KONG

The station's former branding, "KONG 6/16", refers to its carriage on channel 6 on local cable systems in the Seattle area and its over-the-air digital/virtual PSIP channel 16. It signed on the air on July 8, 1997. It was locally owned, but managed by KING-TV (which had just been acquired by Belo alongside the rest of King Broadcasting) through a local marketing agreement. The KONG call letters were retained as a tongue-in-cheek reference to King Kong, which made both stations easily marketable together. Belo bought channel 16 outright in 2000, when the FCC began to permit television station duopolies.
KONG is also the only television station owned by Tegna that is not affiliated with any major broadcast network.
==1997–2005==
The "6/" part of the logo was not used initially.
==2005–2016==
KONG-TV logo (Mid-2016).svg|Later variant with just the callsign.
==2016–present==
KONG-TV logo 2016 gradient.svg|Gradient variant
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KONG station ID 2021.png|Station ID (2021)
==External links==
Category:Television stations in the United States
Category:Independent television stations in the United States
Category:Everett, Washington
Category:Seattle
Category:Washington (state)
Category:Tegna
Category:1997
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1997