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{{short description|NBC affiliate in North Platte, Nebraska}} |
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| location = [[North Platte, Nebraska]] |
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| station_branding = NBC Nebraska 2 {{small|(general)}}<br>''NBC Nebraska News 2'' {{small|(newscasts; visually displayed as ''NBC Nebraska News'')}} |
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| branding = {{ubl| KNOP2; ''KNOP News 2''|Fox 11 (DT2)}} |
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| digital = 2 ([[very high frequency|VHF]]) |
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| other_chs = {{small|K18DH 18 [[Broken Bow, Nebraska|Broken Bow]]<br>KAQY-LP 35 [[Lexington, Nebraska|Lexington]]}} |
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| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, [[Limited liability company|LLC]] |
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| owner = [[Gray Television]] |
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| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, [[Limited liability company|LLC]] |
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| airdate = {{start date and age|1958|12|15|p=y}} |
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'''KNOP-TV''' |
'''KNOP-TV''' (channel 2)isa [[television station]] in [[North Platte, Nebraska]], United States, affiliated with [[NBC]]. Itis owned by [[Gray Television]] alongside two [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] stations: [[CBS]] affiliate [[KNPL-LD]] (channel 10) and [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KIIT-CD]] (channel 11). The three stations share studios on South Dewey Street in downtown North Platte; [[master control]] and some internal operations are based at the facilities of sister station [[KOLN]] on North 40th Street in [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]. KNOP-TV's transmitter is located at the site of its former studio on [[U.S. Route 83#Nebraska|US Route 83]] north of North Platte. |
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'''[[KNEP]]''' (channel |
'''[[KNEP]]''' (channel 4) in [[Scottsbluff, Nebraska]], operates as a [[broadcast relay station#Semi-satellites|semi-satellite]] of KNOP-TV. |
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==History== |
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KNOP-TV was founded by local investors headed by attorney Rush Clarke and went on-air December 15, 1958.<ref name="founder">{{Citation |
KNOP-TV was founded by local investors headed by attorney Rush Clarke and went on-air December 15, 1958.<ref name="founder">{{Citation| title = 1959 Broadcasting Yearbook| page = B-53| year = 1954 | url = http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1959/TV-1959-BC-YB.pdf }}</ref> |
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In 1968, it was purchased by Richard F. Shively, Harold O. Shively and Ulysses Carlini Sr.<ref>[http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&storyID=28780&pageID=3 Sportscaster Joe Swift out of job - The North Platte Bulletin]</ref> Richard died on December 4, 2003.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1000503&Service=TV&Form_id=316&Facility_id=49273 Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License, or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License - Federal Communications Commission]</ref> In 1997, Shively and Carlini bought [[KNHL|KHAS-TV]] in [[Hastings, Nebraska|Hastings]], and formed Greater Nebraska Television as a holding company for their television interests. |
In 1968, it was purchased by Richard F. Shively, Harold O. Shively and Ulysses Carlini Sr.<ref>[http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&storyID=28780&pageID=3 Sportscaster Joe Swift out of job - The North Platte Bulletin]</ref> Richard died on December 4, 2003.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1000503&Service=TV&Form_id=316&Facility_id=49273 Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License, or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License - Federal Communications Commission]</ref> In 1997, Shively and Carlini bought [[KNHL|KHAS-TV]] in [[Hastings, Nebraska|Hastings]], and formed Greater Nebraska Television as a holding company for their television interests. |
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KNOP started rebroadcasting NBC programming in [[high-definition television|high definition]], and carrying K11TW's [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] programming on its second [[digital subchannel]], in March 2011.<ref name="k11tw22">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111001163437/http://www.knopnews2.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=978:new-broadcasting-qualities&Itemid=105 New Broadcasting Qualities - KNOP News 2]</ref> |
KNOP started rebroadcasting NBC programming in [[high-definition television|high definition]], and carrying K11TW's [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] programming on its second [[digital subchannel]], in March 2011.<ref name="k11tw22">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111001163437/http://www.knopnews2.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=978:new-broadcasting-qualities&Itemid=105 New Broadcasting Qualities - KNOP News 2]</ref> |
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KNOP gained national attention in February 2012 for being the only station in the country to air a [[Will Ferrell]]-produced [[Super Bowl advertising|Super Bowl commercial]] for [[Old Milwaukee]] beer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Burke|first=Timothy|title=We Now Have The Will Ferrell Old Milwaukee Super Bowl Ad In HD, Along With More Info About It|url=http://deadspin.com/5882821/we-now-have-the-will-ferrell-old-milwaukee-super-bowl-ad-in-hd-along-with-more-info-about-it|publisher=Deadspin| |
