KIRO-TV
Rejoining CBS
### Rejoining CBS

Though there was speculation that Belo would swap KIRO\-TV to [Fox Television Stations](/wiki/Fox_Television_Stations "Fox Television Stations") in exchange for [KSAZ\-TV](/wiki/KSAZ-TV "KSAZ-TV") in [Phoenix](/wiki/Phoenix%2C_Arizona "Phoenix, Arizona") and [KTBC\-TV](/wiki/KTBC-TV "KTBC-TV") in [Austin, Texas](/wiki/Austin%2C_Texas "Austin, Texas"), Belo announced on February 20, 1997, that it would swap channel 7 to UPN co\-owner [Viacom](/wiki/Viacom_%281952%E2%80%932005%29 "Viacom (1952–2005)")'s [Paramount Stations Group](/wiki/Paramount_Stations_Group "Paramount Stations Group") subsidiary (now part of [CBS News and Stations](/wiki/CBS_News_and_Stations "CBS News and Stations")), in exchange for [KMOV](/wiki/KMOV "KMOV") in [St. Louis](/wiki/St._Louis "St. Louis"). At the time, Paramount Stations Group was in the process of selling off the CBS and NBC affiliates that it inherited from Viacom through its 1994 purchase of [Paramount Pictures](/wiki/Paramount_Pictures "Paramount Pictures").

Concurrently, Paramount/Viacom traded KIRO\-TV to [Cox Enterprises](/wiki/Cox_Enterprises "Cox Enterprises") in exchange for KSTW, just one month after Cox announced it would acquire that station from Gaylord Broadcasting. The trades were completed on June 2, 1997\. The two stations retained their respective syndicated programming, but swapped network affiliations once again—with KSTW becoming a UPN owned\-and\-operated station, and KIRO\-TV regaining its CBS affiliation on June 30, 1997\.

In February 2019, it was announced that [Apollo Global Management](/wiki/Apollo_Global_Management "Apollo Global Management") would acquire Cox Media Group and [Northwest Broadcasting](/wiki/Northwest_Broadcasting "Northwest Broadcasting")'s stations. The sale gave KIRO\-TV in\-state [sisters](/wiki/Sister_station "Sister station") in [Spokane](/wiki/Spokane "Spokane")'s [KAYU\-TV](/wiki/KAYU-TV "KAYU-TV"), the [Tri\-Cities](/wiki/Tri-Cities%2C_Washington "Tri-Cities, Washington")' [KFFX\-TV](/wiki/KFFX-TV "KFFX-TV"), and [Yakima](/wiki/Yakima "Yakima")'s [KCYU\-LD](/wiki/KCYU-LD "KCYU-LD")—all of which are Fox affiliates. Although the group planned to operate under the name Terrier Media, it was later announced in June 2019 that Apollo would also acquire Cox's radio and advertising businesses, and retain the Cox Media Group name. The sale was completed on December 17, 2019\. The Fox stations were sold off to [Imagicomm Communications](/wiki/Imagicomm_Communications "Imagicomm Communications") in August 2022\.


Which stations were traded in exchange for KIRO-TV and KSTW?