11 Facts About KETV

KETV is a television station in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with ABC.

The station has been an ABC affiliate from its debut ; KETV is the second full-time ABC affiliate in the Omaha market; KOLN-TV in Lincoln previously served as Omaha's ABC affiliate for much of 1953 and 1954 until the Federal Communications Commission split off Lincoln into its own separate market from Omaha.

Incidentally, until KLKN-TV signed on from Lincoln in 1996, KETV served as the default ABC affiliate for Nebraska's state capital; to this day, KETV still retains significant viewership in Lincoln, and the station operates a news bureau in the city.

In 1984, KETV introduced its current logo, which is a variation of the widely used Circle 7 logo; the logo received a slight update in 2000.

KETV was the first station in the market to have a full-time meteorologist beginning in the early 1970s, the first station to use live weather radar in the late 1970s, and was the second station to utilize Doppler weather radar in the early 1980s.

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In November 2006, KETV overtook long-time ratings leader WOWT to become the top-rated news station in the Omaha market.

KETV has had a long-running hotline and webpage called 7 Can Help, which has and continues to contribute to helping the greater Omaha community through financial grants, high utility bill relief, and services for area children.

In October 1996, KETV began televising all of its local newscasts from a "working newsroom" set known as "The Newsplex", a multimillion-dollar broadcast facility .

In February 2006, KETV reformatted its investigative unit as the NewsWatch 7 "I-Team", in an effort to bring more attention to in depth investigative stories, along with health and consumer reporting.

KETV was the last news operation in Omaha to upgrade to full high definition operations, a purposeful move as the new Burlington Station facilities were HD-ready from day one in late October 2015 and it was deemed cost-effective to remain in SD for the last few years at KETV's original facilities.

KETV is one of several Hearst-owned ABC stations, and among a handful of ABC affiliates, that broadcasts high-definition programming in the 1080i resolution format rather than 720p like most ABC stations.