KLKN

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KLKN
city =
station_
station_slogan = Lincoln's Own ABC
station_branding = Channel 8 KLKN-TV (general)
Channel 8 Eyewitness News (newscasts)
analog = 8 (VHF)
digital = 31 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ABC
network =
founded =
airdate = December 1964 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says December 3, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says December 5.]
location = Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
callsign_meaning = LinC(K)olN
former_callsigns = KHQL-TV (1964-1973)
KCNA-TV (1973-1983)
KBGT-TV (1983-1987)
KCAN (1987-1996)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Citadel Communications Company, Ltd.
licensee = Citadel Communications, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = independent (1983-1987)
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
500 kW (digital)
HAAT = 440 m (analog)
376 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 11264
coordinates = coord|40|52|59.1|N|97|18|21.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.klkntv.com/ www.klkntv.com]

KLKN, channel 8, is the ABC affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. It is owned by Citadel Communications (not related to the larger Citadel Broadcasting).

History

Channel 8 was originally licensed to Albion, Nebraska, and began broadcasting in December 1964, as KHQL-TV, a satellite of KHOL-TV (now KHGI-TV) and the Nebraska Television Network (NTV). The station served as the ABC affiliate for much of the Nebraska side of the Sioux City market. In 1973, the call letters were later changed to KCNA-TV (representing the major area towns, Columbus, Norfolk, and Albion.

The station was spun off from NTV in 1983 to become independent station KBGT-TV (Big 8--named for the Big Eight Conference, of which the Nebraska Cornhuskers was a member). In 1987, the station was sold to Citadel Communications and became KCAN, a satellite of Sioux City ABC affiliate KCAU-TV.

In the spring of 1996, Citadel moved the license to Lincoln, and changed the calls to KLKN on August 1. Before then, Lincoln was one of the largest cities in the country with only one commercial television station; Omaha's KETV had served as Lincoln's default ABC affiliate, and is still available on cable on most Lincoln-area cable systems. KLKN'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 stations KCAU-TV, WOI-TV and WHBF, but did not drop the "Eyewitness News" title.

KLKN does not carry ABC World News Now. Instead, the station signs off every night making it one of the few remaining stations in the country to do so. However, many Lincoln area viewers can receive World News Now via either KETV, Omaha from the northeast or Nebraska Television from the west.

From 1996 to 2003, Citadel operated KLKE (Channel 24), a satellite station in Albion repeating KLKN programming, as a replacement for moving Channel 8's license from Albion to Lincoln. The station was shut down in March 2003 and its license returned to the Federal Communications Commission after determining that the cost of converting the station to digital broadcasting was too prohbitive. [http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/archive/news0303.html] KLKE's vacant transmitter is located near Elgin at coord|41|56|25.9|N|98|16|57.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KLKE.

Personalities

Anchors

* "Rod Fowler"- Channel 8 Eyewitness News at 5,6, 10
* "Lauren Silverman"- Channel 8 Eyewitness News at 5, 6, 10
* "Jill Nelson"- Channel 8 Eyewitness News This Morning/Midday
* "Vanessa McClure"- Channel 8 Eyewitness News Weekend newscasts

Reporters

* "Ashley Larson"
* "Rielle Creighton"
* "Stephanie Costanzo"
* "Jill Johnson"
* "Dan Pearlman"
* "Brittany Jeffers"
* "Marcy Farrey"

ESP: Live Weather

* "Kevin Coskren"- Chief Meteorologist
* "Denice Pelster"- Morning/Midday Meterologist
* "Darby Bybee"- Weekend Meteorologist

ports

* "Dave Hunt"- Sports Director
* "Ryan Gager"-Weekend Sports Anchor

Newsroom management

* "Mark Haggar" - News Director
* "Linda Van Hoosen" - Assignment Manager
* "Melissa Lindell" - Senior Producer
* "Keith Stueven" - Chief Photographer
* "Gina Montoya" - Producer
* "Ashley Papa" - Producer

* "Derek Sasman" - Creative Services Director

References

External links

* [http://www.klkntv.com/ KLKN website]
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