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WFAA lost its NBC affiliation on September 1, 1957, as the network had awarded WBAP-TV the exclusive affiliation for the Dallas–Fort Worth market as a byproduct of the transmitter relocation and signal boost; this left Channel 8 as an exclusive affiliate of the then-low-rated ABC.
Sep 16, 2024 · WFAA, then known as Channel 8 - KBTV, spent the next 70+ years documenting a series of historical moments, cherished laughs, and heartfelt stories that would lead them to become the city’s most-watched late-evening newscast. Today, the station marks 75 years of legacy news broadcasting.
Called in for emergency duty when a killer tornado swept across Oak Cliff, west and northwest Dallas on April 2, 1957, Channel 8 staffers responded with incredible live coverage of the event. This was perhaps the biggest story local news had covered since TV had signed on in the area.
In May 1993, KDFW became the first television station in Dallas–Fort Worth to launch a weekend morning newscast, with the debut of a two-hour Saturday broadcast from 8 to 10 a.m. (the program—which, uniformly with the weekday morning newscasts and formerly titled News 4 Texas Morning Edition, was re-titled Good Day Dallas [now Fox 4 Good ...
Feb 3, 2021 · Updated: 1:22 PM CST February 3, 2021. DALLAS — With the proper equipment, the vast majority of viewers in the grade A and B signal area should be able to receive WFAA via an antenna. Two channel...
WFAA, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex.
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On July 1, 1995, Channel 4 signed on with a new look and a new name: FOX 4 Texas. The Channel 4 newsroom's on-air demands increased from three-plus hours a day, to seven hours a day.
