KTVQ

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KTVQ
city =
station_
station_slogan = Fair. Accurate. To The Point.
station_branding = Q2
analog = 2 (VHF)
digital = 10 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS/MTN
The CW (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = November 9, 1953
location = Billings, Montana
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KOOK-TV (1953-1973)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Evening Post Publishing Company
licensee = KTVQ Communications, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = DuMont (1953-1955/6)
NBC (secondary, 1953-1958 and 1968-1980)
ABC (secondary, 1953-1968)
| effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
26.1 kW (digital)
HAAT = 165 m (analog)
180 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 35694
coordinates = coord|45|46|0|N|108|27|29|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|45|46|0.9|N|108|27|28.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.ktvq.com/ www.ktvq.com]

KTVQ is the CBS affiliate in Billings, Montana. It broadcasts on channel 2 (Cable channel 5) and is owned by the Evening Post Publishing Company.

The station began broadcasting on November 9, 1953 as KOOK-TV, Montana's second television station; Butte's KXLF-TV had signed on in August. The station carried programming from all three major networks of the time--CBS, NBC, ABC and DuMont Television Network--Citation| last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = A DuMont transmitter definitely will be operating over Channel 2 in Billings this fall tune in KOOK-TV Channel 2| newspaper = Billings Gazette| pages = | year = 5| date = 1953-06-01| url = ] but has always been a primary CBS affiliate. It lost DuMont when that network shut down in 1956 and lost NBC when KGHL-TV (now KULR-TV) signed on in 1958. The station changed its callsign to KTVQ in 1973.

In 1968, channel 2 picked up a secondary affiliation with NBC after KULR opted to take a full-time affiliation with ABC. This was very unusual for a two-station market, especially one as small as Billings. It shared NBC with KULR until KOUS (now KHMT) signed on in 1980.

The station has, along with most other MTN stations has been the leader in local news ratings.

Notable staff

*Matt Winer, ESPN sportscaster, worked here before ESPN.

References

External links

* [http://www.ktvq.com/ KTVQ]
* [http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=107623 Antenna Information]
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