KSNB-TV

KSNB-TV

York–Lincoln, Nebraska United States
City	York, Nebraska
Channels	Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 4
Branding	Local 4
Programming
Affiliations	4.1: NBC 4.2: MyNetworkTV/MeTV for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	KCWH-LD/KNHL, KOLN/KGIN
History
First air date	October 1, 1965 (58 years ago) (1965-10-01)
Former call signs	KHTL-TV (1965–1974)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1965–2009) Digital: 34 (UHF, 2004–2009), 4 (VHF, 2009–2022)
Former affiliations	ABC (1965–1996) Fox (secondary 1994–1996, primary 1996–2009) UPN (secondary, 1996–1998 and 2000–2005) Dark (2009–2011) 3ABN (2011–2012) Antenna TV (2012–2013) MyNetworkTV (2013–2014) MeTV (2013–2014)
Call sign meaning	Kansas/Nebraska[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	21161
ERP	260 kW
HAAT	429.7 m (1,410 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°48′11″N 97°10′53″W / 40.80306°N 97.18139°W / 40.80306; -97.18139
Translator(s)	KGIN-DT 11.2 Grand Island
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.ksnblocal4.com

KSNB-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to York, Nebraska, United States, serving southeastern and central Nebraska as an affiliate of NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside CBS affiliates KOLN/KGIN (channels 10 and 11) in Lincoln and Grand Island, and CW+ affiliate KCWH-LD (channel 18) in Lincoln. KSNB-TV's transmitter is located near Beaver Crossing, Nebraska. Its news operations are primarily based at a studio located north of Hastings on US 281, with a secondary news bureau and sales office on West State Street in Grand Island. Master control and some internal operations are based at KOLN's facilities on North 40th Street in Lincoln. The KSNB-TV signal reaches Lincoln; in the Tri-Cities area of the market, KSNB-TV is broadcast as a subchannel of KGIN.

Channel 4 in central Nebraska was originally allocated to Superior at the request of Bi-States Company, owner of the Kearney-based Nebraska Television Network (NTV) of ABC affiliates, and began operation as KHTL-TV in October 1965 as a rebroadcaster for NTV. The call letters were changed to KSNB-TV in 1974; in the late 1980s and early 1990s, translators were set up in Beatrice and Lincoln, though NTV never was added to cable systems in Lincoln, where KOLN and Omaha stations dominated viewing and Tri-Cities stations like NTV were not seen.

After NTV was sold to Pappas Telecasting in 1996, KSNB-TV was switched from ABC to simulcasting Fox affiliate KTVG-TV (channel 17) in Grand Island, with the two stations becoming known as "Fox 4 & 17". Because KSNB-TV's signal overlapped with Omaha Fox affiliate KPTM, which Pappas also owned, the license was held by Colins Broadcasting Corporation, with Pappas providing programming. KSNB-TV was added to Lincoln cable systems for the first time in 2003 because, unlike KPTM, it carried select UPN programs. In November 2009, after Pappas launched KFXL-TV as the Fox affiliate in Lincoln, it terminated its agreement with Colins, and KSNB-TV left the air.

After only sporadically broadcasting, Gray Television acquired KSNB-TV under a failing station waiver in 2013. Initially, KSNB-TV broadcast the MyNetworkTV and local programming from "10/11 Central Nebraska", which had been the secondary subchannel of KOLN and KGIN. However, when Gray acquired Hoak Media in 2014 but could not acquire Hoak-owned KHAS-TV, the NBC affiliate in Hastings, KSNB-TV assumed its NBC affiliation and news operation. KSNB-TV also replaced Omaha NBC affiliate WOWT on Lincoln cable, whereas KHAS-TV had never been broadcast there. In 2022, as part of the rebuild of KOLN's Beaver Crossing tower, KSNB-TV changed its city of license from Superior to York and switched to broadcasting on the UHF band, improving coverage.