KPAX-TV

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KPAX-TV
KPAX.png
Missoula, Montana
United States
ChannelsDigital: 7 (VHF)
(applied for 25 (UHF)[1])
Virtual: 8
BrandingKPAX 8 (general)
Missoula/Flathead CW 8.2
MTN News (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations8.1: CBS (1970–present;
secondary 1976−1984)/MTN
8.2: CW+
8.3: Grit (O&O)
8.4: Ion Television (O&O)
8.5: Court TV (O&O)
Ownership
OwnerE. W. Scripps Company
(Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)
History
First air date
1970 (52 years ago) (1970)[2]
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
8 (VHF, 1970–2009)
Former affiliations
ABC (1970–1990; secondary 1970–1976 and 1984–1990)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35455
ERP22.5 kW
HAAT653.5 m (2,144 ft)
Transmitter coordinates47°1′2.1″N 114°0′50.5″W / 47.017250°N 114.014028°W / 47.017250; -114.014028
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.kpax.com
KAJJ-CD
Semi-satellite of KPAX-TV
K18aj.jpg
Kalispell, Montana
United States
ChannelsDigital: 18 (UHF)
Virtual: 18
BrandingKAJ 18 (general)
MTN News (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations18.1: CBS/MTN
18.2: CW+
18.3: Grit (O&O)
18.4: Ion Television (O&O)
18.5: Court TV (O&O)
Ownership
OwnerE. W. Scripps Company
(Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)
History
First air date
1984 (38 years ago) (1984)
Former call signs
K18AJ (1982–2011)
KAJJ-CA (2011–2012)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
18 (UHF, 1984–2012)
Digital:
39 (UHF, 2012–2018)
Call sign meaning
derived from former K18AJ call sign
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35453
ClassCD
ERP9.55 kW
HAAT805 m (2,641 ft)
Transmitter coordinates48°8′48″N 114°21′58″W / 48.14667°N 114.36611°W / 48.14667; -114.36611
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.kpax.com/news/local-news/flathead-county

KPAX-TV, virtual channel 8 (VHF digital channel 7), is a dual CBS/CW+-affiliated television station licensed to Missoula, Montana, United States. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, it is part of the Montana Television Network, a statewide network of CBS-affiliated stations. KPAX-TV's studios are located on West Central Avenue in Missoula, and its transmitter is located on TV Mountain north of the city.

KAJJ-CD (virtual and UHF digital channel 18) in Kalispell operates as a low-powered, Class A semi-satellite of KPAX-TV; known on-air as KAJ, it broadcasts the same schedule as KPAX, but with local commercials and news segments. To comply with the requirements of its Class A license, KAJJ also produces its own weeknight 5:30 and 10 p.m. newscasts with a separate anchor, which premiered in 2010.

History[]

Channel 8 signed on for the first time in 1970 as a semi-satellite of KXLF-TV in Butte. The station was originally owned by Garryowen Corporation, controlled by Joe Sample, as part of the Montana Television Network.[3] In 1977, KPAX opened a new studio on Regent Street in Missoula and severed the electronic umbilical cord with Butte.

For most of its existence, KPAX-TV has been a primary CBS affiliate.[4] However, it shared ABC with KGVO-TV (channel 13, now KECI-TV)[4] until 1976, when KPAX, along with KXLF-TV, upgraded ABC to a primary affiliation,[5] relegating CBS to a secondary affiliation shared with KGVO.[6] KPAX returned to CBS in 1984,[7] and continued to air ABC in off-hours (shared with KECI) until KTMF (channel 23) signed on in 1990.

