KFOR-TV
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KFOR-TV is a television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside CW outlet KAUT-TV. The two stations share studios in Oklaho
A June 5, 1949, newspaper advertisement for RCA Victor television sets exhibiting WKY-TV's studios, control room and transmitter installation; WKY-TV was set to begin formal operations the following day.
The Oklahoma City Municipal Auditorium (now the Civic Center Music Hall) served as the first studio home for WKY-TV. Studios were custom-built to minimize interference with any adjacent stage productions.
A WKY-TV RCA TK-40 color television camera on display at the Oklahoma History Center. WKY-TV was the first non-network owned television station to originate local programming in color in 1954.
Buck Owens hosted The Buck Owens Ranch Show, a country-variety show based at WKY-TV, from 1966 to 1973; at its peak, the Ranch Show was seen in over 100 markets.
Harry Volkman
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Harry Volkman was an American meteorologist and the first weatherman to issue a televised tornado warning.
Harry Volkman giving a weather broadcast on WGN-TV