KOLN / KGIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
KOLN / KGIN, Channel 10/11, has been successful for more than half a century because it takes great care in selecting its employees. Working as a team member at KOLN / KGIN is critical to the continued success of the organization and is a primary responsibility of each and every employee.
At 4:45 pm on Wednesday, February 18, in 1953, a black and white test pattern appeared on Lincoln’s television screens. For 14 minutes that first broadcast served as a prelude of things to come for KOLN TV, the city’s first television station.
KOLN / KGIN actually began as a radio station. In 1950, the owners applied for a television channel to serve the Lincoln area. Permission was granted in 1952 and approximately one year later, broadcasting began on Channel 12. In February of 1954, owner John Fetzer and the Cornhusker Television Corporation, purchased Channel 10, KFOR TV, and received approval to move KOLN to that Channel.
The Channel 12 facilities were donated to the University of Nebraska, for the establishment of educational television.
Originally an affiliate of the DuMont Network, KOLN later changed to the ABC Television Network and finally to CBS in June of 1954. Later that summer, a 1,000 foot tower and full transmitter were dedicated near Beaver Crossing, Nebraska. This small, local station eventually mushroomed into a regional broadcasting facility during October of 1961 with the addition of satellite station KGIN, Channel 11 in Grand Island.
KOLN / KGIN 10/11 is now owned by Gray Television, Inc. located in Atlanta, Georgia. KOLN / KGIN’s share of audience is among the highest rated of CBS affiliates in the country.
Reaching approximately 300,000 households, 10/11 is proud of its history.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of Gray Television, Inc. to provide an equal employment opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (40 or over), physical or mental disability or any other protected status. The policy of equal employment opportunity is to:
A.Recruit, hire, and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (40 or over), physical or mental disability or any other protected status. B.Base decisions on employment so as to further the principles of equal employment opportunity. C.Ensure that promotion decisions are in accordance with principles or equal employment opportunity. D.Ensure that all personnel actions such as compensation, benefits, transfers and other programs will be administered in accordance with principles or equal employment opportunity.
In carrying out its commitment to equal employment opportunity (EEO), Gray Television, Inc. will make reasonable accommodation(s) for applicants and employees with disabilities who need and request such accommodations in order to perform the essential functions of the job.
A detailed statement of each station’s equal employment program is on file with the Federal Communications Commission and will be made available to employees during normal working hours upon request.
It is also Gray Television, Inc.’s policy that any form of harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (40 or over), physical or mental disability or any other protected status will not be tolerated in the work place. Included within this prohibition are unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature or context where there is an attempt to make submission to such conduct a term or condition of an individual’s employment; where the submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as a basis for employment-related decisions; or where such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
KOLN / KGIN, Channel 10/11, has been successful for more than half a century because it takes great care in selecting its employees. Working as a team member at KOLN / KGIN is critical to the continued success of the organization and is a primary responsibility of each and every employee.
At 4:45 pm on Wednesday, February 18, in 1953, a black and white test pattern appeared on Lincoln’s television screens. For 14 minutes that first broadcast served as a prelude of things to come for KOLN TV, the city’s first television station.
KOLN / KGIN actually began as a radio station. In 1950, the owners applied for a television channel to serve the Lincoln area. Permission was granted in 1952 and approximately one year later, broadcasting began on Channel 12. In February of 1954, owner John Fetzer and the Cornhusker Television Corporation, purchased Channel 10, KFOR TV, and received approval to move KOLN to that Channel.
The Channel 12 facilities were donated to the University of Nebraska, for the establishment of educational television.
Originally an affiliate of the DuMont Network, KOLN later changed to the ABC Television Network and finally to CBS in June of 1954. Later that summer, a 1,000 foot tower and full transmitter were dedicated near Beaver Crossing, Nebraska. This small, local station eventually mushroomed into a regional broadcasting facility during October of 1961 with the addition of satellite station KGIN, Channel 11 in Grand Island.
KOLN / KGIN 10/11 is now owned by Gray Television, Inc. located in Atlanta, Georgia. KOLN / KGIN’s share of audience is among the highest rated of CBS affiliates in the country.
Reaching approximately 300,000 households, 10/11 is proud of its history.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of Gray Television, Inc. to provide an equal employment opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (40 or over), physical or mental disability or any other protected status. The policy of equal employment opportunity is to:
A.Recruit, hire, and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (40 or over), physical or mental disability or any other protected status. B.Base decisions on employment so as to further the principles of equal employment opportunity. C.Ensure that promotion decisions are in accordance with principles or equal employment opportunity. D.Ensure that all personnel actions such as compensation, benefits, transfers and other programs will be administered in accordance with principles or equal employment opportunity.
In carrying out its commitment to equal employment opportunity (EEO), Gray Television, Inc. will make reasonable accommodation(s) for applicants and employees with disabilities who need and request such accommodations in order to perform the essential functions of the job.
A detailed statement of each station’s equal employment program is on file with the Federal Communications Commission and will be made available to employees during normal working hours upon request.
It is also Gray Television, Inc.’s policy that any form of harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (40 or over), physical or mental disability or any other protected status will not be tolerated in the work place. Included within this prohibition are unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature or context where there is an attempt to make submission to such conduct a term or condition of an individual’s employment; where the submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as a basis for employment-related decisions; or where such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
