KGW is an NBC affiliate serving the Portland, Oregon area. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 8. Its transmitter is located in Portland. It also produces segments and serves as the Portland bureau for Northwest Cable News (NWCN), which is also owned by KGW's corporate parent, Belo Corp. Along with NBC's lineup, the station also airs some local programming, including telecasts of a select amount of Portland Trail Blazers game...
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KGW is an NBC affiliate serving the Portland, Oregon area. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 8. Its transmitter is located in Portland. It also produces segments and serves as the Portland bureau for Northwest Cable News (NWCN), which is also owned by KGW's corporate parent, Belo Corp. Along with NBC's lineup, the station also airs some local programming, including telecasts of a select amount of Portland Trail Blazers games.
KGW broadcasts Estrella TV on DTV 8.2 and on Comcast Cable channel 307.
The station was an extension of radio station KGW (620 AM). The Oregonian newspaper created KGW-AM by purchasing an existing transmitter from the Shipowners Radio Service. The U.S. Department of Commerce licensed the station, and it began broadcasting on March 21, 1922.
The Oregonian applied for and received an FCC construction permit for a television station in 1947, but later returned it in order to focus on its core newspaper business. It later bought KOIN-AM and...
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