[2] The station joined the nascent National Educational Television network (which had begun operations in May) upon its sign-on.

It was operated in trust for UNL until 1956, when the FCC granted the channel 12 license to the school's Board of Regents.

A deal was quickly reached in which Lincoln's KUON-TV would remain under UNL's ownership, but serve as the new network's flagship.

National Educational Television would be absorbed into the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in October 1970, and Nebraska ETV joined the new network.

The commission sued NBC for trademark infringement in February 1976, a suit which generated national attention.

It is primarily used when KYNE breaks off from the network to broadcast programming of specific interest to the Omaha market.

In May 2021, NET changed its name to Nebraska Public Media to more accurately represent the organization's entire impact.

The Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Facilities Corporation was established to facilitate lease/purchase of the GTE SpaceNet 3 transponder.

Combined, they reach almost all of Nebraska, as well as parts of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Selected cable systems in northern Kansas carry Hastings' KHNE in addition to Smoky Hills PBS; these counties are part of the Hastings/Kearney side of the Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney media market.

On satellite, KUON, KYNE, KPNE, KXNE, and KTNE are carried on the local Lincoln, Omaha, North Platte, Sioux City, and Cheyenne, Wyoming Dish Network feeds, respectively.

The stations' combined footprint covers most of the state outside the Omaha metropolitan area, as well as parts of Iowa, South Dakota, and Kansas.

[15] The news department produces regular "Signature Stories" for air on Nebraska Public Media's radio stations.