KNEP
 
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Scottsbluff, Nebraska United States |
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| City | Sidney, Nebraska |
| Branding | NBC Nebraska Scottsbluff (general) KOTA Territory (DT1) |
| Channels |
Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 4 () |
| Subchannels | 4.1 Simulcast of KOTA-TV / ABC 4.2 NBC |
| Translators | KSTF 10.2 Scottsbluff |
| Affiliations | NBC (as semi-satellite of KNOP-TV; 2016–present) |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | March 5, 1958 |
| Call letters' meaning | NEbraska Panhandle |
| Sister station(s) | KSTF |
| Former callsigns | KDUH-TV (1958-2016) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 4 (VHF, 1958–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 32 kW |
| Height | 475 metres (1,558 feet) |
| Facility ID | 17683 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°50′27.7″N 103°4′28.8″W / 41.841028°N 103.074667°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KNEP, virtual channel 4 (VHF digital channel 7), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed in Sidney, Nebraska, serving the Nebraska Panhandle. The station is owned by Gray Television, as part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate KSTF. The station maintains studio facilities located on the 1st Avenue in Scottsbluff and its transmitter is located in Angora, Nebraska.
Although identified as a separate station in its own right, KNEP is actually considered a semi-satellite of KNOP-TV in North Platte. The station also simulcast programming from KOTA-TV in Rapid City, South Dakota on its main channel.
KDUH-TV signed on March 5, 1958 in Hay Springs, Nebraska. The station was owned by Helen Duhamel.
In 1981, the station was moved from Hay Springs to Scottsbluff.
In 1988, KDUH consolidated its operations in Rapid City based KOTA-TV.
On September 24, 2002 the station's mast in Hemingford, which was built in the 1960s, collapsed during an installation of a digital transmitter. Two workers were killed and other three were injured. A new tower was located in Angora was built in 2003 as a replacement the collapsed transmitter. The full signal was restored on September 19, 2003. During the construction of the tower, KDUH reached viewers on cable systems in the area and Duhamel-owned translators K02NT in Scottsbluff, and K02NY in Chadron.
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