KAIT

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KAIT
city =
station_
station_slogan = Always Tracking-Always Watching-Always On
station_branding = Region 8 News
analog = 8 (VHF)
digital = 9 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ABC
network =
founded =
airdate = July 15, 1963
location = Jonesboro, Arkansas
callsign_meaning = Arkansas
Independent
Television
nowrap|(AIT also sounds like eight)
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Raycom Media, Inc.
licensee = KAIT License Subsidiary, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = independent (1963-1965)
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
18 kW (digital)
HAAT = 533 m (analog)
531 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 13988
coordinates = coord|35|53|22|N|90|56|7.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kait8.com/ www.kait8.com]

KAIT in Jonesboro, Arkansas is the ABC television affiliate for Northeastern Arkansas and Southeastern Missouri, offering a mix of news and syndicated programming and local broadcasts. The station first signed on July 15, 1963 as an independent, and has been affiliated with ABC since 1965. Its transmitter is located in Egypt, Arkansas. KAIT is owned and operated by Raycom Media.

For many years, KAIT also operated a low-powered translator station K11JW operating on Channel 11 in nearby Blytheville, Arkansas.

KAIT currently uses its digital signal to broadcast a 24-hour weather information channel (8-2).

Beginning at 5 p.m. on October 15, 2007, all of KAIT's local newscasts were re-branded, replacing the former "K8 News" branding with "Region 8 News" - a branding the station had used during much of the 1980s. The station's long-time slogan, "Your Good Neighbor Station," was also replaced with "Always Tracking-Always Watching-Always On."

On-air staff

*Diana Davis - News Anchor
*Craig Rickert - News Anchor
*Bob Snell - News Anchor/Managing Editor
*Ryan Vaughan - Weather/Chief Meteorologist
*Sarah Tipton - Weather
*Lauren Payne - News Anchor/Reporter
*Yalanda Young - News Anchor/Reporter
*Will Carter - Reporter
*Brandi Hodges - Reporter
*Keith Boles - Reporter
*Krystal Whitman - Reporter
*Josh Harvison - Reporter
*Mitch Lilly - Sports Director
*Mark Kelley -Sports
*Wendy Rolley - Region 8 Showcase

Media Partnerships

Although not owned by the same company, KAIT frequently forms a partnership with the Triple FM Radio Group of Jonesboro, Arkansas, for community projects and promotions. The three radio stations owned by the Triple FM are KEGI 100.5 FM, KDXY 104.9 FM and KJBX 106.7 FM. The audio from the 6 p.m. KAIT newscast is simulcast Monday through Friday on KJBX.

External links

* [http://www.kait8.com/ KAIT 8]
* [http://66.206.11.125/kait/wide_column3.htm 40th anniversary]
*TVQ|KAIT
*BIA|KAIT|TV|TV
*TitanTV|KAIT