KRTV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KRTV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Fair. Accurate. To the point.
station_branding =
analog = 3 (VHF)
digital = 7 (VHF)
other_chs = KXLH-LP 25 Helena
"(see article for others)"
affiliations = CBS/MTN
The CW (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = October 5, 1958
location = Great Falls, Montana
callsign_meaning = KRTV: K GReat Falls TeleVision
KXLH-LP: KXLF Helena (based on original parent station KXLF-TV)
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Evening Post Publishing Company
licensee = KRTV Communications, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = NBC (primary until 1969)
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
28.5 kW (digital)
HAAT = 180 m (analog)
150 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 35567
coordinates = coord|47|32|7.5|N|111|17|5.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.krtv.com/ www.krtv.com]

KRTV is a television station in Great Falls, Montana, broadcasting locally on channel 3 as an affiliate of CBS. 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.

KRTV's programming is also seen on KXLH-LP channel 25 in Helena -- programming is similar to KRTV's schedule, other than local ads and weather segments. For many years, KXLH was a semi-satellite of sister station KXLF-TV in Butte, but in 2007 KRTV became its parent station.

KRTV offers The CW on its digital signal and is known as Great Falls CW.

Translators

*Big Sandy — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K13OQ K13OQ]
*Boulder — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K10HD K10HD]
*Browning — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K09HB K09HB]
*Brusett — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K06EB K06EB]
*Checkerboard — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K07KD K07KD]
*Chinook — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K63AR K63AR]
*Conrad — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K08DT K08DT]
*Dodson — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K10FC K10FCKD]
*East Glacier — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K10MK K10MK]
*Fort Benton — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K07AL K07AL]
*Fort Peck — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K51BA K51BA]
*Glasgow — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K09HY K09HY]
*Grassrange — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K07OZ K07OZ]
*Hinsdale — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K05IZ K05IZ] / [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K10JK K10JK]
*Joplin — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K48AI K48AI]
*Lewistown — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K45CS K45CS "(Class-A)"]
*Loma — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K07AB K07AB]
*Loring — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K09JG K09JG]
*Malta — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K13GP K13GP]
*Roy — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K11HN K11HN]
*Saco — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K12FB K12FB]
*Shelby — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K08DQ K08DQ]
*Stanford — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K07AV K07AV]
*Sweetgrass — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K61BZ K61BZ]
*Tampico — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K57AJ K57AJ]
*Turner / Hogeland — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K66BZ K66BZ]
*Valier — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K11GA K11GA]
*Whitewater — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K11GX K11GX]
*Winifred — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K07OA K07OA]
*Zortman — [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K46BX K46BX]

Call Sign History

The KRTV callsign was originally used for a UHF station on Channel 17 in Little Rock, Arkansas, affiliated with both CBS and NBC, that was Arkansas' first TV station when it signed on in 1953. However, it went off the air a year later as VHF stations KARK-TV and KTHV were preparing to take its network affiliations. The local ABC affiliate, KATV (previously of Pine Bluff), then moved to Little Rock and took over its studio until it burned down in 1957.

Coincidentally, KRTV isn't the only station in Great Falls whose callsign was once used in Arkansas; its competitor KLMN bears the original call letters of Fort Smith station KFTA-TV.

News opening

Notable staff

*Matt Morrison, Fox Sports Net sportscaster, worked here for a time.

External links

* [http://www.krtv.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.cwgreatfalls.com/ Great Falls CW]
*TVQ|KRTV
**TVQ|KXLH-LP
*BIA|KRTV|TV|TV