KFDA-TV
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KFDA-TV NewsChannel 10 is an CBS
affiliated television station
in Amarillo
, Texas
, USA
. In 2002, KFDA-TV was the first Amarillo station to simulcast in HDTV. Its transmitter is located in Amarillo. The station is broadcast throughout its coverage area across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, eastern New Mexico and southwestern Kansas over-the-air as well as cable carriage and through a network of 19 additional UHF translators in distant locations. The station is currently owned by the Drewry Communications Group. Syndicated programming on KFDA includes: Dr. Phil, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
, Jeopardy!
, and The Doctors
.
within little over 2 Weeks. The Station's owner is KFDA, Inc. In 1959 KFDA-TV Sold to The Martin Theaters Company. In 1971 KFDA-TV sold The Martin Theaters Company of Stations to Cosmos Broadcasting Company (Orion Television) and in 1986 KFDA-TV selling Cosmos Broadcasting to The Drewry Communications Group. Drewry had planned to sell its stations to London Broadcasting in 2008; however, by January 2009, the deal fell through.
On February 23, 2011 KFDA-TV/DT was the 1st television station in the west Texas region to go full HDTV with its newscasts and syndicated program.
Drewry also operates independent station KZBZ
on digital channel 10-2. Previously, KZBZ was UPN
Amarillo, which launched to replace KCPN-LP
as that network's affiliate. A digital subchannel of KVII-TV
gained the affiliation for the new CW network
, which merged the programming assets of both UPN and The WB
, while KCPN affiliated with the News Corporation
-owned MyNetworkTV
.
KTMO-LP
, the Telemundo
affiliated station's digital signal, occupies channel 10-3.
KFDA's broadcasts became digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.
and in Sayre, Oklahoma
.
The Clovis station was KFDW-TV Channel 12, which was a KFDA satellite from 1964 to 1976 and is currently KVIH-TV, a satellite of Amarillo's ABC affiliate, KVII-TV
. The Sayre station was KFDO-TV Channel 8 and operated as a KFDA repeater from 1966 to 1976, when it was sold to KVII and operated as satellite station KVIJ-TV until it ceased operations in 1992.
Reporters
Storm Track Weather Team
Sports team
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Amarillo
Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. In 2002, KFDA-TV was the first Amarillo station to simulcast in HDTV. Its transmitter is located in Amarillo. The station is broadcast throughout its coverage area across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, eastern New Mexico and southwestern Kansas over-the-air as well as cable carriage and through a network of 19 additional UHF translators in distant locations. The station is currently owned by the Drewry Communications Group. Syndicated programming on KFDA includes: Dr. Phil, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...
, Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
, and The Doctors
The Doctors (2008 TV series)
The Doctors is an American syndicated talk show airing daily in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Sweden and Finland. It debuted on September 8, 2008. The hour-long daytime program is produced by Phil McGraw and his son Jay McGraw and is distributed domestically and globally by CBS Television...
.
History
The station signed on the air on April 4, 1953 and the station beats KAMR-TVKAMR-TV
KAMR-TV is an NBC affiliate in Amarillo, Texas, USA. The station was acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group after merging with KAMR's parent company, Quorum Broadcasting in 2003. This station operates shared services agreements with Mission Broadcasting's stations, KCIT and KCPN-LP. Syndicated...
within little over 2 Weeks. The Station's owner is KFDA, Inc. In 1959 KFDA-TV Sold to The Martin Theaters Company. In 1971 KFDA-TV sold The Martin Theaters Company of Stations to Cosmos Broadcasting Company (Orion Television) and in 1986 KFDA-TV selling Cosmos Broadcasting to The Drewry Communications Group. Drewry had planned to sell its stations to London Broadcasting in 2008; however, by January 2009, the deal fell through.
On February 23, 2011 KFDA-TV/DT was the 1st television station in the west Texas region to go full HDTV with its newscasts and syndicated program.
