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KFDA-TV NewsChannel 10 is an CBS affiliated television station in Amarillo, Texas, USA. In 2002, KFDA-TV was the first Amarillo station to simulcast in HDTV. Its transmitter is located in Amarillo. The station is broadcast throughout its coverage area across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, eastern New Mexico and southwestern Kansas over-the-air as well as cable carriage and through a network of 19 additional UHF translators in distant locations. The station is currently owned by the Drewry Communications Group. Syndicated programming on KFDA includes: Dr. Phil, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Jeopardy!, and The Doctors.

History
The station signed on the air on April 4, 1953.

Drewry had planned to sell its stations to London Broadcasting in 2008[1] ; however, by January 2009, the deal fell through.[2]

Digital subchannels
Current logo for KZBZ, the former UPN Amarillo.Drewry also operates independent station KZBZ on digital channel 10-2. Previously, KZBZ was UPN Amarillo, which launched to replace KCPN-LP as that network's affiliate. A digital subchannel of KVII-TV gained the affiliation for the new CW network, which merged the programming assets of both UPN and The WB, while KCPN affiliated with the News Corporation-owned MyNetworkTV.

KTMO-LP, the Telemundo affiliated station's digital signal, occupies channel 10-3.

KFDA's broadcasts became digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.[3]

Rebroadcasters
KFDA is rebroadcast on the following low power stations:
 * K26CD Clovis, New Mexico
 * K33CQ Canadian, Etc., Texas
 * K39AN Mobeetie, Texas
 * K41CA Kress/Tulia, Texas
 * K41HQ Quanah, Texas
 * K42AL Memphis, Etc., Texas
 * K44CC Gruver, Texas
 * K46BY Capulin, Etc., New Mexico
 * K49FE Altus, Oklahoma
 * K50CQ Childress, Texas
 * K51CB Clarendon, Texas
 * K51BC Follett, Texas
 * K58DF Turkey, Etc., Texas
 * K59GF Guymon, Etc., Oklahoma
 * K63GN Bovina, Etc., Texas
 * K64AC Perryton, Texas

[edit] Former satellite/repeater stations
KFDA operated satellite stations during the 1960s and 1970s in Clovis, New Mexico and in Sayre, Oklahoma.

The Clovis station was KFDW-TV Channel 12, which was a KFDA satellite from 1964 to 1976 and is currently KVIH-TV, a satellite of Amarillo's ABC affiliate, KVII-TV. The Sayre station was KFDO-TV Channel 8 and operated as a KFDA repeater from 1966 to 1976, when it was sold to KVII and operated as satellite station KVIJ-TV until it ceased operations in 1992.

Current on-air staff
Anchors Reporters Storm Track Weather Team
 * Larry Lemmons - weekday mornings "Early Show"
 * Michelle Langowski - weekday mornings "Early Show"
 * Walt Howard - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10PM
 * Laura Rojas - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10PM
 * Ryan Cody - weekend anchor
 * Kristen Guilfoos - general assignment reporter
 * Larry Lemmons - general assignment reporter
 * Ryan Cody - general assignment reporter
 * Elise Preston - general assignment reporter
 * "Doppler" Dave Oliver - Chief Meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10PM
 * Allan Gwyn - Meteorologist; weekday mornings "Early Show"
 * Kris Nation- Meteorologist; weekend edition

Sports team
 * Jacob Albracht - Sports Director
 * *Ryan Cody- Weekend Sports Anchor

Former on-air staff

 * David Alan (Anchor; now anchor in Norfolk, VA)
 * Blaire Arvin (Former weekend anchor/reporter; now in New Orleans, went from WVUE-TV to Horizon Entertainment)
 * Marissa Bagg (Reporter; now reporter/fill-in anchor for KREM-TV in Spokane, WA)
 * Jeff Barger (Sports Director; now living in Dallas, TX)
 * Dylan Buckingham-Former Weekend Sports Anchor Private Life Oklahoma City, OK
 * Laura Brewster (Reporter; now Methodist minister in South Texas)
 * Randy Brock (Weather anchor; now Meteorologist at KTTC-TV & KXLT-TV) in Rochester, MN
 * Jeff Castle (Weather anchor; now Meteorologist at WAFF-TV in Huntsville, AL)
 * Meranda Carter-Cohn
 * Jason Cohn
 * Ama Daetz (Morning & Noon Anchor; now at WDIV-TV in Detroit)
 * Terry FitzPatrick (I-Team reporter and anchor; now married to South Africa's most prominent newswoman and living there after reporting for NPR around the world)
 * Scott Foster (News Reporter/Anchor; now living in San Antonio, TX)
 * Noelle Gardner (Anchor, Health Reporter; now Morning Anchor at KLFY-TV CBS in Lafayette, LA)
 * Adrienne Graham (Anchor)
 * John Harris (Morning Meteorologist; now Chief Meteorologist at KAMR in Amarillo)
 * Marin Hinkle (10 p.m. Anchor 1987-1994; now an actress, best known for playing Judith Melnick on Two and a Half Men.)
 * John Holcomb (Sports anchor; now at KOTV in Tulsa
 * Kari King (Long time news anchor and news director; now an Executive Producer at KWTV, News 9 in Oklahoma City)
 * Lisa Lancaster (reporter and weekend anchor 1982-1983; now media spokesperson for a Texas state agency)
 * Kevin Long (Sports Director/Anchor; now Sports Radio Talk Show Host at SportsFan 990, KFCD in Dallas after stints as Sports Director at KMAC in Lubbock and WAKA in Montgomery, AL)
 * Robin Marsh (News anchor; now morning news anchor for KWTV in Oklahoma City)
 * Gizmo McCracken (Photojournalist/Sports Anchor; now working in Iowa as Program Director)
 * David Nancarrow (Sports Anchor & Reporter; now at KKTV in Colorado Springs)
 * Tiffany Saunders (Sports Director)
 * Ashley Strid (Sports Anchor/Reporter; now Sports Anchor/Reporter for KAMR in Amarillo)
 * Tammy Taylor (Weekend Sports anchor; actress from 1981-1995)
 * Dan True (Weather anchor during early-to-mid 1960s, best remembered for "TrueView Weather" presentation)
 * Byron Webre (Weather anchor; now Chief Meteorologist for KEYE in Austin)
 * Barbara West (now Emmy and Edward R. Morrow award-winning anchor and medical reporter at WFTV in Orlando)
 * Wade West (I-Team reporter and anchor; now conducts fundraising auctions nationwide based in Orlando; was media trainer for US State Department and Department of Justice)
 * Brian Wilson (Fox News correspondent) (now News anchor for the Fox News Channel in Washington, D.C.)
 * Shel Winkley (now Morning Meteorologist at KBTX-TV Bryan/College Station)

Newscast titles

 * Newsroom (1953-1962)
 * Enco Reporter (1962-1963)
 * TV-10 News (1963-1966)
 * The Scene (1966-1974)
 * Eyewitness News (1974-1980)
 * Big 10 News (1980-1982)
 * NewsCenter 10 (1983-1986)
 * Channel 10 News (1986-1990)
 * KFDA News (1990-1991)
 * KFDA NewsChannel 10 (1990-1994)
 * NewsChannel 10 (1994-present)

Station slogans

 * The Best is Right Here on Channel 10 (1973-1974; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * See the Best...Channel 10 (1974-1975, localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Catch the Brightest Stars on Channel 10 (1975-1976; localized version of CBS campaign)
 * Channel 10, You're Looking Good! (1979-1981; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Reach for the Stars on Channel 10 (1981-1982; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Great Moments on Channel 10 (1982-1983; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * We've Got the Touch, You and Channel 10 (1983-1984, localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Channel 10, Better Every Day (1984-1987)
 * Share the Spirit on Channel 10 (1986-1987; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Channel 10 Spirit, Oh Yeah! (1987-1988, localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * You Can Feel It on Channel 10 (1988-1989, localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Get Ready for Channel 10 (1989-1991; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * The Four State News Authority (1990-1997)
 * The Look of Texas is Channel 10 (1991-1992; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * This is CBS, on Channel 10 (1992-1994; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * The Area's Most Experienced News Team (1997-2000)
 * Welcome Home, The Eye of Texas (1998-1999, localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * The Most Watched News In The Panhandle (2000-present)

Newscast music
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.==References==
 * WTLV 1972 News Theme (1975-1983)
 * CBS News Ticker (1983-1989)
 * KFDA 1989 News Theme (1989-1990)
 * KFDA 1990 News Theme (1990-1997)
 * KFDA Custom News Package (1997-2000)
 * Texas Highway (2000-2003)
 * News Matrix (2003-2007)
 * The CBS Enforcer Music Collection (2007-present)
 * 1) ^ "NewsChannel 10 is purchased by London Broadcasting". NewsChannel 10. June 30, 2008. http://www.newschannel10.com/Global/story.asp?S=8582337. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
 * 2) ^ "London adds a market, leaves a crater". Television Business Report. January 16, 2009. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/12348.html. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
 * 3) ^ http://www.newschannel10.com/Global/story.asp?S=9797488
 * "Cable channel shuffle heralds area's HDTV era". Amarillo Globe-News. September 15, 2002. http://amarillo.com/stories/091502/new_cablechannel.shtml.