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KGIN

KOLN / KGIN
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KOLN: Lincoln, Nebraska
KGIN: Grand Island/Hastings/Kearney, Nebraska
United States
Branding 10/11 (general)
10/11 News (newscasts)
(pronounced as "ten-eleven")
Channels Digital:
KOLN: 10 (VHF)
KGIN: 11 (VHF)
Virtual:
KOLN: 10 (PSIP)
KGIN: 11 (PSIP)
Subchannels xx.1 CBS
xx.2 NBC
xx.3 MyNetworkTV/MeTV
Translators (see article)
Owner Gray Television
(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date KOLN: February 18, 1953; 64 years ago (1953-02-18)
KGIN: October 1, 1961; 55 years ago (1961-10-01)
Call letters' meaning KOLN: LinK(C)OLN
KGIN: Grand Island
Nebraska
Sister station(s) KSNB-TV, WOWT, KNOP-TV, KNPL-LD, KIIT-CD
Former callsigns KOLN:
KOLN-TV (1953–1986)
KGIN: KGIN-TV (1961–1986)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
KOLN:
12 (VHF, 1953–1954)
10 (VHF, 1954–2009)
KGIN:
11 (VHF, 1961–2009)
Digital:
KOLN:
25 (UHF, until 2009)
KGIN:
32 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations ABC (1953–1957, secondary from 1954)
DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955)
Transmitter power KOLN: 28 kW
KGIN: 25 kW
Height KOLN: 453.9 m (1,489 ft)
KGIN: 314.6 m (1,032 ft)
Facility ID KOLN: 7890
KGIN: 7894
Transmitter coordinates KOLN:
40°48′11″N 97°10′52″W / 40.80306°N 97.18111°W / 40.80306; -97.18111
KGIN:
40°35′14″N 98°48′10″W / 40.58722°N 98.80278°W / 40.58722; -98.80278 (KGIN)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: / KGIN Profile
/ KGIN CDBS
Website www.1011now.com

KOLN, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is the CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Owned by Gray Television, KOLN serves a large swath of southeast and central Nebraska through a large network of translator stations. The station also operates a full-power semi-satellite, KGIN (virtual and VHF digital channel 11) in Grand Island, which serves the central portion of the market; KOLN and KGIN's on-air branding of 10/11 represents these two full-powered signals. Combined, the two stations serve one of the largest coverage areas in the United States, stretching across 42 counties in southern and central Nebraska—almost two-thirds of the state's land mass—and an additional four counties in Kansas. The station's studios are located on North 40th Street in Lincoln, with a central Nebraska bureau located on North Locust Street in Grand Island. KOLN's transmitter is just west of Seward, while KGIN's transmitter is just west of Kenesaw.

KOLN/KGIN's sister stations include KSNB-TV; acquired by Gray in 2013 and simulcast on a digital subchannel of KOLN/KGIN. It previously broadcast MyNetworkTV and MeTV programming, along with central Nebraska-specific newscasts. Following Gray's acquisition of Hastings' NBC affiliate KHAS-TV, the station was shut down and its programming (along with separately-produced newscasts out of Hastings) was moved to KSNB's primary channel, which became the primary NBC affiliate for this vast market. Since KSNB's signal is spotty in Lincoln itself KOLN and KGIN continued to simulcast it on their second subchannel, while MyNetworkTV and MeTV programming moved to KOLN and KGIN's third subchannel.


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