KTVG
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Grand Island, Nebraska United States |
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| Branding | KFXL, Fox Nebraska |
| Slogan | we're your station! |
| Channels |
Analog: See former channel numbers and repeaters Digital: See former channel numbers and repeaters |
| Affiliations | Defunct |
| Owner | Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc. (formerly operated under LMA by Pappas Telecasting Companies) |
| First air date | March 1993 |
| Last air date | April 5, 2010 |
| Call letters' meaning | Television Grand Island |
| Sister station(s) | KHGI-TV, KFXL-TV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 17 (UHF, 1993–2009) Digital: 19 (UHF, c. 2004–2010) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1993–1994) Fox (1994–2009) UPN (secondary, 1995–1998 and 2000–2005) Ion Television (secondary, 2000s) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 186 m |
| Facility ID | 27220 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°43′44″N 98°34′13″W / 40.72889°N 98.57028°W |
KTVG-TV was the Fox affiliate for most of south-central Nebraska, licensed to serve Grand Island. Prior to June 2009, the station, along with KSNB-TV in Superior, were identified on-air as Nebraska Fox 4 & 17. Beginning June 12, 2009, the stations were simulcast with KFXL-TV in Lincoln, Nebraska. As of mid-August 2009, KFXL became the main station, and the entire network was rebranded as KFXL, Fox Nebraska. KSNB left the air in December 2009 (though it has since resumed operations as a separately-operated NBC and MyNetworkTV affiliate) and KTVG soon followed in April 2010, leaving KFXL as the market's Fox station.
KTVG was owned by Hill Broadcasting Company, but was operated by Pappas Telecasting Companies under a local marketing agreement until the expiration of the deal in April 2010. Pappas holds the rights to Fox programming in the Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney market. Through this LMA, KTVG was sister station to KPTM, the Omaha Fox affiliate, and the Nebraska Television Network (NTV), composed of ABC affiliates KHGI-TV in Kearney, KWNB-TV in Hayes Center, and KHGI-CA in North Platte.
A construction permit for operation on channel 17 in Grand Island was granted on February 27, 1986; on April 10, it was assigned the call letters KTVG. However, the station did not take to the air until March 1993. Two months later, original owner Family Broadcasting Company agreed to sell KTVG to Hill Broadcasting; the sale was completed on July 14, 1993. That month, the station suspended operations due to flood damage, returning to the air that September. Early on, KTVG was an independent station with a limited schedule, at one point only operating from 3–11 p.m. and devoting much of its broadcast day to cartoons and old movies; by February 1994, it had expanded to a 7 a.m.–midnight schedule and had secured a deal to broadcast Kansas City Royals games in the market.
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