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KCWH-LD
Lincoln, Nebraska; United States;
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF); Virtual: 18;
Branding	The CW Nebraska
Programming
Affiliations	18.1: CW+; 18.3: CBS;
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television; (Gray Television Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	KNHL, KOLN/KGIN, KSNB-TV
History
First air date	August 9, 1999; (25 years ago)
Former call signs	K18CD (1999–2011); K18CD-D (2011–2018);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 18 (UHF, 1999–2011)
Call sign meaning	The CW, Huskers
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	21165
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	112.7 m (370 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°49′17″N 96°39′44″W / 40.82139°N 96.66222°W
Translator(s)	KNHL 18.1 Hastings; KIIT-CD 11.2 North Platte;
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Public license information	LMS

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KCWH-LD (channel 18) is a low-power television station in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Television alongside CBS affiliates KOLN/KGIN (channels 10 and 11) in Lincoln and Grand Island and NBC affiliate KSNB-TV (channel 4) in York. KCWH-LD is broadcast from a tower at the KOLN studios on North 40th Street in Lincoln.

For most of its history, KCWH-LD, under the call sign K18CD, served as a translator for KSNB-TV, whose signal was weak in Lincoln until its transmitter was moved to the KOLN tower near Beaver Crossing in 2022. It signed on in 1999, when KSNB-TV broadcast Fox programming; in 2009, the parent station left the air, only intermittently broadcasting until shortly before Gray acquired it in 2013. K18CD-D, now a digital station, continued to provide a rebroadcast of KSNB-TV, which broadcast MyNetworkTV programming before becoming the regional NBC affiliate in 2014. In 2018, after the station lost its tower in a collapse, Gray converted the station into a standalone CW+ affiliate, simulcast on KNHL (channel 5) in Hastings and the second subchannel of Fox affiliate KIIT-CD (channel 11) in North Platte.

History

Translator of KSNB-TV

The original construction permit for a translator station on channel 18 in Lincoln was granted on January 4, 1988,^[2] and issued the call sign K18CD.^[3] It was one of two translators that had been issued for the rebroadcast of KSNB-TV, at the time one of the ABC affiliates in the Nebraska Television Network (NTV); the other was K22CX (channel 22).^[4] K22CX began broadcasting in 1994.^[5] This service fulfilled a longstanding ambition of the network to expand to Lincoln and Lancaster County, which had nearly twice as many TV households as the Tri-Cities area.^[6] However, the Lincoln translator attracted little interest locally, and NTV was not added on cable there.^[7]

After Pappas Telecasting took over the operations of NTV in 1996, it switched KSNB-TV from ABC to Fox in September, simulcasting with NTV-managed KTVG-TV in Grand Island.^[8]^[9] KSNB-TV was never owned directly by Pappas; because its signal overlapped with Pappas-owned KPTM in Omaha, Pappas assigned the right to buy the station to Colins Broadcasting Company.^[10]^[11] The sales of NTV to Pappas and KSNB to Colins were approved by the FCC on February 17, 1999, and completed on May 24.^[12]^[13] In August 1999, Colins applied for a license to cover for the station, indicating it had started broadcasting.^[14] By 2001, KSNB-TV was broadcast from channel 18 and from channel 22.^[15]

Silence and sale to Gray

On June 12, 2009, Pappas converted KCWL-TV, an affiliate of The CW it managed in Lincoln, to Fox Nebraska as KFXL-TV,^[16] which in turn was simulcast as a subchannel from the NTV stations.^[17] This fulfilled an ambition of Pappas that dated to the late 1990s.^[18] With Fox network coverage shifted to KFXL and the NTV transmitters, the operating agreements Pappas held to run KSNB-TV and KTVG-TV ended. The time brokerage agreement between Pappas Telecasting and Colins Broadcasting Corporation, expired on November 30, 2009; that station, along with the two translators in Lincoln owned by Colins, shut down on December 1. (KSNB-TV's Beatrice translator, K17CI, had already left the air on June 12, 2009.)^[19] On December 19, 2011, the station converted to digital operations as K18CD-D.^[3] By then, the Colins stations were broadcasting intermittently with programming from the Three Angels Broadcasting Network.^[20]

Gray Television filed to buy KSNB-TV and its Lincoln translators from Colins Broadcasting in 2012. The Lincoln–Hastings–Kearney market has only five full-power stations (KOLN/KGIN and KHGI/KWNB are both counted as single stations for ratings and regulatory purposes), not enough to legally permit a duopoly. Colins and Gray sought a failing station waiver to allow the acquisition to move forward.^[21]^[a] After the FCC granted the assignment of the license to Gray, the sale was officially completed on February 25, 2013.^[23] KSNB-TV then became "10/11 Central Nebraska", a MyNetworkTV affiliate, in 2013.^[24]^[25] KSNB-TV's programming changed again when Gray acquired the assets and NBC affiliation of KHAS-TV in Hastings in 2014; this programming moved to KSNB-TV.^[26]^[27]

CW affiliate

On October 20, 2017, the 500-foot (150 m) tower in Lincoln leased by K18CD-D and KFXL-TV collapsed, rendering the translator out of commission.^[28] On May 18, 2018, the call letters were changed to KCWH-LD.^[3] It returned to the air on September 26, 2018,^[29] transmitting from the KOLN studios;^[30] on October 1, Gray announced that KCWH-LD had become the market's CW affiliate and would be simulcast on subchannels of KNHL in Hastings and KIIT-CD in North Platte.^[31]^[32] There had not been a CW affiliate broadcast in the market since KCWL-TV became KFXL-TV in 2009.^[16]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KCWH-LD^[33]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
18.1	720p	16:9	CW HD	The CW Nebraska
18.3	1080i	16:9	KOLN-DT	CBS (KOLN/KGIN 10.1)

Simulcast of subchannels of another station

Notes

^ The FCC can issue a failing station waiver allowing for the creation of a duopoly in markets otherwise too small to permit one legally (as is the case in Lincoln), or involving two stations rated in the top four, under certain circumstances relating to lack of other suitable buyers; low ratings; three years of negative cash flow; and public interest benefit of the merger.^[22]

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for KCWH-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Application Search Details (KCWH-LD, 1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Call Sign History (KCWH-LD)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
^ "Public Notice". The Lincoln Star. February 16, 1993. p. 15. Retrieved May 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bogues, Maureen (April 2, 1994). "Second ABC affiliate to hit Lincoln TV". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 7. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NTV expanding to Lincoln". Kearney Hub. August 21, 1993. p. 1D – via GenealogyBank.
^ Johnson, Tom (June 17, 1996). "Telecommunications bill opens cable access to more small entrepreneurs". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 2B. Retrieved May 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Response of Pappas Telecasting of Central Nebraska, Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc., and Fant Broadcasting Company of Nebraska, Inc. Regarding Local Marketing Agreements" (PDF). Electronic Comment Filing System. Federal Communications Commission. July 8, 1997. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
^ "NTV-Superior Switches To Fox Affiliate". The Belleville Telescope. September 26, 1996. p. 7. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sale, sort of" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. February 17, 1997. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
^ "Correction" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. March 3, 1997. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
^ "Application Search Details (KHGI-TV, 1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
^ "Application Search Details (KSNB-TV, 3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
^ "Application Search Details (KCWH-LD, 2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
^ Korbelik, Jeff (September 24, 2001). "KLIN ends Berry talk show, extends morning show". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 3D. Retrieved May 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Korbelik, Jeff (June 5, 2009). "Station switches to Fox". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 1F. Retrieved May 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "KFXL/KTVG coverage map" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 2, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
^ Korbelik, Jeff (September 8, 1997). "Some good news for 'Trek' fans". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 5B. Retrieved May 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "KSNB-TV signs off for final time". The Superior Express. December 1, 2009. Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
^ "FCC: Colins Broadcasting Corporation, KSNB-DT TV4, Superior, Nebraska, Quarterly List of Issue – Responsive Programming (Third Quarter 2012 – July 1, 2012 thru September 30, 2012)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
^ "Gray Lines Up 2nd Station In Lincoln, NE". TVNewsCheck. November 26, 2012. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013.
^ Kreisman, Barbara A. (May 1, 2020). "Re: WDRB(DT), Louisville, KY; WBKI(DT), Salem, Indiana". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
^ "Consummation Notice". Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
^ Malone, Michael (November 28, 2012). "Gray TV Plans to Add MyNet to KNSB [sic] Lincoln". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013.
^ "Gray Television Buys KSNB Lincoln, Neb". TVNewsCheck. February 25, 2013. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013.
^ "KHAS TV - KSNB TV Statement". KHAS-TV. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
^ "KHAS 5.1 Signal Moving to KSNB 4.1". 1011now.com. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
^ Olberding, Matt (October 20, 2017). "500-foot communications tower collapses in north Lincoln". Lincoln Journal Star. Archived from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ "Resumption of Operations of a LPTV Station Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. September 27, 2018. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
^ "License To Cover for LPTV Station Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. September 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
^ Pluhacek, Zach (October 1, 2018). "CW affiliates coming to Lincoln, central Nebraska". Lincoln Journal Star. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
^ "Gray Television launches local CW affiliates in Nebraska". KOLN. October 1, 2018. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KCWH-LD". Archived from the original on October 17, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.

[23] The FCC can issue a failing station waiver allowing for the creation of a duopoly in markets otherwise too small to permit one legally (as is the case in Lincoln), or involving two stations rated in the top four, under certain circumstances relating to lack of other suitable buyers; low ratings; three years of negative cash flow; and public interest benefit of the merger.^[22]

[1] "Facility Technical Data for KCWH-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[fcc-k18cdgranted-2] "Application Search Details (KCWH-LD, 1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[fcc-callsigns-3] "Call Sign History (KCWH-LD)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[Linc930216-4] "Public Notice". The Lincoln Star. February 16, 1993. p. 15. Retrieved May 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[Linc940402-5] Bogues, Maureen (April 2, 1994). "Second ABC affiliate to hit Lincoln TV". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 7. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "NTV expanding to Lincoln". Kearney Hub. August 21, 1993. p. 1D – via GenealogyBank.

[Linc960617-7] Johnson, Tom (June 17, 1996). "Telecommunications bill opens cable access to more small entrepreneurs". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 2B. Retrieved May 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[fcc-ksnbabctofox-8] "Response of Pappas Telecasting of Central Nebraska, Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc., and Fant Broadcasting Company of Nebraska, Inc. Regarding Local Marketing Agreements" (PDF). Electronic Comment Filing System. Federal Communications Commission. July 8, 1997. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.

[Bell960926-9] "NTV-Superior Switches To Fox Affiliate". The Belleville Telescope. September 26, 1996. p. 7. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[b&c-ksnbcolins1-10] "Sale, sort of" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. February 17, 1997. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.

[b&c-ksnbcolins2-11] "Correction" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. March 3, 1997. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.

[fcc-khgipappas-12] "Application Search Details (KHGI-TV, 1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.

[fcc-saletocolins-13] "Application Search Details (KSNB-TV, 3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.

[fcc-k18cdlicensed-14] "Application Search Details (KCWH-LD, 2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[Linc010924-15] Korbelik, Jeff (September 24, 2001). "KLIN ends Berry talk show, extends morning show". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 3D. Retrieved May 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[Linc090605-16] Korbelik, Jeff (June 5, 2009). "Station switches to Fox". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 1F. Retrieved May 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[kfxlmap-17] "KFXL/KTVG coverage map" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 2, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2009.

[Linc970908-18] Korbelik, Jeff (September 8, 1997). "Some good news for 'Trek' fans". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 5B. Retrieved May 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[ksnbsignoff-19] "KSNB-TV signs off for final time". The Superior Express. December 1, 2009. Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.

[20] "FCC: Colins Broadcasting Corporation, KSNB-DT TV4, Superior, Nebraska, Quarterly List of Issue – Responsive Programming (Third Quarter 2012 – July 1, 2012 thru September 30, 2012)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[21] "Gray Lines Up 2nd Station In Lincoln, NE". TVNewsCheck. November 26, 2012. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013.

[22] Kreisman, Barbara A. (May 1, 2020). "Re: WDRB(DT), Louisville, KY; WBKI(DT), Salem, Indiana". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2023.

[24] "Consummation Notice". Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2013.

[25] Malone, Michael (November 28, 2012). "Gray TV Plans to Add MyNet to KNSB [sic] Lincoln". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013.

[Gray_Buys_KSNB-26] "Gray Television Buys KSNB Lincoln, Neb". TVNewsCheck. February 25, 2013. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013.

[khas-signoff-notice-27] "KHAS TV - KSNB TV Statement". KHAS-TV. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.

[koln-ksnbnbc-28] "KHAS 5.1 Signal Moving to KSNB 4.1". 1011now.com. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.

[29] Olberding, Matt (October 20, 2017). "500-foot communications tower collapses in north Lincoln". Lincoln Journal Star. Archived from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.

[fcc-kcwhback-30] "Resumption of Operations of a LPTV Station Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. September 27, 2018. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[fcc-kcwhkolntower-31] "License To Cover for LPTV Station Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. September 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[ljs-kcwhcw-32] Pluhacek, Zach (October 1, 2018). "CW affiliates coming to Lincoln, central Nebraska". Lincoln Journal Star. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[33] "Gray Television launches local CW affiliates in Nebraska". KOLN. October 1, 2018. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[34] "RabbitEars TV Query for KCWH-LD". Archived from the original on October 17, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.

