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KULR
KULR-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Billings, Montana, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by the Cowles Company. The station's studios are located on Overland Avenue in the Homestead Business Park section of Billings, and its transmitter is located on Coburn Hill southeast of downtown. KYUS-TV (channel 3) in Miles City operates as a full-time satellite of KULR, covering areas of east-central Montana; this station's transmitter is located northwest of Miles City. KYUS is owned by the Marks Radio Group, which also owns several radio stations in Montana, among other broadcasting properties. Cowles operates the station under a time brokerage agreement (TBA). KYUS is a straight simulcast of KULR; on-air references to KYUS are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during newscasts and other programming. Aside from the transmitter, KYUS does not maintain any physical presence locally in Miles City. At one poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KHMT
KHMT (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Hardin, Montana, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Billings area. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of ABC affiliate KSVI (channel 6), for the provision of certain services. Both stations share studios on South 24th Street West in Billings, while KHMT's transmitter is located in unincorporated southeastern Yellowstone County (southeast of Indian Arrow). However, master control and some internal operations are based at the shared studios of Nexstar sister stations KDVR and KWGN-TV in Denver. History The station signed on November 26, 1980, as KOUS-TV, owned by a company that shared two stockholders with KYUS-TV (channel 3) in Miles City. In 1982, KOUS became a primary NBC affiliate, which Billings lacked at the time; while the station already carried some NBC programming, it had primarily been an indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSVI
KSVI (channel 6) is a television station in Billings, Montana, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to Hardin, Montana, Hardin-licensed Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox affiliate KHMT (channel 4) under local marketing agreement, joint sales and shared services agreements with Mission Broadcasting. Both stations share studios on South 24th Street West in Billings, while KSVI's transmitter is located on Old Hardin Road east-northeast of the city. KSVI's programming is relayed on broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators, translator station K25BP-D (channel 25) in Billings, in areas where KSVI's signal is poor. It can also be seen in Miles City, Montana, Miles City on K16DH-D (channel 16), and in Howard on K32MN-D (channel 32). History KSVI went on the air January 8, 1993, under the ownership of Big Horn Communications. Big Horn had previously signed on KOUS-TV (channel 4) in 1980. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowles Company
The Cowles Company is a diversified media company in Spokane, Washington, in the US. The company owns and operates ''The Spokesman-Review'' in Spokane, founded in 1894, and owned the ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'' until it was shut down in 1992. Built by William H. Cowles, the publishing business eventually constructed striking buildings in downtown Spokane for both papers. The Chronicle Building was eventually converted into offices and then residential. The company also owned several other papers and operates Inland Empire Paper Company, television stations, and interests in real estate, insurance, marketing and financial services. William Stacey Cowles, the publisher of ''The Spokesman-Review'', is the great-grandson of the company's founder, William H. Cowles, and the fourth generation of the Cowles family to run the paper. His sister, Elizabeth A. Cowles, is chairwoman of the parent company. Rob Curley is the editor. History William H. Cowles came to Spokane at age 24 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KGHL (AM)
KGHL (790 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a classic country format licensed to Billings, Montana, United States. The station is currently owned by KGHL Radio LLC, which is owned by the Northern Broadcasting System and features programming from CBS News Radio, Compass Media Networks, and United Stations Radio Networks. KGHL's studios and offices are located in the Northern Broadcasting building on First Avenue North in downtown Billings; the transmitter is in Lockwood. KGHL was the first radio station in Billings and remained dominant into the 1980s. History Billings's first, Billings's only The Northwestern Auto Supply Company opened KGHL, broadcasting initially on 1350 kHz, on the evening of June 8, 1928; the first announcer heard over the station was Eric Thornton, who served as program director and was hired from KOIL in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The highlight of the inaugural program was a remote address by Governor John E. Erickson, speaking from the state capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SWX Right Now
SWX Right Now (Sports and Weather Right Now) is a regional digital subchannel network broadcasting high school and college sports, and automated weather and news on Cowles Company-owned stations throughout Eastern Washington state, the Idaho Panhandle, and Montana. The channel airs over the secondary digital subchannels of Cowles' three NBC Network affiliated stations in Eastern Washington, including KHQ-TV in Spokane, KNDO in Yakima and KNDU in Richland, as well as the third subchannel of KULR-TV in Billings, Montana. In addition, it is seen on most cable systems throughout the markets they serve. Typical programming on SWX Right Now includes three-minute weather forecasts called ''The Weather Authority'' and sports segments titled ''SWX Sports Update''. Programming carried includes Gonzaga University men's basketball; local high school and college football; Spokane Chiefs Western Hockey League games; Spokane Shock indoor football; and a sports commentary show from a studio loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephan Marks
