KTVQ

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KTVQ
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Billings, Montana
United States
ChannelsDigital: 10 (VHF)
(applied for 20 (UHF)[1])
Virtual: 2
BrandingQ2 (general)
MTN News (newscasts)
Billings CW (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerE. W. Scripps Company
(Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)
History
First air date
November 9, 1953 (68 years ago) (1953-11-09)
Former call signs
KOOK-TV (1953–1972)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
2 (VHF, 1953–2009)
DuMont (1953–1955/6)
NBC (secondary, 1953–1958, 1968–1982)
ABC (secondary, 1953–1968)
NTA (secondary, 1958–1959)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35694
ERP26.1 kW
HAAT180 m (591 ft)
Transmitter coordinates45°46′0.9″N 108°27′28.8″W / 45.766917°N 108.458000°W / 45.766917; -108.458000
Translator(s)see table below
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.ktvq.com

KTVQ, virtual channel 2 (VHF digital channel 10), is a dual CBS/CW+-affiliated television station licensed to Billings, Montana, United States. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company and is part of the Montana Television Network, a statewide network of CBS-affiliated stations. KTVQ's studios are located on Third Avenue North in Billings, and its transmitter is located on Sacrifice Cliff southeast of downtown.

History[]

The Montana Network, owner of radio station KOOK (970 AM), applied on December 13, 1952, for a construction permit to build a new TV station on channel 2 in Billings, which was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 4, 1953.[2] The turnaround time was short considering that Robert S. Howard, who owned Scripps-associated radio and newspaper holdings in Utah and Idaho, had also applied for channel 2,[3] but his firm dropped its bid and cleared the way for The Montana Network. KOOK had already revealed it had held an option for two years to build a transmitter site on Coburn Hill.[4] Ground was broken on the studio and transmitter facilities there in early June,[5] and programming from KOOK-TV began on November 9, 1953.[6] It was the third station in the state: Butte's KXLF-TV had begun in August, and a second station, KOPR-TV, had started there at about the same time.[7] KOOK-TV was affiliated with CBS, ABC and the DuMont Television Network at launch.[8]

In December 1956, Joseph Sample acquired majority control of KOOK radio and television from its previous ownership, headed by , a state representative.[9] A year later, KOOK broke ground on a new radio and television center in downtown Billings, which was completed in 1959;[10] three homes were moved off the property before construction began.[11] By the time the building was completed, a second television station, KGHL-TV (channel 8, now KULR-TV), had begun in 1958.

Sample later expanded his holdings across the state. In 1961, he acquired KXLF in Butte;[7] in 1969, he purchased KRTV in Great Falls, giving his Garryowen Broadcasting coverage of half the state's population.[12] The Montana Television Network was formed that same year[13] from these stations and KPAX-TV in Missoula, which was built in 1970. In 1972, seeking to get ahead of a proposed FCC rule that would have barred radio-television cross-ownership, Sample sold KOOK radio;[14] the call letters were retained by the radio station, and the television station changed its call sign to KTVQ on September 5, 1972. The new designation was chosen because the station had exhausted its preferred options, it was available, "Q2" (which became the station's moniker) was a branding option, and due to a since-repealed FCC regulation prohibiting TV and radio stations in the same market, but different ownership from sharing the same callsigns.[15]

In 1968, channel 2 picked up a secondary affiliation with NBC after KULR opted to take a primary affiliation with ABC. This was unusual for a two-station market, especially one as small as Billings. In 1979, for instance, KTVQ aired 17 CBS prime time shows and 10 from NBC, the networks with which it had first call on their programs; ABC shows were all seen on KULR, which rounded out its schedule with five additional shows not cleared by KTVQ.[16] It shared NBC with KULR; in 1980, KTVQ became a primary CBS affiliate.[17] KOUS (channel 4) launched late that year and immediately took all NBC programming that KTVQ did not clear; NBC fare aired by KTVQ at the time included The Today Show, The Tonight Show, and several prime time shows, and some of these programs lasted on channel 2 until KTVQ's NBC affiliation contract ended in 1982.[18]

After nearly 27 years owning KTVQ and feeling "burned out" with television, Sample sold the Montana Television Network in 1983 to SJL Broadcasting.[19] Evening Post Industries (through its Cordillera Communications subsidiary) bought it in 1994 for $8.5 million;[20] this reunited KTVQ with the rest of MTN, which it had purchased in 1986.[21] Scripps closed on its purchase of the Cordillera broadcast properties, including MTN, in 2019.

