KNOP-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KNOP-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Coverage you can count on
station_branding = News 2
analog = 2 (VHF)
digital = 22 (UHF)
other_chs = K35AL Lexington
affiliations = NBC
network =
founded =
airdate = December 1958 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says December 2, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says December 15.]
location = North Platte, Nebraska
callsign_meaning = NOrth Platte
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Hoak Media Corporation
licensee = Hoak Media of Nebraska License, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 192 m (analog)
145 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 49273
coordinates = coord|41|12|17.3|N|100|44|4.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.knopnews2.com/ www.knopnews2.com]

KNOP-TV 2 is the NBC station in North Platte, Nebraska, USA. The station is owned by Hoak Media, which also owns and operates local Fox affiliate KIIT. The station also has a rebroadcast translator, K35AL in Lexington, on channel 35.

History

The television station went on-air in December 1958. In 1968, it was purchased by Dick Shively and Ulysses Carlini Sr. After purchasing Hastings, Nebraska station KHAS-TV in 1997, Shively and Carlini operated the stations (as well as KIIT, which they founded in 1994) as Greater Nebraska Television. Shively died in 2003. In 2005, Greater Nebraska Television sold the stations to Hoak Media.

External links

* [http://www.knopnews2.com/ KNOP-TV 2 Online]
*TVQ|KNOP
**TVQ|K35AL
*BIA|KNOP|TV|TV
* [http://www.hoakmedia.com/ Hoak Media (parent of KNOP-TV)]

References