NBC Montana

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KECI-TV / KCFW-TV / KTVM
city =
station_
station_slogan = Earning Your Trust
station_branding = nowrap|KECI 13 / KCFW 9 / KTVM 6 & 42
Montana's News Channel
analog =
KECI: 13 (VHF)
KCFW: 9 (VHF)
KTVM: 6 (VHF)
digital =
KECI: 40 (UHF)
KCFW: 38 (UHF)
KTVM: 34 (UHF) returning to 6 in 2009
other_chs =
affiliations = NBC
network =
founded =
airdate = KECI: July 1, 1954
KCFW: June 10, 1968
KTVM: May 1970 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says May 12, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says May 15.]
location = KECI: Missoula, Montana
KCFW: Kalispell, Montana
KTVM: Butte / Bozeman, Montana
callsign_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
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Bonten Media Group, LLC
licensee = nowrap|BlueStone License Holdings, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_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)
HAAT = KECI:
610 m (analog)
626 m (digital)
KCFW:
850 m (analog)
838 m (digital)
KTVM:
591 m (analog)
552 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = KECI: 18084
KCFW: 18079
KTVM: 18066
coordinates = KECI:
coord|47|1|2.1|N|114|0|50.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KECI-TV
KCFW:
coord|48|0|48|N|114|21|59|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KCFW-TV
KTVM:
coord|46|0|27|N|112|26|33|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KTVM
homepage = [http://www.nbcmontana.com/ 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 (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 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 after the 2009 US analog shutdown due to severe local terrain problems with its existing UHF DTV signal in mountainous regions. [ [http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-90A1.pdf FCC-07-90A1] ]

Repeaters

* Boulder — K13KP
* Bozeman — K42BZ
* Dillon — K51DW
* Eureka — K02AO
* Frenchtown — K14IU
* Gallatin River — K09LP
* Grasshopper Valley — K09MY
* Hot Springs — K05AH
* Lake Mcdonald — K05FC
* Libby — K60EA
* Livingston — K63BV
* Philipsburg — K09LI
* Plains — K11JP
* Polson — K16GJ
* Pony — K10HZ
* Seeley Lake — K02OL
* St. Regis — K05DS
* Sula — K05JE
* Three Forks — K35DJ
* Watkins — K09KH
* Weeksville — K68AW
* White Sulphur Springs — K07NU

Anchors/Reporters

*Steve Fetveit
*Heidi Meili
*Mark Heyka
*Christin Ayers
*Hasalyn Harris

*Jeff Friedman
*Jake Zivin
*Troy Oppie
*Brooke Foster
*Robin Catterton
*Chelsea Rabideau
*Christian Hauser
*Kendra Eaglin

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
* Duane Shimogawa: KCFW reporter, now reporter at KHNL in Honolulu.
* Nick LaFave: Reporter in Missoula, later anchor in Bozeman. Now main anchor at FOX 21 in Duluth, MN.
* Chris Nettleton: Former Sports Director in Missoula. Now Sports Director at FOX 21 in Duluth, MN.

External links

* [http://www.nbcmontana.com/ NBC Montana site]
*TVQ|KECI
**TVQ|K14IU
**TVQ|K05AH
**TVQ|K09LI
**TVQ|K11JP
**TVQ|K16GJ
**TVQ|K02OL
**TVQ|K05DS
**TVQ|K05JE
*TVQ|KCFW
**TVQ|K02AO
**TVQ|K05FC
**TVQ|K60EA
**TVQ|K68AW
*TVQ|KTVM
**TVQ|K13KP
**TVQ|K42BZ
**TVQ|K51DW
**TVQ|K09LP
**TVQ|K09MY
**TVQ|K63BV
**TVQ|K10HZ
**TVQ|K35DJ
**TVQ|K09KH
**TVQ|K07NU
*BIA|KECI|TV|TV
*BIA|KCFW|TV|TV
*BIA|KTVM|TV|TV

References

* [http://www.keci.com/coverage_area.php?id=8d4908682e5ad64d24b3833188507411 "Coverage Area" under the "Station Info" section, KECI's site]