Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma City is the political, economic, tourism, commercial, industrial, financial, and geographical hub of the state, as well as being its primary cultural center.

Central Oklahoma is a humid-subtropical region dominated by the Cross Timbers, an area of prairie and patches of forest at the eastern extent of the Great Plains.

Because of these convergences of dry and wet weather patterns, Central Oklahoma is at the heart of what is known as Tornado Alley, and is one of the most tornado-prone areas in the United States.

okcBIZ is a monthly publication that covers business news affecting those who live and work in Central Oklahoma.

In 1928, the station was purchased by the Oklahoma Publishing Company and affiliated with the NBC Red Network.

In 1949, WKY-TV (Channel 4) went on the air and later became the first independently owned television station in the U.S. to broadcast in color.

INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center was named in U.S. News & World Report's 2012 list of Best Hospitals.