This page only shows primary logo variants. For other related logos and images, see:
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1949–1954 | 1954–1958 | 1958–1961 | 1961–1964 | 1964–1973 | 1973–1974 |
1974–1975 | 1975–1976 | 1976–1978 | 1977–1980 | 1980–1987 | 1987–1990 |
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[]
1974–1975[]
This was a condensed version of the short-lived 1973 logo above.
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[]
1980–1987[]
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.
1987–1990[]
The "4" is the same basic design as the 1980 logo, but it is now rendered in gold beveling and was de-lined.
KFOR-TV[]
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-DT 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[]
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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 to Oklahoma's News 4 concurrent with a revised on-air presentation.
External links[]
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