Digital subchannels
KZBZ-LP
KZBZ-LP is an independent station for Amarillo, Texas, licensed to Canyon. It was an Amarillo-area UPN affiliate from 2002 to 2006. The station also occupies KFDA's channel 10.2 digital subchannel...
on digital channel 10-2. Previously, KZBZ was UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
Amarillo, which launched to replace KCPN-LP
KCPN-LP
KCPN-LP is a My Network TV affiliate in Amarillo, Texas. KCPN-LP originally was the UPN affiliate in the Texas Panhandle viewing area but lost its affiliation to KFDA-TV in 2002. The station was acquired by Mission Broadcasting after they bought KCIT and KCPN-LP from Wicks Broadcast Group in 1999...
as that network's affiliate. A digital subchannel of KVII-TV
KVII-TV
-External links:** — live pictures of downtown Amarillo and surroundings from KVII's Sky Cam...
gained the affiliation for the new CW network
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
, which merged the programming assets of both UPN and The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
, while KCPN affiliated with the News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
-owned MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
.
KTMO-LP
KTMO-LP
KTMO-LP is a low-power television station in Amarillo, Texas, broadcasting locally on channel 36 as an affiliate of Telemundo, a Spanish-language television network. The station is also carried as a digital subchannel of KFDA-TV, digital channel 10.3....
, the Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
affiliated station's digital signal, occupies channel 10-3.
KFDA's broadcasts became digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.
Rebroadcasters
KFDA is rebroadcast on the following low power stations:- K26CD Clovis, New MexicoClovis, New MexicoClovis is the county seat of Curry County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 32,667 at the 2000 census; according to 2010 Census Bureau estimates, the population had risen to 37,775....
- K33CQ Canadian, Etc., TexasCanadian, TexasCanadian is the county seat of Hemphill County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,233 at the 2000 census. It is named for the Canadian River, a tributary of the nearby Arkansas River. Canadian is sometimes called "the oasis of the Texas Panhandle."-History:The trails along the river are...
- K39AN Mobeetie, TexasMobeetie, TexasMobeetie is a city in northwestern Wheeler County, Texas, United States, just across the Sweetwater Creek from Texas Route 152. The population was 107 at the 2000 census.-History:...
- K41CA Kress/Kress, TexasKress is a city in Swisher County, Texas, United States. The population was 826 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kress is located at ....
Tulia, TexasTulia, TexasTulia is a city in, and county seat of, Swisher County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,117 at the 2000 census; in the 2005 census estimate, it had fallen to 4,714. The city is at the junction of U.S. Route 87 and Texas State Highway 86, approximately two miles east Interstate 27... - K41HQ Quanah, TexasQuanah, TexasQuanah is a city in and the county seat of Hardeman County, Texas, United States, northwest of Fort Worth, and a few miles from the Oklahoma-Texas state line...
- K42AL Memphis, Etc., TexasMemphis, TexasMemphis is a city in Hall County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 2,479. It is the county seat of Hall County.Memphis is the birthplace of former U.S...
- K44CC Gruver, TexasGruver, TexasGruver is a city in Hansford County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,162 at the 2000 census. Farwell, in the center of Hansford County about three miles east of what later became Gruver, was established in 1880 by the Canott family of Illinois and was the first town in the county...
- K46BY Capulin, Etc., New MexicoCapulin, ColoradoCapulin is a census-designated place and U.S. Post Office in Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The ZIP Code of the Capulin Post Office is 81124. The population as of the 2010 Census was 200.-History:...
- K49FE Altus, OklahomaAltus, OklahomaAltus is a city in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 19,813 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Jackson County....
- K50CQ Childress, TexasChildress, TexasChildress is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,778 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Childress County. Like the county, the city is named for George Campbell Childress, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, who was the principal author of the Texas...
- K51CB Clarendon, TexasClarendon, TexasClarendon is a city in Donley County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,974 at the 2000 census. The county seat of Donley County, Clarendon is located on United States Highway 287 in the Texas Panhandle some sixty miles east of Amarillo. It was established in 1878 by Methodist clergyman L.H...
