nebraska united states branding net channels digital see table below affiliations television pbs 1970 present radio npr owner kuon the university of nebraska others nebraska educational telecommunications commission first air date november 1 1954 television october 10 1989 radio call letters meaning see table below former affiliations television net 1954 1970 transmitter power see table below height see table below facility id see table below transmitter coordinates see table below licensing authority fcc public license information educational telecommunications profile educational telecommunications cdbs website netnebraska.org nebraska educational telecommunications net is a state network of public radio and television stations in nebraska and is based in lincoln . it is operated by the nebraska educational telecommunications commission . the television stations are all members of pbs while the radio stations are members of npr . the network is headquartered in the terry m. carpenter & jack g. mcbride nebraska educational telecommunications center which is located at 1800 n. 33rd street on the east campus of the university of nebraska in lincoln and has a satellite studio in omaha . contents 1 history 1.1 television 1.2 radio 2 television stations 2.1 translators 2.2 cable and satellite availability 3 radio stations 4 digital television 4.1 digital channels 4.2 analog to digital conversion 5 references 6 external links history edit television edit net television logo nebraska was one of the first states in the nation to begin the groundwork for educational broadcasting . the university of nebraska successfully applied to have channel 18 in lincoln allocated for educational use in 1951 . in 1954 however john fetzer owner of koln tv offered to donate his station s old channel location on channel 12 it had recently moved to channel 10 to nu . this allowed unl to use more signal at less cost . unl quickly jumped at this proposal and kuon tv went on the air on november 1 from koln tv s studios . it was operated in trust for nu until 1956 . in 1960 the nebraska council for educational television was created by six school districts in nebraska . by 1961 5 vhf and 3 uhf channels were allocated for educational use in nebraska the largest set ever approved for educational use in a single state . in 1963 the state legislature per a committee s recommendation approved plans for a statewide educational television network under the control of the nebraska educational television commission . a deal was quickly reached in which lincoln s kuon tv would remain under nu s ownership but serve as the new state network s flagship . in 1965 klne tv in lexington became the first station in the new state network followed a few months later by kyne tv in omaha . the state network grew quickly ; six stations signed on from 1966 to 1968 to complete the state network . it began a full seven day schedule in 1969 . in 1974 nebraska etv adopted a new logo a red stylized abstract n formed from two trapezoids . a year later nbc unveiled a new logo that was identical to the nebraska etv logo but for the blue coloring of the right trapezoid in the nbc logo . the commission sued nbc for trademark infringement in february 1976 a suit which generated national attention . in an out of court settlement nebraska etv agreed to allow nbc to keep its logo . in return nbc donated a color mobile unit and other equipment totaling over 800 000 . it also paid the commission an additional 55 000 for the costs of rolling out a new logo and eliminating the old logo from all advertising . nebraska etv s new logo was unveiled in 1976 . a cpb study study of school use of television and video found reading rainbow a co production of net and buffalo new york s wned tv until 2006 to be the most used and viewed children s television program 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 . it is primarily used when kyne breaks off from the state network to broadcast programming of specific interest to the omaha market . radio edit the educational television commission had its mission broadened to radio in 1984 but it was 1989 before it could begin the groundwork for building a statewide public radio network . for many years there were only two npr members in the entire state omaha s kios and lincoln s kucv which had signed on in 1974 . in 1989 however unl bought kucv from union college . kucv officially relaunched from its new studios on october 10 1989 . in 2001 kucv moved from 90.9 fm where it had been since its 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 formally dedicated on october 8 in a special ceremony broadcast live on nprn and netv . the nebraska educational telecommunications facilities corporation was established to facilitate lease purchase of the gte spacenet 3 transponder . map all coordinates using osm map all coordinates using google map up to 200 coordinates using bing export all coordinates as kml export all coordinates as georss export all coordinates as gpx map all microformatted coordinates place data as rdf television stations edit net television consists of 9 full power stations . combined they reach almost all of nebraska as well as parts of iowa kansas and wyoming . eight of the stations are owned by the netc . flagship station kuon is owned by the university of nebraska but is operated by the commission through a long standing agreement between the commission and nu . net carries pbs