WFOR-TV Channel 4 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale has been using its news department since the station sign-on the air on September 20, 1967. From the beginning, under the original call letters WCIX-TV and under the original UHF Channel number 6, the station debut its first 10 p.m. weeknight newscast, hosted by newspaper columnist Hy Gardner. And in addition, Channel 6 debuted its 11 p.m. weeknight newscast in spanish. But by the end of the 1960s, the news operation was in trouble because of the lack of financial resources, when the weekend newscasts were dropped. But finally in 1973, the news operation was bolstered and relaunched it under the new newscast titles: Eyewitness News, with a seven-night-a-week 10 p.m. report, and Prescott Robinson joined the news team at Channel 6 as main anchor. Also that time, a new news set was built in what had been a conference room at 1111 Brickell facility; the large wooden conference table, a holdover from when the building was a law office, was so heavy that the news set was built over the tabletop. WCIX-TV's newscast remained half an hour until it became an hour-long newscast in June 1978, when Robinson left the station and he was replaced by Larry Klaas, and the dropped weekend newscasts were reinstated. However, the newscast still suffered from a comparatively low budget and fewer resources. Klass anchored his final 10 p.m. newscast for Channel 6 on September 24, 1982. And he was replaced three days later (on September 27, 1982) by Barbara Sloan, becoming South Florida's first television news anchorwoman, besides on October 18, 1982, Sloan finally took over the reins as the station's main news anchor. At the time, WCIX-TV's hour-long weeknight newscast consisted a half-hour local newscast and the syndicated Independent Network News. In 1984, the station revamped its news department, and local weekend newscasts were restored again, this time with Gail Anderson anchoring, and Independent Network News was dropped. In 1988, the station signed the legendary Ralph Renick to contribute nightly commentaries to its newscasts. On January 1, 1989, WCIX-TV switched from airing a 10 p.m. newscast to 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. However, because CBS did not took over the station until January 3, 1989, it was unable to make immediate sweeping changes to the news operation, which had a staff of 35. Channel 4 additionally hired a talent of people, including Giselle Fernández, J.D. Roberts, and Dan Coughlin. Veteran reporter Al Sunshine joined WCIX-TV as investigative reporter, a position he would held for 25 years. In May 1989, the station rebranded its newscast titles as "Action News". Two Months later (in July 1989), Channel 6 debuted a 6:30 p.m. newscast, that new newscast was anchored by Barbara Sloan and Giselle Fernández. At the end of 1989, the legendary John Hambrick joined the station, and began a 3½-year stint as main anchor. In 1990, Roberts and Coughlin both left WCIX-TV. Despite the terminal cancer diagnosis, Ralph Renick retired from broadcasting in September 1990. In September 1992, Bob Soper joined Channel 6 to do some weather forecast, and he would remain with the station until his retirement in May 2005. In May 1994, the station changed its 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. weekday newscasts. On September 10, 1995, the station changed its VHF channel numbers from Channel 6 to Channel 4, and the call letters were changed to WFOR-TV, the newscasts were rebranded as News 4 South Florida. But months after the change, Barbara Sloan departed from the station, and the news department added 21 new positions, with the hiring of Bryan Norcross as chief meteorologist in February 1996. Around that time, Norcross co-anchored the new 5:30 p.m. weeknight newscast. Also in February 1996, Channel 4's hour-long weekday morning newscast debuts. The station also received a news helicopter as "Chopper 4" with its zoom camera. In August 1996, WFOR-TV hired Jim Berry as sports director. On January 24, 2010, WFOR-TV began broadcasting its local newscasts in high-definition as part of an overhaul of the station's on-air news presentation, and a new logo.