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+{{distinguish|KWCH-DT}}
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-| callsign               = KCWH-LD
+| callsign = KCWH-LD
+| logo_alt = The CW logo in orange with "Nebraska" in black above
-| city                   =
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+| logo = KCWH-LD The CW Nebraska logo.png
-| logo_size              = 150px
+| logo_size = 150px
-| branding               = The CW Nebraska
+| branding = The CW Nebraska
-| digital                = 18 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])
+| digital = 18 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])
-| virtual                = 18
+| virtual = 18
-| translators            = [[KNHL]] 5.1 [[Hastings, Nebraska|Hastings]]<br>[[KIIT-CD]] 11.2 [[North Platte, Nebraska|North Platte]]
+| translators = {{ubl|''KNHL 18.1 [[Hastings, Nebraska|Hastings]]''|''[[KIIT-CD]] 11.2 [[North Platte, Nebraska|North Platte]]''}}
-| affiliations           = '''18.1:''' [[The CW Plus|CW+]] (2018–present)<br>'''[[KOLN|18.3]]:''' [[CBS]] (Simulcast of KOLN)
+| affiliations = {{ubl|'''18.1:''' [[The CW Plus|CW+]]|'''[[KOLN|18.3]]:''' [[CBS]]}}
+| country = United States
-| subchannels            =
+| airdate = {{start date and age|1999|8|9|p=y|br=y}}
-| network                =
+| location = [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]
-| country                = United States
+| callsign_meaning = The CW, [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Huskers]]
-| founded                = January 4, 1988
+| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K18CD (1999–2011)|K18CD-D (2011–2018)}}
-| airdate                = {{start date and age|1999|8|9|p=y}}
+| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 18 (UHF, 1999–2011)
-| last_airdate           =
+| owner = [[Gray Television]]
-| location               = [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]
+| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, [[Limited liability company|LLC]]
-| callsign_meaning       = The CW, [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Huskers]]
+| sister_stations = [[KNHL]], [[KOLN|KOLN/KGIN]], [[KSNB-TV]]
-| former_callsigns       = K18CD (1988–2011)<br>K18CD-D (2011–2018)
+| erp = 15 [[kilowatt|kW]]
-| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>18 (VHF, 1999–2011)
+| haat = {{convert|112.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
-| owner                  = [[Gray Television]]
+| facility_id = 21165
-| licensee               = Gray Television Licensee, [[Limited liability company|LLC]]
+| coordinates = {{coord|40|49|17|N|96|39|44|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
-| sister_stations        = Lincoln: [[KOLN|KOLN/KGIN]], [[KSNB-TV]]<br>[[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]: [[WOWT]]<br>[[North Platte, Nebraska|North Platte]]: [[KNOP-TV]], [[KNPL-LD]], KIIT-CD
+| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
-| former_affiliations    = {{ubl|[[KSNB-TV|KSNB]] [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] (1999−2007 and 2011−2017)|[[KTVG-TV|KTVG]] translator (2007−2009)|[[Dark (broadcasting)|Dark]] (2009–2011 and 2017–2018)}}
-| erp                    = 15 [[kilowatt|kW]]
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-| licensing_authority    = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
-| website                =
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-'''KCWH-LD''' (channel 18) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power television station]] in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], United States, affiliated with [[The CW Plus]]. It is owned by [[Gray Television]] alongside [[CBS]] affiliate [[KOLN]] (channel 10) and its [[Broadcast relay station#Semi-satellites|semi-satellite]] KGIN (channel 11) in [[Grand Island, Nebraska|Grand Island]], and [[York, Nebraska|York]]-licensed [[NBC]] affiliate [[KSNB-TV]], channel 4 (which are [[simulcast]] on KGIN's second [[digital subchannel]]s). The stations share studios on North 40th Street in Lincoln, where KCWH-LD's transmitter is also located.
+'''KCWH-LD''' (channel 18) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power television station]] in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], United States, affiliated with [[The CW Plus]]. It is owned by [[Gray Television]] alongside [[CBS]] affiliates [[KOLN|KOLN/KGIN]] (channels 10 and 11) in Lincoln and [[Grand Island, Nebraska|Grand Island]] and [[NBC]] affiliate [[KSNB-TV]] (channel 4) in [[York, Nebraska|York]]. KCWH-LD is broadcast from a tower at the KOLN studios on North 40th Street in Lincoln.
-For most of its history, KCWH-LD, under the call sign '''K18CD''', served as a [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] for KSNB-TV, whose signal was weak in Lincoln until its transmitter was moved to the KOLN tower near [[Beaver Crossing, Nebraska|Beaver Crossing]] in 2022. In 2018, Gray converted the station into a standalone CW+ affiliate, simulcast on then-[[Jimmy Swaggart#Television|Sonlife Broadcasting Network]] affiliate [[KNHL]] (channel 5) in [[Hastings, Nebraska|Hastings]] (which was acquired by Gray in 2019) and the second subchannel of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KIIT-CD]] (channel 11) in [[North Platte, Nebraska|North Platte]].
+For most of its history, KCWH-LD, under the call sign K18CD, served as a [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] for KSNB-TV, whose signal was weak in Lincoln until its transmitter was moved to the KOLN tower near [[Beaver Crossing, Nebraska|Beaver Crossing]] in 2022. It signed on in 1999, when KSNB-TV broadcast [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] programming; in 2009, the parent station left the air, only intermittently broadcasting until shortly before Gray acquired it in 2013. K18CD-D, now a digital station, continued to provide a rebroadcast of KSNB-TV, which broadcast [[MyNetworkTV]] programming before becoming the regional NBC affiliate in 2014. In 2018, after the station lost its tower in a collapse, Gray converted the station into a standalone CW+ affiliate, simulcast on [[KNHL]] (channel 5) in [[Hastings, Nebraska|Hastings]] and the second subchannel of Fox affiliate [[KIIT-CD]] (channel 11) in [[North Platte, Nebraska|North Platte]].
 ==History==
+===Translator of KSNB-TV===
-The original [[construction permit]] for a translator station on channel 18 in Lincoln was granted on January 4, 1988,<ref name="fcc-k18cdgranted">{{cite web |title=Application Search Details (KCWH-LD, 1) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=102887 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> and issued the [[call signs in North America|call sign]] '''K18CD''';<ref name="fcc-callsigns">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (KCWH-LD) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=21165&Callsign=KCWH-LD |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> the station was a translator for KSNB-TV (channel 4) in Superior.<ref name="tf1993">{{cite book|title=Television & Cable Factbook 1993 Edition|year=1993|page=B-168|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1993-TV-Factbook/Television-Factbook-1993-ALL-OTHER.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> K18CD filed for a license to cover on August 9, 1999, which was granted on September 27.<ref name="fcc-k18cdlicensed">{{cite web |title=Application Search Details (KCWH-LD, 2) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=287763 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> At the time, KSNB was a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate, simulcast with [[KTVG-TV|KTVG]] (channel 17) in Grand Island. By 2007, K18CD was receiving its programming from KTVG instead of KSNB.<ref name="vud-ktvgonk18cd">{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=https://www.wtfda.org/vud100s/2007/08-2007EVUD.pdf|access-date=October 2, 2018|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=August 2007|page=7|format=PDF}}</ref> The time brokerage agreement between [[Pappas Telecasting]] and KSNB's owner, Colins Broadcasting, expired on November 30, 2009. As a result, KSNB and its two translators, including K18CD, shut down on December 1.<ref name="ksnbsignoff">{{cite news|url=http://www.superiorne.com/sefrntpg.htm#story4|title=KSNB-TV signs off for final time|date=December 1, 2009|work=[[The Superior Express]]|access-date=December 10, 2009}}</ref> On December 19, 2011, the station converted to digital operations as '''K18CD-D'''.<ref name="fcc-callsigns"/> By then, the Colins stations were broadcasting intermittently with programming from the [[Three Angels Broadcasting Network]].<ref>[https://stations.fcc.gov/collect/files/21161/Issues%20and%20programs%20lists/COLINS%20-%20KSNB%20Q3%2012%20-%20ISSUES%20-%20RESPONSIVE%20PROGRAMS%2010.10.12%20%2813498860376772%29_.pdf FCC: COLINS BROADCASITNG CORPORATION, KSNB-DT TV4, Superior, Nebraska, Quarterly List of Issue – Responsive Programming (Third Quarter 2012 – July 1, 2012 thru September 30, 2012)]</ref>
+{{main|KSNB-TV}}
+The original [[construction permit]] for a translator station on channel 18 in Lincoln was granted on January 4, 1988,<ref name="fcc-k18cdgranted">{{cite web |title=Application Search Details (KCWH-LD, 1) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=102887 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002104851/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=102887 |url-status=live }}</ref> and issued the [[call signs in North America|call sign]] K18CD.<ref name="fcc-callsigns">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (KCWH-LD) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=21165&Callsign=KCWH-LD |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002104248/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=21165&Callsign=KCWH-LD |url-status=live }}</ref> It was one of two translators that had been issued for the rebroadcast of KSNB-TV, at the time one of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliates in the [[Nebraska Television Network]] (NTV); the other was K22CX (channel 22)<!--died as KWAZ-LP-->.<ref name="Linc930216">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lincoln-star-public-notice/123896688/|date=February 16, 1993|page=15|title=Public Notice|newspaper=The Lincoln Star|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 27, 2023}}</ref><!-- Tue --> K22CX began broadcasting in 1994.<ref name="Linc940402">{{Cite news |last=Bogues |first=Maureen |date=April 2, 1994 |title=Second ABC affiliate to hit Lincoln TV |page=7 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-second-abc-affiliat/123894418/ |access-date=May 23, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><!-- Sat --> This service fulfilled a longstanding ambition of the network to expand to Lincoln and [[Lancaster County, Nebraska|Lancaster County]], which had nearly twice as many TV households as the [[Tri-Cities, Nebraska|Tri-Cities]] area.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 21, 1993 |title=NTV expanding to Lincoln |page=1D |work=Kearney Hub |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/ntv-expanding-lincoln/rwgfbowjdajbzofuyipmfjokcfemfcgg_wma-gateway009_1684865330359 |via=GenealogyBank}}</ref> However, the Lincoln translator attracted little interest locally, and NTV was not added on cable there.<ref name="Linc960617">{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Tom |date=June 17, 1996 |title=Telecommunications bill opens cable access to more small entrepreneurs |page=2B |work=Lincoln Journal Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-telecommunications/123894369/ |access-date=May 24, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><!-- Mon -->