and american public television national programs . programming on net television educates entertains informs inspires enlightens and delights people in cities and towns all over the state . station city of license channels tv dt first air date call letters meaning erp haat facility id transmitter coordinates ktne alliance 13 psip 13 vhf september 7 1966 television nebraska 27 kw 466 m 47996 41 50 27 n 103 3 18 w 41.84083 n 103.05500 w 41.84083 ; 103.05500 ktne tv kmne bassett 7 psip 7 vhf september 1 1967 middle nebraska 27 kw 453 m 47981 42 20 5 n 99 29 2 w 42.33472 n 99.48389 w 42.33472 ; 99.48389 kmne tv khne hastings 29 psip 28 uhf november 18 1968 hastings nebraska 200 kw 366 m 47987 40 46 20 n 98 5 21 w 40.77222 n 98.08917 w 40.77222 ; 98.08917 khne tv klne lexington 3 psip 26 uhf september 6 1965 lexington nebraska 375 kw 331 m 47975 40 23 5 n 99 27 30 w 40.38472 n 99.45833 w 40.38472 ; 99.45833 klne tv nebraska educational tower holdrege kuon lincoln 12 psip 12 uhf november 1 1954 university of nebraska 75 kw 253 m 66589 41 8 18 n 96 27 20 w 41.13833 n 96.45556 w 41.13833 ; 96.45556 kuon tv krne merriman 12 psip 12 uhf december 9 1968 merriman nebraska 75 kw 322 m 47971 42 40 37 n 101 42 39 w 42.67694 n 101.71083 w 42.67694 ; 101.71083 krne tv kxne norfolk 19 psip 19 uhf november 10 1967 x across nebraska 475 kw 253.2 m 47995 42 14 15 n 97 16 41 w 42.23750 n 97.27806 w 42.23750 ; 97.27806 kxne tv kpne north platte 9 psip 9 uhf september 12 1966 north platte nebraska 85 kw 334 m 47973 41 1 22 n 101 9 14 w 41.02278 n 101.15389 w 41.02278 ; 101.15389 kpne tv kyne omaha 26 psip 17 uhf october 19 1965 your nebraska 200 kw 117 m 47974 41 15 28 n 96 0 32 w 41.25778 n 96.00889 w 41.25778 ; 96.00889 kyne tv note 1 . kyne occasionally breaks off from the net television state network to broadcast local programming . kyne s programming became digital only on february 17 2009 . 1 translators edit net operates 15 translators to widen its coverage area . nine directly repeat kuon four repeat kxne and one repeats kmne . station city of license channels tv dt parent station facility id k23aa beatrice 23 uhf khne 47983 k24go blair 24 uhf kuon 47969 k46kp broken bow 46 uhf kmne 181534 k06jc chadron 6 vhf ktne 47977 k06kr crawford 6 vhf ktne 47991 k44fn culbertson 44 uhf kpne 47954 k34ib decatur 34 uhf kxne 47976 k46fg falls city 46 uhf kuon 47970 k08ln harrison 8 vhf kuon 47992 k33fo max 33 uhf kuon 48009 k50io neligh 50 uhf kxne 47985 k14mi niobrara 14 uhf kxne 47988 k33ac pawnee 33 uhf kxne 47993 k10jw verdigre 10 uhf kxne 47989 k20ij wauneta 20 uhf kuon 47980 cable and satellite availability edit net television is available on nearly all cable systems in nebraska . selected cable systems in northern kansas carry hastings khne in addition to smoky hills public television ; these counties are part of the hastings kearney side of the lincoln hastings kearney media market . additionally omaha s kyne is carried on most cable systems in southwestern iowa . on satellite kuon kyne kpne kxne and ktne are carried on the local lincoln omaha north platte sioux city and cheyenne wyoming dish network feeds respectively . ktne is the sole pbs station available to satellite viewers in the cheyenne market . khne kyne and kxne are available on the lincoln omaha and sioux city directv feeds respectively . radio stations edit net radio logo net radio is governed by the net commission and the net foundation for radio board . it consists of all npr member stations in the state except for kios in omaha ; that station is operated by the omaha public schools . programming consists of classical music and npr news and talk . net radio broadcasts two hd radio channels . the first is a simulcast of the analog signal while the second airs increased news programming as well as jazz . both stream live on the internet . national radio programming carried on the radio network is distributed by npr . net s radio service is committed to providing programs that inform entertain and inspire most of the communities of nebraska . there are nine full power stations in the state network station frequency city callsign meaning kucv 91.1 fm lincoln flagship union college original owner voice kcne fm 91.9 fm chadron chadron nebraska khne fm 89.1 fm hastings hastings nebraska klne fm 88.7 fm lexington lexington nebraska kmne fm 90.3 fm bassett middle nebraska kpne fm 91.7 fm north platte north platte nebraska krne fm 91.5 fm merriman merriman nebraska ktne fm 91.1 fm alliance towards nebraska kxne fm 89.3 fm norfolk x across nebraska the state network also has five low power repeater translator signals . station frequency city parent station k212av 89.7 fm columbus kxne k224ch 92.7 fm culbertson kpne k205fp 88.9 fm falls city kucv k208cb 89.5 fm harrison ktne k227ac 93.3 fm max kpne digital television edit digital channels edit the digital signals of net s stations are multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 xx .1 1080i 16 9 net main net programming pbs xx .2 720p 16 9 net w world xx .3 480i 4 3 net c create analog to digital conversion edit during 2009 in the lead up to the analog to digital television transition that would ultimately occur in 2009 net shut down the analog transmitters of its stations on a staggered basis . listed below are the dates each analog transmitter ceased operations as well as their post transition channel allocations 11 kuon tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel