KAIT

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KAIT
Image:KAIT.gif
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Branding Region 8 News
Slogan Always Tracking-Always Watching-Always On
Channels Analog: 8 (VHF)

Digital: 9 (VHF)
Affiliations ABC
Owner Raycom Media, Inc.
(KAIT License Subsidiary, LLC)
First air date July 15, 1963
Call letters’ meaning Arkansas
Independent
Television
(AIT also sounds like eight)
Former affiliations independent (1963-1965)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
18 kW (digital)
Height 533 m (analog)
531 m (digital)
Facility ID 13988
Transmitter Coordinates 35°53′22″N, 90°56′7.5″W
Website www.kait8.com
For the telescope known as KAIT, see Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope.

KAIT-TV in Jonesboro, Arkansas is the ABC television affiliate for Northeastern Arkansas and Southeastern Missouri, offering a mix of news and syndicated programming and local broadcasts. The station first signed on July 15, 1963 as an independent, and has been affiliated with ABC since 1965. Its transmitter is located in Egypt, Arkansas. KAIT is owned and operated by parent company Raycom Media.

For many years, KAIT also operated a low-powered translator station K11JW operating on Channel 11 in nearby Blytheville, Arkansas.

KAIT currently uses its digital signal to broadcast a 24-hour weather information channel (8-2). Beginning at 5 PM on Monday, October 15, 2007, all of KAIT's local newscasts were re-branded, replacing the former "K8 News" branding with "Region 8 News" - a branding the station had used during much of the 1980s. The station's long-time slogan, "Your Good Neighbor Station," was also replaced with "Always Tracking-Always Watching -Always On."

[edit] On-Air Staff

  • Diana Davis - News Anchor
  • Craig Rickert - News Anchor
  • Bob Snell - News Anchor/Managing Editor
  • Ryan Vaughan - Weather
  • Sarah Tipton - Weather
  • Chris Castleman - Weather
  • Lauren Payne - News Anchor/Reporter
  • Heather Flanigan - News Anchor/Reporter
  • Yalanda Young - News Anchor/Reporter
  • Brandi Hodges - Reporter
  • Will Carter - Reporter
  • Rebecca Smith - Reporter
  • Keith Boles - Reporter
  • Glenn Marini - Sports
  • Mark Kelley -Sports
  • Wendy Rolley - Region 8 Showcase

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Broadcast television in the Jonesboro market  (Nielsen DMA #182)
See also broadcast television in Memphis, Little Rock and Paducah markets
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ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Arkansas
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Arkansas
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Raycom Media
Corporate Staff
Paul McTear (President & CEO) · Wayne Daugherty · Marty Edelman · Leon Long · Jeff Rosser · Anne Adkins · Clyde Baucom · Rebecca Bryan · David Folsom · Mary Carloe McDonnell · Billy McDowell · Susana Schuler · Melissa Thurber
Network Affiliates

ABC Network Affiliates: KAIT · KLTV · KTRE · WLOX · WTVM

CBS Network Affiliates: KFVS · KOLD · KSLA · WAFB · WBTV  · WCSC  · WOIO · WTOC · WTOL · WTVR3

The CW Network Affiliates: WQWQ · WUPV1

Fox Network Affiliates: WDFX · WFLX · WFXG1 · WPGX · WSFX1 · WTNZ · WXIX · WXTX1

MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KFVE · WBXH · WUAB

NBC Network Affiliates: KCBD · KHNL/KHBC/KOGG  · KPLC · WAFF · WALB · WAVE · WDAM  · WECT · WFIE · WIS · WLBT · WMBF2  · WMC · WSFA · WWBT

1Raycom Media owns and operates these stations through Southeastern Media Holdings. 2Scheduled to begin broadcasting in 2008. 3Subject to sale once a buyer is found.
Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: 4,200 · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.raycommedia.com
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