WDAF-TV

1949–1950

WDAF-TV was the first television station in Kansas City, and the second in Missouri. It launched on October 16, 1949 as an affiliate of all four major television networks operating at the time: NBC, CBS, ABC, and DuMont; the station was originally owned by the Kansas City Star newspaper, along with WDAF radio (at the time operating at 610 AM, now occupied by KCSP; now at 106.5 FM).

1950–1951

1951–1952

1952–1953

1953–1954

Programming from the CBS and DuMont networks moved to KMBC-TV (channel 9) when it signed on in August 1953. The ABC affiliation was split between WDAF and KMBC until September of that year, when KCMO-TV (channel 5, now KCTV) signed on as Kansas City's original ABC affiliate. Shortly after the DuMont network folded, both KMBC and KCMO swapped network affiliations in 1955. As a result, WDAF reamined the Kansas City area's sole NBC affiliate for the next four decades.

1954–1957

1957–1958

1958–1960

In 1958, WDAF-AM-TV was sold to National-Missouri Broadcasters.

1960–1963

In 1960, National-Missouri merged with Transcontinent Broadcasting of Buffalo, New York.

1963–1967

WDAF's then-owners Transcontinent merged its stations with Taft Broadcasting on April 1, 1963.

1967–1968

1968–1969

1969–1972

Alternative version

1972–1974

1974–1975

Promo slide

1976-1979

Action News open (1977–1979)

Action News logo (Early 1977)

Action News logo

Technical difficulties slide (1970s)

"Catch 4" logo (1977)

1979–1997

1979-1981

Action 4 News open (1979–1981)

30th anniversary logo (1979)

Variant from NBC's "Proud as a Peacock" campaign (1980–1981)

1981–1986

Station ID used in news open (1981–1983)

Action 4 News open (1981–1983)

Variant from NBC's "Just Watch Us Now" campaign (1982–1983)

Action 4 News 5 p.m. open (1983–1985)

Station ID used in news open (1983–1985)

Action 4 News 10 p.m. open (1983–1985)

Variant from NBC's "Be There" campaign (1983–1984)

Variant from NBC's "Let's All Be There" campaign (1984–1985)

Variant from NBC's "Let's All Be There" campaign (1985–1986)

Station ID with Taft Broadcasting logo

Action 4 News 5 p.m. open (1985–1987)

Action 4 News 10 p.m. open (1985–1987)

Station ID bug (1985–1986)

WDAF logo on billboard at Royals Stadium

WDAF "Congrats to Royals" promo (1985)

1986–1992

WDAF incorporated NBC's current six-feathered peacock into its logo in 1986 (like most other NBC affiliates at the time). However, the "Proud N" logo was still present on their ID bug until summer 1987. Taft Broadcasting (the then-owners of WDAF) was renamed Great American Broadcasting on October 12, 1987. By that year, WDAF had overtaken KMBC as the dominant station in Kansas City, as was the trend at many NBC affiliates. The title of WDAF's newscasts Action 4 News remained until the fall of 1990, when it became WDAF 4 News.

Variant from NBC's "Come Home" campaign (1986–1987)

WDAF Royals promo (1986–1987)

Variant from NBC's "Come Home" campaign (1987–1988)

Station ID used in news open (1987–1989)

Action 4 News 10 p.m. open (1987–1989)

Variant from NBC's "Come Home to the Best" campaign (1988–1989)

Station ID used in news open (1989–1992)

Action 4 News 10 p.m. slide (1989–1990)

WDAF 4 News 10 p.m. slide (1990–1992)

WDAF Emmy ID

1992–1997

On April 17, 1992, WDAF-TV rebranded itself as Newschannel 4 (both as the title of its newscasts and for general station promotion). The slogan was "Kansas City's 24-Hour Newschannel" during a period when WDAF and other television stations around the country ran news updates each hour. Then-owners Great American Broadcasting became Citicasters in 1993, which in turn sold WDAF to New World Communications in 1994. Once the Fox network won the broadcast rights to the National Football Conference of the NFL, New World signed a long-term deal to convert most of its stations to Fox. So on September 12, 1994, WDAF switched its network affiliation from NBC to Fox, swapping affiliations with KSHB-TV. The Fox network's branding was not incorporated into the station's logo, due to WDAF's contractual obligations with New World to keep the Newschannel 4 name.

Station ID (1992–1994)

Newschannel 4 morning open (1992–1994)

Station ID with time and temperature (Early 1990s)

Station ID, as seen in newscast intros (1994–1995)

Newschannel 4 10:00 p.m. end-of-intro title logo (1994–1995)

Station ID with Fox searchlights (1994–1995)

Station ID, as seen in newscast intros (1995–1997)

Numerical logo, as seen in news open (1995–1997)

Newschannel 4 10:00 p.m. end-of-intro title logo (1995–1997)

Station ID with Fox searchlights (1995–1997)

Generic Newschannel 4 logo

Outdoor marquee at Signal Hill (1994–1997)

1997–2003

File:Wdaf 1997.jpg

In January 1997, then-owners New World Communications was acquired by News Corporation, effectively turning WDAF-TV into a Fox owned-and-operated station, until its sale to Local TV, LLC in 2008. Upon the buyout by News Corporation, all former New World stations that switched affiliation to Fox between 1994 and 1996 began incorporating "Fox" into their on-air branding with WDAF changing its branding from NewsChannel 4 to "Fox 4" for general entertainment purposes and Fox 4 News for newscasts. WDAF later adopted its current slogan "Working for You" in 1999.

"Fox 4 Kansas City" variant

Fox 4 News logo (1997–2003)

Fox 4 News open (1997–1999)

Fox 4 News 5 p.m. open (1999–2003)

Station slogan

2003–2007

File:WDAF 2003.gif

Station ID during news open (2003–2007)

Fox 4 News 5 p.m. open (2003–2007)

Breaking news open

2007–present

File:WDAF Fox4 2007.jpg

SVG NEEDED

Horizontal version of logo

Alternative horizontal logo

Fox 4 News logo (2007–2010)

Fox 4 News logo (2010–present)

Fox 4 News 2D logo

Android/iPhone app logo

Android/iPhone weather app logo

Fox 4 News open (2007–2010)

Fox 4 News open (2010–2013)

Fox 4 News open (2013–present)

Video

WDAF-TV news opens-0

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