Coburn Hill is located southeast of

Billings, Montana Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Metrop ...

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. Its most predominant feature is Sacrifice Cliffs, part of the

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surrounding the city. Another feature is several radio and television broadcast towers located on the hill.

Broadcast towers

Nearly all of Billings

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stations transmit from towers on Coburn Hill. The following

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s, in order of frequency, broadcast from the hill: KLMT 88.9 FM,

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90.1 FM, K213DY 90.5 FM, KLRV 90.9 FM, K217CM 91.3 FM,

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92.5 FM, KURL 93.3 FM,

KRZN KRZN (96.3 FM, "The Zone") is a commercial radio station in Billings, Montana. KRZN airs an active rock music format. The station airs what it calls "6-packs" of rock which are commercial-free six-song blocks. "The Zone" became Billings' first ...

96.3 FM,

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97.1 FM, K248BL 97.5 FM,

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101.9 FM,

KCTR KCTR-FM (102.9 MHz, "Cat Country 103") is a commercial radio station in Billings, Montana. KCTR airs a country music format. Licensed to Billings, Montana, United States, the station serves the Billings area. The station is currently owned by T ...

102.9 FM,

KMHK KMHK (103.7 FM) is a commercial radio station in Billings, Montana. KMHK recently switched to a classic rock music format branded as “The New 103.7 The Hawk”. Licensed to Billings, Montana, United States, the station serves the Billings ar ...

103.7 FM,

KYSX KYSX is a commercial radio station licensed to Billings, Montana, United States, broadcasting on 105.1 FM. It was owned by BMG Billings, LLC, but is now owned by Radio Billings, LLC. History Prior to December 2, 2008, it was an adult hits stat ...

105.1 FM,

KPLN KPLN (106.7 FM) is a commercial radio station in Lockwood, Montana, broadcasting to the Billings, Montana area. KPLN airs a hot adult contemporary music format branded as “Planet 106.7”. History On May 7, 2019 Connoisseur Media Connoisse ...

106.7 FM,

KRPM KRPM (107.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Billings, Montana, United States, the station serves the Billings area. The station is currently owned by Radio Billings, LLC. History KRPM signed on as KULU on ...

107.5 FM. Coburn Hill also carries a majority of Billings area

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KTVQ KTVQ (channel 2) is a television station in Billings, Montana, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, it is part of the Montana Television Network, a statewide network of CBS-affiliated station ...

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 it ...

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, and a number of translators and lower powered stations have towers on the mountain. Coburn Hill is also the site of a

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monitoring station operated by the Department of Environmental Quality.

Four Dances Natural Area

Providing an overlook of the greater Billings area, the southern portion of Coburn Hill is home to the Four Dances Natural Area, operated by the

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. The BLM acquired Four Dances Natural Area in 1999. The area sits on 765 acres of undeveloped space which includes Sacrifice Cliffs. The area is named after Chief Four Dances, a

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chief. According to a sign on site, the area was used by Four Dances in the 1830s as a vision quest location. The area is also a frequent nesting location for various birds of prey.

References

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