KOTV-DT

Not to be confused with WOTV.
==1949–1955==
The FCC granted the construction permit for channel 6 to the George E. Cameron Jr.-Maria Helen Alvarez-John B. Hill group on June 2, 1948. KOTV first began test transmissions on October 15, 1949; the station started regular broadcasts on October 22. It was the first television station to sign on in the Tulsa market. The station has been a primary CBS television affiliate since it signed on. It was also the only station in the market until March 1954 when KCEB (channel 23, frequency now occupied by KOKI-TV signed on.
KOTV was sold to Indianapolis-based Whitney Corporation (later Corinthian Broadcasting) in 1954, which became a subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet in 1971.
==1955–1956==
==1956–1960==
==1960–1964==
==1964–1978==
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==1978-1979==
==1979–1980==
The 6 is similar to KWQC-TV's '6' logo.
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==1980–1995==
The Corinthian stations were sold to Dallas-based Belo in 1983, except for WISH-TV and WANE-TV.
Screenshot 20210716-153019 YouTube.jpg|Station ID (1982)
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KOTV 1983 TP TO.png|Test pattern seen from The Outsiders (1983).
KOTV-Spirit-of-Oklahoma-ID.jpg|KOTV "Spirit of Oklahoma" logo (1984–1995) 
KOTV EYEWITNESS NEWS OPEN - 1985.jpg|Station ID as seen in newscast open (1984–1988)
Screenshot 2016-03-03-13-26-16 kindlephoto-93956435.jpg|Station ID (1984–1988)
KOTV.png|"Share the Spirit of Oklahoma: Channel—Six"
KOTV Channel 6 Tulsa Super Bowl XXI Station ID 1987.png
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Local TV CLips 1991.jpg|Station ID as seen in newscast open (1989–1995)
KOTV EYEWITNESS NEWS OPEN - 1985 1.jpg|Channel 6 Eyewitness News open (1984–1988)
OK Mozart no title.jpg|KOTV Channel 6 News open (1988–1989)
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Local TV CLips 1991 1.jpg|The News on 6 generic open (1989–1995)
KOTV The News on 6 1991 ID.jpg|The News on 6 ID (1989–1995)
KOTV Noon Open 1991.jpg|The News on 6: The Noon Edition open (1989–1995)
KOTV5PMOPEN94.jpg|The News on 6: The 5:00 Edition open (1989–1995)
OK Mozar 1993.jpg|The News on 6: The 10:00 Update open (1989–1995)
KOTVBug1991.png|Onscreen news bug (1989-1995)
KOTV Late Show 1993.jpg
KOTV The News on 6 1988 Promo.jpg
KOTV The News on 6 1990 Promo.jpg
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==1995–2010==
Oklahoma City-based Griffin Communications purchased KOTV in 2000, making it sister to company flagship KWTV (a fellow CBS affiliate) and KPOM-TV/KFAA-TV in the adjacent Fort Smith–Fayetteville, Arkansas market (the latter were sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group in 2004).
KOTV would later gain another sister station, as Griffin purchased The WB affiliate KWBT (channel 19, now CW affiliate KQCW-DT) in 2005.
KOTV_1996.png|Earlier version of logo used during the "Spirit of Oklahoma" era.
The News On KOTV.png|Version of logo with website domain.
Spirit6.png|2D version
KOTV logo 1996.svg|2D version with slogan
CBS Affiliate ID s 1995-Part 2 2.jpg|Station ID (1995–2001)
KOTV Six in the Morning open 1996.PNG|Six in the Morning open (1995–2001)
KOTV News on 6 Morning Update open 1996.PNG|The News on 6 Morning Update open (1995–2001)
KOTV News on 6 open 1996 - 1000PM.PNG|The News on 6: 10:00 Update open (1995–2001)
KOTV_The_News_On_6_10PM_1996_Open.jpg
OK Market Coverage_2.jpg|The News on 6 open (2001–2006)
KOTV Six in the Morning open 2006.PNG|Six in the Morning open (2006–2010)
KOTV News on 6 open 2006 - 500PM.PNG|The News on 6 5:00 p.m. open (2006–2010)
==2010–present==
On October 24, 2010, KOTV began broadcasting local newscasts in widescreen standard definition, and syndicated programming and some local commercial advertisements in high definition; along with this upgrade, KOTV (and its sister station KWTV in Oklahoma City, which began carrying its newscasts in high definition on that date), overhauled their logos and began using a uniform graphics package. KOTV began broadcasting newscasts in high definition on January 19, 2013.
The current logo is a flipped variant of sister KWTV-DT in nearby Oklahoma City.
*Article
KOTV (2010, ID variant 1).svg|Station ID variant; also used as on-screen bug during syndicated programming (2010–2021)
KOTV (2010, ID variant 2).svg|Station ID variant; also used as on-screen bug during syndicated programming (2021–present)
KOTV (2010, website variant).svg|Variant with website domain (2010–present)
KOTV (2010, News On 6 Now variant).svg|Logo for KOTV-DT2/"News On 6 Now" (2011–present)
KOTV_OP.png|News on 6 6 p.m. open (2010–2017)
KOTV News on 6 open 2017.PNG|News on 6 generic open (2017–2019)
Screenshot_20191125-164624_Chrome.jpg|70th Anniversary (2019)
Screenshot 2024-05-25 015938.png|75th Anniversary (2024)
vlcsnap-2021-09-08-04h19m03s464.png|News on 6 generic open (2019–present)
vlcsnap-2021-09-08-04h19m10s158.png|News on 6 generic open (2019–present)
KOTV-DT news opens
==External links==
*News on 6
Category:Television stations in the United States
Category:CBS network affiliates
Category:Tulsa, Oklahoma
Category:Oklahoma
Category:Griffin Media
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1949
Category:Former This TV affiliates