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{{short description|NBC affiliate in North Platte, Nebraska}} |
{{short description|NBC affiliate in North Platte, Nebraska}} |
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| callsign = KNOP-TV |
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⚫ | | branding = NBC Nebraska 2 ''(general)''<br>''NBC Nebraska News 2'' ''(newscasts; visually displayed as ''NBC Nebraska News'')''<br>Fox 11 (DT2) |
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⚫ | | virtual = 2 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]]) |
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⚫ | | translators = ''K18DH 18 [[Broken Bow, Nebraska|Broken Bow]]<br>KAQY-LP 35 [[Lexington, Nebraska|Lexington]]'' |
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⚫ | | affiliations = '''2.1:''' [[NBC]]<br>'''[[KIIT-CD|2.2]]:''' [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]<br>'''2.3:''' [[Ion Television]] |
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⚫ | | licensee = Gray Television Licensee, [[Limited liability company|LLC]] |
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⚫ | | sister_stations = [[KIIT-CD]], [[KNPL-LD]], [[KNEP]], [[KNHL]], [[KOLN (TV)|KOLN/KGIN]], [[KSNB-TV]], [[WOWT]] |
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| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>2 (VHF, 1958–2009)<br>'''Digital:'''<br>22 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]], until 2009) |
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>2 (VHF, 1958–2009)<br>'''Digital:'''<br>22 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]], until 2009) |
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| erp = 16 [[kilowatt|kW]] |
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| haat = {{convert|196|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |
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| facility_id = 49273 |
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| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{Coord|41|12|13|N|100|44|0|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}} |
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| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] |
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| website = {{URL|www.knopnews2.com}} |
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Branding | NBC Nebraska 2 (general) NBC Nebraska News 2 (newscasts; visually displayed as NBC Nebraska News) 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 |
Translator(s) | K18DH 18 Broken Bow KAQY-LP 35 Lexington |
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Website | www |
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; 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 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.[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] However, the station is still airing KOTA-TV programming on its DT1 channel.[27]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[28] |
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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.[29][30] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 22 to VHF channel 2 for post-transition operations.[31]
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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Television stations in the North Platte, Nebraska area
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