KXLY's sister station is KXMN, which was launched on Septemto become Spokane's My Network TV affiliate. This meant KXLY ended up broadcasting the highest-rated network (first CBS, then ABC) throughout the 1970s. Ironically this time, ABC jumped to #1 in the ratings for the next several years. ![]() ![]() KXLY then picked up KREM's old ABC affiliation. On August 8 1976, CBS dropped KXLY as an affiliate & moved it's programming to KREM. ![]() However, the station's relationship with CBS faltered in later years when it started airing several CBS shows out of pattern by delaying or pre-empting them. The national affiliate worked well with early KXLY executives Dick Jones, Bob Struble & Jimmy Augustino, to help the station become a dominant player in the Spokane TV market in the 1950s & 1960s. Both ABC & DuMont programming moved to KREM-TV when it signed on in 1954.Īt first, KXLY, whose AM sister was also affiliated with the CBS Radio Network the time, enjoyed a good partnership with CBS. It also carried some programming from DuMont. ![]() It was a primary CBS affiliate, sharing ABC with KHQ-TV. KXLY-TV signed on the air in early 1953, (with help from Gonzaga University alumnus Bing Crosby) as Spokane's 2nd TV station.
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