In addition to commercial advertising, NCN holds pledge drives and solicits donations in the same manner as non-commercial broadcasters.

Newscasts air every hour and focus primarily on rural Nebraska stories with some coverage of the two major cities, Lincoln and Omaha, and weather forecasts every 10 minutes including former WTNH meteorologist Geoff Fox broadcasting from his home studio in Irvine, California.

[1] The network also includes extensive coverage of high school and small college sports with two broadcast trucks covering rural football and basketball games.

[3] In order to avoid conflicts of interest, articles and news coverage involving Flood are written by the Associated Press or Gray Television affiliates in Nebraska.

NCN carries some limited syndicated lifestyle programming on weekend mornings, including AgPhD, Ron Hazelton's HouseCalls and P. Allen Smith Garden Style.