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 Television 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 co-owned KOLN in Lincoln.
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Branding | Fox 11 |
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Ownership | |
Owner |
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KNOP-TV, KNPL-LD | |
History | |
Founded | December 12, 1994 |
First air date | August 28, 1995 |
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UPN (1995–2001) | |
Call sign meaning | derived from former K11TW call sign |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 49285 |
Class | CD |
ERP | 220 watts |
HAAT | 147.9 m (485 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°12′13″N 100°44′0″W |
Translator(s) | KNOP-DT 2.2 (VHF) North Platte |
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Public license information | |
Website | KNOP-TV 2 Online |
Although KIIT broadcasts a digital signal, it is limited to the immediate North Platte area.[2] It is therefore simulcast in high definition on KNOP's second digital subchannel.[3] Fox programming also airs in the area on Lincoln's KFXL-TV, which is carried on KWNB's subchannel.
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,[4] 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,[5] as a UPN affiliate;[6] it switched to Fox on January 22, 2001.[7] 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.[5] 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.[8][9] 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;[10] the sale was completed on June 13, 2014.[9]
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
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