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KFOR-TV (channel 4) is a

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside CW station KAUT-TV
(channel 43). The two stations share studios in Oklahoma City's McCourry Heights section, where KFOR-TV's transmitter is also located.

As Oklahoma's first television station, KFOR-TV signed on in June 1949 as WKY-TV, the television extension to

mobile broadcasting unit for live event coverage, the first station to broadcast legislative sessions and cover court proceedings, and the first television station to broadcast a tornado warning. Originally owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company, a direct predecessor to Gaylord Broadcasting
, the station became KTVY in 1976 and KFOR-TV in 1990.

History

WKY-TV

Edward K. Gaylord's vision

See also: WKY

There is no outlook now for telecasting here, developments are coming every day, but the time is yet fairly distant... When television is practicable on a local scale, WKY, which led the radio field here, will install the necessary machinery.

Edgar T. Bell, Oklahoma Publishing Co. general manager, November 17, 1939[3]

Fascinated with the medium since the late 1930s,

Daily Oklahoman and evening Oklahoma Times newspapers, and had purchased WKY—established in 1922 as Oklahoma's first radio station[a]—in 1928, successfully turning a profit for the station within two years.[6] His pledge soon manifest itself on an exhibitory basis in mid-November 1939[7] when OPUBCO sponsored a six-day demonstration of telecasts and broadcast equipment at the Oklahoma City Municipal Auditorium in downtown Oklahoma City, now the Civic Center Music Hall.[8][9] With equipment set up and operated by RCA engineers,[10] the event featured appearances by performers from NBC and WKY[11][12] with attendees given an opportunity to be "televised" to other attendees watching television sets throughout the auditorium.[13] OPUBCO executive Edgar T. Bell downplayed the immediate outlook for local television as "distant" despite well-received attendance for the exhibition; estimates had as many as 25,000 attendees on Thursday, taxing the auditorium's capacity.[3] During November and early December 1944, OPUBCO conducted a similar, 19-city television exhibition tour across central and western Oklahoma[14]—open to residents who had purchased war bonds, as well as for attendees that wished to purchase them—that included performances from WKY personalities and demonstrations by television technicians.[15] The tour was attended by a total of 50,000 bond buyers with crowd size regarded as large throughout,[16] several cities even saw encore performances due to overwhelming demand.[17]

We knew we'd lose money.... I expected it would take at least 90 days of red tape up there in Washington, but we got approval almost by return mail.

Edward K. Gaylord, recounting the 1948 application for WKY-TV's license[18]

Gaylord submitted a

VHF channel 4.[21] Upon filing, Gaylord estimated any financial loss for the TV station would be offset within two years, echoing how WKY turned a profit two years after being purchased by OPUBCO.[22] The FCC granted the license to Gaylord on June 2, 1948,[23] with the station assigned the WKY-TV call sign, joining WKY and WKY-FM (98.9), which signed on in July 1947.[24] Studio facilities for WKY-TV were based at the Municipal Auditorium—WKY's studios remained at the nearby Skirvin Tower Hotel—with production facilities on the second floor in the Little Theatre.[25][26] Prior to launch, a fire to the theatre on November 17, 1948, resulted in $150,000 in damage[27] with most of the technical and production equipment replaced during renovations to the theatre that followed; soundproofing material was also added to limit disruptions between television productions and stage productions.[28]

While assembling the TV transmitter antenna onto WKY's 968-foot (295 m) broadcast tower in April 1949, an accident occurred when the antenna fell 8 feet (2.4 m) while being hoisted upward; the antenna suffered minimal damage[29] but added to delays earlier in the month due to inclement weather.[30] Daily test broadcasts over WKY-TV began on April 21 consisting of music played over a test pattern slide,[12] enabling television set owners in Oklahoma and neighboring states to contact the station to report signal reception.[31] The test signal operated at low power for three days following a lightning strike to a junction box on the tower on April 27.[32] Closed-circuit transmissions began on May 27 with a wrestling match at the Stockyards Coliseum[33] along with two weeks worth of dress rehearsals between the local performers and show producers.[34]

A 'pioneer station'

Tulsa, approximately 1,000 people sat outside of a store to watch the transmissions.[41]

Broadcasting over WKY-TV was originally limited to two and a half hours every night, Saturday excluded.

