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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|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> |
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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Sometime before October 12, 2022, KNOP-TV fired its News Director and co-anchor, Melanie Standiford, for "practicing partisan politics" because she had distributed a Pro-Life petition at St John's Lutheran Church. The petition was for a ballot initiative to declare the town of Curtis (population of 939 according to 2010 data). Curtis is one of six neighboring communities in that area of Nebraska with Pro-Life "Sanctuary City" ballot initiatives. |
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"Standiford told her boss in reply: 'I didn’t think I was being political with that in my home church, sitting in the pews in my church.'"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heipel |first1=Edie |title=Christian newscaster fired for circulating pro-life petition speaks out |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252532/christian-newscaster-fired-for-circulating-pro-life-petition-speaks-out |access-date=15 October 2022 |publisher=Catholic News Agency |date=October 12, 2022}}</ref> |
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==Newscasts== |
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Branding | NBC Nebraska 2; NBC Nebraska News 2 Fox 11 (DT2) |
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Affiliations | 2.1: NBC 2.2: Fox 2.3: Ion Television |
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KIIT-CD, KNPL-LD, KNEP, KNHL, KOLN/KGIN, KSNB-TV, WOWT | |
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First air date | December 15, 1958 (65 years ago) (1958-12-15) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 2 (VHF, 1958–2009) Digital: 22 (UHF, until 2009) |
Call sign meaning | North Platte |
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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 in the northern part 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]
Sometime before October 12, 2022, KNOP-TV fired its News Director and co-anchor, Melanie Standiford, for "practicing partisan politics" because she had distributed a Pro-Life petition at St John's Lutheran Church. The petition was for a ballot initiative to declare the town of Curtis (population of 939 according to 2010 data). Curtis is one of six neighboring communities in that area of Nebraska with Pro-Life "Sanctuary City" ballot initiatives.
"Standiford told her boss in reply: 'I didn’t think I was being political with that in my home church, sitting in the pews in my church.'"[28]
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 2½ 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 digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[29] |
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2.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KNOP | Main KNOP-TV programming / NBC |
2.2 | 720p | KIIT | Simulcast of KIIT-CD / Fox | |
2.3 | 480i | 4:3 | ION TV | Ion Television |
KNOP-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on February 10, 2009.[30][31] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 22 to VHF channel 2 for post-transition operations.[32]
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