Ed Craney

Edmund Blodgette Craney (February 19, 1905 – April 6, 1991[1]) was an American radio and television executive. He brought the first radio station to Butte, Montana, in 1929, KGIR, which eventually became a part of his chain of unparalleled radio stations dubbed "The Z-Bar Network."[2] Craney also had a hand in starting Montana's first local television station in 1953, which was also located in Butte. Craney founded the Montana Broadcasters Association, while KGIR was the first station to join the National Broadcasters Association.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Radio-TV pioneer Ed Craney dies." The Spokesman-Review, April 23, 1991. Retrieved: May 19, 2012.
  2. ^ Parini, Scott. "Ed Craney: The Voice of Montana" (PDF). pp. 2–15.
  3. ^ *McCormick, Andrea, "KGIR: Blast of Sound Heard 'Round the Town," The Montana Standard, March 11, 1979.
  4. ^ *Marquand, Ian. "The 100 Most Influential Montanans of the Century: 80. Ed Craney," The Missoulian, 1999.