KFOR-TV
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| Channels | |
| Branding | Oklahoma's News 4 | 
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| Affiliations | 
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| KAUT-TV | |
| History | |
| First air date | June 6, 1949 | 
| Former call signs | 
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| Former channel number(s) | 
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| Call sign meaning | "Channel Four" | 
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC | 
| Facility ID | 66222 | 
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| HAAT | 467 m (1,532 ft) | 
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°34′7″N 97°29′21″W / 35.56861°N 97.48917°W | 
| Translator(s) | See § Translators | 
| Links | |
| Public license information  | |
| Website | kfor | 
KFOR-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside KAUT-TV (channel 43), an owned-and-operated station of The CW. 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 WKY (930 AM). In its early years, WKY-TV boasted several regional and national technical firsts: it was the first independently-owned network affiliate to directly originate color programs, the first station to operate a 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.