12 Facts About WDAF-TV

WDAF-TV is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with the Fox network.

WDAF-TV serves as an alternate Fox affiliate for the St Joseph market, as the station's transmitter produces a city-grade signal that reaches St Joseph proper and rural areas in the market's central and southern counties.

WDAF-TV has maintained studio facilities based at 31st and Summit streets in Kansas City, Missouri's Signal Hill neighborhood since its sign-on; the station originally maintained transmitter facilities on a 724-foot broadcast tower located atop the building.

On July 13,1984, as NBC began transitioning away from using microwave relays for distribution of its programs to the more economically efficient downlink method, WDAF-TV became one of the first 20 NBC stations to begin receiving the network's programs via satellite transmission.

WDAF-TV was the second New World station to switch its network affiliation to Fox through the agreement between the two companies, and was the only one involved in the deal that had been an NBC affiliate prior to switching networks – the other New World stations that joined Fox were previously affiliated with either CBS or ABC.

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WDAF-TV began serving as the unofficial "home" television station of the Kansas City Chiefs in 1965, when NBC obtained the television rights to the American Football League, which was annexed into the National Football League – as the American Football Conference – when the two professional football leagues merged in 1970.

WDAF-TV carried the Chiefs' victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, the team's first championship in 50 years.

WDAF-TV served as the over-the-air flagship station of the Kansas City Royals from 1979 to 1992; this relationship continued long after many Big Three-affiliated stations discontinued regular coverage of local sporting events, including those involving Major League Baseball franchises.

When WDAF-TV adopted the Newschannel 4 brand in April 1992, the station implemented the "24-Hour News Source" concept .

Not long after WDAF-TV switched to Fox, KMBC made a short resurgence in news viewership amid viewer confusion caused by the switch, overtaking it for first place among the market's local television newscasts; this situation would further intensify the ratings rivalry between the two stations.

In February 2003, WDAF-TV launched an investigative reporting unit, the "Fox 4 Problem Solvers", which conduct investigative reports centering on businesses that have ripped off local consumers and uncovers various consumer scams.

On October 12,2010, WDAF-TV became the fourth television station in the Kansas City market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition.