KANX-TV

Own work This article is in no relation to real life KANX 91.1 FM in Sheridan, Arkansas. KANX-TV is the ABN affiliate in Amarillo, Texas. It broadcasts on Channel 4. KANX is rebroadcasted on translators in the Texas Panhandle, the Oklahoma Panhandle, and Eastern New Mexico. The station's transmitter is located north of Amarillo in unincorporated Potter County.

Station History
KANX signed on the air on April 8th, 1953 as an NBC affiliate serving Amarillo. KANX signed on as Amarillo's second tv station, after KGFD signed on less than a month earlier. In 2004, KANX added NBC Weather Plus to it's 4.2 over the air subchannel. NBC Weather Plus was an automated weather service channel airing live weather data 24 hours a day and pre-recorded weather segments created by KANX's weather staff. Two years later in 2006, KANX added GSN programming to it's 4.3 subchannel. GSN remained on KANX-DT3 until the 2014 fictional tv station realignment. The channel was eventually shut down in December 2008 when NBC Weather Plus shut down. It was replaced by NBC Plus immediately after. KANX shut down NBC Plus 4 years later in December 2012 due to Cozi TV, a classic television network airing classic NBC programs. KANX was one of NBC's strongest affiliates in Northwest Texas. KANX's relationship with NBC lasted over 50 years and ended in late 2014 as a result of the 2014 fictional tv station realignment when KANX switched the NBC affiliation with then-ABN affiliate KNUJ and since then has became the newest ABN affiliate for the Amarillo, Texas area.

Repeaters

 * K31LO-LP: Dumas, Dalhart, Hartley, Channing, Cactus, Masterson, Sunray, Morse, Pringle, Stinnett, Pampa, Plemons, Sanford/Fritch, and Phillips
 * K49OK-LP: Boise City, OK, Stratford, Guymon, OK, Gruver, Spearman, Hardesty, OK, Waka, Adams, Farnsworth, Perryton, and Balko, OK
 * K55NX-LP: Hereford, Summerfield, Black, Friona, Bovina, Dawn, Umbarger, and Canyon, Tulia, Plainview, Wellington
 * K61GG-LP: Clarendon, Claude, Goodnight, Groom, Howardwick, Lelia Lake, McLean, Hedley, Memphis, Lakeview, and Quitaque

Website History

 * www.kanxonthemove.com (1996-2002)
 * www.nbc4amarillo.com (2002-2005)
 * www.4nbcamarillotexas.com (2005-2010)
 * www.nbc4kanx.com (2010-2014)
 * www.NEWSTeam4.com (2015-present)

Newscast Titles

 * Newsroom (1953-1961)


 * The Panhandle News Report (1961-1967)


 * The Jim Jones Report (1967-1970)


 * NewsCenter 4 (1970-1979)


 * NewsWatch 4 (1979-1982)


 * Channel 4 Action News (1982-1988)


 * Channel 4 News (1988-1990)


 * News 4 (1990-1998)


 * NBC 4 News (1998-2014)
 * ABN 4 News (2015-2017)
 * News Team 4 (2017-present)

Newscast themes

 * no music (1953-1975)
 * NBC TV-Radio Newspulse - Fred Weinberg Productions, Inc. (1975-1982)
 * News 4 New York - Jim McAillster (1982-1988)
 * Turn To News - Gari Media (1988-1992)
 * We're 4 New York - Edd Kalehoff (1992-1997)
 * NBC Stations - Edd Kalehoff (1997-2000)
 * The Tower (V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4, V.5) - 615 Music (2000-2007)
 * L.A. Groove - Groove Worx (2007-2015)
 * Inergy - Stephen Arnold Music (2015-present)