CBS-TV and ABC-TV clearances.[44] Due to Oklahoma City not being connected yet to transcontinental coaxial cables, a process AT&T estimated could take another two years to complete,[38] all network programming had to be via film and kinescope.[44] A short feature NBC prepared welcoming WKY-TV to the network aired on the station's debut night,[35] while the first NBC program, Who Said That?, was broadcast via kinescope on June 17.[18] The station additionally carried select programming from DuMont and the Paramount Television Network, the latter from 1950 until ceasing operations in 1953.[45]

Channel 4's initial local programming included some WKY shows that were adapted for television, including variety series Wiley and Gene hosted by Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan, and

short subjects.[49][50] Airing on WKY-TV from 1953 to 1959, the ratings for 3-D Danny often beat those of ABC's The Mickey Mouse Club,[51] making it the first local television program in the country to achieve that feat.[49]

Oklahoma State University Cowboys became the first of its kind to be televised live.[63]

After OPUBCO declined to renew the lease for WKY's studios in the Skirvin, plans were made to combine it and WKY-TV's operations into a combined studio facility[64] on Britton Road east of the transmission towers for both stations, as well as WKY-FM.[65] Ground was broken for the studios on July 10, 1950, with WKY moving into the facility on March 26, 1951;[66] WKY-TV followed suit by July 17.[67] The new facility included television soundstages engineered to also allow origination of radio programs over WKY.[68] The AT&T coaxial cable network was completed in 1952, WKY-TV was able to link to the network via microwave relays from Dallas.[69] The milestone was inaugurated the morning of July 1, 1952, with Gaylord giving a short message and pressing a button to activate the network connections, joining NBC's Today live in progress.[70] With this, WKY-TV was able to sign on at 7 a.m. daily, increasing its programming to 111 hours per week.[65][71] Gaylord's predictions of financial shortfalls for the station being offset after two years came to pass, as WKY-TV lost $270,000 between 1949 and 1950, then turned a profit in 1951.[72]

OPUBCO successfully challenged the FCC over their Sixth Report and Order

KWTV (channel 9) signing on.[76] At the same time, OPUBCO donated $150,000 worth of existing WKY-TV equipment to the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) for its proposed Oklahoma City station, KETA-TV (channel 13), which signed on in April 1956.[77][78] WKY-TV carried select DuMont fare until that network discontinued operations in August 1956, while ABC programming left in March 1958 when Enid-licensed ABC affiliate KGEO-TV (channel 5) changed call letters to KOCO-TV and refocused its coverage area to include Oklahoma City.[79]

Broadcasting in living color

Once viewers observe color telecasts they will feel it is far more revolutionary than was the beginning of regular televising in the first place. Color will add a whole new perception and dimension to television that will certainly justify immediate viewer acceptance.

P. A. Sugg, WKY-TV general manager[80]

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A WKY-TV RCA TK-40 color television camera on display at the Oklahoma History Center. WKY-TV was the first non-network owned television station to originate local programming in color in 1954.[81]

WKY-TV was the first television station not owned by a network to produce and transmit local programs in

TK-40 color cameras—in September 1949.[82] By March 1954, the equipment was delivered and installed,[83] and WKY-TV was successfully receiving color programming from NBC via a separate microwave relay system, as the coaxial cable network was incompatible with color.[80] OPUBCO had a special exhibition at the Municipal Auditorium's Home Show on April 4, 1954, where 30 patrons watched a color set displaying The Paul Winchell Show, one of three color programs NBC was regularly transmitting for testing purposes and the station's first color telecast.[84] The station's first local colorcast occurred on April 8 with a live five-minute message from E. K. Gaylord,[85] followed by a half-hour sponsored variety show on April 21.[86][87] With the hour-long Cook's Book becoming the first regularly scheduled weekday colorcast on April 26,[88][65] WKY-TV carried more programming in color than all of the networks combined.[89] NBC's color coordinator Barry Wood even remarked that WKY-TV's color output was of better quality than the network itself.[90]