News operation[]

In 1971, MTN instituted a hybrid local-regional newscast format. The network news was presented from Great Falls, as that was the only place that could receive feeds from all of the MTN stations at the same time; the Billings, Butte, and (from 1977) Missoula stations presented local news inserts into the statewide program.[22] However, in Billings, KTVQ had long been the second-place news finisher behind KULR-TV.[23]

One of Sample's last acts as owner of MTN, at the same time he sold the network to Lilly, was to move production of MTN News from Great Falls to Billings in hopes that it would improve MTN's laggard position in the Billings news ratings. Ed Coghlan, who had been the lead anchor from Great Falls, was replaced by Dean Phillips.[24] The order of the newscast was changed to put the local inserts first,[25] and MTN's long-running Today in Montana—which also originated in Great Falls—added news and weather segments aired from Billings.[26] Despite the use of longer interview segments and in-depth reports, Phillips's style was often seen as too big-city for Montanans; Vic Bracht of The Billings Gazette cited an "arrogance factor" that became known even to people who did not watch MTN.[27] Phillips was replaced by Gus Koernig, and the station's ratings immediately improved. In February 1987, both Arbitron and Nielsen found KTVQ to be beating KULR-TV in all time slots.[28] By 1997, KTVQ enjoyed a two-to-one ratings advantage over its competitor for its early evening newscast.[29]

In 1995, President Bill Clinton visited Billings and KTVQ, where he conducted a televised town hall meeting.[30]

In 1990, KTVQ's newscasts began to be seen on KXGN-TV channel 5 in Glendive when that station joined MTN.[31]

Technical information[]

Subchannels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[32]
2.1 1080i 16:9 KTVQ-DT Main KTVQ programming / CBS
2.2 720p CW NET The CW Plus
2.3 480i GRIT Grit
2.4 Defy TV
2.5 Newsy

In February 2009, the four major commercial stations in the Billings market were refused Federal Communications Commission permission to end analog broadcasts and operate as digital-only effective on the originally-scheduled February 17, 2009 date.[33]

Translators[]

