KCIT

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This article is about the television station in Amarillo, Texas. For the short-lived independent station in Kansas City, Missouri that once bore the KCIT calls, see KPXE-TV.

KCIT
Amarillo, Texas

Branding	KCIT Fox 14
Slogan	One Hour Earlier!
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 14 (PSIP)
Subchannels	14.1 Fox 14.2 This TV
Affiliations	Fox Broadcasting Company
Owner	Mission Broadcasting (operated under a SSA by Nexstar Broadcasting Group) (Mission Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date	October 24, 1982
Call letters' meaning	CIT = See It
Sister station(s)	KAMR-TV
Former callsigns	KJTV (1982-1985)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 14 (UHF, 1982-2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1982-1986) PTEN (1993-1995)
Transmitter power	925 kW
Height	464 meters (1,522 ft)
Facility ID	33722
Transmitter coordinates	35°20′33.2″N 101°49′21.6″W / 35.342556°N 101.822667°W / 35.342556; -101.822667
Website	www.myhighplains.com

KCIT, virtual channel 14 (digital channel 15), is the Fox-affiliated television station in Amarillo, Texas, USA. The station is owned by Mission Broadcasting, and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. alongside NBC affiliate KAMR-TV (channel 4). Syndicated programming on KCIT includes Two and a Half Men, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, and omg! Insider.

KCIT's transmitter is located north of Amarillo in rural unincorporated Potter County. Its studios are located downtown (across the street from KVII-TV); KCIT itself has always occupied this studio since its inception as it later shared the studios with KCPN-LP and KAMR (since 2002).

Digital channel

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming
14.1	720p	16:9	KCIT-HD	Main KCIT programming / Fox

History

The station signed on the air on October 24, 1982 as call letters KJTV as a general independent station with movies, dramas, westerns, cartoons, sitcoms, and a half-hour newscast. In 1985, KJTV changed its call letters to the current KCIT. In 1986, the station became a charter Fox affiliate. KCIT affiliate with the Prime Time Entertainment Network in 1993 to 1995.^[1] The station was acquired by Mission Broadcasting after they bought KCIT and KCPN-LP from Wicks Broadcast Group in 1999. This station has been operated through a shared services agreement with Nexstar Broadcasting's station, KAMR-TV since Nexstar acquired the latter in December 2003 as part of its purchase of Quorum Broadcasting.

Newscasts

The station had its own newscast during the 1980s and 1990s. On March 11, 2001 the station reopened a nightly 9 p.m. newscast titled Fox14 News @ 9, produced by KAMR. For a time, the station also carried a weekday morning newscast. On January 15, 2008 KCIT replaced the KAMR-produced newscast with its own one-hour newscast at 9 p.m.

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

Channel 14 News (1982–1986)
Fox News (1986–1997)
Fox 14 News (2001–present)

Station slogans

Your Great News & Movie Station (1982-1985)
Channel 14, We're Movin Up! (1985-1986)
Fox 14, First in the High Plains (1986–2001)
Don't Let Fox 14 Weekends Pass You By (1987–1988, local version of Fox ad campaign)
Fox 14, This is the Year (1988–1990, local version of Fox ad campaign)
It's on Fox 14 (1990–1992, local version of Fox ad campaign)
You're Watching Fox 14 (1992–1993, local version of Fox ad campaign)
Fox 14: You're Watching It (1993–1994, local version of Fox ad campaign)
It Could Only Happen on Fox 14 (1994, local version of Fox ad campaign)
Fox 14, You're Kickin It (1994–1995, local version of Fox ad campaign)
Just One Fox 14 (1997–2002, local version of Fox ad campaign)
It's About Time! (2001–2006)
One Hour Earlier (2006–present)
So Fox 14 (2008–2010, local version of Fox ad campaign)

News team

Kelly James - weeknights at 9 p.m.
Adam Snider- weekends at 9 p.m.
John Harris - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 9 p.m.
Chris Martin - meteorologist; weekends at 9 p.m.
Michael Spencer - sports director; weeknights at 9 p.m.
Emily Austen - sports director; weekends at 9 p.m.
Meaghan Collier - general assignment reporter

References

↑ "Prime+Time+Entertainment+Network"+"station+list"+93&rnum=5#439abc32b11f85f3 "updated 1993 PTEN list". alt.tv.babylon-5. Google.com. Retrieved 23 November 2011.

