Nebraska Educational Telecommunications

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Nebraska Educational Telecommunications
statewide Nebraska
Branding	NET
Channels	Analog: see table below Digital: see table below
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	KUON: The University of Nebraska Others: Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission
First air date	November 1, 1954
Call letters’ meaning	see table below
Former affiliations	NET (1954-1970)
Transmitter Power	see table below
Height	see table below
Facility ID	see table below
Transmitter Coordinates	see table below
Website	netnebraska.org

Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET) is a statewide public broadcasting network of radio and television stations in the state of Nebraska, based out of Lincoln. The network is operated by the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, which owns the license for all but one station in the network. The license of the network's flagship station, KUON-TV in Lincoln, is owned by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The network is headquartered in the Terry M. Carpenter Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Center in Lincoln, and also operates a studio in Omaha.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Television 1.2 Radio 2 Television stations 3 Radio stations 4 Digital TV 5 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Television

Nebraska was one of the first states in the nation to begin the groundwork for educational broadcasting. The University of Nebraska successfully applied to have channel 18 in Lincoln allocated for educational use in 1951.

However, in 1954, John Fetzer, owner of KOLN-TV, offered to donate his station's old channel location on channel 12 (it had recently moved to channel 10) to NU. This allowed UNL to use more signal at less cost. UNL quickly jumped at this proposal, and KUON-TV went on the air on November 1 from KOLN-TV's studios. It was operated in trust for NU until 1956. In 1960, the Nebraska Council for Educational Television was created by six school districts in Nebraska. By 1961, 5 VHF and 3 UHF channels were allocated for educational use in Nebraska --the largest set ever approved for educational use in a single state. In 1963, the state legislature, per a committee's recommendation, approved plans for a statewide educational television network under the control of the Nebraska Educational Television Commission. A deal was quickly reached in which Lincoln's KUON-TV would remain under the ownership of UNL, but serve as the new network's flagship.

In 1965, KLNE-TV in Lexington became the first station in the new network, followed a few months later by KYNE-TV in Omaha. The network grew quickly; six stations signed on from 1966 to 1968 to complete the network. It began a full seven-day schedule in 1969.

In 1975, NBC unveiled a new logo that was identical to the Nebraska ETV logo, but for the blue coloring of the right trapezoid in the NBC logo. The commission sued NBC for trademark infringement, a suit which generated national attention. In an out-of-court settlement, NBC donated a color mobile unit and other equipment totaling over $800,000. NBC paid an additional $55,000 to reimburse the commission for the costs of eliminating the old logo from all advertising. Nebraska ETV's new logo was unveiled in 1976.

A CPB study, Study of School use of Television and Video, found Reading Rainbow (a co-production of NET and Buffalo's WNED-TV until 2006) to be the most used and viewed children's television program in America during the 1990-1991 school year.

[edit] Radio

The Educational Television Commission had its mission broadened to radio in 1984, but it was 1989 before it could begin the groundwork for building a radio network. That year, Lincoln's NPR member station, KUCV (on the air since 1974), was transferred from Union College to UNL.

In 1990, public radio stations opened in Alliance, Lexington, Columbus, Norfolk and Hastings. North Platte, Bassett, Merriman and Chadron followed in 1991. The entire Nebraska Public Radio Network (NPRN) was formally dedicated on October 8 in a special ceremony, broadcasted live on NPRN and NETV.
The Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Facilities Corporation was established to facilitate lease/purchase of the GTE SpaceNet 3 transponder.

[edit] Television stations

There are nine full-power analog broadcast stations in the network:

Station	City of license	Channels (Analog/ Digital)	First air date	Call letters’ meaning	ERP (Analog/ Digital)	HAAT (Analog/ Digital)	Facility ID	Transmitter Coordinates
KUON-TV	Lincoln	12 (VHF) 40 (UHF)	November 1, 1954	University Of Nebraska	316 kW 500 kW	253 m 225 m	66589	41°8′18.1″N, 96°27′20.7″W
KHNE-TV	Hastings	29 (UHF) 28 (UHF)	November 19681	Hastings NEbraska	1550 kW 200 kW	372 m 366 m	47987	40°46′19.8″N, 98°5′22.2″W
KLNE-TV	Lexington	3 (VHF) 26 (UHF)	September 6, 1965	Lexington NEbraska	100 kW 375 kW	323 m 331 m	47975	40°23′5.2″N, 99°27′31.5″W
KMNE-TV	Bassett	7 (VHF) 15 (UHF)	September 1, 1967	Middle NEbraska	316 kW 287 kW	453 m 427 m	47981	42°20′4.8″N, 99°29′2.8″W
KPNE-TV	North Platte	9 (VHF) 16 (UHF)	September 12, 1966	North Platte NEbraska	316 kW 372 kW	333.5 m 271 m	47973	41°1′21.6″N, 101°9′15.6″W
KRNE-TV	Merriman	12 (VHF) 17 (UHF)	December 9, 1968	MeRriman NEbraska	316 kW 372 kW	328 m 261 m	47971	42°40′36.7″N, 101°42′40.6″W
KTNE-TV	Alliance	13 (VHF) 24 (UHF)	September 7, 1966	Television NEbraska	316 kW 287 kW	469 m 440 m	47996	41°50′23.8″N, 103°3′18.9″W
KXNE-TV	Norfolk	19 (UHF) 16 (UHF)	November 10, 1967	X (Across) NEbraska	1683 kW 200 kW	347.2 m 253.2 m	47995	42°14′15.1″N, 97°16′41.7″W
KYNE-TV	Omaha	26 (UHF) 17 (UHF)	October 19, 1965	Your NEbraska	525 kW 200 kW	130 m 117 m	47974	41°15′28″N, 96°0′33.6″W

