KLKN

KLKN

Lincoln, Nebraska United States
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8
Branding	Channel 8 KLKN-TV; Channel 8 News
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Standard Media (KLKN Lincoln License LLC)
History
First air date	December 3, 1964 (59 years ago) (1964-12-03)[a]
Former call signs	KHQL-TV (1964–1974) KCNA-TV (1974–1983) KBGT-TV (1983–1987) KCAN-TV (1987–1996)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1964–2009) Digital: 31 (UHF, 2002–2009)
Former affiliations	ABC (1964–1984 via KHOL-TV/KHGI-TV, 1986–1996 via KCAU-TV) Independent (1984–1986)
Call sign meaning	Lincoln
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11264
ERP	25.9 kW
HAAT	437 m (1,434 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°52′59″N 97°18′20″W / 40.88306°N 97.30556°W / 40.88306; -97.30556
Translator(s)	35 (UHF) Lincoln
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.klkntv.com

KLKN (channel 8) is a television station in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with ABC. Owned by Standard Media, the station maintains studios on 10th Street south of downtown Lincoln and broadcasts from a transmitter located near Utica, Nebraska.

Channel 8 in central Nebraska was originally allocated to Albion and signed on in December 1964 as KHQL-TV, part of the ABC-affiliated Nebraska Television Network (NTV); the call letters changed to KCNA-TV in 1974. NTV's owners, the Amaturo Group, upgraded the KCNA-TV transmitter facility and split it from the network in 1984 as KBGT-TV "Big 8", the first independent station in the state of Nebraska. This lasted two years before Citadel Communications acquired the station and converted it at the end of 1986 into KCAN, which rebroadcast ABC affiliate KCAU-TV in Sioux City, Iowa.

Beginning in 1991, Citadel campaigned to move KCAN from Albion to Lincoln, where it would give the capital city two commercial television stations for the first time since the 1950s. The move began on April 1, 1996, when KLKN began broadcasting from Lincoln. The station also began producing its own local newscasts covering the Lincoln area. Even though Lincoln, Kearney, and Hastings are defined as one media market, KLKN and NTV generally focus on separate areas, serving Lincoln and the Tri-Cities, respectively. Satellite television providers Dish Network and DirecTV provide both stations across the entire market.^[2][3]

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