Channel 26, Omaha
First Air Date: October 25, 1965
Operating Power: 21.2 kW at 930 feet
Original Call Letters: KYNE TV
Format: Educational
Network Affiliation: PBS
General Manager: Jack McBride
Program Director: Bill Oxley
Chief Engineer: William R. Ramsay
Issued To: Nebraska Educational Television Commission (NETC)
Through the Years
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1965
October 25, 1965- KYNE TV, Channel 26 signs on, owned by the the Nebraska Educational Television Commission (NETC), as part of a state network of public radio and television stations in Nebraska, headquartered in Lincoln.
The station is the Omaha affiliate of the PBS television network. It duplicates the programming of KUON channel 12 in Lincoln, but also cuts away from time to time for local programming of interest to Omaha.In 1961 five VHF and three UHF channels were allocated for educational use in Nebraska.
In 1963 the state legislature approved plans for a statewide educational network, under the control of NETC.
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1972
In 1972, the headquarters relocated to the new Terry M. Carpenter & Jack McBride Nebraska Public Media Center, 1800 North 33rd Street in Lincoln, on the East Campus of the University of Nebraska. Jack McBride was the founding General Manager of NET, its name prior to being changed to Nebraska Public Media in May 2021. McBride served in capacity for 43 years.
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2009
February 17, 2009- KYNE shuts down its analog signal.