The station became the first network affiliate to provide live color programming to a network

videotape recorder, intended for the news department but also used for some show production. One videotaped show, the Stars and Stripes Show, premiered on NBC that year as the first network television program to be produced by a local station.[97]

WKY-TV and the

Raymond Gary,[99] the number increased to 2,000 cards after 48 hours.[98] The WKY-TV/Lions partnership lasted for four years with more than 16,400 volunteer donor cards signed, with 346 Oklahomans—including two who underwent surgery within 48 hours of the broadcast—having successful corneal transplants.[99]

Long-running local shows

Another children's show with a similar local impact to 3-D Danny was Foreman Scotty's Circle 4 Ranch, hosted by Steve Powell as the titular cowboy. Airing from 1957 to 1971, Scotty's supporting characters included Danny Williams as sidekick Xavier T. Willard;[51] Powell, with Williams, had additionally teamed up to host WKY-TV's The Giant Kids Matinee. The show also featured prize giveaways including the Golden Horseshoe, whose winner was selected through the "Magic Lasso," a cut-out slide that was superimposed on-screen over the audience, and honorary rides on a wooden horse named Woody for children in the studio audience who were celebrating their birthday. At its peak, the show had a 1½-year backlog of kids who wanted to be part of the show's audience.[100][101]

Nashville.[102] In addition to hosting the Ranch Show, Owens was paired with Roy Clark in 1969 to host the similar-themed Hee Haw on CBS,[111] which was relaunched as a syndicated show in 1971.[112][113] As the result of a renegotiated contract, Yongestreet Productions forced Owens to discontinue the Ranch Show due to heavy music and content duplication with Hee Haw.[102]

Through its WKY Radiophone Company subsidiary, the Oklahoma Publishing Company eventually acquired or launched other television and radio stations during and after its stewardship of WKY-TV, including

Edward L. Gaylord.[121]

KTVY

...at that time period we were successful in selling the station to close business people that we knew well—The Detroit Evening News—and we knew their type of operation was similar to ours. They had agreed that they would take care of our people who were long-term employees of the station, and we also got a very handsome sales price for it.

Jim Terrell, Gaylord Broadcasting president, on why WKY-TV was sold to the Evening News Association in 1975[122]

Newspaper advertisement for the television talk show Dannysday, hosted by Danny Williams and Mary Hart, including a list of guests for an upcoming program.
April 1979 advertisement for the KTVY talk show Dannysday, hosted by Danny Williams and Mary Hart; Hart left the program at the end of 1979 to move to Los Angeles, and co-hosted Entertainment Tonight for 29-years.

OPUBCO sold WKY-TV to the Evening News Association on July 16, 1975, for $22.697 million; this included $197,000 for upgrades to the studio building.[123] WKY-TV was sold after the FCC adopted cross-ownership rules preventing the same company from owning newspapers and broadcast outlets in the same market.[124] While Oklahoma City was not one of 16 markets the FCC had planned to strictly enforce this rule, the sale happened under the possibility, with OPUBCO preferring Evening News as the buyer since it also was a newspaper publisher-turned-broadcaster.[122] Additionally, Oklahoma City was the smallest market in which the company owned a TV station.[120] WKY, the Oklahoman, and the Times were all retained by OPUBCO, which planned to purchase additional TV and radio stations with the sale proceeds[124] under the newly renamed Gaylord Broadcasting division.[125] As OPUBCO/Gaylord retained the rights to the WKY call sign,[124] WKY-TV was rechristened as KTVY on January 5, 1976.[19]

Starting with the

rivalry game, which aired live on the station.[128] KTVY added Sooners college basketball coverage to the lineup in 1982.[129] Originally produced by KTVY and the university under a revenue-sharing deal, production subsequently was taken over by Raycom Sports under a larger deal with the Big Eight Conference in 1985;[130][131] the station continued to air ESPN Plus, though with KOCB airing more games to allow KFOR to fulfill NBC obligations,[132] until KOCB became the exclusive carrier in 2001.[133]

