Nebraska Educational Telecommunications ( NET ) is the state network of public radio and television stations in the US state of Nebraska and based in Lincoln. It is operated by Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission . Television stations are all members of PBS, while radio stations are members of NPR.
This network is headquartered in Terry M. Carpenter & amp; Jack G. McBride Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Center located at 1800 N. 33rd Street on the campus of the East University of Nebraska in Lincoln, and has a satellite studio in Omaha.
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History
Television
Nebraska is one of the first states in the country to start the ground for broadcasting education. The University of Nebraska successfully applied to have an 18 channel in Lincoln that was allocated for educational use in 1951.
However, in 1954, John Fetzer, owner of KOLN-TV, offered to donate the location of his old station on channel 12 (recently moved to channel 10) to UNL. This allows UNL to use more signals at a lower cost. UNL quickly jumped to this proposal, and KUON-TV began broadcasting on November 1 from KOLN-TV studio. It was operated in trust for UNL until 1956. In 1960, the Nebraska Council for Television Education was created by six school districts in Nebraska. In 1961, 5 VHF and 3 UHF channels were allocated for educational use in Nebraska - the largest set ever approved for educational use in one country. In 1963, the state legislature, on the recommendation of the committee, approved a plan for an all-state educational television network under the control of the Nebraska Television Education Commission. The deal was quickly achieved in which Lincoln's KUON-TV would remain under NU ownership, but served as the flagship of a new state network.
In 1965, KLNE-TV in Lexington became the first station in the new state network, followed a month later by KYNE-TV in Omaha. Rapidly developing country networks; six stations were signed from 1966 to 1968 to complete the state network. It started a full seven-day schedule in 1969.
In 1974, Nebraska ETV adopted a new logo - a red "N" abstract formed from two trapezids. A year later, NBC launched a new logo identical to the Nebraska ETV logo, but for the right trapezoid blue coloring on the NBC logo. The Commission sued NBC for trademark infringement in February 1976, a lawsuit that raised national concern. In an out-of-court settlement, Nebraska ETV agreed to allow NBC to maintain its logo. In return, NBC donated color mobile phone units and other equipment for a total of more than $ 800,000. He also paid an additional $ 55,000 commission for the cost of launching a new logo and removing the old logo from all advertisements. The new Nebraska ETV logo was inaugurated in 1976.
The CPB Study, Study of Television and Video Usage in School , found Reading the Rainbow (joint production of NET and Buffalo, WNED-TV in New York to 2006) into a children's television program the most widely used and seen in America during the 1990-1991 school year.
Since 1974, NET has operated a studio in Omaha, on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Omaha. This is primarily used when KYNE broke away from the state network to broadcast a program of special interest to the Omaha market.
In January 2005, Nebraska ETV and Nebraska Public Radio were united under one name, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications.
Radio
The Television Education Commission had its mission expanded to radio in 1984, but in 1989 before it could start the foundation for building a public radio network across the state. Over the years, there have been only two NPR members across the state - KIOS Omaha and Lincoln's KUCV, which were signed in 1974. But in 1989, UNL bought KUCV from Union College. KUCV was officially relaunched from the new studio on October 10, 1989. In 2001, KUCV moved from 90.9 FM (where since sign-on) to 91.1.
In 1990, the commission opened stations in Alliance, Lexington, Columbus, Norfolk, and Hastings. North Platte, Bassett, Merriman and Chadron followed in 1991. The entire Nebraska Public Radio Network (NPRN) was officially dedicated on October 8 in a special ceremony, broadcast live on NPRN and NETV.
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Facilities Corporation was established to facilitate the lease/purchase of GTE SpaceNet 3 transponders.
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Television station
NET Television consists of nine full-power TV stations that make up the network, all stations have callsign starting with the letter K , licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and ending in NE (stands for N E braska) except UON ( U niversity O f N ebraska) for the Lincoln station. Combined, they reach almost all of Nebraska, as well as parts of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Eight of the stations are owned by NETC. KUON's main station is owned by the University of Nebraska, but is operated by the Commission through a long-term agreement between the Commission and NU.
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- 1. Sometimes KYNE is disconnected from the state network of NET Television to broadcast local programs. KYNE Programming became just digital on February 17, 2009.
Translator
NET operates 15 translators to expand its territory. Nine immediately repeats KUON, four KXNE repetitions and one repeats KMNE.
Cable and satellite availability
NET Television is available on most cable systems in Nebraska. The cable system selected in northern Kansas brings Hastings' KHNE in addition to Smoky Hills Public Television; these districts are part of the Hastings/Kearney side of the Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney media market. In addition, KYNE Omaha is performed on most cable systems in southwestern Iowa.
