to broadcast its own color programming many years ahead of most other local stations nationwide, most of whom did not follow suit until the mid-1960s.
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In 1954, when NBC became the first television network to broadcast color programs, WKY-TV subsequently followed as one of the very first local TV stations in the U.S. In 1958, ABC station KGEO (channel 5) was moved from Enid into Oklahoma City, becoming KOCO-TV, and that allowed WKY-TV to become an exclusive NBC affiliate. KTVQ closed its operations that year as well, and channel 4 picked up ABC once again. WKY-TV continued as a dual NBC/DuMont affiliate until the DuMont network shut down in 1956. Later that year KWTV (channel 9) debuted as a primary CBS affiliate.
The station's original studios were located at the Municipal Auditorium (now the Civic Center Music Hall) in downtown Oklahoma City, with local programming broadcast from the Little Theatre.ĭue to an FCC-imposed freeze on station licenses, WKY-TV was the only Oklahoma City television station until 1953 when KTVQ (channel 25, now KOKH-TV) signed on, taking an ABC affiliation. Channel 4 took a primary affiliation with NBC due to WKY radio's association with NBC Radio. It is Oklahoma's first television station, having signed on a few months before KOTV in Tulsa. The station was affiliated with the four major networks at the time (NBC, ABC, CBS and DuMont). The station signed on Jas WKY-TV, owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company, publishers of the Daily Oklahoman, along with WKY radio.
On cable, KFOR-TV can be seen on channel 4 in standard definition and channel 704 in high definition on Cox Oklahoma City, making it the only station in the Oklahoma City market to have a cable channel number matching its over-the-air virtual digital channel and is also seen on channel 4 on other Cox systems in Central Oklahoma. KFOR-TV also operates four translator stations serving northwestern Oklahoma and can also be seen on several cable systems across the state. KFOR also carries the 24-hour weather channel "4Warn 24/7", an affiliate of NBC Plus, on digital subchannel 4.2 and Cox digital channel 247. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF digital channel 27, using its former analog VHF channel assignment of 4 as its virtual channel via PSIP. Refers to former analog channel (and current virtual channel), 4 Britton Road, across the street from the studios of ABC affiliate KOCO-TV (channel 5). 77, east of the Britton section of Oklahoma City its transmitter facility is located at 1400 E. KFOR-TV is owned by Local TV, a subsidiary of the private equity group Oak Hill Capital Partners, in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate KAUT-TV (channel 43) its studios are located at 444 East Britton Road in Oklahoma City, along U.S. Henry decided she wanted to become a journalist while she was being interviewed for work with the March of Dimes.KFOR-TV, virtual channel 4 (digital channel 27), is the NBC-affiliated television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. When she was a toddler, she contracted polio before the vaccine was available. Henry was also the poster child for the March of Dimes polio campaign. To all who have prayed, written, and otherwise shared your concern and love for Pam, I know her family and friends are grateful,” said Henry’s close friend Don Sherry in a Facebook post. Her family will be making plans for a memorial, and when those details are finalized I will post them here. Yet, our lives were truly enriched for having known her. To say that her passing leaves a huge void in all of our lives is an understatement.
“Our dear friends Pam passed away early this morning. At the time, there were no women on local television.įriends tell KFOR that her family was by her side when she died. On Tuesday, Henry underwent emergency intestine surgery and died following complications. Pam Henry, the first female reporter in Oklahoma City, has died.
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