KTVY became the first television station in Oklahoma to broadcast in

stereo on June 6, 1985; initially, the station broadcast NBC network programs, local programs and certain syndicated shows that were transmitted in the audio format.[134] Taking advantage of the new format, channel 4's daily sign-ons and sign-offs began to feature music videos, some of which were tailored to the station's public service campaigns.[135] That September, the station debuted another local talk show in the vein of Dannysday, which had ended its run the previous year:[136] AM Oklahoma, hosted by brothers Ben and Butch McCain, who were also KTVY's morning news and weather anchors, respectively.[137] The program was canceled in May 1986 after nine months, and the McCains ultimately left KTVY in June 1987 for KOCO-TV. A local version of PM Magazine had much better success, airing on KTVY from 1980 to 1988 with hosts Stan Miller, Karen Carney,[138] Dan Slocumb,[139] Dave Hood,[140] Kelly Robinson[141] and Becky Corbin.[142]

The

Des Moines and KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa,[151] for $50 million on February 27, 1989.[152][153]

KFOR-TV

It's up to us to give (the viewers) a reason to be loyal to us. People want to identify with that kind of thing. This is the foundation for a long-term future. KTVY kind of lost a sense of community, lost its heart. That's one of the reasons why we changed our call letters.

Bob Brooks, KFOR-TV program director[154]

May sweeps that management described as "a barnstorming approach to news."[158]

KFOR-TV began maintaining a 24-hour programming schedule seven days a week beginning on May 11, the additional programming included hourly local news updates, which was attributed to viewer demand;[159] the move was to have taken place on May 13 and was pushed up after management found out KOCO-TV was also planning to broadcast around the clock.[160] It was KFOR-TV's usage of the "24-Hour News Source" phrase that led KOCO-TV owner Gannett, which filed a 10-year service mark for the phrase on May 11—the same day KFOR-TV begin using it over the air—to sue Palmer Communications alleging trademark infringement.[161] Gannett claimed in court testimony that KFOR-TV's infringement of the phrase cost KOCO-TV $208,000 annually in lost revenue, while KFOR-TV argued that the phrase only described a programming service and was not an advertising slogan.[160] The lawsuit was eventually settled with KFOR-TV adopting a different promotional slogan.[162]

Palmer signed a

Delaware Chancery Court to force Palmer, which claimed it had no binding obligation to negotiate or reach a formal agreement, into resuming negotiations to reach a definitive sale contract.[166] Hughes formally gave up its pursuit of the transaction[167] months after the judge presiding the case ruled that the agreement between VS&A and Palmer was not binding.[168] KFOR-TV and WHO-TV would ultimately be sold to The New York Times Company for $226 million on May 14, 1996;[169][170] KFOR in particular sold for $155 million.[171] The sale received FCC approval less than two months later on July 3 and was finalized on July 16.[172]

On June 13, 1998, the former transmitter tower for WKY and WKY-TV collapsed due to

supercell thunderstorm that also spawned four tornadoes, a KWTV tower camera captured the collapse on-air.[173] Still in use as an auxiliary tower for KFOR-TV and WKY up to that point, the tower had been designed to withstand winds in excess of 125 mph (201 km/h).[174] Channel 4 had already moved off the tower in April 1965 when a 1,602-foot (488 m) mast was constructed off of Britton Road.[155]

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KFOR-TV reporter Ed Doney interviewing a FEMA mitigation expert in Moore, Oklahoma about safe rooms for an October 2013 news report.

