KAUT-TV
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States |
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| Branding | KAUT Freedom 43 TV (general) Rise and Shine (morning newscast produced by KFOR) Oklahoma's NewsChannel 4 on KAUT Freedom 43 TV (evening newscast produced by KFOR) |
| Channels |
Digital: 40 (UHF) Virtual: 43 () |
| Translators | K14NY-D Sayre K20BR-D Gage K22BR-D May K25LQ-D Elk City K28JX-D Alva/Cherokee K29HY-D Strong City K29HZ-D Woodward K41KS-D Seiling K47LS-D Hollis |
| Affiliations |
.1: Independent .2: This TV .3: Escape |
| Owner |
Tribune Broadcasting (Tribune Broadcasting Oklahoma City License, LLC) |
| First air date | September 24, 1980 |
| Call letters' meaning | Named for station founder Gene AUTry |
| Sister station(s) | KFOR-TV |
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| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 436.9 m |
| Facility ID | 50182 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°35′52.1″N 97°29′23.2″W / 35.597806°N 97.489778°WCoordinates: 35°35′52.1″N 97°29′23.2″W / 35.597806°N 97.489778°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | freedom43tv.com |
KAUT-TV, virtual channel 43 (UHF digital channel 40), is an independent television station located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of Tribune Media, as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliate KFOR-TV (channel 4). The two stations share studio and transmitter facilities located on East Britton Road (U.S. 77) in the McCourry Heights section of northeast Oklahoma City.
On cable, the station is available on Cox Communications channel 16 and AT&T U-verse channel 43 in standard definition, and in high definition on Cox digital channel 716 and U-verse channel 1043.
The station first signed on the air on September 24, 1980; it was the sixth commercial television station and fourth UHF outlet to sign on in the Oklahoma City market – after KGMC (channel 34, now CW affiliate KOCB); KOKH-TV (channel 25, now a Fox affiliate); and KTVQ (which originally occupied the channel 25 frequency from 1953 to 1956). It was founded by Golden West Broadcasters (owned by actor and Oklahoma native Gene Autry), which at the time also owned KTLA in Los Angeles. The station's original studios were located at 11901 North Eastern Avenue, north of Oklahoma City's Britton section. Operating as an independent station, KAUT originally ran a local rolling news format, branded as Newswatch 43, daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Nighttime hours were filled by Golden West's over-the-air subscription service VEU, which initially signed on at 5:00 p.m. before having its start time moved to 7:00 p.m. after news programming was expanded by two hours a few months after KAUT's debut.
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