KABN

KABN ABN SeaTac
New logo for January 1, 2018
Location	Seattle, Washington Repeaters: Tacoma, Washington Everett, Washington Bellingham, Washington via KAYB ch. 13 Kent, Washington via KHTC ch. 12
Branding	ABN SeaTac ABN News 4 HD (newscasts) KABN Seattle 4.1
Channel(s)	4.1 (UHF)
Subchannesl	ABN - 4.1 ABN Kids - 4.2 ABN Women - 4.3 ABN Maxx - 4.4 ABN Sports Seattle - 4.5 UBC - 4.6 Mundovision - 4.7 Big Sky Channel - 4.8
Affilliation	American Broadcast Network
First air date	March 4, 1964
Former affiliation	American Television Corporation (1943-1964) (Owned by Champion Television Group)
Former channel(s)	None
Owner	ABN Stations Group ABN Group
Former call letters	KKBY (1943-1964)
Designated market area ranking	14

KABN is the ABN affiliate serving the Seattle-Tacoma Metro, Washington area broadcasting on UHF channel 4. It is ABN's first charter flagship television station for the West Coast. It serves as the primary side-by-side station with KAYB in the Bellingham area and KHTC in the Kent area.

Sports-specific color scheme practice

In 1996, KABN began the practice of using sports-specific color schemes for their on-screen ID logos starting with 1995 Seattle Mariners World Series championship. This was followed by the 2013-14 Seattle Seahawks NFC and Super Bowl championships. There was no color scheme from the Seattle Supersonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder) used. Seahawks fans loved this newer logo (shown in the infobox) that in February 2016, KABN adopted this as their permanent on-screen ID logo with the diamond and "Ultra HD" elements in Seahawks green, the trapezoid in dark blue, "ABN 4" in silver to match the color scheme of the Seahawks.

Website history

1996-2001 - www.kabn.com

2001-2009 - www.abnnews4.com

2009-2013 - www.abnseattle.com

2013-2018 - www.abnseatac.com

2018-20xx - www.kabntv.com

KABN logo from February 2016 to January 2018

Used in January 2015 to February 2016

Used in 2007 to 2015

2015 "America's Most Trusted Television Leader" scheme for KABN which uses the slogan "SeaTac's Most Trusted Television Leader"

Special ID commemorating the Eagle Bowl LX World Champions, the Seattle Thunderhawks of Major League Football

Special ID commemorating the Super Bowl XLVIII World Champions, the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League with the "#12thMan"

2001 "Pulse of America" theme using the slogan "The Pulse of Seattle"

1986 "Great Things Are Happening On ABN" theme using the custom slogan "Seattle's Number One Network!"

1985 "Share the Spirit of ABN" theme adding Tacoma

1981 "We Are Television" Series 2 theme

First ID screen of the post-Champion Television Group era in 1964

For viewers who cannot watch KABN Ultra HD television in the event of a power outage to get news and weather information, the audio portion of channel 4 can be heard on the radio frequencies of 1000 AM or 101.9 FM.