Notes:

• 1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KHNE-TV signed on November 17, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on November 18.

The network also has 14 translators.

[edit] Radio stations

NET Radio is governed by the NET Commission and the NET Foundation for Radio Board. It consists of all of the NPR member stations in the state except for KIOS in Omaha.

There are nine full-power stations in the network:

Station	Frequency	City	Callsign Meaning
KUCV-FM	91.1	Lincoln (flagship)	Union College (original owner) Voice
KCNE-FM	91.9	Chadron	Chadron Nebraska
KHNE-FM	89.1	Hastings	Hastings NEbraska
KLNE-FM	88.7	Lexington	Lexington NEbraska
KMNE-FM	90.3	Bassett	Middle NEbraska
KPNE-FM	91.7	North Platte	North Platte NEbraska
KRNE-FM	91.5	Merriman	MeRriman NEbraska
KTNE-FM	91.1	Alliance	Towards NEbraska
KXNE-FM	89.3	Norfolk	X (Across) NEbraska

The network also has five low-power repeater signals.

[edit] Digital TV

The digital channels of NET's main stations are multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
.1	NET1: The main NET signal (not available 7-10 PM)
.2	NET2: The former EduCable channel; programming includes live coverage of the Nebraska Unicameral, Spanish language programs, rebroadcasts of PBS and NET programs, and NET2-exclusive programming
.3	NET3: Create; how-to, DIY, and informational programming. (not available 7-10 PM)
.5	NET-HD: Sports programming, as well as PBS high definition productions (available 7-10 PM and during sporting events)

