KSNC

KSNC, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 22), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Great Bend, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. KSNC's news bureau, advertising sales office and transmitter are located along US 281, three miles (5 km) north of Great Bend.

For the airport in Chester, Connecticut assigned the ICAO code KSNC, see Chester Airport.
KSNC
Semi-satellite of KSNW, Wichita, Kansas
Great Bend/Hays, Kansas
United States
CityGreat Bend, Kansas
ChannelsDigital: 22 (UHF)
Virtual: 2 (PSIP)
BrandingKSN (general)
Telemundo Kansas
(on DT2)
KSN News Central
(local news)
KSN News (state news)
SloganHere for You
Programming
Affiliations2.1: NBC
2.2: Telemundo
2.3: Ion Television
2.4: Justice Network
Ownership
OwnerNexstar Media Group
(Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.)
Sister stationsKSNW
KSNG
KSNK
KSNL-LD
KSNT
KSNF
History
First air dateNovember 28, 1954 (1954-11-28)
Former call signsKCKT (1954–1982)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
2 (VHF, 1954–2008)
Call sign meaningKansas
State
Network
Central Kansas
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID72359
ERP500 kW
HAAT284 m (932 ft)
Transmitter coordinates38°25′54″N 98°46′18″W
Links
Public license informationProfile
LMS
Websitewww.ksn.com

KSNC 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; KSNC incorporates local advertising and news inserts aimed at areas of central 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). On cable, KSNC is available on Cox Communications channel 3, and on channel 2 on most other providers in the viewing area.

History

The station first signed on the air on November 28, 1954, as KCKT; it was founded by Central Kansas Television Co., Inc. On November 5, 1958, KCKT signed on a satellite station in Garden City, KGLD (channel 11, now KSNG). 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) in that city and merged it with KCKT, KGLD and KOMC-TV (channel 8). The three stations 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. During the 1960s and 1970s, KCKT relayed its programming on K74CN (channel 74), later changed to K18AA (channel 18) in Salina.

The station changed its call letters to KSNC 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 licenses of K30GD (channel 30, now KGBD-LD) and its translators K25CV (channel 25) and K20BU (channel 20, now K38GH-D on channel 38), low-power repeaters of Wichita ABC affiliate KAKE-TV (channel 10), in 2000, before selling them 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 KBSH-TV (channel 7), a satellite of CBS affiliate 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 KSNC 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]
2.11080i16:9KSNC-DTMain KSNC programming / NBC
2.2T'mundoTelemundo
2.3480iIONIon Television
2.4JusticeJustice Network

Analog-to-digital conversion

KSNC shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on October 1, 2008. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22.[12][13][14] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 2.

Newscasts

Channel 2 aired its own newscasts for many years. However, its local operations were progressively cut back from the mid-1980s onward. By the start of the 21st century, local news content had been reduced to inserts in KSNW's newscasts, and localized station identifications had been largely eliminated.

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 $1.6B". 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. Picker, Leslie (January 27, 2016). "Nexstar Clinches Deal to Acquire 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 KSNC". 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.
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. "CDBS Print". fcc.gov. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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