Channel 9, North Platte
First Air Date: September 12, 1966
Operating Power: 85 kW at 1,096 feet
Original Call Letters: KPNE 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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1966
September 12, 1966- KPNE, Channel 9 North Platte signs on owned by 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 duplicates programs from KUON Channel 12 in Lincoln, a PBS affiliate.
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 network under the control of the NETC. The founding General Manager was Jack McBride, who operated in that capacity for the next 43 years.
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1972
The network relocates to its present location in the Terry M. Carpenter & Jack McBride Nebraska Public Media Center, 1800 North 33rd Street in Lincoln, on the East Campus of the University of Nebraska.
KPNE also operates translators K21O1-D Channel 9 McCook/Culbertson, K201J, Channel 20 Wauneta, and K33FO Channel 33, Max.
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2008
Autumn 2008- KPNE shuts down its analog signal.