KLKN

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KLKN
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Branding Channel 8 KLKN-TV (general)
Channel 8 Eyewitness News (newscasts)
Slogan Lincoln's Own ABC
Channels 8 (VHF) analog,
31 (UHF) digital
Affiliations ABC
Owner Citadel Broadcasting
Founded December 3, 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.

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[edit] 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 market is one of the few in the country (Grand Rapids being another) where there are two competing ABC affiliates in the market, as the Grand Island-Hastings-Kearney portion of the market continues to be served by NTV.

In December, 2006, KLKN began using new graphics and music, similar to its sister station WOI and WHBF, but did not drop the Eyewitness News title.

[edit] Personalities/Programming

[edit] Morning Show/Midday Anchors

  • Stacey Kulow (News)
  • Wes Callison (Weather)

[edit] 5,6 & 10 Anchors

  • Rod Fowler (Anchor)
  • Lauren Silverman (Anchor)
  • Kevin Coskren (Chief Meteorologist)
  • Jon Woffard (Sports)

[edit] Weekend Anchors

  • Dick Janda (Anchor)
  • Liz Dorland (Weather)
  • Lon Nichols (Sports)

[edit] Reporters

  • Audra Ensign
  • Chirss Knight
  • Erin Steignbruchel
  • Meghan Youker

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Lincoln / Hastings / Kearney market  (Nielsen DMA #104)

Lincoln:
KLKN 8 (ABC) - KOLN 10 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - KUON 12 (PBS / NET) - K18CD 18 (Fox / ION) - K27GX 27 (3ABN) - K29GL 29 (TBN) - KCWL 51 (The CW) - KWAZ-LP 56 (AZA)
Hastings / Kearney / Grand Island:
KLNE 3 / KHNE 29 (PBS / NET) - KSNB 4 / KTVG 17 (Fox / ION) - KHAS 5 (NBC) - KGIN 11 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - KHGI 13 / KWNB 6 (ABC)
McCook:
KSNK 8 (NBC) - WCWH-LP 40 (Fox / ION) - K42FV 42 (ABC) - K44FN 44 (PBS / NET)
Other outlying areas:
KMNE 7 (PBS / NET) - KCAZ-LP 57 / KHJP-LP 29 (AZA)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
Omaha:
KMTV 3 (CBS) - WOWT 6 (NBC) - KETV 7 (ABC) - KXVO 15 (The CW) - KPTM 42 (FOX)
ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Nebraska

KDUH 4 (Scottsbluff) - KETV 7 (Omaha) - KLKN 8 (Lincoln) - KHGI 13 / KWNB 6 / WSWS-CA 13 (Kearney / Hayes Center / North Platte)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS and Other Stations in Nebraska
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