In 1984, Sample sold the MTN stations to SJL, Inc. for $20 million.[8] SJL, in turn, sold KPAX-TV, KXLF-TV, and KRTV in Great Falls to Evening Post Publishing Company, through its Cordillera Communications subsidiary, for $24 million in 1986.[9]

KAJJ was established in 1984[10] as K18AJ. Its original owner, Telecrafter Broadcasting Corporation (whose principals, Thomas A. Curtis and Daniel W. Coon, were stockholders in KOUS-TV in Billings and KYUS-TV in Miles City[11]), sold K18AJ to Cordillera in 1988.[12] It became KAJJ-CA in 2011, and KAJJ-CD in 2012.

Digital television[]

Digital channels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[13][14]
KPAX-TV KAJJ-CD KPAX-TV KAJJ-CD
8.1 18.1 1080i 16:9 KPAX-DT KAJJ-CD Main KPAX-TV programming / CBS
8.2 18.2 720p KPAX-CW KAJJ-CW CW 8.2
8.3 18.3 480i GRIT-TV Grit
8.4 18.4 ION TV Ion Television
8.5 18.5 Court TV

Translators[]

City of license Callsign Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates Owner
Big Arm K11RX-D 11 0.035 kW −131 m (−430 ft) 5814 47°48′55.7″N 114°19′17.4″W / 47.815472°N 114.321500°W / 47.815472; -114.321500 (K11RX-D) Blacktail TV Tax District
Bitterroot Range K11IL-D 0.004 kW 518 m (1,699 ft) 27683 47°33′31.7″N 114°32′45.4″W / 47.558806°N 114.545944°W / 47.558806; -114.545944 (K11IL-D) Hot Springs TV District
Drummond K20KL-D 20 0.005 kW −137 m (−449 ft) 183079 46°37′2.2″N 113°10′55.5″W / 46.617278°N 113.182083°W / 46.617278; -113.182083 (K20LK-D) Granite County TV District
Ferndale K12LO-D 12 0.008 kW 87 m (285 ft) 64281 48°4′4.3″N 114°2′19.3″W / 48.067861°N 114.038694°W / 48.067861; -114.038694 (K12LO-D) Swann Hill TV District
Kalispell KAJJ-CD 18 9.55 kW 805 m (2,641 ft) 35453 48°0′48″N 114°21′58″W / 48.01333°N 114.36611°W / 48.01333; -114.36611 (KAJJ-CD) E. W. Scripps Company
Libby K22KS-D 22 0.431 kW 84 m (276 ft) 37214 48°26′19.8″N 115°31′40.5″W / 48.438833°N 115.527917°W / 48.438833; -115.527917 (K22KS-D) Libby Video Club, Inc.
Phillipsburg K17JS-D 17 0.015 kW 465 m (1,526 ft) 183063 46°15′48.8″N 113°15′2.9″W / 46.263556°N 113.250806°W / 46.263556; -113.250806 (K17JS-D) Granite County TV District
Plains-Paradise K05GM-D 5 0.017 kW 32 m (105 ft) 52780 47°31′29.7″N 114°57′31.4″W / 47.524917°N 114.958722°W / 47.524917; -114.958722 (K05GM-D) Plains-Paradise TV District
Polson K11HO-D 11 0.04 kW 7 m (23 ft) 52911 47°40′38.8″N 114°8′33.2″W / 47.677444°N 114.142556°W / 47.677444; -114.142556 (K11HO-D) Blacktail TV Tax District
Thompson Falls K07FL-D 7 0.033 kW 309 m (1,014 ft) 66964 47°32′27″N 115°19′5″W / 47.54083°N 115.31806°W / 47.54083; -115.31806 (K07FL-D) Thompson Falls TV District
K17MQ-D 17 0.053 kW −270 m (−886 ft) 181906 47°35′45″N 115°16′51″W / 47.59583°N 115.28083°W / 47.59583; -115.28083 (K17MQ-D)
Trout Creek, etc. K08OZ-D 8 0.019 kW 239 m (784 ft) 181555 47°57′17.9″N 115°40′14.9″W / 47.954972°N 115.670806°W / 47.954972; -115.670806 (K08OZ-D) Granite County TV District
St. Regis K10HM 10 (analog) 0.024 kW −205 m (−673 ft) 62171 47°19′7.7″N 115°7′7.5″W / 47.318806°N 115.118750°W / 47.318806; -115.118750 (K10HM) St. Regis TV Tax District
Sula K03IA-D 3 0.005 kW 111 m (364 ft) 181577 47°49′17.5″N 113°59′41″W / 47.821528°N 113.99472°W / 47.821528; -113.99472 (K03IA-D) Sula TV District
Superior K11FF-D 11 −99 m (−325 ft) 64032 47°10′30″N 114°55′3.7″W / 47.17500°N 114.917694°W / 47.17500; -114.917694 (K11FF-D) Superior TV Translator District
