KPHF-TV

KPHF-TV, virtual channel 11 (UHF channel 35) is a CBS affiliated television station licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona. The station is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group. KPHF-TV's studios are located at West Forest Avenue in Downtown Flagstaff and it's transmitter is located southeast of the city in rural Coconino County (alongside KNAZ-TV and KKWW).

History
The station launched on January 5, 1956, as a television station companion to KPHF-AM (560 KHz). It took the CBS affiliation from the secondary affiliation of KNAZ-TV. Both it and KPHF-AM were owned by the Meredith Corporation who also owned KPHO-AM-TV and in fact, KPHF-AM was once a satellite rebroadcaster of KPHO-AM before becoming an independently programmed radio station in 1948. Both stations would receive an FM sister station in 1965 under the name KPHF-FM (93.3).

In 1973, Meredith would sell its Flagstaff assets to Saint Louis-based Koplar Communications in order to focus more on KPHO-TV in Phoenix. Koplar also owned KPLR-TV in Saint Louis (which served as their flagship station). During this time, KPHF-TV would become the west coast flagship station of Koplar Communications until 1984. On October 18, 1979, Koplar would sell KPHF-AM-FM to an independent consortium co-owned by Taft, American Media (later known as Chancellor Broadcasting), and local Flagstaff based investors named "Taft/American Radiocasters".

In 1984, Koplar sold off KPHF-TV to Northern Arizona Broadcasters, which also owned KFAZ and KJIT-FM, which were owned sister stations of KNAZ-TV. This marked the company entrance into television broadcasting. In 1988, Northern Arizona Broadcasters merged with Evergreen Broadcasting resulting in the company selling KPHF-TV to Anchor Media. Anchor Media would then merge with River City Broadcasting in 1993.

River City would then merge with Sinclair Broadcasting in 1996. Although plans to switch the station to ABC were made, they were ultimately cancelled due to KKWW renewing their contract to be the affiliate of ABC.