The New York Times Company operated

Tribune Company—which formed a management company in December 2007 for their stations and those owned by Local TV—acquired Local TV LLC on July 1, 2013, for $2.75 billion,[182][183] this sale was completed on December 27.[184]

A new combined facility for KFOR-TV and KAUT was constructed adjacent to KFOR-TV's existing studios;[185] groundbreaking occurred in January 2015.[186] Completed in August 2017, the new building both boasted a floorplan improving workflow and employee collaboration, and was built with reinforced steel, concrete and protective glass that could withstand a direct hit from severe weather and enable unlimited broadcasting.[187] Several conference rooms in the new facility were named after former on-air staff—including the "Barry Huddle Room" in honor of Bob Barry Sr. and Bob Barry Jr.[188]—and the main studio was later named in honor of Linda Cavanaugh upon her December 15, 2017, retirement.[189] Along with the studio move, the station rebranded to Oklahoma's News 4 concurrent with a revised on-air presentation.[190]

Howard Stirk Holdings also agreed to purchase KAUT for $750,000 in a deal that included shared services and joint sales agreements with Sinclair, which planned to retain KFOR-TV and KOCB.[194] All three transactions were nullified on August 9, 2018, after Tribune Media terminated the merger and filed a breach of contract lawsuit;[195] this came several weeks after the FCC voted to bring the deal up for a formal review and lead commissioner Ajit Pai publicly rejected it.[196]

Following the collapse of the Sinclair merger, Nexstar Media Group announced it would acquire Tribune Media in a $6.4 billion all-cash deal on December 3, 2018, which also included all outstanding Tribune debt.[197][198] Approved by the FCC on September 16, 2019, the merger was completed three days later.[199]

Local programming

Newscasts

We try, and I think we have succeeded, in identifying our station with news. We like to feel that the two are synonymous. Our people are known personally by every news source in our immediate area... And of one thing I am convinced. An aggressive, competent news establishment can make a television station individually outstanding.

John Fields, WKY-TV news director[200]

Channel 4's news department began with the station on June 6, 1949, originally consisting of 10-minute-long newscasts at sign-on and sign-off, using wire copies of local news headlines read by anchors over still newspaper photographs.

Radio-Television News Directors Association as the nation's "outstanding television news operation".[204] Ernie Schultz, who joined channel 4 in 1955 as a reporter and photographer, became news director and noon news anchor in 1964, and remained at the station until 1980.[205]

air name Mack Rogers[206]—and meteorologists Wally Kinnan and Harry Volkman
.

The television station's news department utilized WKY's news staff, including

mobile broadcasting unit to conduct live broadcasts that would be relayed to the Oklahoma City studio or to film on-scene footage for later broadcast.[43] The unit employed up to three cameras, one of which was stationed on a special platform on the bus's roof, and included a 12-inch television receiver built onto its side to display the direct-to-studio feed.[208] This unit was used to cover both the 1952 Oklahoma Republican and Democratic State Conventions,[63] relayed live from the Municipal Auditorium[77] and reported on by both McGee and John Fields.[208]

WKY-TV started broadcasting twice-weekly

court proceeding on December 13, 1953, while covering Billy Eugene Manley's murder trial at the Oklahoma County Courthouse.[211] Led by Frank McGee,[212] a WKY-TV news crew was placed in a custom-built enclosed booth near the courtroom's rear, with a discreet microphone[213] and a small button that Judge A. P. Van Meter could use to stop recording at any point.[214] The swearing in of the jury, some testimony and Manley's sentencing was filmed for later news broadcasts.[215][216] After OPUBCO purchased WSFA and WSFA-TV in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, McGee—under his real name—became WSFA-TV's news director;[217] McGee's reporting regarding both the Montgomery bus boycott and riots on the University of Alabama campus over Autherine Lucy's admission motivated NBC News to hire him at the end of 1956 for their Washington operations.[218]

The station was full of mentors. In all categories someone took the time to mentor me and critique me in a helpful way. That is how I learned. No one ever once made me feel bad. Their feedback was pointed and important, and I soaked up the lessons they were teaching.

