The station is well known in the Oklahoma City market for the longevity of its anchors as well as the two families that have had roots with the station . In 1979 , Linda Cavanaugh — who began her broadcasting career at the station on October 17 , 1977 as an assignment reporter and news photographer ; she was promoted to lead anchor of the weekend newscasts in June 1978 – became the first female to co-anchor an evening newscast at channel 4 when she was appointed as lead co-anchor for the station 's 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. newscasts , alongside George Tomek ( who also became lead anchor of the station 's midday newscast that same year ) and Brad Edwards , respectively . Cavanaugh 's co-anchors throughout her tenure also included Gary Essex ( 1981 – 1982 ) , Jerry Adams ( 1982 – 1987 ) , Jane Jayroe ( 1984 – 1987 ) , Dan Slocum ( 1987 – 1990 ) , Bob Bruce ( 1990 – 1992 ) , Devin Scillian ( 1992 – 1995 ) and finally , Kevin Ogle ( 1996 – 2017 ) . In 1989 , Cavanaugh and chief photographer Tony Stizza were awarded the Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting for its documentary " From Red Soil to Red Square , " which detailed life in the Soviet Union , a principal trade partner with Oklahoma 's agricultural industry , under the territory 's glasnost . The two partnered on several other projects including '' Tapestry '' , a 1996 documentary on the lives of several survivors of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building one year after the terror attack , which was honored with four Emmys , a National Gabriel Award Certificate of Merit as well as several accolades by , among others , the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters , the National Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists . Cavanaugh holds the record as the longest-serving news anchor in Oklahoma television , having served as primary co-anchor at KTVY/KFOR for 38 years until her retirement from broadcasting on December 15 , 2017 . ( She is also the second-longest-tenured television news personality in Oklahoma , behind only Gary England , who served as chief meteorologist at rival KWTV for 41 years from 1972 to 2013 . ) Replacing her on the 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. broadcasts was Joleen Chaney , who first joined KFOR as a weekend evening anchor/reporter in 2008 , and after a two-year reporting stint at KWTV beginning in June 2014 , returned as co-anchor of the weekday 4:00 , 5:00 and 6:30 p.m. newscasts in July 2016 ; Heather Holeman , who first served as weekday morning anchor/reporter from 2000 to 2007 and returned to KFOR in 2015 as a weekday morning traffic reporter , concurrently replaced Cavanaugh as 4:30 p.m. and Chaney as 5:00 p.m. co-anchor
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