KCIT

This article is about the television station in Amarillo, Texas. For the short-lived independent station in Kansas City, Missouri that once bore the KCIT calls, see KPXE.

KCIT

Amarillo, Texas
Branding	KCIT Fox 14
Slogan	One Hour Earlier!
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 14 (PSIP)
Subchannels	14.1 Fox 14.2 This TV
Affiliations	Fox Broadcasting Company
Owner	Mission Broadcasting, Inc. (operated under an LMA by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.)
First air date	October 24, 1982
Call letters' meaning	CIT = See It
Sister station(s)	KAMR-TV
Former callsigns	KJTV (1982-1985)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 14 (UHF, 1982-2009)
Former affiliations	independent (1982-1986) PTEN (1993-1995)
Transmitter power	925 kW
Height	464 meters (1,522 ft)
Facility ID	33722
Transmitter coordinates	35°20′33.2″N 101°49′21.6″W
Website	www.myhighplains.com

KCIT, virtual channel 14 (digital channel 15), is the Fox-affiliated television station in Amarillo, Texas, USA. The station is owned by Mission Broadcasting, and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. alongside NBC affiliate KAMR-TV (channel 4).

KCIT's transmitter is located in Amarillo.

Digital programming

KCIT-DT broadcasts on digital channel 15.

This station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Virtual channel	Digital channel	Video	Aspect	Name	Programming
14.1	15.1	720p	16:9	KCIT-DT	main KCIT programming / Fox HD
14.2	15.2	480i	4:3	This TV	Movies, classic television series and children's programming

On February 14, 2009, KCIT began broadcasting This TV on digital subchannel 14.2.{cn}}

History

The station signed on the air on October 24, 1982. KCIT affiliate with the Prime Time Entertainment Network in 1993 to 1995. The station was acquired by Mission Broadcasting after they bought KCIT and KCPN-LP from Wicks Broadcast Group in 1999. This station operates a shared services agreement with Nexstar Broadcasting's station, KAMR-TV.

Newscasts

On March 11, 2001 the station debuted a nightly 9 p.m. newscast titled Fox14 News @ 9, produced by KAMR. For a time, the station also carried a weekday morning newscast. On January 15, 2008 KCIT replaced the KAMR-produced newscast with its own one-hour newscast at 9 p.m.

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

• Channel 14 News (1982–1986)
• Fox News (1986–1997)
• Fox 14 News (1997–present)

Station slogans

• Fox 14, First in the High Plains (1986–2001)
• Don't Let Fox 14 Weekends Pass You By (1987–1988, local version of Fox ad campaign)
• Fox 14, This is the Year (1988–1990, local version of Fox ad campaign)
• It's on Fox 14 (1990–1992, local version of Fox ad campaign)
• You're Watching Fox 14 (1992–1993, local version of Fox ad campaign)
• Fox 14: You're Watching It (1993–1994, local version of Fox ad campaign)
• It Could Only Happen on Fox 14 (1994, local version of Fox ad campaign)
• Fox 14, You're Kickin It (1994–1995, local version of Fox ad campaign)
• Just One Fox 14 (1997–2002, local version of Fox ad campaign)
• It's About Time! (2001–2006)
• One Hour Earlier (2006–present)
• So Fox 14 (2008–2010, local version of Fox ad campaign)

News team

• Jessica Janner - weeknights at 9 p.m.
• Adam Bennett - weekends at 9 p.m.
• John Harris - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 9 p.m.
• Chris Martin - meteorologist; weekends at 9 p.m.
• Lee K. Howard - sports director; weeknights at 9 p.m.
• Meaghan Collier - general assignment reporter

External links

• KCIT's website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KCIT
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KCIT-TV