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KOLN (channel 10) in Lincoln, Nebraska, and KGIN (channel 11) in Grand Island, Nebraska, together known as 10/11, are television stations serving as the CBS affiliates for southeastern and central Nebraska. Owned by Gray Media, 10/11 maintains studios on North 40th Street in Lincoln and a news bureau and sales office on West State Street in Grand Island; KOLN's transmitter is located near Beaver Crossing, while KGIN's is near Heartwell. The stations serve southern and central Nebraska as well as portions of far northern Kansas.
KOLN began broadcasting on channel 12 in 1953 and was originally a sole affiliate of the DuMont Television Network. It was bought by John Fetzer soon after its debut. Fetzer bought KFOR-TV, the original channel 10, in 1954. This led to an effective merger of the two stations, with KOLN as the survivor. KOLN moved to channel 10 from a new, higher-coverage transmitter site later that year and joined CBS; the channel 12 facility was transferred to the University of Nebraska and became KUON-TV. This left KOLN without competition based in Lincoln for more than 40 years.
To further increase its reach, Fetzer built KGIN-TV at Grand Island in 1961. 10/11, as the combination became known, dominated the ratings in its enlarged market. Despite a news presentation that remained stubbornly traditional and even stodgy into the 1980s, the station built up a loyal news audience, particularly in rural areas, competing against stations from Omaha in the Lincoln area and two network affiliates in the Tri-Cities portion. The purchases of KOLN and KGIN-TV by Gillett Communications in 1985 and Busse Broadcasting in 1987 heralded a shift toward a more modern style of newscasting.
Gray acquired KOLN/KGIN in 1998. In the 2010s, the company's Nebraska operations grew with the 2013 purchase of KSNB-TV (channel 4), which became the market's NBC affiliate the next year when it acquired the non-license assets of KHAS-TV in Hastings. A semi-satellite of KOLN/KGIN-TV, KNPL-LD "10/11 North Platte", is the CBS affiliate for North Platte.
In 1952, Lincoln radio station KOLN (1400 AM) was acquired by the Cornhusker Radio and Television Corporation from Inland Broadcasting Corporation of Omaha. Inland had filed for a permit to construct a KOLN television station, which was replaced by a new application from Cornhusker seeking channel 12. KOLN-TV received its construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on October 2, 1952, and announced plans for a tower at 40th and W, where KOLN radio was located. A second Lincoln station, KFOR-TV, was authorized to the Cornbelt Broadcasting Company to operate on channel 10. KOLN-TV began telecasting programming on February 18, 1953. It was a sole affiliate of the DuMont Television Network. KFOR-TV, an ABC affiliate, followed on May 31.
Channel 12 had been on the air for five months when John Fetzer of Kalamazoo, Michigan, acquired KOLN radio and television from Cornhusker. Under Fetzer, KOLN began planning for a major upgrade. It applied for and received authority to erect a 1,000-foot (300 m) tower and maximum-power transmitter facility east of Beaver Crossing in order to expand its coverage area.
On February 17, 1954, Fetzer announced he was purchasing KFOR-TV from Stuart Investment Company. The Beaver Crossing facility would be constructed to utilize channel 10 instead of 12, and KOLN intended to discard DuMont programming in favor of KFOR-TV's ABC affiliation. However, this required action to divest or surrender the channel 12 facility. Even though FCC approval of the channel 10 acquisition came in March, Fetzer had yet to find a buyer for channel 12. It was spun out into a trust to make it available to the University of Nebraska or another educational institution. The trust assumed the channel in July 1954 on behalf of the university. Fetzer's effective consolidation of KFOR-TV and KOLN left channel 10 the only commercial station in Lincoln.
KOLN became a CBS affiliate on June 15, 1954, and moved to channel 10 on August 1 from its new Beaver Crossing transmitter facility. The existing channel 12 transmitter facility and use of KOLN's studios went to the new educational station, which debuted as KUON-TV on November 1. DuMont ceased its existence as a network in 1955, while KOLN remained an ABC affiliate even after KETV began broadcasting in Omaha in 1957.
