KFOR-TV

Not to be confused with WFOR-TV.

This page only shows primary logo variants.

For other related logos and images, see:

News



1949–1954	1954–1958	1958–1961	1961–1964	1964–1973	1973–1974


1974–1975	1975–1976	1976–1978	1977–1980	1980–1986	1986–1990


1990–1992	1992–1994	1994–1997	1997–2008	2008–2017	2017–present

WKY-TV

1949–1954

KFOR-TV signed on the air as Oklahoma's first television station, WKY-TV on June 6, 1949. It was originally owned by Edward K. Gaylord, and sister to WKY 930 and 98.9 WKY-FM (now KYIS).

1954–1958

1958–1961

1961–1964

1964–1973

1973–1974

1974–1976

This was a condensed version of the short-lived 1973 logo above.

1974–1975

1975–1976

KTVY

1976–1980

1976–1978

In 1976, following original owner Gaylord Broadcasting (a subsidiary of the Oklahoma Publishing Company, formerly known as the WKY Television System) sold the station to the Evening News Association, WKY-TV changed its callsign to KTVY due to FCC rules at the time forbidding different owners from using same callsigns. The same '4' from the final years as WKY-TV was kept.

1977–1980

1980–1986

The then-Arlington County, Virginia-based Gannett Company purchased the Evening News Association, including its stations, on September 5, 1985, for $717 million. As Gannett already owned KOCO-TV at the time; KTVY, along with WALA-TV in Mobile, and KOLD-TV in Tucson, were sold to Knight Ridder Broadcasting for $160 million. Knight Ridder in turn, sold KTVY to Palmer Communications in February 1989. This logo's design is similar to that of WTAE-TV's.

1986–1990

The "4" is the same basic design as the 1980 logo, but it is now rendered in gold beveling and was de-lined.

1990–1994

In April 1990, after several weeks of on-air promotions that "TV reception in Oklahoma would get stronger," KTVY changed its callsign to the current KFOR-TV; the station branded itself as "4 Strong" (analogous to the "5 Alive" moniker used at the time by rival KOCO-TV) for entertainment purposes, and as News Team 4 for its newscasts. This '4' logo, despite a few color changes and minor tweaks along the way, has remained the only logo the station has used since it became KFOR-TV.

In 1991, Palmer Communications sold KFOR and WHO-TV to Hughes Broadcasting Corporation; five years after that deal fell apart, Palmer sold both KFOR and WHO to The New York Times Company in 1996.

1990–1992

1992–1994

Near the end of the "4 Strong" era, the NewsChannel 4 branding was used full-time in both general and news brandings.

1994–present

1994–2008

1994–1997

1997–2008

The Times left broadcasting entirely in 2007, selling their nine-station group to Local TV.

2008–2017

This updated version of the 1997 logo was introduced on August 8, 2008, coinciding with the start of NBC's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China; the "4" logo's color was changed from gold-ish yellow to blue in this revamp. Tribune Broadcasting would then acquire Local TV in 2013.

2017–present

Designer:

Tribune West Creative

Typography:

Eurostile Extended, Breakers

Launched:

August 21, 2017

On August 21, 2017, KFOR-TV moved to a new studio facility next door to its original Britton Road studio (which it had occupied since 1952). Along with the studio move, the station rebranded as Oklahoma's News 4, concurrent with a revised on-air presentation.

KFOR-TV news opens

External links

Official website

V • T • E

Nexstar Media Group

Predecessors:

¹Owns a 75% stake of the network, the other 12.5% stake is co-owned between Paramount Skydance Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery.
²Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%.
³Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting.
⁴Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting.
⁵Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA.
⁶Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media.
⁷Predecessor company of LIN Media.
⁸Nexstar operates this station owned by Londen Media Group.
⁹Nexstar operates this station owned by Gray Media through an SSA.
¹⁰Nexstar operates this station owned by American Spirit Media through an SSA.
¹¹The station is yet to be sold to a third party as a condition of the Nexstar-Tegna merger.
¹²Co-owned by Cox Communications.

V • T • E

NBC owned and affiliated television stations

Owned Television Stations:

^{Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area.}

V • T • E

The New York Times Company

Newspapers:

The New York Times | The New York Times International Edition | The New York Times International Weekly

Magazines:
The New York Times Magazine | The New York Times Book Review | T: The New York Times Style Magazine

Other:
Bits | TimesTalks

Other assets:
T Brand Studio | The Athletic | Wirecutter | Wordle

Notes
¹17.75% stake in FSG.