From the 1951 edition of Television Factbook is a listing of applicants to the FCC for new TV station licenses. The channel number applied for appears after the applicants address.
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KIRO originally applied for Channel 11 according to this info.
Bing Crosby and KJR radio, among others applying for tv channels back in 1951. What might have been…