Virgil Dominic, former WKY-TV reporter[219]

WKYC-TV in Cleveland as that station's lead anchor[221] in addition to newscasting duties for NBC Radio.[224]

In 1972, Pam Henry—who after contracting

Emmy Award in 1974.[229]

Members of the Ogle family have been part of channel 4 in some manner since 1962, when Jack Ogle joined WKY-TV as its main news anchor. Best known for a friendly, "good-ol'-boy" on-air delivery,[230] Ogle became the station's news director in 1970 and served in that capacity until leaving in 1977 to join Oklahoma State's athletic department.[231] Ogle continued to make occasional appearances on channel 4, KOCO-TV and KWTV delivering commentaries.[232][233] All three of Jack's sons followed him into broadcasting, two of them at channel 4. Eldest son Kevin first worked at KTVY from 1986 to 1989 as a reporter, then returned in 1993 and was promoted to weeknight co-anchor in 1996. Middle son Kent was hired by KFOR-TV as a reporter in 1994,[234] anchored weekend newscasts[235] and became weekday morning/noon anchor in 1997. Youngest son Kelly has been KWTV's evening anchor since 1990,[230] and granddaughters Abigail and Katelyn Ogle work at KOCO-TV and KFOR-TV, respectively.[236]

As many years as he was in the job, he was always enthusiastic about it. He was always a young guy in a little bit older body. He always stayed that same young guy and embraced life.

Damon Fontenot, KFOR sports anchor, on Bob Barry Jr.[237]

National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association; Barry Sr. holds the record for most wins with 15.[243] Station veteran Brian Brinkley succeeded Barry Jr. as sports director in February 2016.[244][245]

consumer advocacy reports in 1981. Edwards also started several community initiatives for the station to assist low-income residents, including the winter-focused "Warmth 4 Winter" and summer-focused "Fans 4 Oklahomans".[246] Following Edwards's death in May 2006,[247] In Your Corner duties were handled by a rotation of staffers until Scott Hines took over the role in 2007,[248] remaining at the station until September 2019.[249]
Adam Snider was subsequently named as Hines' replacement in December 2019.

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KFOR's Ali Meyer interviewing Rear Adm. Doug McClain, Director of Global Operations (J3) United States Strategic Command, about Oklahoma Navy Week.

The station began to slowly expand its local news programming following the 1990 call letter change to KFOR-TV. Under the direction of then-general manager Bill Katsafanas and news director Melissa Klinzing, a greater emphasis was placed on Oklahoma-related stories and features[158] along with the aforementioned hourly news updates.[159] Klinzing enacted the strategy to gear KFOR-TV as "the CNN of the (Oklahoma City) market". With Palmer Communications committing resources to the news department, KFOR-TV's news output increased from 25 hours to over 40 hours per week by 1996; the station accordingly became the top-rated local newscast with the May 1995 sweeps.[250]

During coverage of the

crank call.[251] Lead anchor Linda Cavanaugh was in Vietnam producing a series about Vietnam War prisoner of war experiences, and only found out about the bombing by seeing KFOR-TV's coverage, helmed by co-anchor Devin Scillian, simulcast on CNN in her hotel room;[252] NBC additionally relayed KFOR-TV's feed across their entire network.[253] In the bombing's aftermath, then-KFOR reporter Jayna Davis filed a report claiming that Timothy McVeigh was seen drinking beer with a former Iraqi soldier in an Oklahoma City tavern; the individual Davis implicated on-air sued the station, while KFOR-TV sued Davis and her husband after they stole videotapes of her past work when she left the station.[254] Cavanaugh would produce and host Tapestry, a 1996 documentary on the lives of survivors of the bombing[255] honored with four regional Emmys, a Gabriel Award, and accolades by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, the National Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists.[252][256]

I never had any intention of anchoring or being in front of the camera. As I was growing up, Channel 4 was the only station that my grandparents watched... and so when it came time to pick a station (to work at), that was the only one I knew about.

Linda Cavanaugh[257]

Linda Cavanaugh spent her entire 40-year broadcasting career at the station, from October 17, 1977, to December 15, 2017.

