KLKN

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KLKN-TV
Lincoln, Nebraska
Branding	Channel 8 / Eyewitness News
Channels	8 (VHF) analog, 31 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Citadel Broadcasting
Founded	1964
Call letters meaning	K LinC(K)olN
Former callsigns	KHQL KCNA KBGT (mid 1980s) KCAN (late 1980s-1996)
Former affiliations	Independent (mid-1980s)
Website	www.klkntv.com

KLKN, channel 8, is the ABC affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is owned by Citadel Broadcasting.

[edit] Station History

Channel 8 was originally licensed in Albion, Nebraska, and began broadcasting December 3, 1964, as KHQL, a satellite of the Nebraska Television Network (NTV), broadasting ABC programming. The call letters were later changed to KCNA (representing the major area towns, Columbus, Norfolk, and Albion). In the mid-1980s, the station was spun off from NTV to operate as an independent station under the call letters KBGT (Big 8). In the late 1980s, the station was sold to Citadel Broadcasting and became a satellite of Sioux City, Iowa, station KCAU-TV under the call letters KCAN. In 1996, Citadel moved the license to Lincoln in order to create KLKN. The station's signal coverage still skews west of Lincoln, with the transmitter located near Utica, Nebraska, in western Seward County.

The Lincoln NE market is one of the few in the country Grand Rapids being another, where there are two competing ABC affiliates in the market. The other affiliate is the NTV network.

[edit] See also

• KLKN Tower
• KLKN TV-Tower

[edit] Related Links

• KLKN website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KLKN