Station ID History

 * "This is KANX-TV Channel 4 in Amarillo. Now Broadcasting in Color." (1965-1972)
 * "The Best of NBC in Amarillo is KANX Television Channel 4." (1972-1974)
 * "KANX Television Channel 4 in Amarillo. NBC in Amarillo." (1974-1978)
 * "NBSee Us in the High Plains! KANX Television Channel 4 in Amarillo." (1978-1979; station ID for the NBSee Us campaign)
 * "Channel 4, KANX Television in Amarillo. Your NBC station." (1978-1983)
 * "You are watching KANX Television, Channel 4 in Amarillo. NBC for the High Plains." (1983-1989)
 * "This is KANX-TV Channel 4 in Amarillo. Serving All of the Texas Panhandle and the High Plains." (1989-1991)
 * "You're Watching Channel 4 KANX-TV Amarillo. NBC for the High Plains." (1991-1995)
 * "You've Chimed in to KANX-TV Channel 4 Amarillo. Serving Our Community." (1995-1997)
 * "This is NBC 4. KANX Amarillo." (1997-2000)
 * "You're Watching NBC 4 Panhandle. KANX-TV in Amarillo. Serving the Texas Panhandle, the Oklahoma Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico." (2000-2006)
 * "NBC for the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma Panhandle, and Eastern New Mexico, You're Watching NBC 4 Panhandle." (2006-2011)
 * "Serving You with the best Programming. This is NBC 4 KANX-TV in Amarillo." (2011-2015)
 * "The Best of ABN Ultra HD for the Texas Panhandle is KANX Channel 4 Amarillo." (2015-present)

Voice Over History

 * "This is Newsroom, Your Roundup of Stories in Amarillo and the Panhandle. Here's Jim Jones." (1953-1961)
 * "This is The Panhandle News Report. Here's Jim Jones." (1961-1967)
 * "This is The Jim Jones Report." (1967-1970)
 * "This is NewsCenter 4, Your Complete Roundup of Stories in the Panhandle. Here's Jim Jones and Anne McClellan." (1970-1975)
 * "This is NewsCenter 4, with Jim Jones, Anne McClellan, George Hart with the weather, Tom Bateman with sports, and Rick Westmoreland. All the Things You Need to Know in the Panhandle." (1975-1979)
 * "This is NewsWatch 4, with Paul Morris, Janice Campbell, George Hart with the weather, Tom Bateman with sports, and Rick Westmoreland. Now, here's Paul Morris and Janice Campbell." (1979-1982)
 * "From KANX-TV, Paul Morris, Janice Campbell, George Hart with the weather, and Tom Bateman with sports, plus Rick Westmoreland. Now, Channel 4 Action News." (1982-1983)
 * "Now Paul Morris, Janice Campbell, George Hart weather, Tom Bateman sports, and Rick Westmoreland Action News Investigates, Channel 4 Action News" (1983-1988)


 * "Now From Amarillo's #1 News Station, This is the Channel 4 News (at whatever time)" (1988-1991)
 * "From Your 24-Hour News Source, This is News 4 (at whatever time)" (1991-1997)
 * "You're Watching KANX-TV, NBC4 Amarillo. Now, Covering Amarillo, the Panhandle, and Beyond! This is NBC4 News at 10" (1997-2004)
 * "From KANX. Where Local News is at its Best. NBC4 News Starts Now" (2004-2007)
 * "Live from Downtown Amarillo. This is NBC4 News At 6." (2007-2013)
 * "Live. NBC4 News Starts Now." (2013-2015)
 * "Amarillo News Done Right. ABN4 News Starts Now" (2015-2017)
 * "From The Official Investigators of the Panhandle! This is Amarillo's first and only news in 4K Ultra HD! Live, News Team 4 Starts Right Now." (2017-present)

Station Slogans

 * Watching Out For You (1970s)


 * People Like You to Depend On (early 1980s-1983)


 * Amarillo's Favorite News Team (1983-1987)


 * From Us To You (1987-1991)


 * Your 24-Hour News Source (1991-1996)