+After [[Pappas Telecasting]] took over the operations of NTV in 1996, it switched KSNB-TV from ABC to Fox in September, simulcasting with NTV-managed [[KTVG-TV]] in [[Grand Island, Nebraska|Grand Island]].<ref name=fcc-ksnbabctofox>{{cite web|title=Response of Pappas Telecasting of Central Nebraska, Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc., and Fant Broadcasting Company of Nebraska, Inc. Regarding Local Marketing Agreements|url=http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=1864630001|format=PDF|date=July 8, 1997|work=Electronic Comment Filing System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=February 24, 2015|archive-date=February 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225083803/http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=1864630001|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bell960926">{{Cite news |date=September 26, 1996 |title=NTV-Superior Switches To Fox Affiliate |page=7 |work=The Belleville Telescope |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-belleville-telescope-ntv-superior-sw/115343672/ |access-date=May 23, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><!-- Thu --> KSNB-TV was never owned directly by Pappas; because its signal overlapped with Pappas-owned [[KPTM]] in [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], Pappas assigned the right to buy the station to Colins Broadcasting Company.<ref name=b&c-ksnbcolins1>{{cite news|title=Sale, sort of|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-02-17.pdf|page=16|access-date=February 25, 2015|newspaper=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=February 17, 1997|archive-date=February 27, 2015|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150227152705/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-02-17.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=b&c-ksnbcolins2>{{cite news|title=Correction|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-03-03.pdf|page=14|access-date=February 25, 2015|newspaper=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=March 3, 1997|archive-date=February 27, 2015|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150227152713/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-03-03.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The sales of NTV to Pappas and KSNB to Colins were approved by the FCC on February 17, 1999, and completed on May 24.<ref name=fcc-khgipappas>{{cite web|title=Application Search Details (KHGI-TV, 1)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=229513|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=February 25, 2015|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226055631/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=229513|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=fcc-saletocolins>{{cite web|title=Application Search Details (KSNB-TV, 3)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=239799|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=February 25, 2015|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226055634/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=239799|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 1999, Colins applied for a license to cover for the station, indicating it had started broadcasting.<ref name="fcc-k18cdlicensed">{{cite web |title=Application Search Details (KCWH-LD, 2) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=287763 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002104802/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=287763 |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2001, KSNB-TV was broadcast from channel 18 and from channel 22.<ref name="Linc010924">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-klin-ends-berry-tal/125326439/|date=September 24, 2001|page=3D|first=Jeff|last=Korbelik|title=KLIN ends Berry talk show, extends morning show|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 27, 2023}}</ref><!-- Mon -->
-On November 21, 2012, it was announced that Gray Television, the owners of KOLN/KGIN, would acquire KSNB for $1.25 million.<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/63748/gray-lines-up-2nd-station-in-lincoln-ne Gray Lines Up 2nd Station In Lincoln, NE], ''TVNewsCheck'', November 26, 2012.</ref> The station deal included Lincoln translators K18CD and KWAZ-LP. On February 15, 2013, the FCC granted the assignment of the license to Gray, with the sale officially completed on February 25.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1525407.pdf Consent to Assignment Application]</ref><ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101542653&formid=905&fac_num=21161 Consummation Notice]</ref> KSNB aired programming from [[Antenna TV]] in the interim on both its main transmitter in [[York, Nebraska|York]] as well as on its digital K18CD-D and analog KWAZ-LP translators in Lincoln. The affiliation agreement with Antenna TV was exclusively intended for the station's second [[digital subchannel]], but was carried on the primary digital channel as well while the station ownership changed hands. On April 1, 2013, the station took the [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliation previously held by the second digital subchannels of both KOLN and KGIN under the moniker "10/11 Central Nebraska."<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/490574-Gray_TV_Plans_to_Add_MyNet_to_KNSB_Lincoln.php Gray TV Plans to Add MyNet to KNSB Lincoln], ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', November 28, 2012.</ref><ref name="Gray Buys KSNG">[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65730/gray-television-buys-ksnb-lincoln-neb Gray Television Buys KSNB Lincoln, Neb.], ''TVNewsCheck'', February 25, 2013.</ref> On September 2, 2013, KSNB became an affiliate of [[MeTV]].<ref name=fcc-ksnbmetv>{{cite web|title=FCC 398 Children's Television Programming Report|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/KidVidNew/public/report/19/report.faces?id=145322|website=KidVid Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=June 12, 2014|date=October 1, 2013|quote=KSNB-TV switched to the MeTV Network effective 9/2.}}</ref>
+====Silence and sale to Gray====
-On June 11, 2014, Gray moved the market's NBC affiliation from Hastings-based KHAS-TV (channel 5, now KNHL) to KSNB and the second subchannels of KOLN and KGIN. KHAS' owner, [[Hoak Media]], had recently merged with Gray, and original plans called for it to be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting to satisfy duopoly rules. Gray would have operated the station under a [[local marketing agreement]]. However, increased FCC scrutiny of LMAs prompted Gray to shut down KHAS. KSNB's MyNetworkTV and MeTV programming moved to its second digital subcarrier, as well as a third digital channel on KOLN and KGIN, with all channels being broadcast in [[High-definition television|high definition]].<ref name=khas-signoff-notice>{{cite web|url=http://www.khastv.com/story/khas-tv-ksnb-tv-information-20140611|title=KHAS TV - KSNB TV Statement|website=[[KNHL|KHAS-TV]]|access-date=12 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231517/http://www.khastv.com/story/khas-tv-ksnb-tv-information-20140611|archive-date=2014-07-14}}</ref><ref name=koln-ksnbnbc>{{cite news|title=KHAS 5.1 Signal Moving to KSNB 4.1|url=http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/KHAS-51-Signal-Moving-262902001.html|access-date=June 12, 2014|work=[[KOLN|1011now.com]]|date=June 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615013016/http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/KHAS-51-Signal-Moving-262902001.html|archive-date=June 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Over-the-air viewers actually benefited from the switch, as it gave NBC a full-market affiliate for the first time ever. For most of the broadcasting era, [[WOWT]] in [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] (a sister station to KSNB and KOLN/KGIN) had doubled as Lincoln's NBC affiliate as well.
+On June 12, 2009, Pappas converted KCWL-TV, an affiliate of [[The CW]] it managed in Lincoln, to Fox Nebraska as [[KFXL-TV]],<ref name="Linc090605">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-station-switches-to/123908408/|date=June 5, 2009|page=1F|first=Jeff|last=Korbelik|title=Station switches to Fox|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 26, 2023}}</ref><!-- Fri --> which in turn was simulcast as a subchannel from the NTV stations.<ref name="kfxlmap">{{cite web|url=http://ntv.images.worldnow.com/images/incoming/sales/KHGI_KTVG_Coverage_Map.pdf|title=KFXL/KTVG coverage map|accessdate=December 15, 2009|archive-date=December 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202204611/http://ntv.images.worldnow.com/images/incoming/sales/KHGI_KTVG_Coverage_Map.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> This fulfilled an ambition of Pappas that dated to the late 1990s.<ref name="Linc970908">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-some-good-news-for/123894470/|date=September 8, 1997|page=5B|first=Jeff|last=Korbelik|title=Some good news for 'Trek' fans|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 26, 2023}}</ref><!-- Mon --> With Fox network coverage shifted to KFXL and the NTV transmitters, the operating agreements Pappas held to run KSNB-TV and KTVG-TV ended. The time brokerage agreement between Pappas Telecasting and Colins Broadcasting Corporation, expired on November 30, 2009; that station, along with the two translators in Lincoln owned by Colins, shut down on December 1. (KSNB-TV's [[Beatrice, Nebraska|Beatrice]] translator, K17CI, had already left the air on June 12, 2009.)<ref name="ksnbsignoff">{{cite news|url=http://www.superiorne.com/sefrntpg.htm#story4|title=KSNB-TV signs off for final time|date=December 1, 2009|work=The Superior Express|accessdate=December 10, 2009|archive-date=December 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214013414/http://www.superiorne.com/sefrntpg.htm#story4|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 19, 2011, the station converted to digital operations as K18CD-D.<ref name="fcc-callsigns"/> By then, the Colins stations were broadcasting intermittently with programming from the [[Three Angels Broadcasting Network]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://stations.fcc.gov/collect/files/21161/Issues%20and%20programs%20lists/COLINS%20-%20KSNB%20Q3%2012%20-%20ISSUES%20-%20RESPONSIVE%20PROGRAMS%2010.10.12%20%2813498860376772%29_.pdf |title=FCC: Colins Broadcasting Corporation, KSNB-DT TV4, Superior, Nebraska, Quarterly List of Issue – Responsive Programming (Third Quarter 2012 – July 1, 2012 thru September 30, 2012) |access-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129070953/https://stations.fcc.gov/collect/files/21161/Issues%20and%20programs%20lists/COLINS%20-%20KSNB%20Q3%2012%20-%20ISSUES%20-%20RESPONSIVE%20PROGRAMS%2010.10.12%20%2813498860376772%29_.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
