perhaps the nation, if it were not for the occurrences of the Great Depression and World War II. A handful of viewers were captivated by the broadcast. Brott televised images of a heart, a diamond, a question mark, letters, and numbers over electrical lines to small sets with one-inch screens-23 years before KOMO-TV's first regular broadcasts. On June 3, 1929, KOMO radio engineer Francis J. Whereas crosstown rival KRSC-TV (channel 5, now KING-TV) was the first to air "wide audience" television in November 1948, KOMO broadcast a television signal nearly 20 years prior on an experimental basis. KOMO also has an almost forgotten distinction as being the first station in Seattle to broadcast a television signal. It is the fourth-oldest television station in the Seattle– Tacoma area. KOMO-TV began operating on December 10, 1953, as an NBC affiliate, owing to KOMO radio's long-time relationship with the NBC Radio Network. The station became Seattle's ABC affiliate in 1959 when KING-TV affiliated with NBC after a year-long transition period it has generally ranked second in the city's television market ratings behind KING-TV throughout its existence. KOMO-TV signed on in December 1953 as the flagship station of Seattle-based Fisher Broadcasting originally an NBC affiliate, it was the television extension to KOMO (1000 AM), which was a sister station until 2021. Both stations share studios within KOMO Plaza (formerly Fisher Plaza) in the Lower Queen Anne section of Seattle adjacent to the Space Needle, while KOMO-TV's transmitter is located in the city's Queen Anne neighborhood. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Bellevue-licensed Univision affiliate KUNS-TV (channel 51). She has her BICP Ride Leader Certification and enjoys leading group rides through the WMBC JoyRiders, an all women's mountain bike club.KOMO-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW. Kristin's passion for mountain biking brought her to Bellingham, an area known for having some of the best trail riding in Washington State. From there she joined a team of meteorologists at Praedictix where she produced and disseminated daily weather reports for broadcast media as well as provided severe storm briefings and real-time alerts for local companies and Fortune 500 corporations. That same year she passed a rigorous exam to receive the coveted Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation recognized by the American Meteorological Society in Boston. In 2011 Kristin helped to launch a new, national weather channel, WeatherNation TV. She went on to forecast the weather for KOAA-TV in Colorado Spring, CO as well as KARE 11 & FOX 9 in Minneapolis, MN. Kristin earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Meteorology from Pennsylvania State University. This unique perspective gives Kristin a continued love and appreciation for the atmospheric sciences. Kristin grew up in a home filled with her father's weather instruments and where dinner table conversations consisted of impending fronts and storms. Predicting the weather is written in her DNA! Kristin hails from the self-proclaimed "first family of broadcast meteorology", being the only child of two TV meteorologists. Meteorologist Kristin Clark forecasts the weather on KOMO4's Weekday Morning Newscast ![]()
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