| KVII: Amarillo, Texas KVIH: Clovis, New Mexico |
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| Branding | ProNews 7 Amarillo's CW (DT2) |
| Slogan | Catch The Panhandle Spirit TV To Talk About Newscast title News to talk about (DT2) |
| Channels | Digital: KVII: 7 (UHF) KVIH: 12 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC The CW (DT2) The AccuWeather Channel (DT3) |
| Owner | Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC (Barrington Amarillo License, LLC) |
| First air date | KVII: December 21, 1957 KVIH: December 2, 1956 |
| Call letters' meaning |
KVII: variation of KVII with an H |
| Former callsigns |
KVII: none KICA-TV (1956-1964) KFDW-TV (1964-1979) KMCC-TV (1979-1986) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: KVII: 7 (VHF, 1957-2009) KVIH: 12 (VHF, 1956-2009) Digital: KVII: 23 (UHF) KVIH: 20 (UHF) |
| Former affiliations | KVII: none KVIH: CBS (19??-1979) |
| Transmitter power | KVII: 21.9 kW KVIH: 5 kW |
| Height | KVII: 519 m KVIH: 204 m |
| Facility ID | KVII: 40446 KVIH: 40450 |
| Transmitter coordinates | KVII: KVIH: |
| Website | http://www.connectamarillo.com/ |
KVII-TV, better known as Pronews7, is an ABC affiliated television station in Amarillo, Texas that also operates satellite KVIH-TV digital channel 12 in Clovis, New Mexico. It was owned by Stanley Marsh 3 from 1967 until he sold it to Atlanta-based, New Vision Group in 2002. In 2005, New Vision Group's parent company sold the station to Barrington Broadcasting for $22.5 million.
KVII-TV uses the "Circle 7 logo" shared with ABC's owned-and-operated stations (O&O) and many ABC affiliates with Channel 7 frequencies. The Circle 7 logo has been in use continuously at KVII-TV since 1968, when it was adopted by then-owner Marsh Media shortly after purchasing the station.
KVII and satellite station KVIH serve viewers across a four-state region including the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, eastern New Mexico and southwestern Kansas. The station is broadcast over-the-air and via cable carriage and several UHF translators. In addition to Amarillo and Clovis, cities served include Canyon, Dumas, Pampa, Borger, Hereford, Muleshoe, Dalhart, Clarendon and Childress, Texas; Clayton, Tucumcari, Logan, San Jon and Portales, NM; Guymon, Boise City and Beaver, Okla.; and Elkhart and Liberal, Kan. Syndicated programming on KVII/KVIH includes: Judge Judy, Live with Regis and Kelly, Wheel of Fortune, and Ellen.
Pronews 7 remains dedicated to stories that affect the Panhandle. In conjunction with it's TV channel, website, Twitter feed, YouTube Channel and Facebook, Pronews 7 reaches out to thousands of residents on a daily basis.
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KVII signed on for the first time on December 21, 1957. This made Amarillo one of the smallest markets to have full service from all three networks.
KVII formerly operated another satellite, KVIJ-TV channel 8 in Sayre, Oklahoma, from 1976 to 1992. KVIJ ceased operations because most viewers in its area of western Oklahoma received their network programming via cable. This gave them access to stations from the Oklahoma City or Wichita Falls-Lawton DMAs including ABC affiliates KOCO and KSWO-TV, respectively, and very few actually tuned in to KVIJ directly. The former studio and transmitter site of KVIJ now sit vacant northwest of Sayre at the intersection of state highways 6 and 152, at . Channel 8 began operations in 1961 as CBS affiliate KSWB-TV (licensed to Elk City, Oklahoma; its call sign related to original owner South West Broadcasting), and changed its call letters to KFDO-TV in 1966 when it became a satellite of Amarillo's CBS affiliate, KFDA-TV (at that time, channel 8 moved to Sayre). In 1976, it was sold to Marsh.
Also in 1976, KFDA's then-satellite station in Clovis, KFDW channel 12, was sold to Mel Wheeler (manager and a part owner of KFDA's then-ownership). The station remained a satellite of KFDA until 1979, when the station was sold to McAlister TV in Lubbock, Texas, and began operating as an adjunct to ABC affiliate KAMC (channel 28) in Lubbock under the call sign of KMCC. After the death of Bill McAlister, KMCC was sold to Marsh in 1986 and became a KVII satellite, changing the call letters to KVIH in the process. [1]
From 1999 to 2006, KVII helped provide an Amarillo affiliate station of The WB Television Network. KVII promoted and sold advertising for the network, while Amarillo's cable television operator broadcast the station on a cable channel. On September 18, 2006, KVII's DT2 subchannel became the area's new affiliates of The CW Television Network.
By mid-October, the digital signal was fully operating, coinciding with the introduction of a viewer-interactive newscast, in which viewers can send e-mails with questions and concerns in regards to the stories and features in the newscasts.
The Pro News title has been used at KVII-TV continuously since Marsh Media purchased the station from John Walton in late 1967. For many years, the 10 p.m. edition of Pro News was a 45-minute broadcast, but has been truncated back to 35 minutes in recent years. Also, Pro News 7 broadcast a unique 12 noon newscast on Sundays during the 1970s and 1980s, along with the noon broadcast Monday through Friday. When general manager John Tyler moved to WQXI-TV, now WXIA-TV in Atlanta in 1972, he took the Pro News title, expanded the 11 p.m. newscast to 40 minutes, and added noon newscasts on Saturdays and Sundays.
In February 2011 KVII-TV launched the CW Amarillo News @ 9 on its subchannel digital 7.2.
Anchors
Reporters
StormSearch 7 Weather Team
Sports team
Interactive team for connectamarillo.com
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