KFOR-TV (Nebraska)

Last updated
KFOR-TV
Channels
Ownership
OwnerCornbelt Broadcasting Co.
History
FoundedOctober 1952
First air date
May 31, 1953;70 years ago (1953-05-31)
Last air date
March 13, 1954;69 years ago (1954-03-13)
ABC (primary)
Call sign meaning
 KFOR

KFOR-TV, channel 10, was a VHF television station in Lincoln, Nebraska, that operated from May 1953 to March 1954.

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History

KFOR-TV signed on May 31, 1953, three months after the launch of the first Lincoln station, KOLN. It was founded by Lincoln-based Cornbelt Broadcasting, which also operated KFOR radio. New studios were built for the station at 48th and Vine streets. The station's transmitter was located on the KFOR radio tower a few blocks away from the studio. [1] It was the ABC affiliate for the Omaha-Lincoln market. However, according to longtime KOLN personality Leta Powell Drake, Omaha stations KMTV and WOW-TV (now WOWT), both of which had a secondary ABC affiliation, had first choice on ABC programming and blocked KFOR from airing ABC's most popular shows during prime time. [2]

In February 1954, broadcasting pioneer John Fetzer — who had purchased KOLN in August 1953 — purchased KFOR-TV for $300,000. The purchase included the station license and equipment but not the studio building or KFOR radio. [3] To avoid running afoul of Federal Communications Commission ownership regulations (and to create a commercial broadcast monopoly for himself in the Lincoln market [4] ), Fetzer moved KOLN from its sign-on channel 12 to KFOR's channel 10 and donated the channel 12 facilities and the KFOR license to the University of Nebraska for its educational station, KUON-TV. [5] KFOR-TV was shut down on March 13, 1954; [6] KOLN picked up KFOR's ABC affiliation until Fetzer successfully persuaded the FCC to split Lincoln from the Omaha market, after which time it switched its primary affiliation to CBS.

Backyard Farmer originated on KFOR-TV in 1953; it moved to KUON in 1955 and continues to air on what is now known as Nebraska Public Media.

The former KFOR-TV studio became a funeral home, [7] then was later converted to office space that was known for a time as the Egan Building.

The KFOR-TV call sign was adopted by the former WKY-TV/KTVY-TV in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1990.

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References

  1. ↑ McKee, Jim (September 16, 2017). "Jim McKee: Television comes to Lincoln". Lincoln Journal Star . Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ Powell Drake, Leta (2014). The Calamities of Kalamity Kate: A History of Nebraska Children's TV Shows. J&L Lee Co. p. 6. ISBN   9780934904667.
  3. ↑ "Fetzer Pays $300,000 For KFOR-TV Lincoln" (PDF). Broadcasting-Telecasting. February 22, 1954. p. 66. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ McGuire, Jana (Fall 2004). "50 Years of Service NET". Nebraska Alumni Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ Ganzel, Bill. TV Comes to Lincoln, Nebraska. NebraskaStudies.org. Archived from the original on September 8, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ "KFOR Tells FCC It Is Going Off Air" (PDF). Broadcasting-Telecasting. March 15, 1954. p. 86. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ McKee, Jim (May 29, 2021). "Jim McKee: A big undertaking for Lincoln". Lincoln Journal Star . Retrieved May 30, 2021.
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