When did the first Nebraska TV station sign on the air?
August 29, 1949---
WOW-TV (OMAHA)
100
This station in Lincoln has call letters that use the last three letters of the city where it is licensed.
KOLN-TV
100
This Nebraska TV station got its call letters from a radio station named after its first owner: Woodman of the World
WOW-TV
100
What famous talk show host got his start at WOW-TV in Omaha?
Johnny Carson
Host of NBC's Tonight Show from 1962-1992 /
On WOW-TV, Carson hosted a morning talk show.
100
KOLN/KGIN-TV changed to color broadcasting in 1967
TRUE
200
What year did two Nebraska TV stations sign on the air within days of each other?
1949
WOW-TV / KMTV
(BOTH OMAHA)
200
A seed company from Shenandoah, Iowa once owned this Nebraska TV station.
KMTV, OMAHA
200
This station signed on the air on September 17, 1957 and was the third Omaha station to sign on the air.
KETV
200
What National Network News Anchor once worked at KMTV in Omaha?
Tom Brokaw /
NBC Evening News Anchor
from 1982-2004
200
The FCC stopped taking applications for TV licenses between 1949 and 1953.
TRUE
300
When did the second TV station in Nebraska sign on the air?
September 1, 1949---
KMTV /
OMAHA
300
What TV station in Nebraska did a Secretary of the Interior under President Eisenhower once own?
KHAS-TV /
Fred Seaton
300
This Nebraska TV station was a failure when it signed on the air.
KFOR-TV
(Lincoln)
300
This station owner was known as "The Flying Doctor" as he was also a medical doctor who flew his private plane to attend to his patients.
F. Wayne Brewseter
KHOL-TV, Holdrege later KHGI-TV in Kearney
300
KETV, Omaha, was once own by Peter Kiewit, Jr. due to the fact he purchased World Publishing, Publisher of the Omaha World Herald.
TRUE
400
It was in this year that John Fetzer switched this Lincoln television station to Channel 10 and gave a second television station on Channel 12 to the University of Nebraka.
1954
(a very good year!)
400
This station changed from being a CBS affiliate to an NBC affiliate then back to being a CBS affiliate
KMTV---
(OMAHA)
400
This station changed from being an NBC affiliate to a CBS affiliate then back to being an NBC affiliate
WOW-TV--- /
(LATER WOWT-TV, OMAHA)
400
This former stoic KOLN-TV news anchor has the same initials as a favorite chocolate candy!
Mel Mains /
M&M's
400
KOLN-TV Weather Forecaster Joe Kinney had a speech impediment due to the fact that part of his tongue had been removed.
FALSE
500
The last fully programmed TV station in Nebraska signed on
in this year in Lincoln Nebraska.
1996---
(KLKN-TV, LINCOLN)
500
What Nebraska TV station was also owned by a company that owned a famous woman’s magazine?
WOW-TV---
Meredith Broadcasting---Meredith Publishing owns Better Homes and Garden Magazine
500
This station was the last fully programmed station to sign on in Nebraska in 1996.
KLKN-TV---
(LINCOLN)
500
This Omaha native got his start at KMTV and eventually did newscasts for NBC News. He did news for the TODAY show with Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley from 1976-1981.
Floyd Kalber /
(Tom Brokaw referred to Floyd as his mentor)
500
Johnny Carson remained so close to a staff announcer at WOW-TV that when this announcer drove a run down car out to California, Carson saw that he drove back to Nebraska in a brand new Buick.