KFOR-TV signed on the air as Oklahoma's first television station on June 6, 1949, under the callsign WKY-TV.
1954–1958
Color ID
1958–1961
1961–1964
1964–1973
Color ID
1973–1974
1974–1975
1975–1976
KTVY
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.
Alternate logo
Alternate logo
NewsCenter 4 generic intro (1976–1980)
NewsCenter 4 Update intro (1976–1980)
1977–1980
Dropshadow variant
Station ID
"We're 4 Oklahoma" image campaign ID (1979–1980)
1980–1987
Monochrome version
Variant with callsign (1980–1987)
Station ID variant
Alternate logo
Action 4 logo (1980–1984)
Action 4 generic intro (1980–1982)
Action 4 Tonight intro (1982–1984)
News 4 Oklahoma intro (1984–1987)
1987–1990
Version with just the channel number, used mainly as an ID in NBC network promos, accompanied by the KTVY calls and city of license in NBC's proprietary version of the Futura typeface
News 4 Oklahoma logo (1987–1990)
News 4 Oklahoma generic intro (1987–1990)
KFOR-TV
1990–1994
In April 1990, KTVY changed its callsign to the current KFOR-TV; it branded itself as "4 Strong" for entertainment purposes, and as NewsTeam 4 for its newscasts, though the general and news brandings changed to NewsChannel 4 in August 1992, near the end of the "4 Strong" era.
1990–1992
News Team 4 logo (1990–1992)
Alternate station ID (1990–1992)
News Team 4 title-only open (1990–1992)
News Team 4 ID (1990–1991)
1992–1994
NewsChannel 4 logo (1992–1994)
NewsChannel 4 ID (1992–1994)
First News at 4:30 open (1993–1994)
NewsChannel 4 5 p.m. open (1992–1994)
1994–2008
1994–1997
Alternate logo (1994–1999)
Station ID variant (1994–1999)
Alternate version of NewsChannel 4 logo without the red underline (1994-1997, typically used in newscast graphics)
NewsChannel 4 10:00 p.m. intro (1994-1997)
Weather promo (1994)
1997–2008
KFOR-TV/DT logo, used from 1999 to 2008 (the "-DT" suffix was added to the original 1994 alternate logo once KFOR commenced digital television broadcasts).
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 yellow to blue in this revamp.
Station ID variant (2008–2017)
Version with NBC's "Rainbow Peacock" logo (2016–2017)
Version with reintroduced "Oklahoma's NewsChannel 4" branding (February–August 2017)
4 at 4AM intro (2011–2016)
NewsChannel 4 This Morning intro (2008–2016)
The 4 O'Clock News intro (2011–2016)
NewsChannel 4 at 5:00 intro (2008–2016)
NewsChannel 4 at 10:00 intro (2008–2016)
"4Warn Storm Team" First Weather franchise open (2008–2016)
Oklahoma's NewsChannel 4 6:00 p.m. Next promo (August 4, 2017)
2017–present
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). Coinciding with the debut of a new set, graphics package and news theme, the station also changed its branding to Oklahoma's News 4, dropping the Channel part of the name after 23 years.
1Owns a 75% stake of the network, the other 12.5% stake is co-owned between Paramount Global 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. 8Currently a repeater for WWLP. 9Nexstar operates this station owned by Londen Media Group. 10Sale of this station to Sullivan's Landing, LLC, pending FCC approval.