City of license Callsign Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates Owner
Ashland K16MY-D 16 1.04 kW 244 m (801 ft) 53157 45°36′7.9″N 105°56′11.9″W / 45.602194°N 105.936639°W / 45.602194; -105.936639 (K16MY-D) Powder River County
Big Timber, etc. K17JP-D 17 0.132 kW 383 m (1,257 ft) 35702 45°41′47.3″N 110°46′7.1″W / 45.696472°N 110.768639°W / 45.696472; -110.768639 (K17JP-D) E. W. Scripps Company
Boyes & Hammond K09VL-D 9 0.245 kW 190 m (623 ft) 53162 45°05′30″N 105°01′21.3″W / 45.09167°N 105.022583°W / 45.09167; -105.022583 (K09VL-D) Powder River County
Bridger, etc. K28LG-D 28 1.1 kW 91 m (299 ft) 168739 45°17′10.2″N 108°56′3.1″W / 45.286167°N 108.934194°W / 45.286167; -108.934194 (K28LG-D) Clarks Fork Valley TV District No. 1
Broadus K08JV-D 8 0.162 kW 93 m (305 ft) 53160 45°24′37.9″N 105°21′29.9″W / 45.410528°N 105.358306°W / 45.410528; -105.358306 (K08JV-D) Powder River County
K28ON-D 28 9.4 kW 353 m (1,158 ft) 168263 45°50′23.9″N 106°54′41.1″W / 45.839972°N 106.911417°W / 45.839972; -106.911417 (K28ON-D) E. W. Scripps Company
Colstrip K12RA-D 12 0.021 kW −4 m (−13 ft) 12389 45°53′41.9″N 106°37′41″W / 45.894972°N 106.62806°W / 45.894972; -106.62806 (K12RA-D) Colstrip
Columbus K26GL-D 26 5 kW −124 m (−407 ft) 130833 45°37′36″N 109°15′39″W / 45.62667°N 109.26083°W / 45.62667; -109.26083 (K26GL-D) E. W. Scripps Company
Emigrant K10AH-D 10 0.16 kW −227 m (−745 ft) 51548 45°20′6.3″N 110°41′26.5″W / 45.335083°N 110.690694°W / 45.335083; -110.690694 (K10AH-D) Paradise Valley TV District
Forsyth K16NE-D 16 0.15 kW 63 m (207 ft) 187567 46°19′37.9″N 106°41′51.1″W / 46.327194°N 106.697528°W / 46.327194; -106.697528 (K16NE-D) Forsyth Community TV Relay System
K22NN-D 22 0.352 kW 18 m (59 ft) 189997 46°15′39.5″N 106°40′23.2″W / 46.260972°N 106.673111°W / 46.260972; -106.673111 (K22NN-D)
Hardin K24GD-D 24 0.322 kW 65 m (213 ft) 35698 45°44′44″N 107°32′13″W / 45.74556°N 107.53694°W / 45.74556; -107.53694 (K24GD-D) E. W. Scripps Company
Harlowton K09YO-D 9 0.031 kW 109 m (358 ft) 26140 46°19′51.8″N 109°43′32.6″W / 46.331056°N 109.725722°W / 46.331056; -109.725722 (K09YO-D) Pitkin County
K19JO-D 19 0.2 kW 392 m (1,286 ft) 40415 46°21′4.8″N 110°08′37.6″W / 46.351333°N 110.143778°W / 46.351333; -110.143778 (K19JO-D) Marlow TV Association
K36PJ-D 36 0.25 kW 68 m (223 ft) 187566 46°19′14.9″N 106°59′48.1″W / 46.320806°N 106.996694°W / 46.320806; -106.996694 (K36PJ-D) Forsyth Community TV Relay System
Hysham K08OW-D 8 0.021 kW 107 m (351 ft) 67607 46°14′25.9″N 107°19′36.2″W / 46.240528°N 107.326722°W / 46.240528; -107.326722 (K08OW-D) Treasure County
Judith Gap K06QN-D 6 0.043 kW −6 m (−20 ft) 198515 46°41′15.5″N 109°44′34.6″W / 46.687639°N 109.742944°W / 46.687639; -109.742944 (K06QN-D) Marlow TV Association
Livingston, etc. K34PL-D 34 0.55 kW 287 m (942 ft) 190144 45°35′51.7″N 110°32′47.7″W / 45.597694°N 110.546583°W / 45.597694; -110.546583 (K34PL-D) Paradise Valley TV District
Miles City K10GF-D 10 0.2 kW 30 m (98 ft) 35700 46°26′1″N 105°50′53″W / 46.43361°N 105.84806°W / 46.43361; -105.84806 (K10GF-D) E. W. Scripps Company
Red Lodge K15LB-D 15 0.076 kW 84 m (276 ft) 130816 45°07′18.8″N 109°16′13.6″W / 45.121889°N 109.270444°W / 45.121889; -109.270444 (K15LB-D)
Rosebud, etc. K08PP-D 8 0.029 kW 32 m (105 ft) 190610 46°18′27.9″N 106°30′32″W / 46.307750°N 106.50889°W / 46.307750; -106.50889 (K08PP-D) Forsyth Community TV Relay System
Roundup K35PL-D 35 0.016 kW 2 m (7 ft) 57763 46°28′1.8″N 108°33′52.4″W / 46.467167°N 108.564556°W / 46.467167; -108.564556 (K35PL-D) Roundup Television Association, Inc.
White Sulphur Springs K09MH-D 9 0.09 kW 82 m (269 ft) 21712 46°27′43.7″N 110°51′24.7″W / 46.462139°N 110.856861°W / 46.462139; -110.856861 (K09MH-D) Meagher County Television District
Cody, WY K14RF-D 14 0.733 kW 475 m (1,558 ft) 51609 44°35′13.8″N 108°51′10.5″W / 44.587167°N 108.852917°W / 44.587167; -108.852917 (K14RF-D) E. W. Scripps Company
K20LT-D 20 1.26 kW 575 m (1,886 ft) 190501 44°29′36.8″N 109°10′9.5″W / 44.493556°N 109.169306°W / 44.493556; -109.169306 (K20LT-D)
Meeteetse, WY K21JU-D 21 1.34 kW 67 m (220 ft) 51599 44°12′43.8″N 108°51′29.4″W / 44.212167°N 108.858167°W / 44.212167; -108.858167 (K21JU-D)
Sheridan, WY K09XK-D 9 2.29 kW 383 m (1,257 ft) 35697 44°37′36.8″N 107°06′53.2″W / 44.626889°N 107.114778°W / 44.626889; -107.114778 (K09XK-D)

References[]

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