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For the airport serving Tulsa, Oklahoma, assigned the ICAO code KTUL, see Tulsa International Airport.
KTUL
Tulsa, Oklahoma
United States
Channels
Digital: 14 (UHF)
Virtual: 8
Branding
NewsChannel 8
Programming
Affiliations
8.1: ABC
for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
Sinclair Broadcast Group
(KTUL Licensee, LLC)
History
First air date
September 18, 1954; 69 years ago (1954-09-18)(in Muskogee, Oklahoma, license moved to Tulsa in 1957)
KTUL (channel 8) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studios are located at Lookout Mountain (near South 29th West Avenue, west of Interstate 244) in southwestern Tulsa, and its primary transmitter is located on South 321st Avenue East, adjacent to the Muskogee Turnpike, in unincorporated southeastern Tulsa County (near Coweta).
Channel 8 was originally allocated to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where several groups sought the permit, including Muskogee-based and out-of-town interests. The permit was won by J. T. Griffin and Marjory Griffin Leake, who owned radio station KTUL in Tulsa, and went on the air as KTVX on September 18, 1954. It affiliated with ABC, giving the Tulsa market primary affiliates of each of the Big Three networks. Despite several complaints from stations in Tulsa, the Federal Communications Commission granted KTVX permission to move to Tulsa in 1957, whereupon it became KTUL-TV. The station began broadcasting from Coweta in 1964; it continued to produce several notable non-news local programs into the 1970s.
KTUL was acquired in 1983 by Allbritton Communications. The station's newscasts generally fought for first and second place in the market, while the news department continued to expand its news offerings and resources. Sinclair Broadcast Group acquired the station in 2014 as part of its purchase of Allbritton. The news department was wound down in December 2023 in a cost-cutting measure, with the station's news programs originating from Sinclair-owned KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City.
^"Facility Technical Data for KTUL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
KTUL (channel 8) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studios...
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Alexandra (March 6, 2024) "Trump and Biden dominate Super Tuesday in Oklahoma", KTUL.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024. Kemp, Harrison (January 10, 2024). "Libertarian...
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"Mass grave found during search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims". KTUL. Retrieved October 27, 2020. "Tulsa massacre: The search for victims, 100...
2015. "Police Release Names of Parents, Suspect in Broken Arrow Murders". ktul.com. July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2015. "Tulsa suburb struggles to cope...
Callie (February 26, 2022). "Rep. Markwayne Mullin announces run for Senate". KTUL News. Retrieved February 26, 2022. "Pa. Rep. Fred Keller not seeking re-election"...
Tulsa International Airport (IATA: TUL, ICAO: KTUL, FAA LID: TUL) is a civil-military airport five miles (8 km) northeast of Downtown Tulsa, in Tulsa County...
Jessa (August 18, 2023). "GoFundMes set up for Maui wildfire victims". KTUL. Archived from the original on August 19, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023...
"Advocacy groups call for the removal of Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters". KTUL. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved February 29,...
Roberts Dies: Funeral Arrangements Pending for Legendary Evangelist" (PDF). KTUL-TV. December 15, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2009...
was broadcast on the Tulsa CBS affiliate KOTV and later the ABC affiliate KTUL. It featured B-movies, with skits written and performed by Sartain, Busey...
22, 2012. "Gamecocks Eliminate Arkansas From College World Series". Tulsa KTUL.com Star. June 23, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2012. "2012 NCAA College World...
2022-05-28. Staff, Callie Morris, KTUL (2022-05-21). "Wilma Mankiller quarter to be released during ceremony in Cherokee Nation". KTUL. Retrieved 2022-05-28.{{cite...
Women's Basketball Hires a Local Legend". KTUL. "ORU hires Mills as new head men's basketball coach". KTUL. April 28, 2017. "Oral Roberts shocks Ohio...
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