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Lincoln is a major media center in Nebraska. The following is a list of media outlets based in the city.

Print

Newspapers

The Lincoln Journal Star is the city's primary newspaper, published daily. Other newspapers published in Lincoln include:

Radio

In its Fall 2013 ranking of radio markets by population, Arbitron ranked Lincoln 168th in the United States.[1] Due to Lincoln's proximity to Omaha, local listeners can also receive the signal of several radio stations broadcasting from the Omaha radio market.[2]

The following is a list of radio stations licensed to and/or broadcasting from Lincoln:

AM

Frequency Callsign[3] HD Format[2] City of License Notes
1240 KFOR No News/Talk Lincoln, Nebraska Translator of K268DF FM
1400 KLIN Repeats on KBBK HD-3 News/Talk Lincoln, Nebraska -
1480 KLMS No Adult hits Lincoln, Nebraska Translator of K277CA FM

FM

Frequency Callsign[4] HD Format[2] City of License Notes
88.5 KLCV No Religious Lincoln, Nebraska BRN
89.3 KZUM 1 World
Variety		 Lincoln, Nebraska -
90.3 KRNU No Indie
Alternative Rock		 Lincoln, Nebraska University of Nebraska-Lincoln college radio
91.1 KUCV 2 Public Lincoln, Nebraska NPR
91.9 K220GT No Christian Contemporary Lincoln, Nebraska K-LOVE
92.9 KTGL No Classic Rock Beatrice, Nebraska Broadcasts from Lincoln[5]
93.7 KNTK No Sports Firth, Nebraska Broadcasts from Lincoln[6]
94.5 K233AN No Top 40 Lincoln, Nebraska Simulcast of KBBK-HD2
95.1 KRKR No Christian Contemporary Waverly, Nebraska Broadcasts from Lincoln[7]
96.9 KZKX No Country Seward, Nebraska Broadcasts from Lincoln[8]
98.1 KFGE No Country Milford, Nebraska Broadcasts from Lincoln[9]
101.5 K268DF No News/Talk Lincoln, Nebraska Simulcast of KFOR AM
103.3 K277CA No Adult hits Lincoln, Nebraska Simulcast of KLMS AM
104.1 KIBZ No Active Rock Crete, Nebraska Broadcasts from Lincoln[10]
104.9 KTMX 2 Country York, Nebraska Broadcasts from Lincoln[11]
105.3 KLNC No Classic Rock Lincoln, Nebraska -
106.3 KFRX No Top 40 Lincoln, Nebraska -
107.3 KBBK 3 Hot Adult Contemporary Lincoln, Nebraska -
107.9 KJTM-LP No Positive Hits
Religious		 Lincoln, Nebraska -

Television

Lincoln is a principal city of the Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney television market. The market includes the central portion of Nebraska as well as several counties in north-central Kansas.[12] Due to Lincoln's proximity to Omaha, local viewers can also receive the signal of most television stations broadcasting in the Omaha television market.[13]

The following is a list of television stations that broadcast from and/or are licensed to the city.

Television stations in the Lincoln Metro area (Ascending order)
Virtual
Ch.
ATSC		 Call City Owner Start Digital
Ch.
RF		 DTV
HD		 Nickname Programming
4.1 KSNB York Gray Television 1965 (until license moved to York in 2022) 24 720p Local 4 News NBC
4.2 480i MeMy MeTV
MyNetworkTV
4.3 480i ION Ion Television
4.4 480i Oxygen Oxygen True Crime
8.1 KLKN Lincoln Standard Media 1964 8, 31 720p Channel 8 Eyewitness News ABC
8.2 480i Grit Grit
8.3 480i Mystery Ion Mystery
8.4 480i Laff Laff
8.5 480i Defy Defy TV
8.6 480i Bounce Bounce
10.1 KOLN Lincoln Gray Television 1953 10 1080i 10/11 Now CBS
10.2 480i StartTV Start TV
10.3 480i CourtTV Court TV
10.4 480i H & I H&I
10.5 480i Circle Circle
10.6 480i Crime TCN
12.1 KUON
NEB PUBLIC MEDIA		 Lincoln Nebraska Public Media Foundation 1954 12 1080i NE-PBS PBS
12.2 1080i NE-W World
12.3 480i NE-C Create
12.4 480i NE-KIDS PBS Kids
12.5 480i NE-FNX FNX
18.1 KCWH-LD Lincoln Gray Television 1988 18 720p The CW Nebraska CW
18.3 1080i KOLN-DT CBS (Simulcast of KOLN-HD)
27.1 KFDY-LD
(simulcast of KOHA-LD)		 Lincoln Flood Communications of Omaha LLC 1992 27 720p Telemundo Nebraska Telemundo
27.2 720p NCN-S News Channel Nebraska
(Ind.)
27.3 480i 3ABN Three Angels Broadcasting Network
51.1 KFXL Lincoln Sinclair Broadcast Group 2006 15 720p FOX Nebraska Fox

References

  1. ^ "Metro Survey Area Rankings and Population" (PDF). Market Survey Schedule & Population Rankings. Arbitron. p. 8.
  2. ^ a b c "Radio Stations in Lincoln, Nebraska". Radio-Locator. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  3. ^ "AMQ AM Radio Database Query". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  4. ^ "FMQ FM Radio Database Query". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  5. ^ "KTGL - Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  6. ^ "KNTK - Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  7. ^ "KNTK - Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  8. ^ "KZKX - Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  9. ^ "KFGE - Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  10. ^ "KIBZ - Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  11. ^ "KTMX - Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  12. ^ "Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney [TV Market Map]". TV Market Maps. EchoStar Knowledge Base. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
  13. ^ "TV Signal Locator". TV Fool. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
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