- K51BC Follett, TexasFollett, TexasFollett is a city in Lipscomb County, Texas, United States. The population was 412 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Follett is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- K58DF Turkey, Etc., TexasTurkey, TexasTurkey is a city in Hall County, Texas, United States. The population was 494 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Turkey is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- K59GF Guymon, Etc., OklahomaGuymon, OklahomaGuymon is a city in and the county seat of Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,442, making it the largest city on the Oklahoma Panhandle. Corporate hog farms and cattle feedlots dominate its economy....
- K63GN Bovina, Etc., TexasBovina, TexasBovina is a city in Parmer County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,874 at the 2000 census.One of the best-known Bovina residents was John Elmo Sherrill, Jr. , who held four different public offices in Bovina and Parmer County, including Bovina alderman, mayor , school board member, and...
- K64AC Perryton, TexasPerryton, TexasPerryton is a city in Ochiltree County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,774 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ochiltree County.-Geography:Perryton is located at ....
Former satellite/repeater stations
KFDA operated satellite stations during the 1960s and 1970s in Clovis, New MexicoClovis, New Mexico
Clovis is the county seat of Curry County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 32,667 at the 2000 census; according to 2010 Census Bureau estimates, the population had risen to 37,775....
and in Sayre, Oklahoma
Sayre, Oklahoma
Sayre is a city in and the county seat of Beckham County, in Western Oklahoma, the United States. It is half-way between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Amarillo, Texas on Interstate 40 and the former U.S. Route 66. The population was 4,375 at the 2010 census....
.
The Clovis station was KFDW-TV Channel 12, which was a KFDA satellite from 1964 to 1976 and is currently KVIH-TV, a satellite of Amarillo's ABC affiliate, KVII-TV
KVII-TV
-External links:** — live pictures of downtown Amarillo and surroundings from KVII's Sky Cam...
. The Sayre station was KFDO-TV Channel 8 and operated as a KFDA repeater from 1966 to 1976, when it was sold to KVII and operated as satellite station KVIJ-TV until it ceased operations in 1992.
Current on-air staff
Anchors- Larry Lemmons - weekday mornings "Early Show"
- Ali Allison- weekday mornings "Early Show"
- Michelle Langowski - News @ Noon & Live @ 5 Anchor
- Walt Howard - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10PM
- Stacy Sakai - weeknights at 6, 9 and 10pm
- Kristen Gulifoos- weekend anchor
Reporters
- Kristen Guilfoos - general assignment reporter
- Angelina Perez -general assignment reporter
- Eric Ross -general assignment reporter
- Diana Crawford-general assignment reporter
Storm Track Weather Team
- "Doppler" Dave Oliver - Chief Meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10PM
- Allan Gwyn - Meteorologist; weekday mornings "Early Show"
- Kris Nation- Meteorologist; weekend edition
Sports team
- Jacob Albracht - Sports Director
- Ryan Cody- Weekend Sports Anchor
Former on-air staff
- Marin HinkleMarin HinkleMarin Elizabeth Hinkle is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing the role of Judith Harper-Melnick, Alan Harper's ex-wife on the hit series Two and a Half Men and her role as Judy Brooks the sister of the series lead Lily Manning on Once and Again.-Career:Hinkle started her career on...
(10 p.m. Anchor 1987-1994; now an actress, best known for playing Judith Melnick on Two and a Half MenTwo and a Half MenTwo and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake...
.) - Brian WilsonBrian Wilson (Fox News correspondent)Brian Wilson was an American anchor reporter for the Fox News Channel. He is the past chairman of the Capitol Hill Radio/TV Correspondents' Association....
(now News anchor for the Fox News ChannelFox News ChannelFox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
in Washington, D.C.)
Newscast music
- WTLV 1972 News Theme (1975–1983)
- CBS News Ticker (1983–1989)
- KFDA 1989 News Theme (1989–1990)
- KFDA 1990 News Theme (1990–1997)
- KFDA Custom News Package (1997–2000)
- Texas Highway (2000–2003)
- News Matrix (2003–2007)
- The CBS Enforcer Music Collection (2007–present)