KIIT-CD explained

Callsign:KIIT-CD
Branding:Fox 11
Digital:11 (VHF)
Virtual:11
Translators:KNOP-DT 2.2 (VHF) North Platte
Country:United States
Image Upright:.5
Location:North Platte, Nebraska
Callsign Meaning:derived from former K11TW call sign
Owner:Gray Television
Licensee:Gray Television Licensee, LLC
Sister Stations:KNOP-TV, KNPL-LD
Former Affiliations:UPN (1995–2001)
Erp:220 watts
Haat:147.90NaN0
Class:CD
Facility Id:49285
Licensing Authority:FCC
Website:KNOP-TV 2 Online

KIIT-CD (channel 11) is a low-power, Class A television station in North Platte, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate KNOP-TV (channel 2) and low-power CBS affiliate KNPL-LD (channel 10). The three stations share studios on South Dewey Street in downtown North Platte; KIIT-CD's transmitter is located on US 83 in the northern part of the city; master control and some internal operations are based at the studios of co-owned KOLN in Lincoln.

Although KIIT broadcasts a digital signal, it is limited to the immediate North Platte area.[1] It is therefore simulcast in high definition on KNOP's second digital subchannel.[2] Fox programming also airs in the area on Lincoln's KFXL-TV, which is carried on KWNB's subchannel.

History

From the grant of its original construction permit on December 12, 1994, through June 26, 2014, the station was assigned the translator-style call sign of K11TW,[3] and retained it even after obtaining Class A status in 2001. However, outside of Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-required station identification, the station has always called itself "KIIT" on the air. It signed on the air on August 28, 1995,[4] as a UPN affiliate;[5] it switched to Fox on January 22, 2001.[6] Prior to K11TW's switch to Fox, KHGI-TV served as a secondary affiliate of the network for the purposes of carrying its sports programming.

K11TW was originally owned by North Platte Television, longtime owner of KNOP-TV; the company was reorganized as Greater Nebraska Television after the 1997 purchase of KHAS-TV in Hastings.[4] Greater Nebraska Television sold its stations, including K11TW and KNOP, to Hoak Media in December 2005; the sale followed the death of majority shareholder Richard Shively.[7] [8] On November 20, 2013, Hoak Media announced the sale of most of its stations, including K11TW and KNOP-TV, to Gray Television, making them sister stations to KNPL;[9] the sale was completed on June 13, 2014.[8]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

ChannelVideoAspectShort nameProgramming[10]
11.1 KIIT-HD Main KIIT-CD programming / Fox
TBA (480i or 720p) TBA (or 16:9) TBA Simulcast of KCWH-LD / The CW Nebraska

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RabbitEars.Info.
  2. Web site: RabbitEars.Info.
  3. Web site: Call Sign History. CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 30, 2014.
  4. News: Ulysses A. Carlini Sr. . September 16, 2018 . North Platte Telegraph . August 26, 2014 . en.
  5. News: In Brief . September 16, 2018 . . August 28, 1995 . 64 .
  6. Web site: North Platte TV Directory . 100000 Watts . September 16, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030826095725/http://100kwatts.tmi.net/tv/NOP.html . August 26, 2003 . live .
  7. News: Jergensen . Kristina . KNOP may get new owners . September 16, 2018 . North Platte Telegraph . August 31, 2005 . en.
  8. News: Johnson . Heather . Television executives taking KNOP in new direction . September 16, 2018 . North Platte Telegraph . September 9, 2014 . en.
  9. News: Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M. November 20, 2013. TVNewsCheck. November 20, 2013.
  10. http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KIIT-CD#station RabbitEars TV Query for KIIT-CD