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| Semi-satellite ofKSNW,Wichita, Kansas | |
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| Network | Kansas State Network |
| Affiliations | NBC |
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| KSNW,KSNC,KSNF,KSNG | |
| History | |
First air date | December 13, 1964 (60 years ago) (1964-12-13) |
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Call sign meaning | Kansas State Network Salina |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 168675 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 54.4 m (178 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°50′29″N97°40′4″W / 38.84139°N 97.66778°W /38.84139; -97.66778 |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
| Website | www |
KSNL-LD (channel 6) is alow-power television station inSalina, Kansas, United States, affiliated withNBC and owned byNexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on North Santa Fe Avenue in downtown Salina, and its transmitter is located on State Street and Halsted Road inunincorporatedSaline County (west of the Salina city limits).
KSNL-LD is part of the Kansas State Network (KSN), a regional network of five stations relaying programming fromWichita NBC affiliateKSNW (channel 3) across central and westernKansas, as well as bordering counties inNebraska andOklahoma; KSNL-LD incorporates local advertising and news inserts aimed at Salina and surrounding areas within the Wichita–Hutchinson Plustelevision market.
The Kansas State Network first established a presence in Salina on December 13, 1964, when a channel 74translator ofGreat Bend'sKCKT-TV was activated.[2] The translator moved to channel 18 (as K18AA) in 1967,[3] where it remained until it was displaced by the sign-on of full-powerKAAS-TV in 1988; it then moved to channel 6 as K06LZ. The stationflash cut to digital on channel 47 as KSNL-LD in 2008.
On May 7, 2012, theLIN 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;[4] the sale – which was approved by the FCC on October 2[5] and was completed1+1⁄2 weeks later on October 12 – marked a re-entry to Kansas for LIN, which briefly owned the licenses of K51GC (channel 51, now KHDS-LD), a low-power repeater of WichitaABC affiliateKAKE-TV (channel 10), in 2000, before selling them toBenedek Broadcasting shortly after the purchase was finalized.
On March 21, 2014,Media General announced that it would purchase LIN Media and its stations, including the KSN stations, in a $1.6 billion merger. The deal marked Media General's re-entry into the market, as it previously ownedKBSH-TV (channel 7), a satellite of WichitaCBS affiliateKWCH-TV (channel 12), from 2000 to 2006.[6][7] The merger was completed on December 19.[8] On September 28, 2015,Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced it had offered to purchase Media General and its stations, including KSNW and its satellites.[9] On January 27, 2016, Nexstar announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire Media General.[10] The acquisition of KSNL and its other satellites by Nexstar reunited the stations with former satelliteKSNF, 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.[11]
KSNL-LD does not provide the other subchannels that the full-power KSN stations do.
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 6.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KSNL-LD | NBC |
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