KCIT

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 United States

Branding	KCIT FOX 14 (general) KCIT FOX 14 News (newscasts)
Slogan	Keeping it Local
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 14 (PSIP)
Subchannels	14.1 Fox 14.2 This TV
Affiliations	Fox
Owner	Mission Broadcasting (Mission Broadcasting, Inc.)
Operator	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
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	FNN (secondary, 1982-1985) Independent (1982-1986) PTEN (secondary, 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
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.myhighplains.com/home

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).

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
14.2	480i	4:3	THIS TV	This TV

History

The station signed on the air on October 24, 1982 as KJTV, a general Independent with movies, dramas, westerns, cartoons, sitcoms, and a half-hour newscast. It was originally owned by Ray Moran. Moran sold the station to Detroit, Michigan businessman Ralph Wilson in 1984. In 1985, KJTV changed its call letters to the current KCIT. The station also had a secondary affiliation with the Financial News Network that also lasted until 1985. (The KJTV call letters are now used by the Fox affiliate in nearby Lubbock.) In October 1986, the station became a charter Fox affiliate. Wilson sold the station to Epic Broadcasting of Wichita Falls in 1991. KCIT secondary affiliated with the Prime Time Entertainment Network in 1993 to 1995.^[1] Epic Broadcasting sold both KCIT and KJTL in Wichita Falls, Texas to the Wicks Broadcast Group in 1995. KCIT was acquired by current owner Mission Broadcasting along with KJTL 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.

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

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

Amarillo and surrounding area	KACV-TV (2.1 PBS, 2.2 V-me) KAMR-TV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 KCPN-LP) KBEX-LP 6 (WN) KVII-TV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 CW, 7.3 Grit) KFDA-TV (10.1 CBS, 10.3 KEYU, 10.4 24/7 News and Weather) KWET (12.1 PBS/OETA, 12.2 OETA Okla, 12.3 Create, 12.4 PBS Kids) KDAX-LD 13 (Daystar) 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-DT (18.1 GLC) KLKW-LD (22.1 Estrella TV, 22.2 GetTV, 22.3 SBN, 22.4 Buzzr) KEYU (31.1 Telemundo, 31.2 LATV) KCPN-LP 33 (MNTV) K45IQ 45 (MTV2) Defunct K25GI (TBN) KAMM-LP 30 (Tres) KTMO-LP 36 (TMD) K39HF 39 (Ion) KTXD-LP 43 (AZA) KTXC-LP 46 (Ind) KAMT-LP 50 (TeleFutura) K69IH 69 (INSP)

Northeastern New Mexico	KENW (3.1 PBS HD, 3.2 PBS SD, 3.3 PBS Kids/Encore, Portales) KVIH-TV (12.1 ABC, 12.2 The CW, 12.3 Grit, Clovis) KCVP 34 (GLC, Clovis) Albuquerque channels with repeaters in region KASA-TV (2.1 FOX) KOB (4.1 NBC, 4.2 This TV) KOAT-TV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Estrella TV) KRQE (13.1 CBS)

Oklahoma Panhandle	K16AB-D (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-DT (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) Ciudad Acuña – 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)

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, New Mexico) 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 44 (Waco / Bryan) KFXK 51 (Tyler / Longview) KFXV-LD 67 (McAllen)

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

Nexstar Broadcasting Group

ABC network affiliates	KAMC ¹ KCAU KMID KODE ¹ KQTV KSVI KTVX WATN WAWV ¹ WDHN WEHT WIVT WJET WMBB WOI WSYR WTVO ¹ WUTR ¹ WVNY ¹ WWTI

CBS network affiliates	KGPE KLAS KLBK KLST KOLR ¹ KREX / KREG / KREY KTAB KXMB / KXMC / KXMD / KXMA WCIA WFRV WHBF WJMN WMBD WROC WTAJ WYOU ¹

The CW network affiliates	KASN ¹ KASW KCWI KGCW KGET KUCW WBRL WCWJ WLMT WTVW ¹ WWCW WWTI

Fox network affiliates	KADN KARD KCIT ¹ KHMT ¹ KFQX ³ KFTA ² KFXK ⁴ KJTL ¹ KLJB ⁵ KLRT ¹ KMSS ⁵ KPEJ ⁵ KWKT WFFF WFFT WFXP ¹ WFXR WFXV WGMB WJKT WLAX / WEUX WNTZ WQRF WYZZ ³ WZDX

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KARZ KCPN ¹ KGJT KJBO ¹ KADN KOZL KSHV ⁴ KTPN / KLPN ⁴ KYLE WZDX WCIX WLMT-DT2 WNTZ WPNY WTVO ¹

NBC network affiliates	KADN KAMR KARK KETK KFDX KGET KLAF KNWA KRBC ¹ KSAN ¹ KSEE KSNF KSNT KSNW / KSNC / KSNG / KSNK / KSNL-LD KTAL KTSM KTVE ¹ KVEO WBGH WBRE WETM WHAG WTWO WVLA ⁴

Telemundo affiliate	KKEY KTAB-DT2

Independent station	KZUP ⁵ WETM

Digital assets	Lakana

Acquisitions	Communications Corporation of America Grant Broadcasting Newport Television

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 operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting. ⁵ Nexstar operates this station owned by Marshall Broadcasting.

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