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'''KNOP-TV''', [[Virtual channel|virtual]] and [[Very high frequency|VHF]] [[Digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 2, is an [[NBC]]-[[Network affiliate|affiliated]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[North Platte, Nebraska|North Platte]], [[Nebraska]], United States. Owned by [[Gray Television]], it is [[sister station|sister]] to two [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]] 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; KNOP-TV's transmitter is located at the site of its former studio on [[U.S. Route 83#Nebraska|US Route 83]] in the northern part of the city. However, [[master control]] and some internal operations are based at the studios of CBS-affiliated sister station [[KOLN]] on North 40th Street in [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]. |
'''KNOP-TV''', [[Virtual channel|virtual]] and [[Very high frequency|VHF]] [[Digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 2, is an [[NBC]]-[[Network affiliate|affiliated]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[North Platte, Nebraska|North Platte]], [[Nebraska]], United States. Owned by [[Gray Television]], it is [[sister station|sister]] to two [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]] 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; KNOP-TV's transmitter is located at the site of its former studio on [[U.S. Route 83#Nebraska|US Route 83]] in the northern part of the city. However, [[master control]] and some internal operations are based at the studios of CBS-affiliated sister station [[KOLN (TV)|KOLN]] on North 40th Street in [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]. |
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'''[[KNEP]]''' (channel 2.1/4.1) in [[Scottsbluff, Nebraska]] operates as a [[broadcast relay station#Semi-satellites|semi-satellite]] of KNOP-TV. |
'''[[KNEP]]''' (channel 2.1/4.1) in [[Scottsbluff, Nebraska]] operates as a [[broadcast relay station#Semi-satellites|semi-satellite]] of KNOP-TV. |
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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|accessdate=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|accessdate=7 February 2012|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=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|archivedate=8 February 2012}}</ref> |
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|accessdate=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|accessdate=7 February 2012|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=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|archivedate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=June 12, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231517/http://www.khastv.com/story/khas-tv-ksnb-tv-information-20140611|archivedate=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|accessdate=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 [[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> |
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 (TV)|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|accessdate=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|accessdate=June 12, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231517/http://www.khastv.com/story/khas-tv-ksnb-tv-information-20140611|archivedate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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]]|accessdate=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]]|accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=June 16, 2016}}</ref> However, the station is still airing [[KOTA-TV]] programming on its DT1 channel.<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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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]]|accessdate=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]]|accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=June 16, 2016}}</ref> However, the station is still airing [[KOTA-TV]] programming on its DT1 channel.<ref>[http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/archive/news0516.html May 2016 - Upper Midwest Broadcasting]</ref> |
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KNOP-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 2, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensedtoNorth Platte, Nebraska, United States. Owned by Gray Television, it is sister to two low-powered 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; KNOP-TV's transmitter is located at the site of its former studio on US Route 83 in the northern part of the city. However, master control and some internal operations are based at the studios of CBS-affiliated sister station KOLN on North 40th Street in Lincoln.
KNEP (channel 2.1/4.1) 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.[1]
In 1968, it was purchased by Richard F. Shively, Harold O. Shively and Ulysses Carlini Sr.[2] Richard died on December 4, 2003.[3] 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.[4]
KNOP started rebroadcasting NBC programming in high definition, and carrying K11TW's Fox programming on its second digital subchannel, in March 2011.[5]
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.[6][7]
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.[8] 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.[9] The whole sale was completed on June 13.[10] (KHAS was ultimately sold to Legacy Broadcasting,[11] the call letters were changed to KNHL,[12] and it returned to the air in June 2015 as a SonLife Broadcasting Network affiliate.[13]
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.[14][15][16] Gray planned to convert KDUH into a semi-satellite of KNOP-TV,[17][18] 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).[19][20][21] The sale approved by the FCC on February 12, 2016,[22] and was completed on February 16.[23] The FCC approved the change of station's city of license on May 16.[24] 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.[25] However, the station is still airing KOTA-TV programming on its DT1 channel.[26]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[27] |
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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.[28][29] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 22 to VHF channel 2 for post-transition operations.[30]
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.
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