On satellites, KUON, KYNE, KPNE, KXNE, and KTNE are taken to local Lincoln, Omaha, North Platte, Sioux City, and Cheyenne, feed Dish Network Wyoming, respectively. KTNE is the only PBS station available for satellite viewers in the Cheyenne market. KHNE, KYNE, and KXNE are available at feeds Lincoln, Omaha, and Sioux City DirecTV, respectively.
Radio station
NET Radio is governed by the NET Commission and the NET Foundation for the Radio Council. It consists of all NPR member stations in the state except KIOS in Omaha; the station is operated by Omaha Public School. Programming consists of classical music and news and NPR talks.
NET Radio shows two HD Radio channels. The first is a simulcast of analog signals, while the second broadcast improves news programs as well as jazz. Both stream live on the Internet. National radio programs run on radio networks are distributed by NPR. The NET radio service is committed to providing programs that inform, entertain, and inspire the vast majority of the Nebraska community.
There are nine power stations in the state network:
The state network also has five low power repeater/translator signals.
Digital television
Digital channels
Digital signals from NET stations are multiplexed:
Analog-to-digital conversion
During 2009, ahead of an analog-to-digital television transition that will eventually happen in 2009, NET closed its station analog transmitter staggered. Below is the date each analog transmitter stops operating as well as their post-transition channel allocation:
- KUON-TV turned off its analog signal, via VHF 12 channel, in Fall 2008. The station's digital signal was moved from pre-transition UHF channel 40 to channel VHF 12.
- KHNE-TV turned off its analog signal, via channel UHF 29, on February 17, 2009, the original date on which the full-powered television station in the United States will switch from analog to digital broadcast under federal mandate (which is then pushed back to 12 June 2009). Fixed station digital signals in pre-transition UHF channel 28. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display station virtual channels as previous UHF analog channels 29.
- KLNE-TV turns off its analog signal, via VHF 3 channel, on February 17, 2009. The station's digital signal remains on the pre-transition UHF channel 26. Through the use of PSIP, the digital television receiver displays the channel's virtual station as the previous VHF analog channel 3.
- KMNE-TV turned off its analog signal, via VHF 7 channel, in Autumn 2008. The station's digital signal was moved from the pre-transition UHF channel 15 to the VHF channel 7.
- KPNE-TV turned off its analog signal, via VHF 9 channel, in Fall 2008. The station's digital signal was moved from the pre-transition UHF channel 16 to the VHF 9 channel.
- KRNE-TV turned off its analog signal, via VHF 12 channel, in Fall 2008. The station's digital signal was moved from the pre-transition UHF channel 17 to the VHF 12 channel.
- KTNE-TV turned off its analog signal, via the VHF 13 channel, in Fall 2008. The station's digital signal was moved from the pre-transition UHF channel 24 to the VHF channel 13.
- KXNE-TV turned off its analog signal, via UHF channel 19, in November 2008. The station's digital signal was moved from the pre-transition UHF channel 16 to the previous UHF analog channel 19.
- KYNE-TV turns off its analog signal, via channel UHF 26, on February 17, 2009. The station's digital signal remains on the pre-transition UHF channel 17. Through the use of PSIP, the digital television receiver displays the channel virtual station as the previous UHF analog channel 26.
Programming
Although NET Television provides PBS programming, it also produces original programs, such as:
- Nebraska Stories
- Background Breeders
- Big Red Bundle
- Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball
- Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball
- Nebraska Rule
- Consider this....
- High School Bowling
- NSAA High School Championships: a series of girls' championships and high school boys on Most Saturday including: Basketball (Girls 1 Saturday March), and (Boys 2nd Saturday of March), Football (Monday 3 & Tuesday) November), Soccer (Boys, May 3rd May, and Girls, Tuesday 3rd May), Speech (April), Swimming & amp; Diving (Saturday End of February or first few Saturdays of March), Volley Ball (Saturday 2nd November), and Wrestling (Saturday 3rd February).
References
External links
- Nebraska Educational Telecommunications
- NET History
- NET Television
- NET Radio
- FCC TV station request data for KUON
- FCC TV station request data for KHNE
- FCC TV station data request for KLNE
- FCC TV station database request for KMNE
- Request for FCC TV station database for KPNE
- FCC TV station request data for KRNE
- FCC TV station request data for KTNE
- FCC TV station request data for KXNE
- FCC TV station request data for KYNE
- BIAfn Media Web Database - Information at KUON-TV
- BIAfn Media Web Database - Information about KHNE-TV
- BIAfn Media Web Database - Information on KLNE-TV
- BIAfn Media Web Database - Information at KMNE-TV
- BIAfn Media Web Database - Information on KPNE-TV
- BIAfn Media Web Database - Information about KRNE-TV
- BIAfn Media Web Database - Information about KTNE-TV
- BIAfn Media Web Database - Information at KXNE-TV
- BIAfn Media Web Database - Information about KYNE-TV
- Live List
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