External links

MyHighPlains.com - Official KCIT/KAMR-TV Website
Query the FCC's TV station database for KCIT
BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KCIT-TV

v t e Broadcast television in the Texas Panhandle / Oklahoma Panhandle / High Plains area, including Amarillo

Amarillo and surrounding area	KACV (2.1 PBS, 2.2 V-me) KAMR (4.1 NBC, 4.2 KCPN-LP) KBEX-LP 6 (WN) KVII (7.1 ABC, 7.2 CW, 7.3 LWN) KFDA (10.1 CBS, 10.2 KZBZ-LP, 10.3 KTMO-LP, 10.4 LATV) KWET (12.1 PBS/OETA, 12.2 OETA Okla, 12.3 Create, 12.4 PBS Kids) KCIT (14.1 Fox, 14.2 This TV) K17HI-D (17.1 3ABN, 17.2 3ABN Latino, 17.3 3ABN Radio, 17.4 Radio 74) KPTF (18.1 GLC) KEYU (31.1 UNI, 31.2 KAMT-LP) KAMM-LP 30 (Tres) KCPN-LP 33 (MNTV) KTMO-LP 36 (TMD) K39HF 39 (Ion) KZBZ-LP 46 (Ind) KAMT-LP 50 (UniMás) Defunct K25GI (TBN) KTXD-LP 43 (AZA)

Northeastern New Mexico	KENW (3.1 PBS HD, 3.2 PBS SD, 3.3 PBS Kids/Encore, Portales) KVIH (12.1 ABC, 12.2 The CW, Clovis) KCVP 34 (GLC, Clovis) Albuquerque channels with repeaters in region KASA (2.1 FOX) KOB (4.1 NBC, 4.2 This TV) KOAT (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Estrella TV) KRQE (13.1 CBS)

Oklahoma Panhandle	K16AB (16.1 PBS/OETA, 16.2 OKLA, 16.3 Create, 16.4 Kids) Southwest Kansas channels available in region KSWK (3.1PBS/SHPTV, 3.2 PBS HD, 3.3 Create, 3.4 World) KBSD (6.1 CBS, 6.2 Weather) KSNG (11.1 NBC) KUPK (13.1 ABC, 13.2 Me-TV) KLKT 41 (A1)

Texas Broadcast television areas by city Abilene/Sweetwater Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) Austin (Hill Country) Beaumont/Port Arthur Corpus Christi Dallas–Fort Worth (North Texas) Del Rio Eagle Pass El Paso (West Texas) Houston Laredo Lubbock (South Plains) Midland–Odessa (Permian Basin) Presidio Rio Grande Valley San Angelo San Antonio Sherman/Ada, OK Texarkana/Shreveport, LA Tyler/Longview (East Texas) Victoria Waco/Bryan (Brazos Valley) Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK New Mexico Broadcast television areas by city Albuquerque/Santa Fe Amarillo, TX El Paso, TX Odessa/Midland, TX Oklahoma Broadcast television areas by city Ada/Sherman, TX Amarillo, TX Fort Smith, AR (Eastern OK) Joplin, MO (Northeast OK) Lawton/Wichita Falls, TX Oklahoma City Metro Texarkana, TX-AR/Shreveport, LA Tulsa (East Central OK)

v t e Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

XHRIO 2.2 (McAllen) KBTV 4 (Beaumont) KDFW 4 (DFW) KIDY 6 (San Angelo) KTBC 7 (Austin) KXII-DT 12.3 (Sherman) KCIT 14 (Amarillo) KFOX 14 (El Paso/Las Cruces, NM) KXVA 15 (Abilene) KJTL 18 (Wichita Falls) KVCT 19 (Victoria) KPEJ-TV 24 (Odessa) KRIV 26 (Houston) KABB 29 (San Antonio) KJTV 34 / 32 (Lubbock) KUQI 38 (Corpus Christi) KXOF-CD 39 (Laredo) KWKT-TV 44 / KYLE 28 (Waco / Bryan) KFXK 51 (Tyler / Longview) KFXV-LD 67 (McAllen)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Texas

v t e Nexstar Broadcasting Group

ABC network affiliates	KAMC¹ KCAU⁵ KMID KODE¹ KQTV KSVI KTVX WATN WAWV¹ WDHN WEHT WIVT WJET WOI⁵ WSYR WTVO¹ WUTR¹ WVNY¹ WWTI

CBS network affiliates	KGPE KLBK KLST KOLR¹ KTAB WCIA WFRV WHBF⁵ WJMN WMBD WROC WTAJ WYOU¹

The CW network affiliates	KASN¹ KGET KUCW WCWJ WLYH⁴ WLMT WTVW¹ WWTI

Fox network affiliates	KARD KCIT¹ KHMT¹ KFTA² KJTL¹ KLRT¹ WFFF WFFT WFXP¹ WFXV WJKT WQRF WYZZ³

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KARZ KCPN¹ KJBO¹ WCIX WPNY WTVO¹

NBC network affiliates	KAMR KARK KFDX KGET KNWA KRBC¹ KSAN¹ KSEE KSNF KTAL KTVE¹ WBGH WBRE WETM WHAG WTWO

Telemundo affiliate	KKEY

Independent stations	KOZL WETM

¹ Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. ² Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station. ³ Nexstar operates WYZZ owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. ⁴ Nexstar holds the license to this station, but management capabilities belong to Sinclair Broadcast Group. ⁵ Nexstar operates these stations owned by Citadel Communications; the outright purchase of these stations is awaiting FCC approval.

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