WFAA Marks 75 Years of Dallas TV News
March 17, 2026·about 6 hours ago·via WFAA
WFAA celebrates 75 years of shaping Dallas news, starting as KBTV on September 17, 1949, with Vice President Alben Barkley cutting the ribbon. The station switched to WFAA-TV in 1950 after Belo bought it and became an ABC affiliate, pioneering tech like the first VHF digital signal and HDTV news. It broke huge stories, including JFK's assassination in 1963 with nonstop coverage and Zapruder footage, and hired Iola Johnson as DFW's first African American news anchor in 1973. Read more about this...