+[[Gray Television]] filed to buy KSNB-TV and its Lincoln translators from Colins Broadcasting in 2012. The Lincoln–Hastings–Kearney market has only five full-power stations (KOLN/KGIN and KHGI/KWNB are both counted as single stations for ratings and regulatory purposes), not enough to legally permit a duopoly. Colins and Gray sought a failing station waiver to allow the acquisition to move forward.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/63748/gray-lines-up-2nd-station-in-lincoln-ne|title=Gray Lines Up 2nd Station In Lincoln, NE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509053659/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/63748/gray-lines-up-2nd-station-in-lincoln-ne |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |work=TVNewsCheck|date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>{{efn|The FCC can issue a failing station waiver allowing for the creation of a duopoly in markets otherwise too small to permit one legally (as is the case in Lincoln), or involving two stations rated in the top four, under certain circumstances relating to lack of other suitable buyers; low ratings; three years of negative cash flow; and public interest benefit of the merger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f9171cd42990171d0a568a90026|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=May 1, 2020|first=Barbara A.|last=Kreisman|title=Re: WDRB(DT), Louisville, KY; WBKI(DT), Salem, Indiana|access-date=April 29, 2023|archive-date=April 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429222055/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f9171cd42990171d0a568a90026|url-status=live}}</ref> }} After the FCC granted the assignment of the license to Gray, the sale was officially completed on February 25, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101542653&formid=905&fac_num=21161 |title=Consummation Notice |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210124522/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101542653&formid=905&fac_num=21161 |url-status=live }}</ref> KSNB-TV then became "10/11 Central Nebraska", a [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate, in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/490574-Gray_TV_Plans_to_Add_MyNet_to_KNSB_Lincoln.php|title=Gray TV Plans to Add MyNet to KNSB [sic] Lincoln|first=Michael|last=Malone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102201714/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/490574-Gray_TV_Plans_to_Add_MyNet_to_KNSB_Lincoln.php |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=November 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Gray Buys KSNB">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65730/gray-television-buys-ksnb-lincoln-neb|title=Gray Television Buys KSNB Lincoln, Neb.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509065855/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65730/gray-television-buys-ksnb-lincoln-neb |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |work=TVNewsCheck|date=February 25, 2013}}</ref> KSNB-TV's programming changed again when Gray acquired the assets and NBC affiliation of [[KNHL|KHAS-TV]] in [[Hastings, Nebraska|Hastings]] in 2014; this programming moved to KSNB-TV.<ref name=khas-signoff-notice>{{cite web|url=http://www.khastv.com/story/khas-tv-ksnb-tv-information-20140611|title=KHAS TV - KSNB TV Statement|website=[[KNHL|KHAS-TV]]|access-date=June 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231517/http://www.khastv.com/story/khas-tv-ksnb-tv-information-20140611|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=koln-ksnbnbc>{{cite news|title=KHAS 5.1 Signal Moving to KSNB 4.1|url=http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/KHAS-51-Signal-Moving-262902001.html|access-date=June 12, 2014|work=[[KOLN|1011now.com]]|date=June 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615013016/http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/KHAS-51-Signal-Moving-262902001.html|archive-date=June 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-On October 20, 2017, the broadcast tower for K18CD-D, which was shared with Fox affiliate [[KFXL-TV]] (channel 51), collapsed, rendering the translator out of commission.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://journalstar.com/business/local/foot-communications-tower-collapses-in-north-lincoln/article_4ee94047-79c8-5a9c-8136-57323310d0df.html#tncms-source=home-top-story-1| title = 500-foot communications tower collapses in north Lincoln {{!}} Local Business News {{!}} journalstar.com}}</ref> On May 18, 2018, the call letters were changed to KCWH-LD.<ref name="fcc-callsigns"/> It returned to the air on September 26, 2018,<ref name="fcc-kcwhback">{{cite web |title=Resumption of Operations of a LPTV Station Application |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f916612c76e01661ba6297c1587&id=25076f916612c76e01661ba6297c1587&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 2, 2018 |date=September 27, 2018}}</ref> transmitting from the KOLN studios;<ref name="fcc-kcwhkolntower">{{cite web |title=License To Cover for LPTV Station Application |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9165ee8c3b0166123c220448f0&id=25076f9165ee8c3b0166123c220448f0&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 2, 2018 |date=September 26, 2018}}</ref> on October 1, Gray announced that KCWH had become the market's CW affiliate, and would be simulcast on subchannels of KNHL in Hastings and KIIT-CD in North Platte.<ref name="ljs-kcwhcw">{{cite news |last1=Pluhacek |first1=Zach |title=CW affiliates coming to Lincoln, central Nebraska |url=https://journalstar.com/entertainment/tv-radio/cw-affiliates-coming-to-lincoln-central-nebraska/article_1467bad3-a311-5d63-ad5e-8998a167adb1.html |access-date=October 2, 2018 |work=[[Lincoln Journal Star]] |date=October 1, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://www.1011now.com/content/news/Gray-Television-launches-local-CW-affiliates-in-Nebraska--494835691.html "Gray Television launches local CW affiliates in Nebraska"], [[KOLN]], October 1, 2018, Retrieved February 17, 2019.</ref> CW programming had previously been seen over the air in Lincoln on KCWL-TV (now KFXL-TV) from 2006 through 2009; in the interim, cable systems in the market carried either [[KXVO]] from Omaha or the national CW Plus feed for CW programming. In addition to The CW, [[Ion (TV network)|Ion]] is carried on KCWH's second digital subchannel.<ref name="northpine-kcwhcwion">{{cite news |title=Upper Midwest Broadcasting |url=http://northpine.com/ |access-date=October 2, 2018 |work=Northpine.com |date=October 1, 2018}}</ref>
+===CW affiliate===
+On October 20, 2017, the {{convert|500|ft|m|adj=on}} tower in Lincoln leased by K18CD-D and KFXL-TV collapsed, rendering the translator out of commission.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://journalstar.com/business/local/foot-communications-tower-collapses-in-north-lincoln/article_4ee94047-79c8-5a9c-8136-57323310d0df.html#tncms-source=home-top-story-1|title=500-foot communications tower collapses in north Lincoln|access-date=October 20, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020200958/http://journalstar.com/business/local/foot-communications-tower-collapses-in-north-lincoln/article_4ee94047-79c8-5a9c-8136-57323310d0df.html#tncms-source=home-top-story-1|work=Lincoln Journal Star|first=Matt|last=Olberding|date=October 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 18, 2018, the call letters were changed to KCWH-LD.<ref name="fcc-callsigns"/> It returned to the air on September 26, 2018,<ref name="fcc-kcwhback">{{cite web |title=Resumption of Operations of a LPTV Station Application |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f916612c76e01661ba6297c1587&id=25076f916612c76e01661ba6297c1587&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 2, 2018 |date=September 27, 2018 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002103332/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f916612c76e01661ba6297c1587&id=25076f916612c76e01661ba6297c1587&goBack=N |url-status=live }}</ref> transmitting from the KOLN studios;<ref name="fcc-kcwhkolntower">{{cite web |title=License To Cover for LPTV Station Application |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9165ee8c3b0166123c220448f0&id=25076f9165ee8c3b0166123c220448f0&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=October 2, 2018 |date=September 26, 2018 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002103757/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9165ee8c3b0166123c220448f0&id=25076f9165ee8c3b0166123c220448f0&goBack=N |url-status=live }}</ref> on October 1, Gray announced that KCWH-LD had become the market's CW affiliate and would be simulcast on subchannels of KNHL in Hastings and KIIT-CD in North Platte.<ref name="ljs-kcwhcw">{{cite news |last1=Pluhacek |first1=Zach |title=CW affiliates coming to Lincoln, central Nebraska |url=https://journalstar.com/entertainment/tv-radio/cw-affiliates-coming-to-lincoln-central-nebraska/article_1467bad3-a311-5d63-ad5e-8998a167adb1.html |access-date=October 2, 2018 |work=[[Lincoln Journal Star]] |date=October 1, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002004227/https://journalstar.com/entertainment/tv-radio/cw-affiliates-coming-to-lincoln-central-nebraska/article_1467bad3-a311-5d63-ad5e-8998a167adb1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.1011now.com/content/news/Gray-Television-launches-local-CW-affiliates-in-Nebraska--494835691.html|title=Gray Television launches local CW affiliates in Nebraska|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010213513/https://www.1011now.com/content/news/Gray-Television-launches-local-CW-affiliates-in-Nebraska--494835691.html |archive-date=October 10, 2018|work=KOLN|date=October 1, 2018|access-date=February 17, 2019}}</ref> There had not been a CW affiliate broadcast in the market since KCWL-TV became KFXL-TV in 2009.<ref name="Linc090605">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-station-switches-to/123908408/|date=June 5, 2009|page=1F|first=Jeff|last=Korbelik|title=Station switches to Fox|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 26, 2023}}</ref><!-- Fri -->
 ==Subchannels==
-The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
+The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
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+|+Subchannels of KCWH-LD<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KCWH-LD#station |title=RabbitEars TV Query for KCWH-LD |access-date=October 16, 2018 |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017083653/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KCWH-LD#station |url-status=live }}</ref>
+! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
+! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
+! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
+! scope = "col" | Short name
+! scope = "col" | Programming
 |-
+! scope = "row" | 18.1
-! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
+| [[720p]] || rowspan=2| [[16:9]] || CW HD || [[The CW Plus|The CW Nebraska]]
-! [[Display resolution|Video]]
-! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
-! Short name
-! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KCWH-LD#station RabbitEars TV Query for KCWH-LD]</ref>
-|-
-| 18.1 || [[720p]] || rowspan=2| [[16:9]] || CW HD || [[The CW Plus|The CW Nebraska]]
 |-
+! scope = "row" | 18.3
-| 18.3 || [[1080i]] || KOLN-DT || Simulcast of [[KOLN]] ([[CBS]])
+| [[1080i]] || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;" | KOLN-DT || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;" | [[CBS]] ([[KOLN|KOLN/KGIN]] 10.1)
 |}
+{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}
+==Notes==
+{{notelist}}
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
-==External links==
 {{Lincoln TV}}
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 [[Category:The CW affiliates]]
-[[Category:Ion Television affiliates]]
+[[Category:Low-power television stations in Nebraska|CWH-LD]]
-[[Category:Low-power television stations in the United States]]
-[[Category:Television stations in the Lincoln–Hastings–Kearney market|CWH-LD]]
 [[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1999]]
 [[Category:1999 establishments in Nebraska]]

