KSNG

KSNG, virtual and VHF digital channel 11, is a dual NBC/Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Garden City, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. KSNG's news bureau and advertising sales office are located on Fulton Street in southwestern Garden City, and its transmitter is located east of US 83 in rural southwestern Finney County (south of Plymell).

KSNG
Semi-satellite of KSNW, Wichita, Kansas
Garden City/Dodge City, Kansas
United States
CityGarden City, Kansas
ChannelsDigital: 11 (VHF)
Virtual: 11 (PSIP)
BrandingKSN (general)
KSN News Southwest (local news)
KSN News (state news)
SloganHere for You
Programming
Affiliations11.1: NBC
11.2: Telemundo
11.3: Ion Television
11.4: Justice Network
Ownership
OwnerNexstar Media Group
(Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.)
Sister stationsKSNW
KSNC
KSNF
KSNK
KSNT
KSNL-LD
History
First air dateNovember 5, 1958 (1958-11-05)
Former call signsKGLD (1958–1982)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
11 (VHF, 1958–2009)
Digital:
16 (UHF, until 2009)
Call sign meaningKansas
State
Network
Garden City
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID72361
ERP7.4 kW
HAAT239 m (784 ft)
Transmitter coordinates37°46′40″N 100°52′8″W
Links
Public license informationProfile
LMS
Websitewww.ksn.com

KSNG is part of the Kansas State Network (KSN), a regional network of five stations relaying programming from Wichita NBC affiliate KSNW (channel 3) across central and western Kansas, as well as bordering counties in Nebraska and Oklahoma; KSNG incorporates local advertising and news inserts aimed at areas of southwest Kansas within the Wichita–Hutchinson Plus television market. Master control and most internal operations are based at KSNW's studios on North Main Street in northwest Wichita (near downtown).

History

The station first signed on the air on November 5, 1958 as KGLD (standing for Garden City, Liberal and Dodge City). Originally operating as a satellite of KCKT (channel 2, now KSNC) in Great Bend, it was founded by Central Kansas Television Co., Inc. The two stations were collectively branded as the "Tri-Circle Network". KCKT and KGLD were joined on November 28, 1959 by KOMC-TV (channel 8) in Oberlin.

In 1962, after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that central and western Kansas was part of the Wichita market, Central Kansas Television purchased KARD (channel 3, now KSNW) and merged it with KCKT-TV (channel 2) in Great Bend and its satellites KGLD-TV (channel 11) in Garden City and KOMC-TV (channel 8) in Oberlin. The three stations, which were collectively branded as the "Tri-Circle Network," relayed NBC programming throughout central and western Kansas. The Tri-Circle Network changed its name to the "Kansas State Network" a few years later, with KARD serving as the flagship of the new four-station regional network.

The station's call letters were changed to KSNG on August 16, 1982, as part of an effort to help viewers think of the four stations as part of one large network. In 1988, the KSN stations were acquired by SJL Broadcast Management. The stations were then sold to Lee Enterprises in 1995. Emmis Communications bought most of Lee Enterprises' television properties in 2000. Montecito Broadcast Group, a newly formed partnership between SJL and the private equity firm Blackstone Group, acquired the KSN stations from Emmis on January 27, 2006.

On July 24, 2007, Montecito announced the sale of its five stations (KSNW, KHON-TV in Honolulu, KOIN in Portland, Oregon and KSNT in Topeka, as well as satellites of KSNW and KHON) to New Vision Television; the sale was finalized on November 1, 2007.[1] On May 7, 2012, the LIN TV Corporation announced that it would acquire the New Vision Television station group, including KSNW and its four satellite stations, for $330.4 million and the assumption of $12 million in debt;[2] the sale – which was approved by the FCC on October 2,[3] and was completed 1½ weeks later on October 12 – marked a re-entry into Kansas for LIN, which briefly owned the license of KUPK (channel 13), a satellite of Wichita ABC affiliate KAKE-TV (channel 10), in 2000, before selling it to Benedek Broadcasting shortly after the purchase was finalized.

On March 21, 2014, Media General announced that it would purchase LIN Media and its stations, including KSNW, in a $1.6 billion merger – giving the station its sixth owner since 2000. Like the earlier acquisition of KSNW by LIN, this deal marked Media General's re-entry to the market, as it previously owned KBSD-TV (channel 6), a satellite of KWCH-TV (channel 12), from 2000 to 2006.[4][5][6] The merger was completed on December 19.[7] On September 28, 2015, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced it had offered to purchase Media General and its stations, including KSNW and its satellites.[8] On January 27, 2016, Nexstar announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire Media General.[9] The acquisition of KSNG and its other satellites by Nexstar reunited the stations with former satellite KSNF, whose ownership was split from the rest of the Kansas State Network in 1986. The deal was approved by the FCC on January 11, 2017, and it was completed on January 17, marking Nexstar's first entry into the Wichita market.[10]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[11]
11.11080i16:9KSNG-DTMain KSNG programming / NBC
11.2TelemunTelemundo
11.3480iIONIon Television
11.4JusticeJustice Network

Analog-to-digital conversion

KSNG shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 16 to VHF channel 11 for post-transition operations.[12] Two weeks later on June 27, 2009, KSNG increased its effective radiated power from 7.4 kW to 56.8 kW.

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References
  1. Malone, Michael (May 7, 2012). "New Vision Buys Montecito Stations
  2. Malone, Michael (May 7, 2012). "LIN Acquiring New Vision Stations for $330 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  3. http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1499220.pdf%5B%5D
  4. Harrison, Crayton (March 21, 2014). "Media General To Buy LIN For $1.6 Billion". Hartford Courant. Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  5. Voorhis, Dan (March 21, 2014). "Media General buying KSNW's parent company, LIN Media". The Wichita Eagle. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  6. Roy, Bill (March 21, 2014). "Media General to buy KSNW parent company for $1.6 billion". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  7. Media General Completes Merger With LIN Media Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Press Release, Media General, Retrieved 19 December 2014
  8. "Nexstar Broadcasting seeks to buy Media General for $1.9 billion". Usatoday.com. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  9. Pickler, Leslie (January 27, 2016). "Nexstar Clinches Deal to Acqiure Media General". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  10. Nexstar Broadcasting Group Completes Acquisition of Media General Creating Nexstar Media Group, The Nation’s Second Largest Television Broadcaster Nexstar Media Group, January 17, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  11. "Digital TV Market Listing for KSNG". RabbitEars.info.
  12. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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