KHQ-TV, virtual channel

Virtual channel

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 6, is the NBC

NBC

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 affiliate for Spokane, Washington

Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

. It broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 15. The station is owned by The KHQ Television Group

The KHQ Television Group

The KHQ Television Group is a television broadcasting group based in Spokane, Washington and is a subsidiary of Cowles Publishing Company, also of Spokane, which owns television stations KION, KKFX, and KCOY in southern California. Cowles also owns The Spokesman-Review.KHQ, Inc...

, a subsidiary of Cowles Publishing Company

Cowles Publishing Company

Cowles Publishing Company, sometimes shortened to Cowles Company, is a newspaper publisher and diversified company in Spokane, Washington in the United States. Cowles Publishing owns and operates the The Spokesman-Review newspaper in Spokane founded in 1894...

, which owns The Spokesman-Review

Spokesman-Review

The Spokesman-Review is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Spokane, Washington, where it is the city's only daily publication. It has the third highest readership among daily newspapers in Washington, with most of its readership base in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.-History:The...

newspaper. KHQ is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada

Canada

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 on the Shaw Direct satellite provider and on Shaw Cable in Calgary

Calgary

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, Edmonton

Edmonton

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, and other markets.

The DT2 subcarrier

Subcarrier

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 for KHQ is a 24-hour sports and weather channel called SWX Right Now

SWX Right Now

SWX Right Now is a digital subchannel broadcasting high school and college sports, and automated weather information of interest to viewers throughout Eastern Washington state...

.
While KHQ and KXLY

KXLY-TV

KXLY-TV, virtual channel 4, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Spokane, Washington, USA. KXLY-TV is owned by Spokane Television Group, a subsidiary of Morgan Murphy Media, it is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the Shaw Direct satellite provider.-History:Although KHQ...

 were both granted authorization by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC) to build television stations on July 12, 1952, KHQ was first to sign on the air, going live on Saturday, December 20, 1952 at 6 pm with the film Texas Trouble Shooters.