KAMR-TV

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KAMR-TV
Amarillo, Texas United States

Branding	KAMR Local 4 (general) KAMR Local 4 News (newscasts)
Slogan	Your Local News Leader
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 4 (PSIP)
Subchannels	(see article)
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	Nexstar Broadcasting Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date	March 18, 1953 (1953-03-18)
Call letters' meaning	AMaRillo
Sister station(s)	KCIT KCPN-LP
Former callsigns	KGNC-TV (1953–1974)
Former channel number(s)	4 (VHF analog, 1953–2009)
Former affiliations	DuMont (secondary, 1953–1956) NBC Weather Plus (DT2, 2005–2008)
Transmitter power	400 kW
Height	455.2 meters (1,493 ft)
Facility ID	8523
Transmitter coordinates	35°20′33.2″N 101°49′21.6″W / 35.342556°N 101.822667°W / 35.342556; -101.822667
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.myhighplains.com

KAMR-TV, virtual channel 4, is an NBC affiliate in Amarillo, Texas. 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. All three stations share studios and offices located on South Fillmore Street in downtown Amarillo (across the street from KVII-TV), and the station's transmitter is located on Dumas Drive (U.S. 87 and U.S. 287) in unincorporated Potter County.

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming ^[1]
4.1	1080i	16:9	KAMR-HD	Main KAMR-TV programming / NBC
4.2	480i	4:3	KCPN-SD	MyNetworkTV
4.3	480i	4:3		Laff

History

KAMR's logo with a list of translators below (c. 1980s).

The station went on the air on March 18, 1953 as KGNC-TV (for Globe-News Corporation (or Company)) and was co-owned by the Amarillo Globe-News along with KGNC-AM 710. It originally operated from studio facilities located on North Polk Street in Amarillo. The station has always been an NBC affiliate but also carried DuMont programming until the network closed in 1956. The Globe-News sold the station to Stauffer Communications in January 1966. In 1974, Stauffer sold KGNC-TV to Cannan Communications, who changed the station's call letters to the current KAMR-TV.

Concurrent to Cannan's purchase, the station unveiled a new "arrow 4 logo" that was modified in the early to mid-1980s, as well as the "Action News" branding. In October 1990, though, they retired the "arrow 4" logo and "Action News" branding in favor of the "News 4" branding and a distantly-similar logo to the "4" that they began using in 1998. However, these changes—as well as the adoption of the "Straight Facts, Straight to You" news slogan (the slogan was also used by KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV) in San Antonio), did little to improve its ratings, as it slid from #2 in 1989 to an ever-more-distant #3 in 1990 (longtime #3 KFDA-TV took over the #2 spot and would surge to #1 by the end of the decade).^[2]

After 25 years of ownership, Cannan sold Channel 4 to Quorum Broadcasting in 1999. The station was acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group after merging with Quorum Broadcasting in 2003. In late 2005, the station began operating NBC Weather Plus on digital subchannnel 4.2 and until 2008, it was the only Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate to carry the service when it was replaced with a simulcast of MyNetworkTV affiliate KCPN-LP right after NBC Weather Plus shut down due to NBC Universal purchasing The Weather Channel.

Logo until 2014

KAMR celebrated 50 years of broadcasting in 2003. In 2013, the station celebrated 60 years of broadcasting.

Programming

Syndicated programming on KAMR includes: Entertainment Tonight, The Dr. Oz Show, Rachael Ray, and The Office.

Translators

KAMR serves a large portion of northern Texas, the Oklahoma Panhandle and northeastern New Mexico through many translators beyond its normal 50 mile effective radiated power.

New Mexico

Des Moines
Clovis
San Jon
Tucumcari

Oklahoma

Guymon
Keyes

Texas

Canadian
Childress
Clarendon
Follett
Gruver
Memphis
Perryton
Quitaque
Tulia
Wellington
Wheeler

References

↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KAMR#station
↑ Amarillo Daily News, especially their February 3–9, 1991 and late October and November 1990 issues.

External links

Broadcast television in the Texas Panhandle / Oklahoma Panhandle / High Plains area, including Amarillo

Amarillo and surrounding area	KACV-TV (2.1 PBS, 2.2 V-me) KAMR-TV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 MNTV, 4.3 Laff) KBEX-LP 6 (WN) KVII-TV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 CW, 7.3 Comet) KFDA-TV (10.1 CBS, 10.3 KEYU, 10.4 24/7 News and Weather) KWET (12.1 PBS/OETA, 12.2 OETA Okla, 12.3 Create, 12.4 PBS Kids) KDAX-LD 13 (Daystar) KCIT (14.1 Fox, 14.2 Grit, 14.3 Escape, 14.4 Bounce TV) KAUO-LD (15.1 Bounce TV, 15.2 DrTV, 15.3 Laff) K17HI-D (17.1 3ABN, 17.2 3ABN Latino, 17.3 3ABN Radio, 17.4 Radio 74) KPTF-DT (18.1 GLC) KLKW-LD (22.1 Estrella TV, 22.2 GetTV, 22.3 SBN, 22.4 Buzzr, 22.5 Grit, 22.6 Escape) KEYU (31.1 Telemundo, 31.2 LATV) KCPN-LP 33 (MNTV) K45IQ 45 (MTV2) K51JN-D 51 (Rev'n) Defunct K25GI (TBN) KAMM-LP 30 (Tres) KTMO-LP 36 (TMD) K39HF 39 (Ion) KTXD-LP 43 (AZA) KTXC-LP 46 (Ind) KAMT-LP 50 (TeleFutura) K69IH 69 (INSP)

