KAMR-TV
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| Amarillo, Texas United States |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: | Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
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.
Contents
Digital channels
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP short name | Programming |
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| 4.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KAMR-HD | Main KAMR-TV programming / NBC |
| 4.2 | 480i | 4:3 | KCPN-SD | Simulcast of KCPN-LP |
History
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.
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, 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
See also
- Channel 19 digital TV stations in the United States
- Channel 4 virtual TV stations in the United States
