KBTR

KBTR is the Rainbow Dash Network station serving Beatrice, NE. It broadcasts on channel 49.

Station History
KBTR signed on the air back on June 4th, 1962 as the newest ABC affiliate for the Beatrice, Nebraska area as well as the first and only local station in that area until 1967 when KGDE signed on as the American Broadcast Network|ABN affiliate for Beatrice. Before 1962, ABC programming was fed in from the ABC affiliate in Omaha for several years until KBTR signed on as the default ABC affiliate for Beatrice and surrounding areas. KBTR remained as an ABC affiliate for nearly 50 years until 2011 when the newly formed RDN network signed on. As a result, KBTR shut down it's long running news operation and it wouldn't be until 2015 when they would reboot it. For the residents of Beatrice, the ABC affiliate in Omaha has continued to serve as the default ABC network affiliate for that area. In 2015, KBTR rebooted it's news operation after 4 years of being off the air as a result of many RDN affiliates starting up newscasts, usually at 9 or 10 pm.

Newscast Titles

 * The Beatrice News Report (1962-1966)
 * The John Holmes Report (1966-1969)
 * NewsScene 49 (1969-1975)
 * TV-49 Newscenter (1975-1986)
 * 49 Eyewitness News (1986-1996)
 * ABC 49 News (1996-2011)
 * NewsTeam 49 (2015-present)

News Themes

 * no music/ticker tape (1962-1970)
 * Cool Hand Luke: The Tar Sequence by Lalo Schifrin (1970-1981)
 * (7's) On Your Side by Gari Media (1981-1985)
 * News Series 2000 by Gari Media (1985-1995)
 * USA News by 615 Music (1995-1999)
 * ABC News Affiliate Music Package by Score Productions (1999-2002)
 * Stravinsky by Stephen Arnold (2002-2007)
 * Eyewitness News by Gari Media (2007-2011)
 * Connection by 360 Music (2015-present)