Montana PBS

Montana PBS
Montana PBS
KUSM logo
statewide Montana
Channels Digital: (see article)
Affiliations PBS
DT2 PBS Kids
DT3 Create
DT4 PBS World
DT5 TVMT simulcast
Owner Montana State University
The University of Montana
Montana University System
First air date October 1, 1984
Website www.montanapbs.org

Montana PBS is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Public television state network for Montana. It is a joint venture between Montana State University (MSU) and the University of Montana-Missoula (UM). The network is headquartered in the Visual Communications Building on the MSU campus in Bozeman, Montana, with a separate studio on the UM campus in Missoula.

The network comprises four stations — flagship KUSM-TV channel 9 in Bozeman; full-power satellites KUFM-TV, channel 11 in Missoula, KBGS-TV, channel 16 in Billings, KUGF, channel 21 in Great Falls, and a network of 60 low-powered repeaters in Montana. KUSM is licensed to MSU, KUFM to UM, and KBGS and KUGF to The Board of Regents of the Montana University System.

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History

KUSM signed on for the first time on October 1, 1984, making Montana the last state to have its own PBS station, 14 years after Mississippi became the last state east of the Mississippi River with a PBS station within its borders. The transmitter was donated by Montana broadcasting pioneer Joe Sample. MSU didn't have enough funding at the time to support a public television station, and the Gallatin Valley didn't have nearly enough people at the time for viewer-supported public television. Station engineers switched to and from the signal of KUED in Salt Lake City for most PBS programming until 1987. Prior to 1984, Montana received PBS programming from KSPS-TV in Spokane; Prairie Public Television in North Dakota; KRMA-TV in Denver; and KUED. KSPS and Rocky Mountain PBS (formerly KRMA) still operate translators in Montana. Additionally, some commercial stations in Montana, including KTVQ in Billings and KFBB in Great Falls, carried Sesame Street and may have carried other PBS programs besides.

Also in 1987, KUSM was added to TCI's cable systems in central and eastern Montana, completely replacing KUED in that part of the state by 1990.

UM had won a construction permit for KUFM-TV in 1992, but had trouble getting on the air until 1996. UM and MSU joined forces to form Montana PBS, which broadcast for the first time as a network on New Year's Day 1997.

Montana PBS's third full-powered station, KBGS-TV in Billings, signed on in late-2009. This UHF, station, however, is licensed to broadcast at 29.8 kW, lower than Montana PBS's repeater for Billings, K20HB channel 20, which broadcasts at 58 kW. The fourth full-powered satellite, KUGF, digital channel 21, signed on in fall 2010.

The network has expanded rather slowly, relying mainly on cable coverage for its viewership. This didn't pose as much of a problem as it may seem at first glance, as cable and satellite are all but essential for acceptable television in most of Montana.

Programming

Most of the local programs such as Backroads of Montana, 11th and Grant, and Montana Ag Live, as well as Montana historical documentaries and current event programs, are created by independent producers for Montana PBS. Due to a strong program for journalism and radio/television at UM and for documentary filmmaking at MSU, other programs broadcast on Montana PBS are produced by students.

Some of the Montana-made programming is also available on-line.

Stations

Station City of license Channels
(Digital)		 VC1 First air date ERP HAAT Facility ID Licensee Callsign Meaning Transmitter Coordinates
KUSM-TV Bozeman 8 (VHF) 9 October 1, 1984 17.9 kW 271 m 43567 Montana State University Montana State University reversed 45°40′24″N 110°52′2″W / 45.67333°N 110.86722°W / 45.67333; -110.86722 (KUSM)
KUFM-TV Missoula 11 (VHF) 11 1996 5.8 kW 633.8 m 66611 The University of Montana University oF Montana 46°48′9″N 113°58′21″W / 46.8025°N 113.9725°W / 46.8025; -113.9725 (KUFM-TV)
KBGS-TV Billings 16 (UHF) 16 late 2009 29.8 kW 167.1 m 169030 The Board of Regents of the Montana University System BillinGS
KUGF Great Falls 21 (UHF) 21 Fall 2010 23.4kW 152.7 m 169028 The Board of Regents of the Montana University System Montana State University - Great Falls

Notes:

  • 1. Virtual channel (PSIP).

Translators

Montana PBS operates one of the largest translator networks in Montana. Montana State University holds licenses for:

Montana State University has also applied for translators on channels 16 (5 watts, Kalispell) and 51 (150 kW, Great Falls).