Jane Jayroe,[259] Dan Slocum,[260] Bob Bruce,[261] Devin Scillian[253] and Kevin Ogle. In addition to Tapestry, Cavanaugh's 1989 documentary From Red Soil to Red Square—assisted by chief photographer Tony Stizza—about life in the Soviet Union under glasnost was awarded the Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting.[43]

KFOR-TV has competed with KWTV for first place among the market's local television newscasts for decades. It had placed second behind KWTV in the morning and late evening news timeslots. Nielsen later found an error in KFOR's ratings reports in September 2008, in which share points were mistakenly assigned to KFOR's 4.1 digital multicast signal from 2005 to 2008;[262] the corrected ratings showed that it had placed second in all timeslots at that time. On June 5, 2006, KFOR-TV began producing a half-hour weeknight 9 p.m. newscast for KAUT-TV;[263] by 2023, the total weekly output of news across both stations was 54+1⁄2 hours, including the KAUT 9 p.m. news and the two-hour morning show Rise and Shine.[264]

A collection of

16 mm news footage shot by WKY-TV between 1953 and 1979 was donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society, which made the films available on its website and a dedicated YouTube channel, in 2013.[265]

Severe weather coverage

We had hundreds and hundreds of postcards and letters of thanks... I remember one card said, 'Thank God for Harry Volkman.'

Harry Volkman, remembering viewer reaction to his pioneering 1952 telecast of a tornado warning[266]

Air Weather Service (AWS) officer and tornado researcher.[269] Kinnan had developed methodology to predict and detect tornadoes using radar by identifying wind patterns to predict precipitation movement, despite the AWS's belief no method could exist to accurately predict them.[270] Kinnan was soon teamed with fellow meteorologist Harry Volkman, who joined WKY-TV in March 1952 after a two-year stint at Tulsa's KOTV.[63]

WKY-TV holds the distinction of being the first television station to broadcast a tornado warning. Station general manager P.A. Sugg and Oklahoma senator Mike Monroney had actively lobbied the federal government to overturn a ban on disseminating tornado alerts to the public, believing the high fatality risk and urgency for residents to take safety precautions outweighed concerns that they could incite panic.[270] Several weeks after Harry Volkman joined the station on March 21, 1952,[c] Sugg intercepted an AWS tornado forecast—intended to be released exclusively to Tinker Base staff—and instructed Volkman to deliver an on-air bulletin of the "tornado risk" for central Oklahoma.[266] Though he had apprehension of facing arrest for violating government rules, Volkman agreed to deliver the warning after Sugg volunteered to take responsibility.[272] WKY-TV and WKY remained on-air until 1 a.m.,[273] with residents of Woodward, Alva and adjacent farm communities having retreated to storm cellars, prompted by the alert.[274] It was on May 1, 1954,[d] that Frank McGee intercepted another AWS weather bulletin meant for Tinker Base regarding a tornadic thunderstorm approaching Meeker, relaying it over the phone to Volkman.[276] No one in Meeker lost their lives despite the tornado's destruction, with one resident telling an Associated Press reporter, "God bless Harry Volkman."[277] The federal ban on broadcasting tornado watches/warnings was eventually repealed in part due to the efforts of Volkman and Kinnan, and WKY-TV became the first station to hold a contract with the National Weather Service.[278]

Volkman left the station in October 1955 to join KWTV and

electronic news-gathering van stationed in Edmond, Oklahoma to cover the aftermath of a May 19, 2013, tornado.

In recent years, KFOR-TV, KWTV and KOCO-TV have displayed a public rivalry over severe weather coverage. KWTV became the first station in the country to use a Doppler weather radar system in 1981, then upgraded the system in 1984.[287] Channel 4 followed suit with colorized Doppler radar in 1986, then "Super Doppler" in 1990.[154] Mike Morgan joined KFOR-TV as chief meteorologist in 1993,[288] having taken over for one of Jim Williams' short-lived successors, Wayne Shattuck, who himself preceded Morgan at KOCO-TV in the same position.[289]

In 1994, KFOR-TV became the first television station to transmit images over

Midwest City on May 3, 1999, with Moore among the hardest hit,[292] which earned industrial acclaim for station chopper pilot Jim Gardner.[293] Government officials praised the local broadcast media as a whole after the storm for properly alerting the public and preventing additional fatalities.[294]

Living in Oklahoma, our weather is tough but our people are tougher. The Moore tornado was devastating, but we know that our severe weather coverage saved lives that day. Our team did everything possible to alert viewers to the danger. We are honored to accept this Emmy award and we would like to dedicate this to the people of Moore.

