general abc montana local news newscasts fox montana dt2 slogan your local news leader channels digital 23 uhf virtual 23 psip subchannels 23.1 abc 23.2 fox mynetworktv 1 translators ktmf ld 42 kalispell k19gd d kalispell k14lt d polson k11ke woods bay affiliations abc owner cowles company cowles montana media company first air date november 16 1991 1991 11 16 former channel number s analog 23 uhf 1991 2009 digital 36 uhf until 2009 transmitter power 92.6 kw height 642 m facility id 14675 transmitter coordinates 47 1 10 n 114 0 46 w 47.01944 n 114.01278 w 47.01944 ; 114.01278 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.abcmontana.com ktmf is a full service television station in missoula montana broadcasting locally in digital on uhf channel 23 as an affiliate of abc . founded april 12 1989 the station is owned by cowles publishing company . the station s signal is rebroadcast on station ktmf ld channel 42 in kalispell and on three other low power translator stations in the flathead lake area of northwestern montana . contents 1 history 1.1 ktmf ld history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 news operation 4 translators 5 references 6 external links history edit ktmf s abc 23 and abc 42 logos used during the mid 2000s on april 12 1989 the federal communications commission fcc granted an original construction permit to continental television network ctn for a full service station on channel 23 to serve missoula . the station at first known by its application identification number 881130 kg soon took the call letters klfv but before the station went on air had changed calls again this time to ktmf . the station was issued a license on february 28 1991 and signed on later that year . this made missoula one of the last cities in the nation to get full service from all three major networks . previously abc had been relegated to limited clearances on keci tv and kpax tv or via cable from kxly tv in spokane . in february 2001 ctn sold ktmf along with the then ktmf lp in kalispell kwyb in butte kwyb lp in bozeman and ktgf in great falls to max media of montana . they were the first television station acquisitions in montana for max media . on september 30 2013 the cowles company acquired max media s montana television station cluster which in addition to ktmf and kwyb also included kfbb tv in great falls khbb ld in helena and nbc affiliate kulr tv in billings for 18 million . 2 3 the sale was completed on november 29 . 4 ktmf ld history edit on january 6 1992 the fcc granted an original construction permit to ctn for a low power station on channel 59 to serve kalispell . the station was given callsign k59eq and after an expired construction permit and a couple of extensions of the new permit k59eq was licesnsed on july 11 1995 . the station changed its calls to ktmf lp later in the same year . in february 2001 ctn sold the station to max media of montana as part of the same transaction as ktmf . ktmf lp was granted a permit to move to channel 42 in october 2003 and as of august 2006 the station had completed the move but had not applied for a license to operate on the new channel . on may 27 2010 ktmf lp was granted a construction permit to flash cut from analog to digital on channel 42 . on january 4 2013 the station changed its call sign to ktmf ld . 5 ktmf ld was included in cowles 2013 purchase of max media s montana stations . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 6 23.1 720p 16 9 ktmf ab main ktmf programming abc 23.2 ktmf fo ktmf dt2 fox mynetworktv 11 05 p.m. 1 05 a.m. monday friday jewelry television overnights 23.3 swx montana sports an weather right now 24 hours a day 7 days a week on september 26 2001 the fcc granted a construction permit to build ktmf dt on uhf channel 36 . the station received special temporary authority sta on april 22 2001 to broadcast at reduced power . ktmf elected to remain on channel 23 following the completion of the digital television transition . analog to digital conversion edit ktmf shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 23 on february 17 2009 the original target date in which full power television stations in the united states were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate which was later pushed back to june 12 2009 . the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition uhf channel 36 to channel 23 for post transition operations . 7 ktmf airs fox programming on a subchannel . 8 currently programming from mynetworktv the fox sister network is seen in a delayed manner from 11 05 until 1 05 early the next morning .1 news operation edit under continental television network ktmf along with its sister stations did not air local newscasts but soon after max media acquired the stations they began to make plans for a regional newscast for the stations to debut in early 2002 . 9 they launched the newscast produced by independent news network of davenport iowa and branded big sky news in october 2002 10 but the newscast generated controversy in part because it tried to simultaneously serve the needs of five communities over 200 miles 320 km apart and in part because the newscast did not actually originate in montana but rather in a city approximately 1 175 miles 1 891 km away with only one reporter actually assigned to and located in missoula . max media launched another attempt at a regional newscast for ktmf and its other stations in february 2005 this time branded montana news network but this time it was produced out of kfbb tv in great falls which the company had acquired in 2004 . ktmf started its own news operation in august 2012 in preparation for the launch of a 9 p.m. newscast on its fox subchannel a month later . 11 translators edit ktmf can be seen in other parts of western montana on the following translator stations k45dq d 45 hot springs ktmf ld 42 kalispell k19gd d kalispell k14lt d polson k11ke woods bay references edit http titantvguide.titantv.com apg ttv.aspx siteid 53664 application for consent to assignment of broadcast station construction permit or license federal communications commission 1 october 2013 application for consent to assignment of broadcast station construction permit or license federal communications commission 1 october 2013 cdbs print . licensing.fcc.gov . 2013 11 29 . retrieved 2015 07 27 . fcc internet services staff . application view ... redirecting . licensing.fcc.gov . retrieved 2015 07 27 . rabbitears.info . rabbitears.info . dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . malone michael 21 july 2009 . fox on montana stations digi channels . broadcasting & cable . archived from the original on 2012 09 28 . retrieved 22 july 2009 . 1 archived november 7 2004 at the wayback machine . www.maxmontana.com . www.maxmontana.com . retrieved 2015 07 27 . cederburg jenna august 15 2012 . fox affiliate to begin half hour news broadcast in missoula . the missoulian . retrieved august 15 2012 . external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for ktmf query the fcc s tv station database for k11ke query the fcc s tv station database for k14lt d query the fcc s tv station database for k19gd d query the fcc s tv station database for k45dq biafn s media web database information on ktmf tv v t e television stations in western montana and the flathead including missoula missoula kpax 8.1 cbs mtn 8.2 cw kufm 11.1 pbs 11.2 kids 11.3 create 11.4 world 11.5 tvmt keci 13.1 nbc 13.2 metv 13.3 movies ktmf 23.1 abc 23.2 fox k32eu 32.1 pbs 32.2 world 32.3 create kalispell kcfw 9.1 nbc 9.2 metv 9.3 movies kajj ca 18 cbs mtn k26dd tbn k29aa d k32hh 29.1 32.1 pbs 29.2 32.2 world 29.3 32.3 create k21ka d 21.1 pbs 21.2 world 21.3 create ktmf ld 42.1 abc 42.2 fox kukl 46.1 pbs 46.2 kids 46.3 create 46.4 world 46.5 tvmt distant stations spokane krem 2.1 cbs 2.2 justice kxly tv 4.1 abc 4.2 metv lethbridge cisa dt 7.1 global defunct kmmf 17 kmmf lp 34 fox mntv k42eo 42 tbn 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 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