Q13 Fox

What Q13 Fox does

Q13 Fox (legal entity KCPQ-TV, branded FOX 13 Seattle) is a Fox-affiliated local broadcast television station serving the Seattle-Tacoma designated market area and Western Washington state. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Seattle, the station is owned by Fox Television Stations, a subsidiary of Fox Corporation (NASDAQ: FOXA). It delivers locally-produced news, weather, sports, and entertainment programming across King, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom, and Grays Harbor counties, with branded franchises including Good Day Seattle (morning), Seattle News Tonight (evening news), Studio 13 Live (lifestyle), and The Spotlight with David Rose (investigative). The station also produces Spanish-language content via FOX 13 en Español and a portfolio of podcasts spanning news, sports, and weather verticals.

The underlying technology stack combines traditional over-the-air broadcast transmission (VHF/UHF), must-carry cable and satellite carriage agreements (Comcast, Spectrum, DirecTV, Dish Network), and owned digital distribution including the fox13seattle.com website, dedicated mobile weather and streaming apps, and the FOX LOCAL Seattle 24/7 streaming channel. Weather coverage is powered by FOX Weather, a sister-property technology integration providing meteorological data, radar, and severe weather alerting. The station maintains active social media presence across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, TikTok, and Threads.

Q13 Fox monetizes through two primary revenue streams: (1) advertising — local and regional ad sales to SMBs and national advertisers distributed through the FOX network inventory, and (2) retransmission fees — recurring per-subscriber payments from cable, satellite, and streaming distributors for the right to carry KCPQ programming. The station serves two customer sets: viewers (general consumers seeking local information, weather, and sports) and advertisers (local/regional businesses plus national brands). No pricing is publicly disclosed, as advertising rates are quote-based by time slot, program, and audience reach.

Name

Q13 Fox

Legal name

Fox Television Stations LLC

Website

https://q13fox.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Q13 Fox (KCPQ-TV) is a Fox-affiliated local broadcast television station serving the Seattle-Tacoma DMA and Western Washington, providing locally-produced news, weather, sports, and entertainment programming and monetizing through advertising sales and retransmission fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Broadcast Television

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (516120)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Network-Affiliated Local TV Stations (ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX/CW/Telemundo/Univision, etc.) (MPABACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local News & Weather Stations (MPABACAJ)

Keywords

• Local broadcast television
• News programming
• Weather coverage
• Sports broadcasting
• Digital streaming

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising Revenue: Local broadcast advertising sales to businesses in the Seattle/Puget Sound region, plus national advertising carried through FOX network affiliation. Revenue generated through commercial spots during news programming and other shows.
2. Retransmission Fees: Fees paid by cable, satellite, and streaming distributors for the right to carry KCPQ programming

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Q13 Fox (KCPQ-TV) is a FOX-affiliated local broadcast television station serving the Seattle metropolitan area and Western Washington, producing and distributing locally-focused news, weather, sports, and entertainment programming. The station monetizes its broadcast and digital audience primarily through local and national advertising sales, with supplemental revenue from retransmission fees paid by cable, satellite, and streaming distributors. Its offerings extend across over-the-air broadcast, digital streaming, mobile apps, and podcasts.

Product overview

Q13 Fox (KCPQ) is a local television station operating as part of the FOX Television Stations network, providing broadcast television and digital streaming services. The station operates a platform-plus-content model centered on its core broadcast channel, supplemented by multiple branded programming franchises including Good Day Seattle (morning show), Seattle News Tonight (evening news), Studio 13 Live (lifestyle/entertainment), and The Spotlight with David Rose (investigative). Digital offerings include weather and news mobile applications, live streaming services, and podcast content across news, sports, and weather verticals. The portfolio is unified through the FOX LOCAL Seattle streaming initiative and shares weather data infrastructure with the broader FOX Weather network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Good Day Seattle: Morning news program covering local news, weather, traffic, and entertainment in the Seattle area.
• Seattle News Tonight
• Studio 13 Live
• The Spotlight with David Rose
• WA News Wrap
• Outdoor Report

