KCPQ (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, U.S., broadcasting the Fox network in the Seattle area. It is owned and operated by the network and shares its studios in Seattle with KZJO. Built in 1953, it signed on as KMO-TV and was soon acquired by Seattle broadcaster J. Elroy McCaw, who ran it as KTVW cheaply. His estate sold the station in 1972; it fell into court-appointed receivership in 1974 and was taken off the air. The Clover Park School District acquired the station, which it used to replace KPEC-TV, and operated it as public television station KCPQ between 1976 and 1980. Due to financial exigencies, the school district sold the station to commercial interest Kelly Broadcasting in 1980. KCPQ became a successful independent station, affiliated with Fox in 1986, and started producing local newscasts. Tribune Broadcasting acquired the station in 1999; Fox purchased it in 2020 from Nexstar Media Group after multiple attempts to own a station in the market.
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1871:
José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Paranhos,_Viscount_of_Rio_Branco
1941:
The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-47_%281938%29
1965:
Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police on "Bloody Sunday". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
2021:
A series of four explosions at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea caused at least 107 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Bata_explosions
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green fingers: (idiomatic, informal) A seemingly natural gardening ability. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/green_fingers
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