KNHL
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KNHL (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Hastings, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with The CW Plus. It is a full-power satellite of Lincoln-based KCWH-LD (channel 18) which is owned by Gray Television. As KHAS-TV, it formerly served as the NBC affiliate for the western side of the Lincoln–Hastings–Kearney market. KNHL is a sister station to NBC affiliate KSNB-TV (channel 4) in York and CBS affiliates KOLN/KGIN (channels 10 and 11) in Lincoln and Grand Island. KNHL's transmitter is located on US 281 north of Hastings.
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Satellite of KCWH-LD, Lincoln, Nebraska | |
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City | Hastings, Nebraska |
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Branding | The CW Nebraska |
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KCWH-LD, KNPL-LD, KOLN–KGIN, KSNB-TV | |
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First air date | January 1, 1956 (68 years ago) (1956-01-01) |
Former call signs | KHAS-TV (1956–2014) |
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Call sign meaning | "Nebraska, Hastings, Lincoln" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 48003 |
ERP | 45 kW |
HAAT | 217 m (712 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°38′56″N 98°23′2″W |
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In 2014, Gray acquired Hoak Media; as it already owned the three aforementioned stations (KOLN/KGIN and KSNB) in the same market, it planned to sell KHAS to the shell company Excalibur Broadcasting and operate KHAS under a shared services agreement (SSA). As a result of growing FCC scrutiny towards "virtual duopolies", Gray instead let KHAS fall silent on June 13, 2014, and its programming and news operation were relocated to KSNB-TV, pending a sale of KHAS-TV to a minority owned broadcaster, Legacy Broadcasting. In September 2018, Gray agreed to purchase KNHL.