KPAX-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KPAX-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 8 (VHF)
digital = 7 (VHF)
other_chs = K18AJ Kalispell
affiliations = CBS/MTN
The CW (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = 1970 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says June 5, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says May 1.]
location = Missoula, Montana
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Evening Post Publishing Company
licensee = KPAX Communications, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 275 kW (analog)
22.5 kW (digital)
HAAT = 655 m (analog)
653.5 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 35455
coordinates = coord|47|1|2.9|N|114|0|50.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kpax.com/ www.kpax.com]

KPAX-TV is a television station in Missoula, Montana, broadcasting locally on channel 8 as an affiliate of CBS, with programming from The CW on digital. The station is owned by Evening Post Publishing Company. The station is part of the Evening Post's Montana Television Network, a network of Montana CBS stations. The CW digital subchannel is known as Western Montana CW.

KPAX also operates a Class-A low-powered station in Kalispell, Montana, K18AJ channel 18; known on-air as KAJ, the station broadcasts the same schedule as KPAX, but with local ads and news segments.

Repeaters

*Bitterroot Range — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K11IL K11IL]
*Plains — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K05GM K05GM]
*Polson — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K11HO K11HO]
*Sula — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K03GW K03GW]

Notable staff

*Christine Clayburg, Emmy award winning meteorologist, worked here for a time.
*Garrison Courtney, current Chief of Public Affairs of the Drug Enforcement Agency, worked as a reporter and weekend weather anchor here.

External links

* [http://www.kpax.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.cwwesternmontana.com/ Western Montana CW]
*TVQ|KPAX
**TVQ|K18AJ
*BIA|KPAX|TV|TV

References