KECI-TV

KECI-TV
KECI-TV / KCFW-TV / KTVM-TV
KECI logo
KTVM logo
KTVM logo
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KECI: Missoula, Montana
KCFW: Kalispell, Montana
KTVM: Butte / Bozeman, Montana
Branding KECI 13 / KCFW 9 / KTVM 6 & 42
Montana's News Channel
Slogan Earning Your Trust, Everyday
Channels Digital:
KECI: 13 (VHF)
KCFW: 9 (VHF)
KTVM: 6 (VHF)
Subchannels See below
Affiliations NBC
Me-TV
This TV
Owner Bonten Media Group, LLC
(BlueStone License Holdings, Inc.)
First air date KECI: July 1, 1954
KCFW: June 10, 1968
KTVM: May 12, 1970
Call letters' meaning KECI:
Eagle
Communications
Incorporated
KCFW:
Kalispell
Columbia Falls
Whitefish
(the three largest towns in its broadcast area)
KTVM:
TeleVision Montana
Former callsigns KECI:
KGVO-TV (1954-1957, 1964-1978)
KMSO-TV (1957-1964)
KCFW: none
KTVM: none
Former channel number(s) Analog:
KECI:
13 (VHF, 1954-2009)
KCFW:
9 (VHF, 1968-2009)
KTVM:
6 (VHF, 1970-2009)
Former affiliations CBS (primary, 1954-c.1970)
ABC (secondary 1954-1991)
PBS (per program, 1976-1984)
Transmitter power KECI: 30 kW
KCFW: 2.5 kW
KTVM: 11.2 kW
Height KECI: 610 m
KCFW: 850 m
KTVM: 591.3 m
Facility ID KECI: 18084
KCFW: 18079
KTVM: 18066
Transmitter coordinates KECI:
47°1′2.1″N 114°0′50.6″W / 47.01725°N 114.014056°W / 47.01725; -114.014056 (KECI-TV)
KCFW:
48°0′48″N 114°21′59″W / 48.01333°N 114.36639°W / 48.01333; -114.36639 (KCFW-TV)
KTVM:
46°0′27″N 112°26′33″W / 46.0075°N 112.4425°W / 46.0075; -112.4425 (KTVM)
Website www.nbcmontana.com

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

The flagship station is KECI in Missoula, broadcasting on channel 13. It includes two semi-satellites: KCFW, channel 9 in Kalispell, Montana, and KTVM, channel 6 in Butte, Montana (which also serves Bozeman via a translator on channel 42. This is reflected in its "KTVM 6 & 42" branding). The stations air the same programming most of the time, but KCFW and KTVM air their own commercials as well as partially-separate local 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.

The digital signals of all full-powered NBC Montana stations moved to their analog VHF channels after the 2009 US analog shutdown due to severe local terrain problems with its existing UHF DTV signal in mountainous regions.[1]

Contents

History

KECI hit the airwaves on July 1, 1954 as KGVO-TV, owned by Montana broadcasting pioneer Arthur Mosby and his Western Broadcasting Company along with KGVO radio. It shared a studio with its radio sister on West Main Street in downtown Missoula. For a few years in the late 1950s and early 1960s it was known as KMSO-TV, but reverted to KGVO-TV in 1964.

Originally, the station carried programming from all three networks, but was a primary CBS affiliate owing to its radio sister's long affiliation with CBS radio. It was the first television station in Montana to be interconnected to the main networks (via a private relay from Spokane). While it was known as KMSO-TV, it was a member of the Skyline Network (now MTN), along with KXLF-TV in Butte, KOOK-TV in Billings (now KTVQ), and KFBB-TV in Great Falls.

Then in March 1966, shortly after KFBB-TV switched over to ABC, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) combined Missoula and Butte into a single television market, and KGVO-TV became the combined market's primary CBS affiliate, with a secondary ABC affiliation. However, by the early 1970s, Missoula and Butte had broken off into separate markets again, and channel 13 was a primary NBC affiliate, sharing ABC with KPAX-TV. [2] The switch may have occurred as early as KPAX' sign-on in 1970.

Channel 13 took its current calls in 1978 after KGVO radio was sold off, but is still based in the West Main Street studio. The station offered a few PBS programs, particularly Sesame Street, from 1976 until Montana PBS opened in 1984. It also continued to run ABC in off-hours until KTMF signed on in 1991.

KCFW signed on in 1968 as a semi-satellite of KGVO-TV. It is the only full-power station in the Flathead. KTVM was added in 1970, also as a semi-satellite of KGVO-TV. The Bozeman repeater signed on in 1990.

