KNOP-TV
KNOP-TV (channel 2) is a television station in North Platte, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside two low-power stations: CBS affiliate KNPL-LD (channel 10) and Class A Fox affiliate KIIT-CD (channel 11). The three stations share studios on South Dewey Street in downtown North Platte; master control and some internal operations are based at the facilities of sister station KOLN on North 40th Street in Lincoln. KNOP-TV's transmitter is located at the site of its former studio on US Route 83 north of North Platte. KNEP (channel 4) in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, operates as a semi-satellite of KNOP-TV. History KNOP-TV was founded by local investors headed by attorney Rush Clarke and went on-air December 15, 1958. In 1968, it was purchased by Richard F. Shively, Harold O. Shively and Ulysses Carlini Sr. Richard died on December 4, 2003. In 1997, Shively and Carlini bought KHAS-TV in Hastings, and formed Greater Nebraska Television as a holding company for their television interests. In 2005, Greater Nebraska Television sold its stations (including KNOP-TV) to Hoak Media. KNOP started rebroadcasting NBC programming in high definition, and carrying K11TW's Fox programming on its second digital subchannel, in March 2011.