Northeastern New Mexico	KENW (3.1 PBS HD, 3.2 PBS SD, 3.3 PBS Kids/Encore, Portales) KVIH-TV (12.1 ABC, 12.2 The CW, 12.3 Grit, Clovis) KCVP 34 (GLC, Clovis) Albuquerque channels with repeaters in region KASA-TV (2.1 Fox, 2.2 Cozi TV, 2.3 Ion) KOB (4.1 NBC, 4.2 This TV, 4.3 Comet) KOAT-TV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Estrella TV) KRQE (13.1 CBS, 13.2 GetTV)

Oklahoma Panhandle	K16AB-D (16.1 PBS/OETA, 16.2 OKLA, 16.3 Create, 16.4 Kids) Southwest Kansas channels available in region KSWK (3.1PBS/SHPTV, 3.2 PBS HD, 3.3 Create, 3.4 World) KBSD-DT (6.1 CBS, 6.2 Weather) KSNG (11.1 NBC, 11.2 Telemundo, 11.3 Ion) KUPK (13.1 ABC, 13.2 MeTV) KLKT 41 (A1)

Texas broadcast television areas by city Abilene/Sweetwater Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) Austin (Hill Country) Beaumont/Port Arthur Corpus Christi Dallas–Fort Worth (North Texas) Ciudad Acuña – Del Rio Eagle Pass El Paso (West Texas) Houston Laredo Lubbock (South Plains) Midland–Odessa (Permian Basin) Rio Grande Valley San Angelo San Antonio Sherman/Ada, OK Texarkana/Shreveport, LA Tyler/Longview (East Texas) Victoria Waco/Bryan (Brazos Valley) Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK New Mexico broadcast television areas by city Albuquerque/Santa Fe Amarillo, TX El Paso, TX Odessa/Midland, TX Oklahoma broadcast television areas by city Ada/Sherman, TX Amarillo, TX Fort Smith, AR (Eastern OK) Joplin, MO (Northeast OK) Lawton/Wichita Falls, TX Oklahoma City Metro Texarkana, TX–AR/Shreveport, LA Tulsa (East Central OK)

NBC network affiliates in the state of Texas

KPRC 2 (Houston) KFDX 3 (Wichita Falls / Lawton) KSAN 3 (San Angelo) KAMR 4 (Amarillo) WOAI 4 (San Antonio) KXAS 5 (DFW) KCEN 6/KAGS-LD 23 (Temple/Bryan) KRIS 6 (Corpus Christi) KTAL 6 (Texarkana) KGNS 8 (Laredo) KRBC 9 (Abilene) KTSM 9 (El Paso) KWES 9 / KWAB 4 (Midland / Big Spring) KCBD 11 (Lubbock) KBMT-DT2 12.2 (Beaumont) KMOL-LD 17 (Victoria) KVEO 23 (Brownsville) KXAN 36 (Austin) KETK 56 (Tyler / Jacksonville)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Texas

Nexstar Broadcasting Group

ABC	KAMC² KCAU KMID KODE² KQTV KSVI KTVX WATN WAWV² WDHN WEHT WIVT WJET WMBB WOI WSYR WTVO² WUTR² WVNY² WWTI

CBS	KGPE KLAS KLBK KLST KOLR² KREX / KREG / KREY KTAB KXMB / KXMC / KXMD / KXMA WCIA WFRV WHBF WJMN WMBD WROC WTAJ WYOU²

The CW	KASN² KASW KCWI KGCW KGET¹ KUCW KXMB / KXMC / KXMD / KXMA WBRL WCWJ WLMT WTVW² WWCW WWTI¹

Fox	KADN KARD KCIT² KHMT² KFQX KFTA³ KFXK⁶ KJTL² KLJB⁵ KLRT² KMSS⁵ KPEJ⁵ KWKT WFFF WFFT WFXP² WFXR WFXV WGMB WJKT WLAX / WEUX WNTZ WQRF WYZZ⁴ WZDX

MyNetworkTV	KARZ KCPN² KGJT KJBO² KADN¹ KOZL KSHV⁶ KTPN / KLPN⁶ KYLE WZDX¹ WCIX WLMT¹ WNTZ WPNY WTVO¹ ²

NBC	KADN¹ KAMR KARK KETK KFDX KGET KLAF KNWA KRBC² KSAN² KSEE KSNF KTAL KTSM KTVE² KVEO WBGH WBRE WETM WTWO WVLA⁶

Other	Telemundo KKEY - KTAB¹ Independent station KZUP Independent station/Heroes & Icons WHAG TV CMS company Lakana Online ad company Yashi

Acquisitions	Communications Corporation of America Grant Broadcasting Newport Television West Virginia Media Holdings

¹ These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. ² Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. ³ Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station. ⁴ Nexstar operates WYZZ owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. ⁵ Nexstar operates this station owned by Marshall Broadcasting. ⁶ Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting.

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