Digital channels

Programming KECI KCFW KTVM
Main NBC Montana programming / NBC 13.1 9.1 6.1
Me-TV 13.2 9.2 6.2
This TV 13.3 9.3 6.3

Repeaters

On-air staff

  • Steve Fetveit
  • Heidi Meili
  • Monte Turner
  • Brooke Foster
  • Kayla Anderson (KECI)
  • Jessica Debbas (KTVM)
  • Mike Mestas (KTVM)
  • Stephanie Barish (KTVM)
  • Maritsa Georgiou (KCFW)
  • Hasalyn Harris
  • Christian Hauser (KECI)
  • Jessica Headley (KCFW)
  • Will Wadley (KCFW)
  • Mark Heyka
  • Annamarie Iannetta
  • Matt Leach
  • Kevin Maki
  • Adam Painter
  • Patrice Parks
  • Shaun Rainey
  • Landon Stolar (KTVM)

Former staff

  • Meg Oliver: anchor of Up to the Minute, worked as a reporter and anchor at KCFW.
  • Jeff Friedman
  • Julie Rogers (KCFW)
  • Andrew Capasso: Butte Reporter, then WTAJ in Pennsylvania, now reporter in Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Jennifer Huntley: later at WWL-TV; now External Relations Coordinator at Washington State Department of Personnel
  • Duane Shimogawa: KCFW reporter, now reporter at KHNL in Honolulu.
  • Curt Smith: Former Production manager through the 1980s and 1990s KCFW. Now owns and operates Illusion Video in KCFW territories.
  • Erik Hedlund: Reporter for KECI. Currently work for Kootenai County Police Department.
  • Nick LaFave: Reporter in Missoula, later anchor in Bozeman. Now main anchor at KTAL-TV in Shreveport, LA.
  • Chris Nettleton: Former Sports Director in Missoula.
  • Troy Oppie: Former Sports Director in Missoula. Now Sports Anchor and Reporter at KBOI-TV in Boise, ID.
  • Dax VanFossen: Former Anchor/ Producer/ Reporter for KCFW. Currently works for KPAX-TV and KOFI-Radio in Kalispell, MT as anchor/ reporter.
  • Lee Stoll: Former Anchor/Reporter for KCFW. Previously worked for KREM 2 in Spokane, WA as a reporter/fill in anchor. Currently North Sound Bureau Chief and North Sound Reporter for KIRO-TV in Seattle, WA.
  • Laura Papetti: Former Reporter for KCFW. Currently morning anchor for KREM 2 in Spokane, WA. Wife of Gonzaga Bulldogs TV announcer Greg Heister.
  • Kendra Eaglin: Former Reporter for KTVM. Currently a Multi-Media Journalist for WKBW-TV in Buffalo, NY.
  • Jane Watrel: Anchor/Reporter for KECI. Currently reporter for NBC News4 Washington, DC
  • Dari Nowkhah: Former Sports Director for KCFW. Currently anchor for ESPN SportsCenter.
  • Christin Ayers: Former Reporter/Producer for KECI. Currently reporter for KPIX-TV in San Francisco, California.
  • Jackie Bartz- Now at KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska.
  • Kendra Eaglin- Now a reporter for WKBW in Buffalo, New York.
  • Chelsea Rabideau- Now Reporter at KULR-TV in Billings, MT.
  • Darnay Tripp - Currently Sports Anchor at WMAZ in Macon, GA.
  • Ryan Coleman - Former Reporter for KECI. Currently weekend weather anchor at KPAX in Missoula, MT.
  • Justin Sacher - Former Reporter/Weather Anchor for KECI. Currently meteorologist at KGPE in Fresno, CA.
  • Jake Zivin - Former Regional Sports Director at NBC Montana. Currently sports anchor at KEZI-TV in Eugene, OR.
  • John Keyes - Former Montana Today Meteorologist. Now works at the National Weather Service in Pocatello, ID.
  • Jonathan Athens - Former Reporter for KTVM. Currently reporter for KPTM-TV in Omaha, NE
  • Zach Borg- Former Weekend Sports Anchor for NBC Montana. Currently sports reporter/photographer for WHO-TV in Des Moines, IA

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

  • NewsCenter
  • NewsCenter Network ( -1997)
  • NBC Montana News (1997-2002)
  • The NewsChannel (2002-present)

Station slogans

  • The News Leader (2002-2004)
  • Local, Live, Latebreaking (2004-2006)
  • Earning Your Trust, Everyday (2006-present)
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References

  1. ^ FCC-07-90A1
  2. ^ Listing of channel lineups in TV Guide Montana Edition

External links


v · d · eTelevision stations in Western Montana and The Flathead
Missoula

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

KCFW (9.1 NBC) • KAJJ-CA 18 (CBS/MTN) • K26DD (TBN) • K29AA 29/K32HH 32 (PBS) • K21KA-D 21 (PBS) • KTMF-LP 42 (ABC)
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 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)
Cable channels
Defunct
See also: Helena TV • Billings 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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