KNEN

KNEN

City of license	Norfolk, Nebraska
Branding	94.7 News Channel Nebraska
Slogan	"The news you need the music you love"
Frequency	94.7 MHz
First air date	1979
Format	News/Classic hits
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	164.2 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	9954
Transmitter coordinates
Owner	Red Beacon Communications, LLC
Sister stations	KNEN-LD (TV) Ch 35.1 35.2 35.3, KUSO 92.7
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	newschannelnebraska.com

KNEN(94.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/classic hits format. Licensed to Norfolk, Nebraska, USA, the station is currently owned by Red Beacon Communications, LLC.

History

KNEN was founded by Gene Koehn in 1979 as a Top 40 radio station. Koehn was a native of Norfolk, Nebraska, and started his radio career with Norfolk's WJAG radio. He left WJAG, and Norfolk, over a wage dispute. Koehn was a top salesman with the station, and was successful enough that he was earning nearly as much money as the station manager. The station manager took umbrage with this, and called Koehn in to advise him that there would be changes in how he was paid. Koehn did not take this news well, and left the station. He vowed he would return and start a new station in town, and did just that.

On October 8, 2015 KNEN changed their format to news/classic hits, branded as "94.7 News Channel Nebraska" or "NCN 94.7"

Previous Logo

KNEN-LD (TV)

KNEN LD, a low power television station, which is an affiliate of KNEN (NCN Radio) was also launched on October 9, 2015 broadcasting on TV Channel 35, which offers programming on channels 35.1, NCN News, 35.2, Antenna TV and 35.3 WeatherNation

References

Note: the information above—beyond original station manager name, call letters and power output—has not been sourced.

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KNEN
• Radio-Locator information on KNEN
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KNEN
• Info on KNEN-LD from rabbitears.info http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=185612