KAMR-TV

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KAMR-TV
Amarillo, Texas United States

Branding	KAMR Local 4 (general) KAMR Local 4 News (newscasts)
Slogan	Your Local News Leader
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 4 (PSIP)
Affiliations	NBC MyNetworkTV (DT2)
Owner	Nexstar Broadcasting Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date	March 18, 1953 (1953-03-18)
Call letters' meaning	AMaRillo
Sister station(s)	KCIT KCPN-LP
Former callsigns	KGNC-TV (1953-1974)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1953-2009)
Former affiliations	Secondary: DuMont (1953-1956) DT2: NBC Weather Plus (2005-2008)
Transmitter power	400 kW
Height	455.2 meters (1,493 ft)
Facility ID	8523
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

KAMR-TV, virtual channel 4, is an NBC affiliate in Amarillo, Texas. The station was acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group after merging with KAMR's parent company, Quorum Broadcasting in 2003. This station operates shared services agreements with Mission Broadcasting's stations, KCIT and KCPN-LP. All three stations share studios and offices located on South Fillmore Street in downtown Amarillo (across the street from KVII-TV), and the station's transmitter is located on Dumas Drive (U.S. 87 and U.S. 287) in unincorporated Potter County.

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming
4.1	1080i	16:9	KAMR-HD	Main KAMR-TV programming / NBC
4.2	480i	4:3	KCPN-SD	Simulcast of KCPN-LP

History

KAMR's logo with a list of translators below (c. 1980s).

The station went on the air on March 18, 1953 as KGNC-TV (for Globe-News Corporation (or Company)) and was co-owned by the Amarillo Globe-News along with KGNC-AM 710. It originally operated from studio facilities located on North Polk Street in Amarillo. The station has always been an NBC affiliate but also carried DuMont programming until the network closed in 1956. The Globe-News sold the station to Stauffer Communications in January 1966, which in turn sold off KGNC-TV. Stuaffer sold KGNC-TV to Cannan Communications in 1974, who changed the station's call letters to the current KAMR-TV. After 25 years of ownership, Cannan sold Channel 4 to Quorum Broadcasting in 1999. The station was acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group after merging with Quorum Broadcasting in 2003. In 2005, the station began operating NBC Weather Plus on digital subchannnel 4.2 and until 2008, it was the only Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate to carry the network when it was replaced with a simulcast of MyNetworkTV affiliate KCPN-LP right after NBC Weather Plus shut down due to NBC Universal purchasing The Weather Channel.

Logo until 2014

KAMR celebrated 50 years of broadcasting in 2003. In 2013, the station celebrated 60 years of broadcasting.

Programming

Syndicated programming on KAMR includes: Entertainment Tonight (opposite The Insider on KCIT), The Dr. Oz Show, Rachael Ray, The 700 Club and The Office.

Translators

KAMR serves a large portion of northern Texas, the Oklahoma Panhandle and northeastern New Mexico through many translators beyond its normal 50 mile effective radiated power.

New Mexico

Des Moines
Clovis
San Jon
Tucumcari

Oklahoma

Guymon
Keyes

Texas

Canadian
Childress
Clarendon
Follett
Gruver
Memphis
Perryton
Quitaque
Tulia
Wellington
Wheeler

References

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)

NBC network affiliates in the state of Texas

KPRC 2 (Houston) KFDX 3 (Wichita Falls / Lawton) KSAN 3 (San Angelo) KAMR 4 (Amarillo) WOAI 4 (San Antonio) KXAS 5 (DFW) KCEN 6/KAGS-LD 23 (Temple/Bryan) KRIS 6 (Corpus Christi) KTAL 6 (Texarkana) KGNS 8 (Laredo) KRBC 9 (Abilene) KTSM 9 (El Paso) KWES 9 / KWAB 4 (Midland / Big Spring) KCBD 11 (Lubbock) KBMT-DT2 12.2 (Beaumont) KMOL-LD 17 (Victoria) KVEO 23 (Brownsville) KXAN 36 (Austin) KETK 56 / KETK-LP 53 (Tyler / Jacksonville)

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 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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