KFDX-TV
 
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Wichita Falls, Texas/Lawton, Oklahoma United States |
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| Branding | KFDX 3 (general) KFDX 3 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
The Spirit of Texoma (general) Local. In Depth. Community. (news) |
| Channels |
Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 3 () |
| Subchannels | 3.1 NBC 3.2 MyNetworkTV 3.3 Laff |
| Translators | K25JO-D 25 Altus K43KS-D 43 Altus K27HM-D 27 Quanah K41HQ-D 41 Quanah |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | April 12, 1953 |
| Sister station(s) |
KJTL KJBO-LP |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 3 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 269.4 m |
| Facility ID | 65370 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°53′23″N 98°33′30″W / 33.88972°N 98.55833°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.texomashomepage.com |
KFDX, virtual channel 3 (UHF digital channel 28), is the NBC-affiliated television station located in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States, and also serves Lawton, Oklahoma. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, KFDX operates Fox affiliate KJTL (channel 18) and MyNetworkTV affiliate KJBO-LP (channel 35) through a shared services agreement with Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities located on Seymour Highway in Wichita Falls.
Its signal is relayed through four UHF translators: K27HM-D and K41HQ-D in Quanah, Texas, and K25JO-D and K43KS-D in Altus, Oklahoma. The station also operates a 24-hour weather channel that is carried on Time Warner Cable channel 17. The programming, selected by the on-duty meteorologist, switches between two different radar sources and a temperature and forecast display.
KFDX went on the air on April 12, 1953 as the third television station to serve the North Texas-Southern Oklahoma region. The station was originally owned by Wichitex Radio and Television under the direction of Darrold Cannan, Sr. and Howard Fry, which also owned KFDX Radio, an AM station with a frequency of 990 that went on the air in 1947. In addition to being a founder and general manager, Fry was best known by children in Texoma for his Uncle Howdy's House Party on both radio and television. In 1955, Wichitex sold the radio station, which continues to operate to this day, to concentrate on the television portion of the business until the firm sold KFDX to Clay Communications of Texas in 1971. Clay sold some of its stations, including KFDX to Price Communications in 1987. In 1995, Price sold KFDX and two of its NBC affiliates KJAC-TV (now Fox affiliate KBTV-TV) in Port Arthur, Texas and KSNF in Joplin, Missouri to the U.S. Broadcast Group. Current owner Nexstar Broadcasting bought the station from the U.S. Broadcast Group in 1998.
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