KLMN
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| KLMN | |
|---|---|
| Great Falls, Montana | |
| Channels | Analog: 26 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Equity Media Holdings Corporation (Montana License Subsidiary, Inc.) |
| First air date | June 11, 2003 |
| Call letters’ meaning | KLMN (consecutive letters in alphabet) |
| Former affiliations | Fox (2000-2005) UPN (2005-2006) MyNetworkTV (2006-2007) |
| Transmitter Power | 355 kW |
| Height | 65.1 m |
| Facility ID | 81331 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
KLMN is a television station in Great Falls, Montana, broadcasting locally on channel 26 as an affiliate of Fox. Founded on December 19, 2000, the station is owned by Equity Media Holdings.
[edit] History
KLMN signed on in early 2001 as a Fox affiliate, with additional programming from UPN. When Helena-based NBC affiliate KTVH bought a low-power repeater station in the Great Falls area in 2005, it caused an affiliation shake-up. Long-time NBC affiliate KTGF became an affiliate of Fox, leaving KLMN with only UPN programming. KLMN became a MyNetworkTV affiliate in September 2006. In May 2007, Fox programming abruptly returned to KLMN after nearly two years on KTGF, which might have been coincidental with KTGF's parent, Destiny Communications, entering a Joint Sales Agreement with KLMN. ([1])
The KLMN callsign was once used by what is now KFTA-TV in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ironically, KLMN is not the only station in Great Falls whose callsign was once used in Arkansas as its competitor KRTV carries the callsign of a now-defunct station in Little Rock, which coincidentally is Equity Broadcasting's hometown.
[edit] Digital television
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [2], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 17, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KLMN will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").
[edit] External links
- Equity Broadcasting Website
- MyNetworkTV Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KLMN
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KLMN-TV
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