Products and services

• FOX 13 Seattle (KCPQ) Broadcast Station Local FOX-affiliated television station broadcasting news, weather, sports, and entertainment content for the Seattle metropolitan area and Western Washington state, available over-the-air, via cable/satellite, and through digital streaming.
• Good Day Seattle Morning news and lifestyle show featuring local news, weather updates, entertainment segments, community features, and Pacific Northwest lifestyle content.
• Seattle News Tonight
• Studio 13 Live
• The Spotlight with David Rose
• FOX 13 Seattle Weather App
• FOX LOCAL Seattle Live Stream
• Seattle News Weekly Podcast
• Seattle Sports Podcast
• Northwest Weather Podcast

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FOX WeathercoreTechnology or IntegrationQ13 Fox integrates FOX Weather data and branding for its weather coverage, powered by FOX Weather's meteorological technology and visualization systems. This partnership provides the station's weather forecasts, severe weather alerts, and weather maps.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KING 5 (Tegna): KING 5 is the NBC-affiliated local TV station in Seattle, directly competing with Q13 Fox for viewers, local advertisers, and retransmission fees in the same DMA. As a Tegna-owned network affiliate, it operates a comparable news, weather, and sports model targeting the same Western Washington audience.
• KOMO 4 (Sinclair): KOMO is the ABC-affiliated local TV station in Seattle, competing head-to-head with Q13 Fox across news, weather, sports, and digital channels in the Seattle-Tacoma market. Its Sinclair ownership and affiliate economics make it a direct structural comparable to Q13.
• KIRO 7 (Cox Media Group): KIRO 7 is the CBS-affiliated local TV station serving the Seattle market, the fourth major-network affiliate competing with Q13 for share of viewers, local political ad spending, and retransmission carriage.
• KTVU (Fox Television Stations): KTVU is the Fox-owned affiliate in San Francisco/Oakland and is explicitly referenced on the Q13 Seattle homepage as a sister station. Same parent (Fox Television Stations), same FOX affiliation, same news/weather/sports model, making it the closest internal comparable to Q13.
• WAGA-TV (Fox Television Stations): WAGA is another Fox-owned major-market affiliate (Atlanta), demonstrating the same network-affiliate economics, local-news investment strategy, and digital extension model as Q13 Fox. Useful for station-level valuation and operating benchmarking.

Broad incumbents

• Fox Television Stations: Fox Television Stations is Q13's direct parent and operator of the U.S. portfolio of Fox-owned local affiliates. It controls Q13's network affiliation, programming supply, and corporate strategy, and is the relevant entity for portfolio-level decisions affecting the station.
• Sinclair Broadcast Group: Sinclair is one of the largest U.S. broadcast station operators, owning KOMO and other major-market affiliates. Its scale, regional sports networks, and digital initiatives (such as Bally Sports / Tennis Channel) make it a structural peer for understanding broadcast group economics that affect Q13.
• Nexstar Media Group: Nexstar is the largest U.S. television broadcaster with over 200 stations, including acquisitions such as Tribune. Its size, retransmission negotiation power, and CW affiliation strategy make it the most relevant benchmark for how major-market station portfolios are valued and operated.
• Tegna: Tegna owns KING 5 and other top-market network affiliates, and was the subject of a high-profile ~$5.4B acquisition. Tegna is a direct peer through its portfolio overlap (Seattle) and provides valuation comp for major-market network-affiliated stations like Q13.
• Gray Television: Gray Television operates a large portfolio of local network affiliates across mid- and large-sized markets. Its station-level operating model, retransmission contracts, and digital streaming strategy provide a comparison point for how affiliates like Q13 are run inside a larger broadcast group.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/q13fox
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/fox13seattle
• Facebookfacebook.com/q13foxnews
• Instagraminstagram.com/fox13seattle
• TikToktiktok.com/@fox13seattle
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kcpq-tv

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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