KFXL-TV
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Lincoln, Nebraska United States |
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| Branding | Fox Nebraska, KFXL |
| Slogan | we're your station! |
| Channels |
Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 51 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 51.1 Fox |
| Affiliations | Fox (2009–present) |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (KHGI Licensee, LLC) |
| Founded | July 24, 1996 |
| First air date | June 26, 2006 |
| Call letters' meaning |
FoX Lincoln (reflecting affiliation) |
| Sister station(s) | KHGI-TV |
| Former callsigns | KOWH (2006) KCWL-TV (2006–2009) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 51 (UHF, 2006–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
The WB (2006) The CW (2006–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 14 kW |
| Height | 125 m |
| Facility ID | 84453 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°51′10″N 96°40′36″W / 40.85278°N 96.67667°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.foxnebraska.com |
KFXL-TV is the Fox affiliate for Lincoln, Nebraska, broadcasting on digital channel 15. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also owns KHGI-TV, the ABC affiliate for the western portion of the Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney market. It is operated out of KHGI's studio in Axtell (though the address says Kearney). The KFXL signal is also rebroadcast on the digital subchannels of most of the KHGI/NTV network stations, bringing KFXL programming to the western half of the Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney market and parts of the North Platte market.
KFXL signed on June 26, 2006 as KOWH, an affiliate of The WB Television Network. The station was originally owned by the Omaha World-Herald, from which KOWH derived its call sign, though Pappas Telecasting provided marketing, sales and programming services to the station. Before KOWH signed on, The WB was seen either via another Pappas-operated station, KXVO in Omaha, or a cable-only WB 100+ station, KWBL; KOWH took KWBL's place on cable systems in central Nebraska, including Charter Communications in Hastings, Grand Island, and Kearney. Like KWBL, KOWH was a straight simulcast of The WB 100+, with no live programming.
Five months before KOWH's sign-on, The WB and UPN announced that they would close and form The CW Television Network. Pappas had obtained the affiliation for KOWH by the time it signed on, and to reflect this affiliation, the station changed its callsign to KCWL-TV on August 2, 2006. KCWL operated as a member of The CW Plus, successor of The WB 100+. On September 1, 2006, KCWL was added to the primary cable system in Lincoln, Time Warner Cable, on channel 18 in their low basic cable tier.
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