KFXL-TV

KFXL-TV is the Fox affiliate for Lincoln, Nebraska, broadcasting on digital channel 15. It is owned by Pappas Telecasting Companies, which also owns KHGI-TV, the ABC affiliate for the western portion of the Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney market. It is operated out of KHGI's studio in Axtell (though the address says Kearney). The KFXL signal is also rebroadcast on the digital subchannels of most of the KHGI/NTV network stations, bringing KFXL programming to the western half of the Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney market and parts of the North Platte market.

History

KFXL signed on June 26, 2006 as KOWH, an affiliate of The WB Television Network. The station was originally owned by the Omaha World-Herald, from which KOWH derived its call sign, though Pappas provided marketing, sales and programming services to the station. Before KOWH signed on, The WB was seen either via another Pappas-operated station, KXVO in Omaha, or a cable-only WB 100+ station, KWBL; KOWH took KWBL's place on cable systems in central Nebraska, including Charter Communications in Hastings, Grand Island, and Kearney. Like KWBL, KOWH was a straight simulcast of The WB 100+, with no live programming.