KFXL-TV

KFXL-TV

Lincoln–Hastings–Kearney– Grand Island, Nebraska United States
City	Lincoln, Nebraska
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 51
Branding	Fox Nebraska, KFXL
Programming
Affiliations	Fox (2009–present)
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (KHGI Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	Nebraska Television Network
History
First air date	June 26, 2006 (18 years ago) (2006-06-26)
Former call signs	KOWH (June–August 2006) KCWL-TV (August 2006–2009)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 51 (UHF, 2006–2009) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2008–2012)
Former affiliations	The WB (June–September 2006) The CW (September 2006–2009)
Call sign meaning	"Fox Lincoln"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	84453
ERP	250 kW
HAAT	190 m (623 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°43′39.7″N 96°36′50.9″W / 40.727694°N 96.614139°W / 40.727694; -96.614139
Translator(s)	KHGI-TV 13.2 Kearney KWNB-TV 6.2 Hayes Center KWNB-LD 29.2 McCook
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	foxnebraska.com

KFXL-TV (channel 51) is a television station in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for southern and central Nebraska, including Hastings, Kearney, and Grand Island. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside the Nebraska Television Network (NTV), the ABC affiliate for the western portion of the Lincoln–Hastings–Kearney market, and is also broadcast as a subchannel of the NTV stations in Kearney, Hayes Center, and McCook. The two stations share studios on Nebraska Highway 44 in Axtell, about 14 miles (23 km) south of Kearney, with a secondary studio and news bureau at the Conestoga Mall in Grand Island; KFXL-TV's transmitter is located on Yankee Hill Road in southeast Lincoln.

KFXL-TV went on the air in 2006 as KOWH, an affiliate of The WB owned by the Omaha World-Herald. Pappas Telecasting, the then-owner of NTV, provided services. It was earmarked to switch to The CW and changed its call sign to KCWL-TV. In June 2009, KCWL-TV simultaneously converted from analog to digital broadcasting and from The CW to Fox, gradually replacing KTVG-TV and KSNB-TV as the Fox affiliate. Pappas acquired the station outright in 2014 before KFXL and NTV were sold at auction to Sinclair in 2015. The station airs a weeknight 9 p.m. newscast produced by NTV.