see ktvq oklahoma city . not to be confused with kqtv . ktvq billings montana united states branding q2 general q2 news newscasts slogan fair . accurate . to the point . channels digital 10 vhf virtual 2 psip subchannels 2.1 cbs 2.2 the cw owner cordillera communications ktvq communications llc first air date november 9 1953 former callsigns kook tv 1953 1973 former channel number s analog 2 vhf 1953 2009 former affiliations dumont 1953 1955 6 nbc secondary 1953 1958 and 1968 1980 abc secondary 1953 1968 pbs per program 1970 1984 transmitter power 26.1 kw height 180 m facility id 35694 transmitter coordinates 45 46 0.9 n 108 27 28.8 w 45.766917 n 108.458000 w 45.766917 ; 108.458000 website www.ktvq.com ktvq virtual channel 2 is the cbs affiliated television station in billings montana and it is owned by the evening post industries ; the station is part of the montana television network a statewide network of cbs affiliated stations . it broadcasts its digital signal on vhf channel 10 remapped to former analog channel 2 ; on cable it is carried on comcast channel 5 . contents 1 digital channels 2 history 3 news operation 4 references 5 external links digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 2.1 1080i 16 9 ktvq dt main ktvq programming cbs 2.2 720p cw net billings cw in february 2009 kulr ktvq and two other stations in the billings market were refused federal communications commission permission to end analogue broadcasts and operate as digital only effective on the originally scheduled february 17 2009 date . 1 history edit the station began broadcasting on november 9 1953 as kook tv montana s second television station ; butte s kxlf tv had begun in august . it was owned by montana broadcasting pioneer joe sample and his garryowen corporation along with kook radio am 970 now kbul . the station carried programming from all four major networks of the time cbs nbc abc and dumont television network 2 but has always been a primary cbs affiliate . it lost dumont when that network shut down in 1956 and lost nbc when kghl tv now kulr tv began in 1958 . the station changed its callsign to ktvq in 1973 . in 1968 channel 2 picked up a secondary affiliation with nbc after kulr opted to take a primary affiliation with abc . this was very unusual for a two station market especially one as small as billings . it shared nbc with kulr until kous now khmt began in 1980 . in 1970 channel 2 picked up a secondary affiliation with pbs mainly for sesame street . it was standard practice at the time for pbs to offer its programming to any interested commercial outlet in areas where no pbs station was available . channel 2 s secondary pbs affiliation lasted until montana pbs finally started in 1984 . sample owned the station until 1984 when he sold it to sjl broadcasting . evening post bought it in 1994 . the station remains the only billings television station that has not changed its affiliation . in january 2010 ktvq.com made the switch to a continuous news format . news operation edit national news comes from several sources ; cbs news and ap give their nationwide and international news to the station for its local newscasts . the northern ag network provides farm and ranch reports during montana this morning and the noon news . citation needed references edit http www.billingsgazette.net articles 2009 02 05 news local 25 digitalswitch.txt a dumont transmitter definitely will be operating over channel 2 in billings this fall tune in kook tv channel 2 billings gazette p. 5 1953 06 01 external links edit ktvq.com official ktvq tv website cwbillings.com official cw billings website antenna information query the fcc s tv station database for ktvq biafn s media web database information on ktvq tv v t e television stations in south central montana and the yellowstone valley including billings billings ktvq 2.1 cbs mtn 2.2 kwbm cw khmt 4.1 fox jtv 4.2 silent laff 4.3 silent grit ksvi k25bp 25 6.1 abc 6.2 silent escape 6.3 silent bounce tv kulr 8.1 nbc 8.2 swx kinv ld 14.1 religious kbgs k20hb 20 16.1 pbs 16.2 kids 16.3 create 16.4 world 16.5 tvmt miles city kyus k06fe 3.1 8.1 nbc 8.2 swx k10gf 10 cbs mtn k16dh 16 abc k19ff 19 fox cable channels community 7 tvmt see also western & central nd tv glendive tv western sd tv v t e broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of montana abc affiliates kfbb 5.1 great falls ksvi 6.1 billings kwyb 18.1 28.1 butte bozeman khbb ld 21.1 helena ktmf 23.1 42 missoula kalispell cbs mtn affiliates ktvq 2.1 billings krtv 3.1 kxlh 9.1 great falls helena kxlf 4.1 kbzk 7.1 butte bozeman kxgn 5.1 glendive kpax 8.1 kajj 18 missoula kalispell fox affiliates khmt 4.1 hardin kfbb 5.2 great falls kwyb 18.2 butte khbb ld 21.2 helena ktmf 23.2 missoula nbc affiliates kxgn 5.2 glendive kulr 8.1 kyus 3.1 billings miles city ktvh 12.1 kbgf 50.19 helena great falls keci 13.1 ktvm 6.1 kcfw 9.1 missoula butte kalispell cw affiliates ktvq 2.2 billings krtv 3.2 great falls kxlf 4.2 kbzk 7.2 butte bozeman kpax 8.2 missoula ktvh 12.2 helena kwzb 22 glendive cable pbs affiliates montana pbs kusm 9.1 5 bozeman kufm 11.1 5 missoula kbgs 16.1 5 billings kugf 21.1 5 great falls kukl 46.1 5 kalispell other k08pr d 8.1 k32hh 32 missoula kalispell repeaters of ksps tv spokane washington v t e evening post industries newspapers aiken standard the berkeley independent the georgetown times goose creek gazette moultrie news the kingstree news the post and courier summerville journal scene waccamaw times north augusta star cordillera television stations abc network affiliates katc1 cbs network affiliates kpax tv kajj cd1 krtv kxlh ld1 ktvq1 kxlf tv kbzk1 kztv2 nbc network affiliates koaa tv kris tv1 ksby1 ktvh dt kbgf ld1 kvoa wlex tv other stations k22ja d k47df d 1 this station airs the cw on its digital subchannel . 2 cordillera operates kztv under an lma owned by sagamorehill broadcasting . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ktvq & oldid 742627836 categories cbs network affiliatesmontana television networktelevision channels and stations established in 1953television stations in billings montanahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 20 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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