KNOP gained national attention in February 2012 for being the only station in the country to air a [[Will Ferrell]]-produced [[Super Bowl advertising|Super Bowl commercial]] for [[Old Milwaukee]] beer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Burke|first=Timothy|title=We Now Have The Will Ferrell Old Milwaukee Super Bowl Ad In HD, Along With More Info About It|url=http://deadspin.com/5882821/we-now-have-the-will-ferrell-old-milwaukee-super-bowl-ad-in-hd-along-with-more-info-about-it|publisher=Deadspin|access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Carlini|first=Holly|title=Commercial Ran Only On KNOP-TV|url=http://www.knopnews2.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3822:commercial-ran-only-on-knop-tv&Itemid=105|publisher=KNOP-TV|access-date=7 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208052430/http://www.knopnews2.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3822:commercial-ran-only-on-knop-tv&Itemid=105|archive-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> |
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On November 20, 2013, Hoak announced the sale of most of its stations, including KNOP-TV and K11TW, to [[Gray Television]]. The sale made them sister stations to North Platte [[CBS]] affiliate [[KNPL-LD]], a semi-satellite of Gray's [[KOLN|KOLN/KGIN]]; it would have also partially separated KNOP from KHAS-TV, which was planned to be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting but be operated by Gray's KOLN/KGIN and [[KSNB-TV]] through a [[shared services]] agreement.<ref name=tvnc-saletogray>{{cite news|title=Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72138/gray-buying-hoak-prime-stations-for-3425m| |
On November 20, 2013, Hoak announced the sale of most of its stations, including KNOP-TV and K11TW, to [[Gray Television]]. The sale made them sister stations to North Platte [[CBS]] affiliate [[KNPL-LD]], a semi-satellite of Gray's [[KOLN|KOLN/KGIN]]; it would have also partially separated KNOP from KHAS-TV, which was planned to be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting but be operated by Gray's KOLN/KGIN and [[KSNB-TV]] through a [[shared services]] agreement.<ref name=tvnc-saletogray>{{cite news|title=Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72138/gray-buying-hoak-prime-stations-for-3425m|access-date=November 20, 2013|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> However, in the wake of heightened FCC scrutiny about local marketing agreements, on June 11, 2014, KHAS-TV announced it would leave the air at midnight on June 13 and NBC programming would be moved to KSNB-TV and the digital subcarrier of KOLN/KGIN.<ref name=khas-signoff-notice>{{cite web|url=http://www.khastv.com/story/khas-tv-ksnb-tv-information-20140611|title=KHAS TV - KSNB TV Statement|publisher=KHAS-TV|access-date=June 12, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231517/http://www.khastv.com/story/khas-tv-ksnb-tv-information-20140611|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> The whole sale was completed on June 13.<ref>[http://rbr.com/gray-closes-hoak-deal-completes-refinancing/ Gray closes Hoak deal; completes refinancing.], rbr.com, Retrieved 13 June 2014.</ref> (KHAS was ultimately sold to Legacy Broadcasting,<ref name=tvnc-grayminoritysales>{{cite news|title=Gray Sets Buyers For Its Six SSA Stations|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/78799/gray-sets-buyers-for-its-six-ssa-stations|access-date=27 August 2014|work=TVNewsCheck|date=27 August 2014}}</ref> the call letters were changed to [[KNHL]],<ref name=fcc-knhlreturn>{{cite web|title=Resumption of Operations|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1679949&Form_id=910&Facility_id=48003|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=June 9, 2015}}</ref> and it returned to the air in June 2015 as a [[Jimmy Swaggart#Television|SonLife Broadcasting Network]] affiliate.<ref>{{cite news|title=September 2015|url=http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/archive/news0915.html|work=NorthPine.com: Upper Midwest Broadcasting|date=11 September 2015}}</ref> |
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On September 14, 2015, Gray announced that it would purchase the television and radio stations owned by [[Schurz Communications]], including [[Scottsbluff, Nebraska]] based [[KNEP|KDUH-TV]] (a satellite of [[Rapid City, South Dakota|Rapid City]]'s [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]-affiliated [[KHME|KOTA-TV]]) for $442.5 million.<ref name=grayschurz>{{cite news|title=GRAY TELEVISION PURCHASES KOTA-TV, KDUH|url=http://kneb.com/regional-news/gray-television-purchases-kota-tv-kduh/|publisher=[[KNEB (AM)|KNEB]]|date=September 15, 2015| |
On September 14, 2015, Gray announced that it would purchase the television and radio stations owned by [[Schurz Communications]], including [[Scottsbluff, Nebraska]] based [[KNEP|KDUH-TV]] (a satellite of [[Rapid City, South Dakota|Rapid City]]'s [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]-affiliated [[KHME|KOTA-TV]]) for $442.5 million.