MPAN, short for "Montana Public Affairs Network", is a full-time

television channel A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with ...

available on

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

cable systems, along with the DT5

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on the member stations of the

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state network. The service commenced in January 2007. MPAN covers both houses of the

Montana State Legislature The Montana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Montana. It is composed of the 100-member Montana House of Representatives and the 50-member Montana Senate. The Montana Constitution dictates that the legislature meet ...

, as well as other hearings staged in the

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at Helena. The service was first introduced in 2001 as TVMT (Television Montana). When it was introduced, it was only a part-time service, offering only Legislature coverage on local

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(GATV) cable channels in Montana. The network was renamed to Montana Public Affairs Network on November 1st, 2018. MPAN is available to 350,000

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customers across Montana

The channel does not have edited content.

References

External links

MPAN official website
Television stations in Montana Commercial-free television networks Television networks in the United States Montana Legislature Legislature broadcasters in the United States {{Montana-tv-station-stub