West Glacier K10LH-D 10 0.018 kW 628 m (2,060 ft) 16753 48°25′58.8″N 113°57′58.4″W / 48.433000°N 113.966222°W / 48.433000; -113.966222 (K10LH-D) Friends of KSPS
Woods Bay K22MG-D 22 0.173 kW −45 m (−148 ft) 5808 48°1′14.8″N 114°3′33.4″W / 48.020778°N 114.059278°W / 48.020778; -114.059278 (K22MG-D) Blacktail TV Tax District
Leadore, ID K11BD-D 11 0.003 kW −276 m (−906 ft) 36860 44°42′29.7″N 113°20′3.1″W / 44.708250°N 113.334194°W / 44.708250; -113.334194 (K11BD-D) Salmon TV Translator District
K25PY-D 25 0.168 kW −245 m (−804 ft) 186647 44°40′1.7″N 113°21′3.1″W / 44.667139°N 113.350861°W / 44.667139; -113.350861 (K25PY-D)
Lemhi, etc., ID K05BE-D 5 0.013 kW 525 m (1,722 ft) 58708 44°52′29.7″N 113°32′43.1″W / 44.874917°N 113.545306°W / 44.874917; -113.545306 (K05BE-D)
K34CB-D 34 0.07 kW 414 m (1,358 ft) 58701 44°40′1.7″N 113°21′3.1″W / 44.667139°N 113.350861°W / 44.667139; -113.350861 (K34CB-D)
Salmon, ID K08PI-D 8 0.018 kW −185 m (−607 ft) 58700 45°04′4.7″N 113°52′33.2″W / 45.067972°N 113.875889°W / 45.067972; -113.875889 (K08PI-D)
K32NQ-D 32 0.11 kW 846 m (2,776 ft) 58710 45°08′44.7″N 114°0′33.2″W / 45.145750°N 114.009222°W / 45.145750; -114.009222 (K32NQ-D)

Analog-to-digital conversion[]

KPAX-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.[15] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 7.[16] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 8.

Previous logo until early late-2020.

Notable former on-air staff[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Channel Substitution/Community of License Change". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  2. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says June 5, while the Television and Cable Factbook says May 1.
  3. ^ 1972 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). 1972. p. A-35. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Listing of channel lineups in TV Guide Montana Edition". matthewsittel.com. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "In Brief" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 7, 1976. p. 24. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  6. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 (PDF). 1977. p. B-116. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  7. ^ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1985 (PDF). 1985. p. C-36. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  8. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 16, 1984. p. 138. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  9. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 29, 1986. p. 78. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  10. ^ "Application Search Details (KAJJ-CD)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  11. ^ "In re Applications … For Construction Permit for a New Television Station Billings, Montana". Federal Communications Commission. October 6, 1987. Retrieved October 4, 2015. Curtis and Coon each own a 50% in Telecrafter Broadcasting Corporation, licensee of LPTV station K18AJ, Kalispell, Montana.
  12. ^ "Public Notice Content". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  13. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KPAX
  14. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KAJJ-CD
  15. ^ Eggerton, John (2009-06-29). "Boise Station Gets Power Boost". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  16. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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