 * The News You Know, The People You Trust (1996-2001)
 * Local News At It's Best (2001-2014)
 * The Beat of Amarillo (2015-present; general slogan)
 * Amarillo News Done Right (2015-present; news slogan)
 * Channel 4, Proud as a Peacock! (1979-1981, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * Channel 4, Our Pride is Showing (1981-1982, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * We're Channel 4, Just Watch Us Now (1982-1983, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * Channel 4 There, Be There (1983-1984, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * Channel 4, Let's All Be There (1984-1986, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * Come Home to Channel 4 (1986-1987, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * Come on Home to Channel 4 (1987-1988, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * Come Home to the Best, Only on Channel 4 (1988-1990, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * Channel 4, The Place to Be (1990-1992, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * It's A Whole New Channel 4 (1992-1993, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * The Stars are Back on Channel 4 (1993-1994, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * It's Channel 4 (1994-1995, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * The Year to Be on Channel 4 (1995-1996, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 * NBC 4, More Colorful (2009-2014, localized version of NBC ad campaign; this was the last slogan before switching to ABN in 2015)
 * Amarillo's Most Trusted Television Leader (2015-2016, localized version of ABN ad campaign)
 * Amarillo's Ultra HD Leader (2016-2017, localized version of ABN ad campaign)
 * ABN 4: Your Number One Ultra HD Station (2017-present, localized version of ABN ad campaign)

Current On-Air Staff
Bob Stratford - News Director


 * Morgan Olsen - anchor; weekday mornings "Sunrise Amarillo" and "ABN News Team 4 at Noon"


 * Gary Winton - anchor; weekday mornings "Sunrise Amarillo" and "ABN News Team 4 at Noon"


 * Harold Richardson - anchor; weeknights at 5:30 and 10


 * Mary Linfield - anchor; weeknights at 5:30 and 10


 * April Daniels - anchor; weekend evenings

ABN 4Warn Storm Team Meteorologists

 * Stephen Wilkins - meteorologist; weekday mornings "Sunrise Amarillo" and "ABN News Team 4 at Noon"


 * Augusta Rose - chief meteorologist (AMS Seal of Approval); weeknights at 5:30 and 10


 * Jake Richardson - meteorologist; weekend evenings

ABN NEWS Team 4 Sports

 * Cory Wilkins - sports director; weeknights at 10


 * Alyson McCormick - sports reporter; weekend evenings; also weeknight reporter (see below)

Current On-Air Reporters

 * Billy Peterson - general assignment reporter


 * Jack Striffington - general assignment reporter


 * Murielle Holmes - general assignment reporter


 * Sally Stevens - general assignment reporter, also "Sunrise Amarillo" and "ABN News Team 4 at Noon" traffic reporter


 * Meg Moyles - general assignment reporter; also weekend traffic reporter


 * Ron Hanland - general assignment reporter


 * Christopher Duncan - general assignment reporter


 * Suzy Moores - general assignment reporter


 * Drake Andrews - general assignment reporter


 * Joe Kennington - general assignment reporter


 * Florence Fields - general assignment reporter


 * Dustin Hunt - general assignment reporter, also Jim Craig Skylink 4 helicopter reporter


 * Tim Thomas - general assignment reporter


 * Tyler Harvey - general assignment reporter

Former On-Air Staff

 * T.J. Wolford (2004-2012; now at CHBT)
 * Tyler Forgan (2007-2011; now at KZOB)
 * Janice Campbell (1979-1993; now deceased)
 * Paul Morris (1977-2000; now retired)
 * Jim Jones (1953-1984; then retired; now deceased)
 * George Hart (1976-2000; then retired; now deceased)

2016 Stand Up campaign
On October 26, 2016, KANX rolled out the new Stand Up campaign

Lyrics

 * You've got the spirit, tell em that the Panhandle's great.


 * C'mon let's hear it, your proud of the Lone Star State


 * The team for your place, there's no place like our place


 * Your at the heart of it, 4 is a part of it


 * Stand up and tell 'em the Panhandle's great!

Sale completion
At 12:00 AM CDT, the sale of KANX was completed successfully and executed by ABN Domestic Television Corporation and NO SIR GIFTS VENUES. NO SIR GIFTS VENUES also successfully completed the sale of KNUJ as the new NBC station. Both KANX and KNUJ are dubbed as "Your Hometown Superstations". Apparently, NO SIR GIFTS VENUES stepped down from buying KNUJ, now that station is owned by NBC Universal.

KGCT
For viewers who cannot watch KANX Ultra HD television in the event of a power outage to get news and weather information, the audio portion of NewsTeam 4 can be heard on radio partner KGCT 1630 AM for listeners to get severe weather and news information from NewsTeam 4.