KLKN Lincoln, NE could be pulled

[briansanders007]

Saw this from the local station in Lincoln, NE. Looks to be some legal situation or some type of pissing match.
Home KLKNTV.com Lincoln for local Nebraska News, Weather, Sports and More...

has a section on the website.

[chefly]

Threatening same with local ABC affil in Sioux City, IA

Home page story at kcautv dot com


Formats for the web pages look familiar? More corporate BS froma Group Owner...Citadel Communications Company, Ltd.

The same thing was tried a year or so ago with the Fox and CBS affil here...both owned by ANOTHER group owner Pappas Brdcasting

[parp]

The good news is there is a second ABC station carried by Dish in the Lincoln DMA.

[janedo1586]

This is ABC Channel 8 out of Lincoln that is included in the Lincoln/Kearney/Hastings DMA. It's never really made sense to me that Lincoln doesn't get Omaha's stations since it's only 45 miles or so. Lincoln gets ABC out of Lincoln (channel 8) and ABC out of Kearney (135 miles), Fox out of Kearney (sister station to the ABC station), CBS out of Lincoln/Grand Island, NBC out of Hastings, and I'm not sure where the CW comes from. The PQ of KLKN has always been awful on Dish for me, so no loss in my opinion.

[parp]

I agree with that 100%. Lincoln and Omaha should be in the same DMA, but that was set up a long, long time ago. The thing that irritates me is that the Omaha stations are carried on Time Warner in Lincoln, but Dish and Direct can't do the same. Luckily the Omaha stations are easy to receive via OTA in Lincoln.

[briansanders007]

I live in Cass county now and I can only get the Omaha DMA now. it's really funny how things work. I do miss all the GI stations and all the husker harvest day updates...now all I hear about is crime and shooting in Omaha. It's depressing.

[jldhawk]

I live in Spirit Lake, Ia, and we get the Sioux City locals. No option for OTA antenna.
It is always the rural communities that will suffer in the situation. evey time.

KCAU TV says they will be off the air July 31st, but since those locals are on 129 Sat. It might free up some room on that dieing bird.

[chefly]

I live in Spirit Lake, Ia, and we get the Sioux City locals. No option for OTA antenna.
It is always the rural communities that will suffer in the situation. evey time.

KCAU TV says they will be off the air July 31st, but since those locals are on 129 Sat. It might free up some room on that dieing bird.

Yeah, I guess I am lucky that I can get Sioux City OTA, will I still have my guide info to program DVR tho??

I also just read that D* is adding Sioux Falls HD to their service, maybe with luck SIoux City won't be far behind...The use of OTA for locals on my DVR is one of the biggest plusses E* has right now...if it comes to the point where I can get my local HD from a bird, I may just go.....also, any chance of getting the Sioux Falls DMA for you in Spirit Lake? It is actually a little closer market (not by much tho!!)

[ScottChez]

Hear is a suggestion . . . .

use the Dish HD DVR with the build in Over the Air Turner. Pick up both the Omaha and HD channels. They will both show up on the guide.

I live in Sarpy county, thats what we do here. We get Omaha via the Dish feed, but both Via the free over the air. All show up on the guide data.

With the free over the air, Dish and the station can fight all the want, you will still get it.

[Raymie]

Tick...tick...tick...The Citadel is not a thunderous floating land in the sky...though those with DISHes may see it that way...