Satellite

Montana PBS is available free-to-air on AMC 21 (125°W) Ku-band satellite television.[1]

References

  1. ^ AMC21 free-to-air satellite feeds, LyngSat

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v · d · eTelevision stations in Southwestern Montana
Butte

KXLF (4.1 CBS/MTN, 4.2 CW) • KTVM (6.1 NBC) • KWYB (18.1 ABC, 18.2 Fox) • K43DU 43 (PBS)
Bozeman

KBZK (7.1 CBS/MTN, 7.2 CW) • KUSM (9.1 PBS, 9.2 Kids, 9.3 Create, 9.4 World, 9.5 TVMT) • K11UJ 11 (3ABN) • KWYB-LD (28.1 ABC, 28.2 Fox) • K42BZ 42/K34FI-D 34 (NBC) • K45EB 45 (TBN) • KJCX 40 / KHJT 54 (TBN)
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Defunct
See also: Helena TV • Billings TV
v · d · eTelevision stations in Western Montana and The Flathead
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KPAX (8.1 CBS/MTN, 8.2 CW) • KUFM (11.1 PBS, 11.2 Kids, 11.3 Create, 1.4 World, 11.5 TVMT) • KECI (13.1 NBC) • KTMF (23.1 ABC, 23.2 Fox) • K32EU 32 (PBS)
Kalispell
Distant stations

Spokane: KREM 2 (CBS) • KXLY 4 (ABC)
Lethbridge: CISA 7 (Global)
Defunct

KMMF 17 / KMMF-LP 34 (Fox/MNTV) • K42EO 42 (TBN)
v · d · eTelevision stations in South Central Montana and the Yellowstone Valley
Billings

KTVQ (2.1 CBS/MTN, 2.2 KWBM-CW) • KHMT (4.1 Fox/JTV) • KSVI / K25BP 25 (6.1 ABC) • KULR (8.1 NBC, 8.2 AccuWeather) • K14IS-D (14.1 Religious) • KBGS / K20HB 20 (16.1 PBS, 16.2 Kids, 16.3 Create, 16.4 World, 16.5 TVMT)
Miles City

KYUS / K06FE (3.1/8.1 NBC, 3.2/8.2 AccuWeather) • K10GF 10 (CBS/MTN) • K16DH 16 (ABC) • K19FF 19 (Fox)
Cable channels
Western ND TV, Glendive TV, Western SD TV
v · d · eTelevision stations in Helena, Montana
Local stations

KXLH-LD (9.1 CBS/MTN) • KMTF (10.1 CW) • KTVH (12.1 NBC) • KHBB-LD (21.1 ABC, 21.2 Fox/MNTV/JTV) • KJJC 34 (JCTV) • K41CX (silent) • K44GE (Ind) • K49EH (PBS)
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See also: Butte/Bozeman TV • Great Falls TV • Missoula TV
v · d · eTelevision stations in Great Falls, Montana
Local stations

KRTV (3.1 CBS/MTN, 3.2 CW) • KFBB (5.1 ABC, 5.2 Fox/MNTV/JTV) • KUGF (21.1 PBS, 21.2 Kids, 21.3 Create, 21.4 World, 21.5 TVMT) • KBGF 50 (NBC)
Outlying areas

K08IU / K12DJ / K36DK / K63AQ / K65BR (Global)
Defunct

KTGF (16.1 NBC/Fox/Ind/JCTV) • KLMN 26 (Fox/UPN/MNTV) • K31IA 31 (TBN)
See also: Helena TV • Alberta TV
v · d · eTelevision stations in Eastern Montana, including the Glendive area
Local stations

KXGN (5.1 CBS/MTN, 5.2 NBC) • K13PL (NBC via KUMV)
Cable channels

CW Glendive • Montana PBS • TVMT
See also Billings and Western North Dakota TV
v · d · eBroadcast Television Stations by Affiliation in the state of Montana
ABC Affiliates

KFBB 5.1 (Great Falls) - KSVI 6.1 (Billings) - KWYB 18.1 / 28.1 (Butte / Bozeman) - KHBB-LD 21.1 (Helena) - KTMF 23.1 / 42 (Missoula / Kalispell)
CBS / MTN Affiliates

KTVQ 2.1 (Billings) - KRTV 3.1 / KXLH 9.1 (Great Falls / Helena) - KXLF 4.1 / KBZK 7.1 (Butte / Bozeman) - KXGN 5.1 (Glendive) - KPAX 8.1 / KAJJ 18 (Missoula / Kalispell)
Fox Affiliates

KHMT 4.1 (Hardin) - KFBB 5.2 (Great Falls) - KWYB 18.2 (Butte) - KHBB-LD 21.2 (Helena) - KTMF 23.2 (Missoula)
NBC Affiliates

KXGN 5.2 (Glendive) - KULR 8.1 / KYUS 3.1 (Billings / Miles City) - KTVH 12.1 / KBGF 50 (Helena / Great Falls) - KECI 13.1 / KTVM 6.1 / KCFW 9.1 (Missoula / Butte / Kalispell) - K13PL 13 (Glendive)
CW Affiliates

KTVQ 2.2 (Billings) - KRTV 3.2 (Great Falls) - KXLF 4.2 / KBZK 7.2 (Butte / Bozeman) - KPAX 8.2 (Missoula) - KMTF 10.1 (Helena) - The CW Plus (Glendive) (cable)
PBS Affiliates

Montana PBS: KUSM 9.1-5 Bozeman - KUFM 11.1-5 (Missoula) - KBGS 16.1-5 (Billings) - KUGF 21.1-5 (Great Falls)
Other: K32EU 32 / K32HH 32 (Missoula/Kalispell) (Repeaters of KSPS-TV, Spokane, Washington)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Montana
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