Great Plains Communications Residential Blog
Find ideas to maximize your Great Plains Communications services, tech tips, and learn about upcoming shows and other exciting trends and news in our bi-weekly blog!
Congratulations to Carolyn Troxel, Our Outstanding Teacher of the Year!
Help us in congratulating Broken Bow Middle School teacher, Carolyn Troxel as our Outstanding Teacher of the Year! It had been a day full of standardized testing for the school, ending with a presentation in the auditorium. Little did Troxel know, that not only were...
Introducing the New GPC Weather Channel!
Great Plains Communications is excited to announce the upgrade of our local channels across the state, to GPC Weather. This upgrade brings brand continuity and state-of-the-art automated weather forecasting to all of our previous channel 2, GPC-TV, and Weather on 2...
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week – Thank You To Our Dispatchers!
Every second week in April is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Many don’t know what that means or have never heard of this week-long event. April 9-15, 2017 has been dedicated to the people who are not often seen but heard through the sounds of an...
A Twist on Easter Classics with Food Network and HGTV
Easter is this weekend, and Great Plains Communications has found some of our favorite twists to some of the classic holiday traditions. To start, our cable channel, HGTV has provided a fun step-by-step guide to creating unique galaxy decorated ceramic eggs;...
New Auto-Pay Winners!
Great Plains Communications would like to congratulate Al and Barbara Shannon of Plainview, NE on being our latest Auto-Pay winners! By taking advantage of our Auto-Pay & Paperless Billing, they have won a $200 Visa Gift card. To be entered in the contest, simply...
April Fool’s Day History
Get your whoopee cushions and hand zappers ready, because April Fool's Day is this weekend. Have you ever wondered how the jokester’s holiday started? Did you know it is celebrated all around the world? Our cable channel, History Channel has a video to shed some light...
Troubleshooting At Home
Having problems with your Internet connection can be frustrating and confusing. After your first 12 tries at the refresh button, you restart the device. All that does is gives you a few minutes to contemplate just how frustrated you are. It still doesn’t work. Great...
Don’t Forget About Spring Cleaning Your Electronics!
It is officially spring, which doesn’t just mean cleaning the carpets and landscaping the yard. Great Plains Communications wants to remind you that your electronics could probably use some cleaning as well. Has your documents folder become the junk drawer of your...
Who Was St. Patrick?
Tomorrow many will dress in green or risk being pinched as part of the St. Patrick’s Day tradition. But who was St. Patrick and what part of the colorful holiday started in the United States? Are you one to believe he drove snakes out of Ireland? Great Plains...
2017 March Madness®
Brackets are open! Who do you have going all the way in the NCAA® March Madness® tournament? March Madness® pools have been formed among businesses, friend groups and family homes as the nation finalizes their predictions before the games begin. Great Plains...
Three Things You May Not Know About Daylight Saving Time
This Sunday, March 12, 2017 we will “spring forward” in recognition of daylight saving time. As there has been talk and even a bill proposed to end the recognition of daylight saving time in Nebraska, Great Plains Communications wanted to share a few facts about why...
2017 Spring Premieres
Winter may be ending, but good television is always in season. There are some intense premieres starting this week, from Designated Survivor coming back after a very dramatic winter finale to the hit series, Underground returning for a second season. You might also...