KIIT-CD
{{short description|Television station in North Platte, Nebraska}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{About|Fox 11 in North Platte, Nebraska|other uses|Fox 11 (disambiguation){{!}}Fox 11}}
{{Infobox television station
| name =
| callsign = KIIT-CD
| logo = Fox k11t logo small.png
| logo_size = 180px
| image =
| branding = Fox 11
| digital = 11 (VHF)
| virtual = 11
| translators = KNOP-TV 2.2 North Platte
| affiliations = {{ubl|11.1: Fox|11.2: CW+}}
| country = United States
| founded = {{start date|1994|12|12}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1995|8|28|p=y|br=yes}}
| image_upright = .5
| location = North Platte, Nebraska
| callsign_meaning = derived from former K11TW call sign
| owner = Gray Media
| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, LLC
| sister_stations = KNOP-TV, KNPL-LD
| former_affiliations = UPN (1995–2001)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K11TW (1994–2014)|KIIT-CA (2014–2015)}}
| erp = 0.22 kW
| haat = {{convert|147.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = CD
| facility_id = 49285
| coordinates = {{Coord|41|12|13|N|100|44|0|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website = [http://www.knopnews2.com/ KNOP-TV 2 Online]
}}
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-LD (channel 10). The three stations share studios on South Dewey Street in downtown North Platte; KIIT-CD's transmitter is located on US 83 in the northern part of the city. Master control and some internal operations are based at the studios of sister station KOLN in Lincoln.
Although KIIT broadcasts a digital signal, it is limited to the immediate North Platte area.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=2001955&map=Y|title = RabbitEars.Info}} It is therefore simulcast in high definition on KNOP's second digital subchannel.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=49273#station|title = RabbitEars.Info}} Fox programming also airs in the area on Lincoln's KFXL-TV, which is carried on KWNB's subchannel.
History
From the grant of its original construction permit on December 12, 1994, through June 26, 2014, the station was assigned the translator-style call sign of K11TW,{{cite web|title=Call Sign History|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=49285&Callsign=KIIT-CA|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=June 30, 2014}} and retained it even after obtaining Class A status in 2001. However, outside of Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-required station identification, the station has always called itself "KIIT" on the air. It signed on the air on August 28, 1995,{{cite news |title=Ulysses A. Carlini Sr. |url=https://www.nptelegraph.com/obituaries/ulysses-a-carlini-sr/article_5b75fbc2-2ccc-11e4-a288-001a4bcf887a.html |access-date=September 16, 2018 |work=North Platte Telegraph |date=August 26, 2014 |language=en}} as a UPN affiliate;{{cite news |title=In Brief |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1995/BC-1995-08-28.pdf |access-date=September 16, 2018 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=August 28, 1995 |page=64 }} it switched to Fox on January 22, 2001.{{cite web |title=North Platte TV Directory |url=http://100kwatts.tmi.net:80/tv/NOP.html |website=100000 Watts |access-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030826095725/http://100kwatts.tmi.net/tv/NOP.html |archive-date=August 26, 2003 |url-status=live }} Prior to K11TW's switch to Fox, KHGI-TV served as a secondary affiliate of the network for the purposes of carrying its sports programming.
K11TW was originally owned by North Platte Television, longtime owner of KNOP-TV; the company was reorganized as Greater Nebraska Television after the 1997 purchase of KHAS-TV in Hastings. Greater Nebraska Television sold its stations, including K11TW and KNOP, to Hoak Media in December 2005; the sale followed the death of majority shareholder Richard Shively.{{cite news |last1=Jergensen |first1=Kristina |title=KNOP may get new owners |url=https://www.nptelegraph.com/knop-may-get-new-owners/article_f7a79a30-b198-54d8-9935-816d48e21e32.html |access-date=September 16, 2018 |work=North Platte Telegraph |date=August 31, 2005 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Heather |title=Television executives taking KNOP in new direction |url=https://www.nptelegraph.com/news/television-executives-taking-knop-in-new-direction/article_510b840d-9a9b-5656-95ed-babf997778ff.html |access-date=September 16, 2018 |work=North Platte Telegraph |date=September 9, 2014 |language=en}} On November 20, 2013, Hoak Media announced the sale of most of its stations, including K11TW and KNOP-TV, to Gray Television, making them sister stations to KNPL;{{cite news|title=Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72138/gray-buying-hoak-prime-stations-for-3425m|access-date=November 20, 2013|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=November 20, 2013}} the sale was completed on June 13, 2014.
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KIIT-CD{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KIIT#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KIIT|website=RabbitEars|accessdate=April 25, 2025}} ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Aspect ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |
| scope = "row" | 11.1 |
|---|
| scope = "row" | 11.2
| CW NP || The CW Plus (KCWH-LD) |
| scope = "row" | 11.3 |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.knopnews2.com/}}
{{North Platte TV}}
{{Nebraska TV}}
{{Gray TV}}
Category:1996 establishments in Nebraska
Category:Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1996