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KOLN (channel 10) in Lincoln, Nebraska, and KGIN (channel 11) in Grand Island, Nebraska, together known as 10/11, are television stations serving as the CBS affiliates for southeastern and central Nebraska. Owned by Gray Media, 10/11 maintains studios on North 40th Street in Lincoln and a news bureau and sales office on West State Street in Grand Island; KOLN's transmitter is located near Beaver Crossing, while KGIN's is near Heartwell. The stations serve southern and central Nebraska as well as portions of far northern Kansas.
KOLN began broadcasting on channel 12 in 1953 and was originally a sole affiliate of the DuMont Television Network. It was bought by John Fetzer soon after its debut. Fetzer bought KFOR-TV, the original channel 10, in 1954. This led to an effective merger of the two stations, with KOLN as the survivor. KOLN moved to channel 10 from a new, higher-coverage transmitter site later that year and joined CBS; the channel 12 facility was transferred to the University of Nebraska and became KUON-TV. This left KOLN without competition based in Lincoln for more than 40 years.
To further increase its reach, Fetzer built KGIN-TV at Grand Island in 1961. 10/11, as the combination became known, dominated the ratings in its enlarged market. Despite a news presentation that remained stubbornly traditional and even stodgy into the 1980s, the station built up a loyal news audience, particularly in rural areas, competing against stations from Omaha in the Lincoln area and two network affiliates in the Tri-Cities portion. The purchases of KOLN and KGIN-TV by Gillett Communications in 1985 and Busse Broadcasting in 1987 heralded a shift toward a more modern style of newscasting.
Gray acquired KOLN/KGIN in 1998. In the 2010s, the company's Nebraska operations grew with the 2013 purchase of KSNB-TV (channel 4), which became the market's NBC affiliate the next year when it acquired the non-license assets of KHAS-TV in Hastings. A semi-satellite of KOLN/KGIN-TV, KNPL-LD "10/11 North Platte", is the CBS affiliate for North Platte.
In 1952, Lincoln radio station KOLN (1400 AM) was acquired by the Cornhusker Radio and Television Corporation from Inland Broadcasting Corporation of Omaha. Inland had filed for a permit to construct a KOLN television station, which was replaced by a new application from Cornhusker seeking channel 12. KOLN-TV received its construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on October 2, 1952, and announced plans for a tower at 40th and W, where KOLN radio was located. A second Lincoln station, KFOR-TV, was authorized to the Cornbelt Broadcasting Company to operate on channel 10. KOLN-TV began telecasting programming on February 18, 1953. It was a sole affiliate of the DuMont Television Network. KFOR-TV, an ABC affiliate, followed on May 31.
Channel 12 had been on the air for five months when John Fetzer of Kalamazoo, Michigan, acquired KOLN radio and television from Cornhusker. Under Fetzer, KOLN began planning for a major upgrade. It applied for and received authority to erect a 1,000-foot (300 m) tower and maximum-power transmitter facility east of Beaver Crossing in order to expand its coverage area.
On February 17, 1954, Fetzer announced he was purchasing KFOR-TV from Stuart Investment Company. The Beaver Crossing facility would be constructed to utilize channel 10 instead of 12, and KOLN intended to discard DuMont programming in favor of KFOR-TV's ABC affiliation. However, this required action to divest or surrender the channel 12 facility. Even though FCC approval of the channel 10 acquisition came in March, Fetzer had yet to find a buyer for channel 12. It was spun out into a trust to make it available to the University of Nebraska or another educational institution. The trust assumed the channel in July 1954 on behalf of the university. Fetzer's effective consolidation of KFOR-TV and KOLN left channel 10 the only commercial station in Lincoln.
KOLN became a CBS affiliate on June 15, 1954, and moved to channel 10 on August 1 from its new Beaver Crossing transmitter facility. The existing channel 12 transmitter facility and use of KOLN's studios went to the new educational station, which debuted as KUON-TV on November 1. DuMont ceased its existence as a network in 1955, while KOLN remained an ABC affiliate even after KETV began broadcasting in Omaha in 1957.