KNOP-TV is the NBC

NBC

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 affiliated television station in North Platte, Nebraska

North Platte, Nebraska

North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the southwestern part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River...

. It is owned by Hoak Media along with local Fox affiliate KIIT

K11TW

K11TW, known locally as KIIT, is a television station in North Platte, Nebraska, broadcasting locally as an affiliate of Fox. The station is a Class-A operation, even though the station's official calls are still translator-style calls...

. The station is also seen on rebroadcast translators

Broadcast relay station

A broadcast relay station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator , rebroadcaster , or repeater is a broadcast transmitter which relays, repeats, or reflects the signal of another radio station or television station, usually to an area not covered by the signal of the originating station...

 K20DK south of Valentine

Valentine, Nebraska

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,820 people, 1,209 households, and 733 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,401.1 people per square mile . There were 1,373 housing units at an average density of 682.2 per square mile...

, K35AL in Lexington

Lexington, Nebraska

Lexington is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 10,230 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dawson County. Lexington is located in southern Nebraska, on the Platte River, southeast of North Platte. It sits along the route of U.S. Route 30 and the Union...

, K09GW and K18DH in Broken Bow

Broken Bow, Nebraska

Broken Bow is a city in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,491 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Custer County.-History:...

, and K21CY in Ogallala

Ogallala, Nebraska

Ogallala is a city in Keith County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,737 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Keith County. In the days of the Nebraska Territory, the city was a stop on the Pony Express and later along the transcontinental railroad...

. All of the translators currently broadcast an analog signal.

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

Hastings, Nebraska

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 station KHAS-TV

KHAS-TV

KHAS-TV 5 is the NBC television station in Hastings, Nebraska. It serves as the NBC affiliate for the western side of the Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney market. The station is owned by Hoak Media Corporation, which also owns and operates sister station KNOP-TV in North Platte...

 in 1997, Shively and Carlini operated the stations (as well as KIIT

K11TW

K11TW, known locally as KIIT, is a television station in North Platte, Nebraska, broadcasting locally as an affiliate of Fox. The station is a Class-A operation, even though the station's official calls are still translator-style calls...

, which they founded in 1994) as Greater Nebraska Television. Shively died in 2003. In 2005, Greater Nebraska Television sold the stations to Hoak Media. Since early February 2009, KNOP's broadcasts have been digital-only.

KNOP is the only full-fledged full-power station in North Platte. Its only competition comes from low-powered digital repeaters of KOLN

KOLN

KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...

 and NTV

KHGI-TV

KHGI-TV, channel 13, is the ABC-affiliated television station for most of central and western Nebraska. The station is licensed to the town of Kearney....

.

KNOP started rebroadcasting NBC programming in high-definition, and carrying Fox

Fox

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 programming on its .2 digital subchannel, in March of 2011.

Current on-air staff

Anchors

• Jacque Harms - Weekdays at 11:30am / News Director
• Kent Winder - Weeknights at 6pm / Assignment Editor
• Kristyna Engdahl - Weeknights at 6pm and 10pm / Photographer
• Luke Simmons - Weeknights at 10pm / Photographer
• Jenn Hatcher-Weekends at 6pm and 10pm / General Assignment Reporter / Photographer

Reporters

• Holly Carlini - General Assignment Reporter / Photographer
• Beatriz Reyna - General Assignment Reporter / Photographer
• Jacqueline Skarda - General Assignment Reporter / Photographer

TrueView Weather Team

• Mike Daniels - Chief Meteorologist; Weeknights at 6pm and 10pm
• Tara Moore - Meteorologist; Saturdays at 6pm and Weekends at 10pm / Reporter / Photographer / Fill-in Anchor

Sports team

• Joe Swift - Sports Director; Weeknights at 6pm and 10pm
• Nick Filipowski - Weekends / Photographer

Newscast titles

• TV-2 News (1970s)
• NewsCenter 2 (1970s-1990s)
• News 2 (1990s-present)

External links

• KNOP-TV 2 Online

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• Hoak Media (parent of KNOP-TV)