KLKN
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Lincoln, Nebraska United States |
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| City | Lincoln |
| Branding | Channel 8 KLKN-TV (general) Channel 8 Eyewitness News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Lincoln's Own ABC |
| Channels |
Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 8.1 ABC 8.2 Grit 8.3 Escape 8.4 Laff |
| Translators | 31 (UHF) Lincoln |
| Affiliations | ABC (since 1987; also from 1964–1983) |
| Owner |
Citadel Communications (Citadel Communications, LLC) |
| First air date | December 3, 1964 |
| Call letters' meaning | LinC(K)olN |
| Sister station(s) | WLNE-TV, WSNN-LD |
| Former callsigns | KHQL-TV (1964–1974) KCNA-TV (1974–1983) KBGT-TV (1983–1987) KCAN (1987–1996) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 8 (VHF, 1964–2009) Digital: 31 (UHF, 2002–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: Independent (1983–1987) DT2: RTV (2008–2012) Live Well Network (2012–2014) |
| Transmitter power | 25.9 kW |
| Height | 437 m (1,434 ft) |
| Facility ID | 11264 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°52′59″N 97°18′19″W / 40.88306°N 97.30528°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.klkntv.com |
KLKN, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It is owned by Citadel Communications (not related to the defunct radio station operator Citadel Broadcasting). Studios are located south of downtown Lincoln, while its transmitter is located in Utica, Nebraska.
Channel 8 was originally licensed to Albion, Nebraska, and began broadcasting December 3, 1964 as KHQL-TV, a satellite of KHOL-TV (now KHGI-TV) in Kearney and the Nebraska Television Network (NTN, later known as NTV) owned by Bi-States Company. The station served as the ABC affiliate for much of the Nebraska side of the Sioux City, Iowa market. NTV Enterprises acquired the NTV stations in 1974; on June 4, the station's call letters were changed to KCNA-TV (for the largest towns in its service area, Columbus, Norfolk, and Albion).
Joseph Amaturo bought the NTV stations in 1979 in a deal funded by the sale of KQTV in St. Joseph, Missouri. Amaturo split KCNA from NTV on November 1, 1983 and relaunched it as Nebraska's first independent station, KBGT-TV (Big 8—named for the Big Eight Conference, of which the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Iowa State Cyclones were members). KBGT's programming during this time included movies, syndicated programming, newscasts (both locally produced and from CNN Headline News), and sports; it also operated 24/7, a rarity for small-market stations at that time. However, Sioux City was too small at the time for an independent station to be viable. It did not help matters that KSHB-TV in Kansas City was available in most of the market on cable.
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