v t e Broadcast television in Southeastern and Central Nebraska, including Lincoln
Lincoln	KSNB-TV 4 .1 NBC .2 MeTV/MNTV .3 Ion .5 Oxygen .6 Outlaw KLKN 8 .1 ABC .2 Grit .3 Mystery .4 Laff .5 Ion+ .6 Bounce KOLN 10 .1 CBS .2 Start .3 Court .4 H&I .5 The365 .6 Crime KUON-TV 12 .1 PBS/NPM .2 World .3 Create .4 Kids KCWH-LD 18 .1 CW+ .2 Ion .3 CBS KQMK-LD 25 .1/.3/.7 Infomercials .2 NTD .3 Law & Crime .4 MtrSpt1 .5 Aqui TV KFDY-LD 27 .1 TMD .2 NCN/Ind. .3 3ABN KFXL-TV 51 .1 Fox
Central Nebraska	KLNE-TV 3 / KHNE-TV 29 .1 PBS/NPM .2 World .3 Create .4 Kids KNHL 5 .1 MeTV/MNTV .2 Start .3 Court .4 Ion .5 Oxygen .6 Outlaw KGIN 11 .1 CBS .2 NBC .3 MeTV/MNTV .4 H&I .5 The365 .6 Crime KHGI-TV 13 .1 ABC .2 Fox .3 TBD KMLF-LD 30 .1 TMD .2/.3 NCN/Ind.
Southwest Nebraska	KWNB-TV / KWNB-LD 6 .1 ABC .2 Fox .3 TBD KSNK 8 .1 NBC .2 TMD .3 Ion .4 Crime K30FV-D 11 .1 CBS .2 NBC .3 MeTV/MNTV .4 H&I .5 The365 .6 Crime K44FN-D 44 .1 PBS/NPM
O'Neill	K43FX-D 10 .1 CBS .2 NBC .3 MeTV/MNTV .4 H&I .5 The365 .6 Crime
Bassett	KMNE-TV 7 .1 PBS/NPM .2 World .3 Create .4 Kids; also serving O'Neill
Defunct	KFOR-TV 10 (ABC, Lincoln) KTVG-TV (17.1 Fox, Grand Island) K17CI 17 (Fox, Beatrice) KLKE 24 (ABC, Albion) KHGI-LD (27.1 ABC, 27.2 Fox, O'Neill) K29GL 29 (TBN) KWAZ-LP 35 (ABC/Fox, Lincoln) WCWH-LP 40 (Fox, McCook) KBVZ-LP 42 (ABC, McCook) KWAZ-LP 56 (Azteca/TuV, Lincoln) KCAZ-LP 57 (Azteca/TuV, Columbus)
See also Omaha TV Sioux City TV North Platte TV Wichita TV Topeka TV Sioux Falls TV Cheyenne TV Denver TV

