KNPL-LD (channel 10) is a

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, United States, affiliated with

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. It is owned by

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alongside

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affiliate

KNOP-TV KNOP-TV (channel 2) is a television station in North Platte, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside two low-power stations: CBS affiliate KNPL-LD (channel 10) and Class A Fox affiliate KIIT-CD (chan ...

(channel 2) and Class A

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KIIT-CD KIIT-CD (channel 11) is a low-power, Class A television station in North Platte, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Gray Media alongside NBC affiliate KNOP-TV (channel 2) and low-power CBS affiliate KNPL-L ...

(channel 11). The three stations share studios on South Dewey Street in downtown North Platte; KNPL-LD's transmitter is located on

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in the northern part of the city. Originally a

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of KOLN/KGIN in

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/ Grand Island, the station was relaunched on September 3, 2013, as a

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featuring local news programming specific to the North Platte

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and some internal operations of KNPL-LD are based at KOLN's facilities on North 40th Street in Lincoln.

History

In March 2013, Gray Television announced that it would launch a dedicated CBS station for the North Platte market, KNPL-LD. It would replace two low-powered KOLN translators that had been in operation since the early 1980s. KNPL operates under the license of one of those translators, K25KA-D (formerly K57CZ), which directly repeated KOLN and was owned by Gray Television. The other translator, K04ED, was owned by the city of North Platte and directly repeated KGIN. News director Stephanie Hedrick explained that the launch of KNPL, along with

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, were a part of Gray's aim to build a statewide chain of news stations, and "provide viewers in North Platte with local news and instant access to other news that matters to North Platte". KNPL-LD signed on under the branding "10/11 North Platte" on September 3, 2013.

News operation and programming

At launch, KNPL broadcast two North Platte-specific newscasts at 6:30 and 10 p.m., branded as ''10/11 North Platte News''. Those newscasts launched in high definition, making them the first local newscasts in the market to be broadcast in HD. KNPL also simulcasts programming from KOLN/KGIN, including ''Pure Nebraska'' and ''10/11 PrepZone''. After merging studios with KNOP/KIIT in 2015, the 6:30 and 10 p.m. newscasts were dropped. Sometime in the second half of 2016, it returned to producing its own newscasts at 5 p.m. on the same set as KNOP/

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titled ''10/11 North Platte Today At 5''. It simulcasts all of KOLN/KGIN's other newscasts, as well as all network and syndicated programming.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

References

External links

* * {{Gray TV 2013 establishments in Nebraska CBS affiliates Gray Media NPL-LD MeTV affiliates Television channels and stations established in 2013 NPL-LD