Capital Television

KCAP-TV (branded as CT (all lowercase), also known as Capital Television or CTV) is an independent television station licensed to Washington, D.C. It is owned by the Smith Broadcasting Company.

Early history
Channel 9 signed on the air on August 16, 1964 at 5:00 pm. It aired live shows from its studios and several popular films at the time during the launch. The broadcast ended with a launch night with several local celebrities and bands. The station's launch night started with a greeting message delivered by Martin J. Wolf, which was then followed by a performance of a local jazz band called, The Swings.

Capital Television was branded as its abbreviation in lowercase letters. The station started broadcasting in color on September 1, 1964.

1960's-1970's
In the mid-1960's, the station was primarily focusing on news and documentary programs, short films, movies, which launched two programming blocks: The Following Information (FFI), which provides news and and Super Specials (SS), which provides several independent short films and feature-length films (occasionally borrowing from NFB).

During the late-1960's to early 1970's, they became the leading station for documentaries and independent short films. On November 1971, they introduced a late-night programming block called Midnight Television, which provides talk shows, experimental films, game shows, and music shows. It is broadcast at 11:00 pm, and ends at 1:00 am. On February 11, 1974, CTV aired programs from the United Kingdom, consisting of sitcoms and soap operas. Later on, they went on to bring more international programming. Some of the international programs aired on the station was El Chavo Del Ocho (Televisa), Chespirito (Televisa), Fawlty Towers (BBC2), Monty Python's Flying Circus (BBC1), King of Kensington (CBC). They added closed captions for non-English television programs.

Between September 1975 and November 1976, CTV aired a weekly music show named The Capital Music Show. It features popular bands of different genres such as rock, pop, jazz, blues, folk, and country. It featured artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Ramones, Muddy Waters, Electric Light Orchestra, Bob Dylan, Kenny Rogers, Led Zeppelin, among others.