v t e Television stations in the North Platte, Nebraska area
Stations	KNOP-TV (2.1 NBC, 2.2 Fox, 2.3 Ion, 2.4 Outlaw, 2.5 The365) KPNE-TV (9.1 PBS, 9.2 World, 9.3 Create, 9.4 PBS Kids) KNPL-LD (10.1 CBS, 10.2 MeTV/MNTV, 10.3 CW+) KIIT-CD (11.1 Fox, 11.2 CW+) KHGI-CD (27.1 ABC) KMBB-LD (30.1 Hope Channel, 30.2 3ABN, 30.3 3ABN Proclaim, 30.5 3ABN Latino, 30.6 Amazing Facts TV, 30.7 3ABN Radio, 30.8 3ABN Radio Latino, 30.9 Audio) K49LK-D (49.1 Rel.)
Defunct	"KWPL" (CW+, cable-only)
See also Lincoln, Omaha, and Scottsbluff/Cheyenne TV

v t e Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Nebraska
ABC	KETV 7 (Omaha) KMGH-TV 7 (Denver, CO) KLKN 8 (Lincoln) KCAU-TV 9 (Sioux City, IA) KHGI-TV 13 / KWNB-TV 6 / KHGI-CD 27 (Kearney/Hayes Center/North Platte)
CBS	KMTV-TV 3 (Omaha) KCNC-TV 4 (Denver, CO) KOLN 10 / KGIN 11 / KCWH-LD 18.3 (Lincoln/Grand Island) KNPL-LD 10 (North Platte) KSTF 10 (Scottsbluff) KPTH-DT 44.3 (Sioux City, IA)
Fox	KIIT-CD 11 / KNOP-DT 2.2 (North Platte) KLWY 27 (Cheyenne, WY) KDVR 31 (Denver, CO) KPTM 42 (Omaha) KPTH 44 (Sioux City, IA) KFXL-TV 51 / KHGI-DT 13.2 / KWNB-DT 6.2 / KWNB-LD 29.2 / KHGI-LD 27.2 (Lincoln/Kearney/Hayes Center/McCook/O'Neill)
NBC	KNOP-TV 2 (North Platte) KNEP 4 / KSTF-DT 10.2 (Sidney/Scottsbluff) KSNB-TV 4 / KGIN-DT 11.2 (York/Hastings/Lincoln/Grand Island) KTIV 4 (Sioux City, IA) WOWT 6 (Omaha) KSNK 8 (McCook/Oberlin, KS) KUSA 9 (Denver, CO)
The CW	KWGN-TV 2_{ATSC 3.0} (Denver, CO) KTIV-DT 4.2 (Sioux City, IA) KNHL 5 / KCWH-LD 18 (Hastings/Lincoln) KSTF-DT 10.3 (Scottsbluff) KIIT-CD 11.2 (North Platte) KPTM-DT 42.3 (Omaha)
MyNetworkTV	KSNB-DT 4.2 / KGIN-DT 11.3 (York/Lincoln/Grand Island) KTVD 20 (Denver, CO) KLWY-DT 27.3 (Cheyenne, WY) KPTM-DT 42.2 (Omaha) KPTH-DT 44.2 (Sioux City, IA)
Ion	KNOP-DT 2.3 (North Platte) KSNB-DT 4.3 / KNHL-DT 5.4 (York/Hastings) KTIV-DT 4.5 (Sioux City, IA) WOWT-DT 6.4 (Omaha) KLWY-DT 27.4 (Cheyenne, WY) KPXC-TV 59 (Denver, CO)
PBS (NPM)	KLNE 3 (Lexington) KMNE 7 (Bassett) KPNE 9 (North Platte) KRNE 12 (Merriman) KUON 12 (Lincoln) KTNE 13 (Alliance) KXNE 19 (Norfolk) KYNE 26 (Omaha) KHNE 29 (Hastings)
Other	News Channel Nebraska (Ind.) KBWF-LD 15 (South Sioux City) KMLF-LD 21 (Grand Island) KWBE-LD 21 (Beatrice) KFDY-LD 27.2 (Lincoln) KOHA-LD 27.2 (Omaha) KGHK-LD 30 (Hastings) KNEN-LD 35 (Norfolk) KMJF-LD 48 (Columbus) KCDO-TV 3 (Ind., Sterling, CO) KCEC 14 (UNI, Boulder, CO) KMEG 14 (Dabl, Sioux City, IA) KXVO 15_{ATSC 3.0} (TBD, Omaha) KBWF-LD 15.2 (TMD, South Sioux City) KMLF-LD 21.2 (TMD, Grand Island) KDEN-TV 25 (TMD, Longmont, CO) KFDY-LD 27 (TMD, Lincoln) KOHA-LD 27 (TMD, Omaha) KGHK-LD 30.2 (TMD, Hastings) KPJR-TV 38 (TBN, Greeley, CO) KQCK 39 (CTN, Cheyenne, WY) KMJF-LD 48.2 (TMD, Columbus) KTFD-TV 50 (UniMás, Denver, CO)

