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KOLN: Lincoln, Nebraska KGIN: Grand Island/Hastings/Kearney, Nebraska United States |
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| 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 KGIN: October 1, 1961 |
| 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 KGIN: 40°35′14″N 98°48′10″W / 40.58722°N 98.80278°W |
| 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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