<ref name=grayschurz>{{cite news|title=GRAY TELEVISION PURCHASES KOTA-TV, KDUH|url=http://kneb.com/regional-news/gray-television-purchases-kota-tv-kduh/|publisher=[[KNEB (AM)|KNEB]]|date=September 15, 2015|access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref><ref name=sbt-saletogray>{{cite news|title=Schurz Communications to sell WSBT and other TV, radio stations|url=http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/schurz-communications-to-sell-wsbt-and-other-tv-radio-stations/article_e95251d6-5b1d-11e5-b80b-ef330f571e57.html|access-date=September 14, 2015|work=[[South Bend Tribune]]|date=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name=b&c-saletogray>{{cite news|last1=Kuperberg|first1=Jonathan|title=Gray Acquiring TV, Radio Stations from Schurz for $442.5 Million|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/gray-acquiring-tv-radio-stations-schurz-4425-million/144190|access-date=September 14, 2015|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> Gray planned to convert KDUH into a semi-satellite of KNOP-TV,<ref name=fcc-kotatokivn>{{cite web|title=Comprehensive Exhibit|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101687178&qnum=5120©num=1&exhcnum=1|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=September 18, 2015|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160219093113/http://www.kotatv.com/news/nebraska-news/gray-television-unveils-some-changes-for-scottsbluff-station/38049426 Gray Television unveils some changes for Scottsbluff station]. [[KOTA-TV]], 17 February 2016, Retrieved 23 February 2016.</ref> change the station's call letters to KNEP, and also change KDUH/KNEP's city of license to [[Sidney, Nebraska]] (which will move it from the Cheyenne–Scottsbluff market to the [[Denver]] market, eliminating an ownership conflict with KSTF, a Gray-owned, Scottsbluff-based semi-satellite of [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]]-based [[CBS]] affiliate [[KGWN-TV]]).<ref name=fcc-satelliterevisions>{{cite web|title=Comprehensive Exhibit|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101694215&qnum=5120©num=1&exhcnum=2|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=October 24, 2015|format=PDF|date=October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.starherald.com/news/local_news/kota-territory-news-to-bring-more-statewide-coverage/article_333e30a3-3d6d-5f3b-b502-d1ce433d9cef.html KOTA Territory News to bring more statewide coverage.], Scottsbluff Star-Herald, 19 February 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.</ref><ref name=kduhmove>{{cite news|title=Sale of KDUH-TV Parent Complete|url=http://chadrad.com/newsstory.cfm?story=39019|publisher=[[KCSR]]|date=February 16, 2016|access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> The sale approved by the FCC on February 12, 2016,<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/fcc-approves-gray-schurz-tv-station-deal/153781 FCC Approves Gray-Schurz TV Station Deal]. [[Broadcasting & Cable]], 12 February 2016, Retrieved 13 February 2016</ref> and was completed on February 16.<ref>[http://www.gray.tv/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=105&cntnt01returnid=81 Gray Closes Schurz Acquisition, Related Transactions, And Incremental Term Loan Facility] Press Release, [[Gray Television]], Retrieved 16 February 2016.</ref> The FCC approved the change of station's city of license on May 16.<ref>[https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-543A1.pdf Report and Order], [[Federal Communications Commission]], 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.</ref> KNEP's NBC feed for the [[Nebraska Panhandle]] (which is branded as "NBC Nebraska Scottsbluff" and produces its own newscasts) signed on May 5, 2016.<ref name=kotaknep>{{cite news|title=KOTA announces switch to KNEP in May|url=http://www.starherald.com/news/local_news/kota-announces-switch-to-knep-in-may/article_11b88c87-3978-5019-a491-82e00b4aedd2.html|newspaper=[[Scottsbluff Star-Herald]]|date=March 29, 2016|access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> The station formerly aired [[KOTA-TV]] programming on its DT1 channel until 2020.<ref>[http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/archive/news0516.html May 2016 - Upper Midwest Broadcasting]</ref> |
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KNOP-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 2, on February 10, 2009.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1283685&Form_id=910&Facility_id=49273 Notification of Suspension of Operations - Federal Communications Commission]</ref><ref>[http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&storyID=16017&pageID=3 KNOP switches to digital - The North Platte]</ref> The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 22 to VHF channel 2 for post-transition operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |date |
KNOP-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 2, on February 10, 2009.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1283685&Form_id=910&Facility_id=49273 Notification of Suspension of Operations - Federal Communications Commission]</ref><ref>[http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&storyID=16017&pageID=3 KNOP switches to digital - The North Platte]</ref> The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 22 to VHF channel 2 for post-transition operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=2012-03-24|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|archive-date=2013-08-29}}</ref> |
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First air date | December 15, 1958 (65 years ago) (1958-12-15) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 49273 |
ERP | 16kW |
HAAT | 196 m (643 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°12′13″N 100°44′0″W / 41.20361°N 100.73333°W / 41.20361; -100.73333 |
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KNOP-TV (channel 2) is a television stationinNorth Platte, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside two low-power stations: CBS affiliate KNPL-LD (channel 10) and Class A Fox affiliate KIIT-CD (channel 11). The three stations share studios on South Dewey Street in downtown North Platte; master control and some internal operations are based at the facilities of sister station KOLN on North 40th Street in Lincoln. KNOP-TV's transmitter is located at the site of its former studio on US Route 83 north of North Platte.