Wes Milbourn, KFOR-TV general manager, accepting the station's 2015 Emmy Award for their coverage of the 2013 Moore tornado[295]

KWTV management criticized KFOR-TV after what it deemed "sensationalistic" coverage on March 7, 2000, when the station pre-empted programming for possible tornadic activity, the only station in the market to do so.

telephone poles and eyewitness reports that suggested dangerous conditions.[297] During an October 2000 storm, Morgan noted on-air that KFOR-TV's "The Edge" radar was "20 to 25 minutes" ahead of NEXRAD data due to unexpected data lag, noting that KWTV forecaster Brady Bus erroneously listed a specific area as in "the danger zone" minutes after the fact; Bus later remarked he didn't put stock in anything said by someone without a meteorological degree.[298] After another tornado struck Moore in 2003, KFOR-TV invested in the first million-watt radar system in the area, which came into service in 2005.[299] David Payne, a KFOR-TV meteorologist from 1993 to 2013, also performed storm chasing for the station during severe weather coverage,[297] most notably capturing footage of a rare anticyclonic tornado that damaged the El Reno Regional Airport on April 24, 2006.[300] Payne left the station in 2013 to become KWTV's chief meteorologist, working with, and ultimately succeeding, Gary England.[301]

It was KFOR-TV's coverage of the May 20, 2013,

News & Documentary Emmy Award for "Regional – Spot News" for their coverage of the tornado with the staff dedicating the Emmy to the citizens of Moore.[295] It was the third national Emmy in channel 4's history,[302] having also won in the same category in 2007 for their 2006 El Reno tornado coverage.[300][307]

Non-news

In addition to newscasts, KFOR-TV also airs some ancillary non-news local programming. Since 1993, KFOR-TV has aired the Sunday morning talk show Flash Point, hosted by weeknight anchor Kevin Ogle with Mike Turpen and Todd Lamb as liberal and conservative panelists, respectively.[308] The station has exclusively broadcast the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon benefiting the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum since its April 2001 inaugural run.[309]

KFOR-TV originates Discover Oklahoma, a half-hour regionally syndicated program highlighting tourist attractions, events and restaurants produced by the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation.[310] The program initially ran on KFOR-TV from 1992 to 1995,[311] and returned to the station in 2014 after a 21-year run at KWTV.[312]

Notable on-air staff

Current staff

Former staff

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is

multiplexed
:

Subchannels of KFOR-TV[324]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
4.1 1080i
16:9
 KFOR-DT NBC
4.2 480i ANT-TV Antenna TV
4.3 Justice True Crime Network
4.4 DABL Dabl
43.1 1080i 16:9 KAUT-DT The CW (KAUT-TV)
  Broadcast on behalf of another station

On October 8, 2020, ATSC 3.0 Next Gen TV launched in Oklahoma City, with KAUT-TV as the host station and KFOR-TV as one of the feeds offered. KAUT's main subchannel in ATSC 1.0 format was moved onto KFOR-TV's multiplex on that date.[325]

Analog-to-digital conversion

KFOR-TV began transmitting a

UHF channel 27.[326]

Translators

KFOR-TV is additionally rebroadcast over a network of nine low-power digital translator stations:[324]

Map
  • Transmitter locations for KFOR-TV's translator network. Click on each marker to reveal details.
    •   Originating station
    •   Low-power translators

See also

Notes

  1. west of the Mississippi
    .
  2. ^ The Sixth Report and Order ended a September 1948 freeze imposed by the FCC on issuing television station licenses and realigned VHF channel assignments in multiple markets.
  3. ^ An OPUBCO corporate brochure from 1967 erroneously attributes the date as in 1951.[271]
  4. ^ A 2016 Oklahoman story regarding a National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum exhibit gave the incorrect date of September 5, 1954, for this event.[275]

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