v t e Gray Television
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
ABC	KAIT KCRG-TV KJCT-LD KLTV / KTRE KOLO-TV KOTA-TV / KHSD-TV / KNEP / KSGW-TV KSFY-TV / KPRY-TV KSPR-LD KSWO-TV WBAY-TV WBKO WCJB-TV WGGB-TV WHSV-TV WLOX WPTA WTOK-TV WTVG WTVM WWSB
CBS	KAUU KAUZ-TV ¹ KCTV KEYC-TV KFDA-TV KFVS-TV KGMB KGWN-TV / KSTF KKTV KMOV KMVT KNOE-TV KNPL-LD KOLD-TV KOLN / KGIN KOSA-TV KPHO-TV KSLA KWCH-DT / KBSD-DT / KBSH-DT / KBSL-DT KWTX-TV / KBTX-TV KXII KXDF-CD KXJB-LD KYLX-LD WABI-TV WAFB WAGM-TV WANF WBNG-TV WBTV WCAX-TV WCSC-TV WCTV WDBJ WDTV WECP-LD WFSB / WSHM-LD WIBW-TV WIFR-LD WIYE-LD WKYT-TV / WYMT-TV WNEM-TV WOIO / WOHZ-CD / WTCL-LD WRDW-TV WSAW-TV / WYOW WTOC-TV WTVY WVLT-TV WWNY-TV
Fox	KEVN-LD KIIT-CD KJTV-TV ² KMSB ³ KNDX / KXND KPTV KSVT-LD KVHP KVVU-TV KXLT-TV ² KYOU-TV WALA-TV WBRC WDBD ¹ WFLX ⁴ WHNS WNYF-CD WOVA-LD WSFX-TV ¹ WSVF-CD WVFX WVUE-DT WXIX-TV WXTX ¹ WZAW-LD
NBC	KALB-TV KATH-LD / KSCT-LD KBJR-TV / KRII KCBD KCWY-DT KDLT-TV / KDLV-TV KFYR-TV / KQCD-TV / KMOT / KUMV-TV KGNS-TV KHNL / KOGG / KSIX-TV KKCO KMNF-LD KNEP KNOP-TV KPLC KSNB-TV KTIV KTTC KTUU-TV KTVF KVLY-TV KWQC-TV KYTV WAFF WAGT-CD WALB WAVE WDAM-TV WEAU WECT WEEK-TV WFIE WGEM-TV WILX-TV / WLNM-LD WIS WITN-TV WJHG-TV WLBT WLTZ ² WLUC-TV WMBF-TV WMC-TV / WANF-LD WMTV WNDU-TV WOWT WRGX-LD WSAZ-TV WSFA WSMV-TV / WTNX-LD / WFET-LD WSVW-LD WTAP-TV WVIR-TV / WVIR-CD WVVA WWBT / WRID-LD WWPI-LD
The CW	KAUZ-TV ¹ KCWH-LD / KNHL KCWO-TV KDLH KFVS-DT2 KLCW-TV KNCT KSCW-DT KTTU-TV ³ KYCW-LD WBXX-TV WECX-LD WGCW-LD WISE-TV WPCH-TV WQCW WSLN WUAB WUPV WVIR-DT3 / WVIR-CD3 WYOW
MyNetworkTV	KAUU-DT4 KFXF-LD KPDX KSMO-TV KTTU-TV ³ KWWT WBXH-CD WFXU WIYE-LD WLOO ⁵ WZBJ / WZBJ-CD
Telemundo	KAQI-LD KBTX-DT3 KEYU KFVE-DT2 KIAT-LD KKCO-DT3 KJTB-LD KLTV-DT3 KSPR-LD6 KSWO-DT2 KTLE-LD KTRE-DT2 KTSH-CD KWTX-DT2 KXNU-LD KXNV-LD KXTQ-CD W27DP-D WBGS-LD WBQC-LD WBXM-CD WBXX-DT5 WGAT-LD WKTB-CD / WKSY-LD WLHA-LD WMBP-LD2 WOOK-LD WQWQ-LD WRGX-LD3 WTBM-CD WTCL-LD / WOHZ-CD WTFL-LD WTHV-LD WTME-LD WTNX-LD / WFET-LD WTSG-LD WTWL-LD WXIV-LD
Other	H&I WSJV Ind. K17DL-D ⁶ KFVE KTVK WWAX-LD MeTV KHME / KQME WPGA-TV AFS KPHE-LD KAZF KAZS MM KDTL-LD PSN WPGA-LD RESN WOHZ-CD / WTCL-LD
Radio stations	WGEM-FM
Programming	Hawaii News Now Investigate TV
Other assets	Free TV Networks ^JV The365 Outlaw VCR Action VCR Haha Defy TV Raycom Sports (ACC Network) PowerNation Studios PowerNation Tupelo Honey Arizona's Family Sports Peachtree Sports Network
Acquisitions	Benedek Broadcasting Diversified Communications Hoak Media Meredith Local Media Quincy Media Granite Broadcasting Raycom Media Drewry Communications Liberty Corporation Lincoln Financial Media Schurz Communications United Communications
¹ Owned by American Spirit Media; Gray operates these stations through an SSA. ² Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting; Gray operates these stations through an SSA. ³ Owned by Tegna Inc.; Gray operates these stations through an SSA. ⁴ Owned by Gray; E. W. Scripps Company operates this station through an SSA. ⁵ Owned by Tougaloo College and operated by American Spirit Media through a JSA; Gray provides limited engineering support through an SSA. ⁶ Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company.