KAMR-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KAMR-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Your Hometown News Team
station_branding = KAMR NBC 4
analog = 4 (VHF)
digital = 19 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = NBC
MyNetworkTV (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = March 18, 1953
location = Amarillo, Texas
callsign_meaning = AMaRillo
former_callsigns = KGNC-TV (1953-1974)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
licensee = Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
sister_stations = KCIT
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
400 kW (digital)
HAAT = 433 m (analog)
455.2 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 8523
coordinates = coord|35|18|53.2|N|101|50|48.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|35|20|33.2|N|101|49|21.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.myhighplains.com/ www.myhighplains.com]

KAMR-TV is an NBC affiliate in Amarillo, Texas, USA. 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. KAMR celebrated 50 years of broadcasting in 2003.

When it first went to the air in 1953, it was known as KGNC-TV (for Globe-News Corporation (or Company)) and was co-owned by the "Amarillo Globe-News" along with KGNC-AM 710. The "Globe-News" was sold to Stauffer Communications in 1974, which in turn sold off KGNC-TV in 1974. Channel 4's new owners changed the station's call letters to "KAMR-TV" soon after the deal closed.

KAMR currently operates out of a [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=35.202384,-101.834885&spn=0.000986,0.001824&t=k&om=1 studio and offices in downtown Amarillo] , along with operations of KCIT and KCPN-LP (the building was originally occupied solely by KCIT), after previously occupying a [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=35.234865,-101.833898&spn=0.000986,0.001824&t=k&om=1 studio and offices north of downtown] , near the intersection of US 287 and Northeast 24th Avenue.

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"The Four Horseman News" (1953-1983)
*"Action News" (1983-1991)
*"News 4" (1991-1994)
*"News 4 Amarillo" (1994-1999)
*"NBC 4 News" (1999-Present)

Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Current On-Air Staff

* Andy Justus - Evening Weekday Anchor
* Faith Miller - Evening Weekday Anchor
* Amy Gardner - Chief Meteorologist
* Brad Fralick - Sports Director
* David Martinez - Weekend Anchor/Reporter
* Alan Raymond - Weekend Meteorologist
* Lee K. Howard - Weekend Sports Anchor
* Matt Orlando - Reporter
* Ashley Alderman - Reporter
* Rachel Cox - Reporter

Previous On-Air Staff

* Ben Boyett
* Michelle Paul
* Sunny Adams
* Elizabeth Armstrong
* Jim Blue
* Barbara Wallace
* David Riggleman
* Ronnie Obermeyer
* Ellen Robertson Neal
* Mark Schumacher
* Randy Cobb
* Sylvia Ramirez
* Fred Goldsmith
* Sue Speck
* Pam Verduin
* Dan Walsh
* Peggy Callahan
* Barbara Bennett
* Roy McCoy
* [http://www.wfaa.com/smccauley/ Steve McCauley]
* Paul Mathis
* [http://www.wbko.com/station/bios/news/9326.html Gene Birk]
* Justin Kreitz
* Steve Sain
* John Fedko
* [http://timesrecordnews.com/staff/lynn-walker/ Lynn Walker]
* Don Peeples
* Jojo McGoojie
* Laurabree Austin
* Jennifer Laxson
* Rachel Kim
* Kyla Cullinane [http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteam&id=5771990 Ilona Carson]
* [http://www.cavecreekproductioncompany.com Paul Ferrante]
* Kim Fischer
* Melissa McCarty
* Malavika Gangolly
* Bill Turner
* [http://www.kxrm.com/about/bio.aspx?id=289 Meaghan Collier]
* Dave Spellman
* [http://wowktv.com/bios.cfm?func=viewbio&bioid=113 Keith Monday]
* Mary Hughes
* Steve Oakley
* Tara Butts
* [http://nwahomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=9 Dan Skoff]
* Carl McMillian
* Chris McDonald
* Elizabeth Dinh
* Shalandys Anderson
* Christina Medina
* Kris Nation

Logos

External links

* [http://www.myhighplains.com/ KAMR-TV's website]
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