[edit] External links

• Nebraska Educational Telecommunications
• NET Television
• NET Television History
• NET Radio
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KUON
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KHNE
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KLNE
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KMNE
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KPNE
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KRNE
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTNE
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KXNE
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KYNE
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KUON-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KHNE-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KLNE-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KMNE-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KPNE-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KRNE-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTNE-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KXNE-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KYNE-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Lincoln / Hastings / Kearney market  (Nielsen DMA #104) Lincoln: KLKN 8 (ABC) - KOLN 10 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - KUON 12 (PBS / NET) - K18CD 18 (Fox / ION) - K27GX 27 (3ABN) - K29GL 29 (TBN) - KCWL 51 (The CW) - KWAZ-LP 56 (TuV) Hastings / Kearney / Grand Island: KLNE 3 / KHNE 29 (PBS / NET) - KSNB 4 / KTVG 17 (Fox / ION) - KHAS 5 (NBC) - KGIN 11 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - KHGI 13 / KWNB 6 (ABC) McCook: KSNK 8 (NBC) - WCWH-LP 40 (Fox / ION) - KBVZ-LP 42 (ABC) - K44FN 44 (PBS / NET) Other outlying areas: KMNE 7 (PBS / NET) - KCAZ-LP 57 / KHJP-LP 29 (TuV) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Omaha: KMTV 3 (CBS) - WOWT 6 (NBC) - KETV 7 (ABC) - KXVO 15 (The CW) - KPTM 42 (FOX)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the North Platte market  (Nielsen DMA #209) KNOP 2 / K35AL 35 (NBC) - K04ED 4 / K57CZ 57 (CBS) - KWNB 6 (ABC) - KPNE 9 / KRNE 12 (PBS / NET) - K11TW 11 (Fox) - WSWS-CA 13 (ABC)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Omaha / Council Bluffs market  (Nielsen DMA #75) KMTV 3 (CBS) - WOWT 6 (NBC) (Ind on DT2) - KETV 7 (ABC, The AccuWeather Channel on DT2) - KXVO 15 (The CW) (TuV on DT2) - KKAZ-CA 24 (MNTV) - KYNE 26 (PBS/NET) - KBIN 32 (PBS/IPTV) - KPTM 42 (Fox) (MNTV on DT2) - KAZO-LP 57 (TuV)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Sioux City market  (Nielsen DMA #143) KUSD 2 (PBS/SDPB) - KTIV 4 (NBC, The CW on DT2) - KSXC-LP 5 (Vida) - KCAU 9 (ABC) - KMEG 14 (CBS) - KXNE 19 (PBS/NET) - KAZS-LP 23 (TuV) - KSIN 27 (PBS/IPTV) - KPTH 44 (FOX, MNTV on DT2) - K54GK 51 (TBN)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the St. Joseph market (Nielsen DMA #201) KQTV 2 (ABC) - KTAJ 16 (TBN) - K46FG 46 (PBS/NET) Local cable television channels "St. Joe Now" 3 (Local) "WBJO" 6 (The CW)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Cheyenne / Scottsbluff market  (Nielsen DMA #196) Cheyenne: KUPN 3 (MNTV) - KGWN 5 (CBS) - KCHY-LP 13 (NBC) - K14LV 14 (TBN) - KLWY 27 (FOX) - KDEV 33 (RTN) - KMAH-LP 39 (COR) - KKTU 40 (ABC) - KCHD-CA 43 (Daystar) - KKRR-LP 45 (Ind) - K49AY 49 (ALMA) Laramie:1 KWYP 8 (PBS) - K14LK 14 / K48IN 48 (NBC) - K19FX 19 (CBS) - KPAH-LP 24 (COR) - K41JD 41 (TBN) - K57AF 57 (PBS) - K59AM 59 (The CW) - K61DX 61 (ABC) Rawlins:1 KFNR 11 (FOX) - K21CV 21 (ABC) - K26HV 26 (PBS) - K56AV 56 (CBS) Scottsbluff: KDUH 4 (ABC) - KSTF 10 (CBS) - KTNE 13 (PBS/NET) - KTUW 16 (RTN) - K44HG 44 (TBN) 1 -- Laramie and Rawlins are part of the Denver market, but are listed here, as most of its television originates in Wyoming. Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location KWGN 2 (The CW) - KUSA 9 (NBC)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Rapid City market  (Nielsen DMA #175) Rapid City television stations KOTA 3 / KHSD 11 / KSGW 12 (ABC) - KEVN 7 / KIVV 5 (Fox) - KSWY 7 (NBC, Sheridan) - KBHE 9 (PBS/SDPB) - KTNE 13 (PBS/NET) - KCLO 15 (CBS) - KNBN 21 (NBC) - KKRA-LP 24 (My Network TV/ION) - KWBH-LP 27 (The CW) - KCPL-LP 52 (IND) Local cable television stations FSSN - FSN North - FSN Rocky Mountain

v • d • e Broadcast Television stations in the Denver market (Nielsen DMA #18) Local television stations KWGN 2 (The CW) - KCNC 4 (CBS) - KRMA 6 (PBS/RMPBS) - KMGH 7 (ABC) - KUSA 9 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KBDI 12 (PBS, MHz Worldview on DT3) - KTFD 14 / KDVT-LP 36 (TFU) - KTVD 20 / KUPN 3 (MNTV) - KDEN 25 (TMD) - KZCO-LP 27 (AZA) - KLPD-LP 28 (TVA) - KDVR 31 / KFCT 22 (Fox) - KDEV-LP 39 (RTN) - KRMT 41 (DS) - KCEC 50 (UNI) - KWHD 53 (LeSEA) - KPXC 59 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) Outlying Areas KTNE 13 / KRNE 12 (PBS/NET) - KRMZ 24 (PBS/RMPBS) - K36DB 36 (RSN) - K36HS 36 (Ind) - KCXP-LP 40 (A1) - K45IE 45 (RSN) Local Cable Television Channels Altitude - CET - FSN Rocky Mountain - 24/7 Weather Channel See also Broadcast television in the Cheyenne market

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of Nebraska (NET) North Platte market: KPNE 9 (North Platte) Lincoln market: KUON 12 (Lincoln) - KLNE 3 (Lexington) - KMNE 7 (Bassett) - KHNE 29 (Hastings) Omaha market: KYNE 26 (Omaha) Denver market: KRNE 12 (Merriman) - KTNE 13 (Alliance) Sioux City market: KXNE 19 (Norfolk) See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC and Other Stations in Nebraska

v • d • e NPR Member Stations in the state of Nebraska Stations Alliance KTNE · Bassett KMNE · Chadron KCNE · Hastings KHNE · Lexington KLNE · Lincoln KUCV · Merriman KRNE · Norfolk KXNE · North Platte KPNE · Omaha KIOS See also List of NPR stations