KNEP (channel 4) in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, operates as a semi-satellite of KNOP-TV.
KNOP-TV was founded by local investors headed by attorney Rush Clarke and went on-air December 15, 1958.[2]
In 1968, it was purchased by Richard F. Shively, Harold O. Shively and Ulysses Carlini Sr.[3] Richard died on December 4, 2003.[4] In 1997, Shively and Carlini bought KHAS-TVinHastings, and formed Greater Nebraska Television as a holding company for their television interests.
In 2005, Greater Nebraska Television sold its stations (including KNOP-TV) to Hoak Media.[5]
KNOP started rebroadcasting NBC programming in high definition, and carrying K11TW's Fox programming on its second digital subchannel, in March 2011.[6]
KNOP gained national attention in February 2012 for being the only station in the country to air a Will Ferrell-produced Super Bowl commercial for Old Milwaukee beer.[7][8]
On November 20, 2013, Hoak announced the sale of most of its stations, including KNOP-TV and K11TW, to Gray Television. The sale made them sister stations to North Platte CBS affiliate KNPL-LD, a semi-satellite of Gray's KOLN/KGIN; it would have also partially separated KNOP from KHAS-TV, which was planned to be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting but be operated by Gray's KOLN/KGIN and KSNB-TV through a shared services agreement.[9] However, in the wake of heightened FCC scrutiny about local marketing agreements, on June 11, 2014, KHAS-TV announced it would leave the air at midnight on June 13 and NBC programming would be moved to KSNB-TV and the digital subcarrier of KOLN/KGIN.[10] The whole sale was completed on June 13.[11] (KHAS was ultimately sold to Legacy Broadcasting,[12] the call letters were changed to KNHL,[13] and it returned to the air in June 2015 as a SonLife Broadcasting Network affiliate.[14]
On September 14, 2015, Gray announced that it would purchase the television and radio stations owned by Schurz Communications, including Scottsbluff, Nebraska based KDUH-TV (a satellite of Rapid City's ABC-affiliated KOTA-TV) for $442.5 million.[15][16][17] Gray planned to convert KDUH into a semi-satellite of KNOP-TV,[18][19] change the station's call letters to KNEP, and also change KDUH/KNEP's city of license to Sidney, Nebraska (which will move it from the Cheyenne–Scottsbluff market to the Denver market, eliminating an ownership conflict with KSTF, a Gray-owned, Scottsbluff-based semi-satellite of Cheyenne, Wyoming-based CBS affiliate KGWN-TV).[20][21][22] The sale approved by the FCC on February 12, 2016,[23] and was completed on February 16.[24] The FCC approved the change of station's city of license on May 16.[25] KNEP's NBC feed for the Nebraska Panhandle (which is branded as "NBC Nebraska Scottsbluff" and produces its own newscasts) signed on May 5, 2016.[26] The station formerly aired KOTA-TV programming on its DT1 channel until 2020.[27]
KNOP-TV presently broadcasts 17 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with three hours each weekday and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). The station also produces 2+1⁄2 hours of weekly news programming each for CBS and Fox affiliated sister stations KIIT-CD and KNPL-LD. Between the three stations, the news operation produces about 22 hours of news programming each week.
The station's signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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2.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KNOP | NBC |
2.2 | 720p | KIIT | Fox (KIIT-CD) | |
2.3 | 480i | ION TV | Ion Television | |
2.4 | CIRCLE | Circle |
KNOP-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on February 10, 2009.[29][30] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 22 to VHF channel 2 for post-transition operations.[31]
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