NBC Montana

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KECI-TV / KCFW-TV / KTVM
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KECI: Missoula, Montana
KCFW: Kalispell, Montana
KTVM: Butte, Montana
Branding KECI 13/ KCFW 9 / KTVM 6/42
Montana's News Channel
Slogan Local, Live, Latebreaking
Channels Analog:
KECI: 13 (VHF)
KCFW: 9 (VHF)
KTVM: 6 (VHF)

Digital:
KECI: 40 (UHF)
KCFW: 38 (UHF)
KTVM: 34 (UHF) (different from FCC listing)
Affiliations NBC
Owner Bonten Media Group, LLC
(BlueStone License Holdings, Inc.)
First air date KECI: July 1, 1954
KCFW: June 10, 1968
KTVM: May 1970[1]
Call letters’ meaning KECI: ?
KCFW:
Kalispell
Columbia Falls
Whitefish
(the three largest towns in its broadcast area)
KTVM:
TeleVision Montana
Former callsigns KECI:
KGVO-TV (1954-1978)
KCFW: none
KTVM: none
Transmitter Power KECI:
229 kW (analog)
5.7 kW (digital)
KCFW:
26.3 kW (analog)
52.5 kW (digital)
KTVM:
100 kW (analog)
300 kW (digital)
Height KECI:
610 m (analog)
626 m (digital)
KCFW:
850 m (analog)
838 m (digital)
KTVM:
591 m (analog)
552 m (digital)
Facility ID KECI: 18084
KCFW: 18079
KTVM: 18066
Transmitter Coordinates KECI:
47°1′2.1″N, 114°0′50.6″W
KCFW:
48°0′48″N, 114°21′59″W
KTVM:
46°0′27″N, 112°26′33″W
Website www.nbcmontana.com

NBC Montana is a system of three television stations in western Montana, all affiliated with NBC.

The flagship station is KECI-TV in Missoula, broadcasting on channel 13. It includes two semi-satellites: KCFW-TV, Channel 9 in Kalispell, Montana, and KTVM, Channel 6 in Butte, Montana. The stations air the same programming most of the time, but KCFW and KTVM air their own commercials as well as partially-separate newscasts.

The combined signal of the three VHF stations and numerous low-power transmitters cover approximately 45 percent of the state. The stations reach an estimated 200,000 households. The coverage area includes Salmon, Idaho, and parts of Alberta, Canada near the U.S.-Canada border.

KTVM will be returning to its original VHF channel at the end of the 2009 US DTV transition due to severe local terrain problems with its existing UHF DTV signal in mountainous regions.[2]

Contents

[edit] Repeaters

[edit] Anchors/Reporters

  • Steve Fetveit
  • Heidi Meili
  • Mark Heyka
  • Christin Ayers
  • Hasalyn Harris
  • Jeff Friedman
  • Jake Zivin
  • Troy Oppie
  • Brooke Foster
  • Robin Catterton
  • Chelsea Rabideau
  • Duane Shimogawa

[edit] Former staff

  • Meg Oliver: anchor of Up to the Minute, worked as a reporter and anchor at KCFW.
  • Andrew Capasso: Butte Reporter, now reporter / weekend anchor at WTAJ in Pennsylvania.
  • Jennifer Huntley: later at WWL-TV; now External Relations Coordinator at Washington State Department of Personnel

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says May 12, while the Television and Cable Factbook says May 15.
  2. ^ FCC-07-90A1
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Broadcast television in the Missoula market (Nielsen DMA #167)

KPAX 8 / K18AJ 18 (CBS/MTN, The CW on DT2) - KUFM 11 (PBS) - KECI 13 / KCFW 9 (NBC) - KMMF 17 / 34 (Fox) - KTMF 23 / 42 (ABC) - K32EU 32 (PBS) - K42EO 42 (TBN) - K50CP 50 (COR) - KMTM-LP 61 (Ind.)
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
Spokane: KREM 2 (CBS) - KXLY 4 (ABC)
Lethbridge: CISA 7 (Global)
See also: Broadcast Television in Great Falls, Helena, and Spokane
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Broadcast television in the Butte / Bozeman market (Nielsen DMA #194)

Local television stations
KXLF 4 / KBZK 7 (CBS/MTN, The CW on DT2) - KTVM 6 / K42BZ 42 (NBC) - KUSM 9 (PBS) - K11UJ (3ABN) - KWYB 18 / 28 (ABC) - KBTZ 24 (FOX/MNTV) - K34FI (NBC) - K45EB (TBN.) - KJCX-LP 40 / KHJT-LP 54 (TBN)

Local/Regional cable television channels
TVMT
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NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Montana
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS and Other stations in Montana