Stephan Marks, a Maryland native, was the owner and operator of radio and television stations in three small United States markets. He died on May 11, 2022 at the age of 72. Stations owned by Stephan Marks Television * KXGN-TV channel 5 (digital 5), Glendive, Montana (CBS/ MTN/NBC DT2) * KYUS-TV channel 3 (digital 3), Miles City, Montana (NBC, rebroadcasts Billings' KULR-TV, a station owned by Cowles Company) * WBKB-TV channel 11 (digital 11), Alpena, Michigan (CBS/NBC DT2/ABC DT3/Fox DT4) * WBKP channel 5 (digital 5), Calumet/Marquette, Michigan (The CW) * WBUP channel 10 (digital 10), Ishpeming/Marquette, Michigan (ABC) Radio Michigan * WCCY 1400 AM - Houghton, Michigan * WHKB 102.3 FM - Houghton, Michigan * WOLV 97.7 FM - Houghton, Michigan * WFER 1230 AM - Iron River, Michigan * WIKB-FM 99.1 FM - Iron River, Michigan Montana * KDZN 96.5 FM - Glendive, Montana * KGCX 93.1 FM - Sidney, Montana * KIKC 1250 AM - Forsyth, Montana * KIKC-FM 101.3 FM - Forsyth, Montana * KMTA 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coburn Hill
Coburn Hill is located southeast of Billings, Montana in Yellowstone County. Its most predominant feature is Sacrifice Cliffs, part of the Rimrocks surrounding the city. Another feature is several radio and television broadcast towers located on the hill. Broadcast towers Nearly all of Billings FM radio stations transmit from towers on Coburn Hill. The following radio stations, in order of frequency, broadcast from the hill: KLMT 88.9 FM, KBLW 90.1 FM, K213DY 90.5 FM, KLRV 90.9 FM, K217CM 91.3 FM, KBXI 92.5 FM, KURL 93.3 FM, KRZN 96.3 FM, KKBR 97.1 FM, K248BL 97.5 FM, KRSQ 101.9 FM, KCTR 102.9 FM, KMHK 103.7 FM, KYSX 105.1 FM, KPLN 106.7 FM, KRPM 107.5 FM. Coburn Hill also carries a majority of Billings area television stations. KTVQ, KULR, KBGS, and a number of translators and lower powered stations have towers on the mountain. Coburn Hill is also the site of a Sulfur dioxide monitoring station operated by the Department of Environmental Quality. Four Dances Natural Are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cody, Wyoming
Cody is a city in Northwest Wyoming and the seat of government of Park County, Wyoming, United States. It is named after Colonel William Frederick " Buffalo Bill" Cody for his part in the founding of Cody in 1896. The population was 10,066 at the 2020 census. Cody is served by Yellowstone Regional Airport. Geography Cody is located at (44.523244, −109.057109). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Cody's elevation is approximately 5016 ft (1,500 m) above sea level. The main part of the city is split across three levels, separated by about 60 feet (18 m). The Shoshone River flows through Cody in a canyon. There are four bridges over this river in the Cody vicinity, one at the north edge of town that allows travel to the north, and one about east of Cody that allows passage to Powell and the areas to the north and east. The other two are west of town; one allows access to the East Gate of Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KXGN-TV
KXGN-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Glendive, Montana, United States, affiliated with CBS and NBC. It is owned by Marks Radio Group alongside radio stations KXGN (1400 AM) and KDZN (96.5 FM). The three stations share studios on South Douglas Street in downtown Glendive; KXGN-TV's transmitter is located at Makoshika State Park. The station also airs news and other programs from the Montana Television Network, a network of CBS affiliates in Montana. KXGN-TV is the only television station in Glendive, reckoned as the smallest television market in the United States. Nielsen Media Research ranks it last of the 210 designated market areas for television in the United States, with just 3,900 households. Its status as the smallest station in the United States has earned it notoriety in the broadcasting industry; over its history, publications including the ''Los Angeles Times'' and ''Sports Illustrated'' have profiled KXGN-TV. The station's lone local program is a public a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by Fox Corporation and headquartered in New York City, with master control operations and additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and the Fox Media Center in Tempe. Launched as a competitor to the Big Three television networks ( ABC, CBS, and NBC) on October 9, 1986, Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest- rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 and again in 2020, and was the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season. Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, but these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U.S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U.S.-based Fox affiliate, either ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The WB
The WB Television Network (for Warner Bros., or the "Frog Network", for its former mascot, Michigan J. Frog) was an American television network launched on broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company, with the former acting as controlling partner. The network aired programs targeting teenagers and young adults between 12 and 34, with its children's division, Kids' WB, geared toward children 6 to 12. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced plans to merge its subsidiary networks, UPN and the WB, and launch The CW later that same year. The WB Television Network shut down on September 17, 2006, with some programs from both it and competitor UPN (which had shut down on September 15) moving to The CW when it launched the following day, September 18. Time Warner re-used the WB brand for an online network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Station
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously. Overview Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers in that their content is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate, respectively. Because television station signals u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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