KJIM

KJIM
Broadcast area	Laredo, Texas
Channels	Digital: 56 (UHF) (to move to 32 (UHF)) Virtual: 4
Branding	CBS 4 (general) CBS 4 News (newscasts)
Slogan	Your News and Weather Authority
Programming
Affiliations	4.1 CBS-HD 4.2 CBS 4 24/7 4.3 Laff 4.4 Escape
Ownership
Owner	Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation
History
First air date	October 13, 1953
Former callsigns	KLAR (1953–1980)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1953–2009)
Former affiliations	Primary: NBC (1953–1995) Secondary: UPN (January–September 1995)

KJIM is a CBS affiliate localed in Laredo, Texas. It broadcasts on channel 4. Syndicated programming on KJIM includes: The Dr. Oz Show, Hot Bench, and Criminal Minds among others. The station has studios located on Shea Street in Laredo with transmitter northwest of the city.

Logos

KLAR logo from 1979 promoting NBC's Proud as a Peacock! (series 1)

KJIM logo from 1980 promoting NBC's Proud as a Peacock (series 2)

KJIM logo from 1983 as an NBC affiliate promoting NBC's Be There campaign

KJIM logo from 1986 as an NBC affiliate; promoting NBC's Come Home to NBC campaign (Part 1)

KJIM logo from 1986 promoting NBC's Come Home to NBC campaign (Part 2)

KJIM logo from 1989 as an NBC affiliate; promoting NBC's Come Home to the Best campaign (Series 2)

KJIM ID bumper from 1993 as an NBC affiliate taken from Nurses

KJIM logo from 1995-2016

KJIM Logo from 2016–present

Station Slogans

• TV 4, Proud As A Peacock! (1979-1981)
• TV 4, Our Pride is Showing! (1981-1982)
• We're TV 4, Just Watch Us Now! (1982-1983)
• TV 4 There! Be There! (1983-1984)
• TV 4, Let's All Be There! (1984-1986)
• Come Home to TV 4! (1986-1987)
• Come on Home to TV 4! (1987-1988)
• Come Home to The Best, Only on TV 4! (1988-1990)
• TV 4, The Place to Be! (1990-1992)
• It's A Whole New TV 4! (1992-1993)
• The Stars Are Back on TV 4! (1993-1994)
• It's TV 4! (1994-1995)
• You're on CBS 4 (1995-1996)
• Welcome Home to a CBS 4 Night (1996-1997)
• The Address is CBS 4...Welcome Home (1997-1999)
• The Address is CBS 4 (1999-2000)
• CBS 4, It's All Here (2000-2005)
• Everybody's Watching CBS 4 (2005-2006)
• We Are CBS 4 (2006-2009)
• Only CBS 4, Only CBS (2009–present)

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

• The Texas Report (1953–1962)
• Big 4 News (1962–1969)
• TV 4 News (1969–1975)
• NewsCenter 4 (1975–1989)
• News 4 Laredo (1989–1995)
• CBS 4 Action News (1995–2008)
• CBS 4 News (2008–present)

News Themes

• no music (1953–1975)
• KLAR 1975 News Theme (1975–1978)
• NBC TV-Radio Newspulse - Fred Weinberg Productions, Inc. (1978–1980)
• KJIM 1980 News Theme (1980–1984)
• News 4 New York - Jim McAllister (1984–1986)
• The News Image & The News Image Plus - Tuesday Productions (1986–1993)
• NewsCenter II Theme - Michael Randall Music (1993–1995)
• Palmer News Package - Shelly Palmer Company (1995–2005)
• Finale - Stephen Arnold (2005–2018)
• Breakthrough - 360 Music (2018–present)

Current On-Air Staff (year joined in parentheses)

• Leif Kinglerschmidt - anchor; weeknights at 5, 6, and 11 (1980)

Website History

• www.kjim.com (1996–2007)
• www.kjimtv.com (2007–present)