News Channel Nebraska
CityNorfolk, Nebraska
BrandingNCN
Programming
Subchannelssee § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
History
Founded2002
First air date
June 2015; 8 years ago (2015-06) (Statewide network launch) including Siouxland
Links
WebsiteNews Channel Nebraska

News Channel Nebraska (NCN) is an independent, in-state network of commercial radio and television stations in the U.S. state of Nebraska and Sioux City, Iowa. It is operated by Flood Communications, which was founded by attorney, businessman and Congressman Mike Flood. The television stations are all members of the NCN network.

History

News Channel Nebraska was founded in 2015 at Norfolk, Nebraska. In 2017, Flood Communications announced the addition of Spanish-language network Telemundo, also called Telemundo Nebraska.

In addition to commercial advertising, NCN holds pledge drives and solicits donations in the same manner as non-commercial broadcasters.[citation needed]

Programming

News Channel Nebraska primarily focuses on rolling news coverage similar to the original CNN Headline News and the current NewsNet, whose owner and founder helped establish the format on the News Channel Nebraska stations. Newscasts air every hour and focus primarily on rural Nebraska stories with some coverage of the two major cities, Lincoln and Omaha, and weather forecasts every 10 minutes including former WTNH meteorologist Geoff Fox broadcasting from his home studio in Irvine, California.[1] The network also includes extensive coverage of high school and small college sports with two broadcast trucks covering rural football and basketball games.[2] There is a "north" and "south" feed which show different sports programs, with the other feed's game rebroadcast on delay. High school sports programming requires a subscription when viewed online.[3] In order to avoid conflicts of interest, articles and news coverage involving Flood are written by the Associated Press or Gray Television affiliates in Nebraska.[4]

In March 2020, NCN launched Quarantine Tonight, a show featuring live music from local musicians originally produced as a service to viewers during the COVID-19 pandemic that proved popular enough to continue well past its original planned ending date.[5] Flood was the host of Quarantine Tonight until he began his run for Congress, since then the program has been hosted by former News Channel Nebraska reporter Austen Hagood.

NCN carries some limited syndicated lifestyle programming on weekend mornings, including AgPhD, Ron Hazelton's HouseCalls and P. Allen Smith Garden Style.

Network stations

NCN consists of seven low-power TV stations that make up the network, all stations have callsigns beginning with a "K", as licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Combined, they reach almost all of eastern and central Nebraska, as well as parts of Siouxland.

Station City of license Channel Facility ID ERP HAAT Transmitter coordinates Licensee First air date Call letters' meaning Public license information
KBWF-LD South Sioux City 15 181673 15 kW 115.9 m (380 ft) 42°28′21″N 96°25′21″W / 42.47250°N 96.42250°W / 42.47250; -96.42250 (KBWF-LD) Flood Communications of Omaha, LLC 2016 Blake William Flood, Mike Flood's youngest son LMS
KFDY-LD Lincoln 27 67012 3.65 kW 173.4 m (569 ft) 40°43′39.7″N 96°36′50.9″W / 40.727694°N 96.614139°W / 40.727694; -96.614139 (KFDY-LD) 2017 "Floody", the nickname of Mike Flood's oldest son, Brenden Flood LMS
KMJF-LD Columbus 48 185295 12 kW 82.4 m (270 ft) 41°27′9.3″N 97°15′10.8″W / 41.452583°N 97.253000°W / 41.452583; -97.253000 (KMJF-LD) Flood Communications, L.L.C. 2015 Michael John Flood LMS
KMLF-LD Grand Island 21 188582 15 kW
  • 45 m (148 ft)
  • 163.5 m (536 ft) (CP)
 40°48′57″N 98°46′19″W / 40.81583°N 98.77194°W / 40.81583; -98.77194 (KMLF-LD) Flood Communications Tri-Cities, L.L.C. 2017 Mandi Lynn Flood, Mike Flood's wife LMS
KNEN-LD Norfolk 35 185612 15 kW 166 m (545 ft) 42°1′41″N 97°20′26″W / 42.02806°N 97.34056°W / 42.02806; -97.34056 (KNEN-LD) Flood Communications, L.L.C. 2015 "North East Nebraska" LMS
KOHA-LD Omaha 27 33144 15 kW 154.7 m (508 ft) 41°13′29.6″N 95°57′11.6″W / 41.224889°N 95.953222°W / 41.224889; -95.953222 (KOHA-LD) Flood Communications of Omaha, LLC 2018 "Omaha" LMS
KWBE-LD Beatrice 21 184308 15 kW 98.3 m (323 ft) 40°15′49″N 96°46′28″W / 40.26361°N 96.77444°W / 40.26361; -96.77444 (KWBE-LD) Flood Communications of Beatrice, LLC 2016 "Beatrice"; shared with KWBE LMS

Technical information

Subchannels

The signals of the NCN stations are multiplexed:

Subchannels of KBWF-LD[6]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
15.1 720p 16:9 NCN-N NCN
15.2 TLMONEB Telemundo
Subchannels of KFDY-LD[7]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
27.1 720p 16:9 TELM NE Telemundo
27.2 NCN-S NCN
27.3 480i 4:3 3ABN 3ABN
Subchannels of KMJF-LD, KMLF-LD and KWBE-LD[8]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
21.1 720p 16:9 TELM NE Telemundo
21.2 NCN-S NCN
21.3 480i 4:3 NCN-N NCN SD simulcast
Subchannels of KNEN-LD[9]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
35.1 720p 16:9 NCN NOR NCN
35.3 TelmdNE Telemundo
9.1 480i 4:3 KCAU-TV ABC (KCAU-TV)
Subchannels of KOHA-LD[10]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
27.1 720p 16:9 TelemNE Telemundo
27.2 480i NCN NCN
27.3 DayStar Daystar
27.4 Audio only KBBX-FM KBBX-FM simulcast

References

  1. ^ https://www.facebook.com/FoxNCN[user-generated source]
  2. ^ "News Channel Nebraska".
  3. ^ "Sports Now - Nebraska Sports".
  4. ^ "Republican Mike Flood says he has raised more than $400K". rivercountry.newschannelnebraska.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  5. ^ Hammel, Paul (August 23, 2020). "'Quarantine Tonight' show, Facebook concerts a hit with Nebraskans stuck at home". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  6. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KBWF-LD". RabbitEars. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KFDY-LD". RabbitEars. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  8. ^
  9. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KNEN-LD". RabbitEars. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  10. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KOHA-LD". RabbitEars. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
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