KVOS-TV is an independent television station licensed in Bellingham, Washington. The station's over-the-air transmissions are on analog channel 12 and on digital channel 35. While it is licensed in Bellingham, it primarily serves an audience in southwestern British Columbia, including Vancouver and Victoria. Because of this, KVOS has decided to use both Canadian and American TV ratings at the start of each program, the only station on either side of the border to do so. However, as of early 2007 only US ratings have been shown.
KVOS' OTA channel 12 transmitter is situated atop Mt. Constitution on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands, at an altitude of approximately 722 meters above the adjacent terrain. The OTA channel 12 signal is very well-received throughout the British Columbia Lower Mainland, southern Vancouver Island, and much of northwest Washington.
According to the FCC, Bellingham is part of the Seattle market, and therefore is KVOS is officially a Seattle market station. However, while some viewers in the Seattle area are able to receive the station over the air, syndex rules have forced the station off the cable lineup in Seattle itself.