KTVH-DT

For the television station in Sapporo, Japan, see Television Hokkaido. For the former KTVH in Kansas, see KWCH-DT.

KTVH-DT
Channels
BrandingKTVH, MTN News
Programming
NetworkMontana Television Network
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KRTV, KXLH-LD
History
First air date
January 1, 1958
(66 years ago) (1958-01-01)
Former call signs
  • KXLJ-TV (1958–1961)
  • KBLL-TV (1961–1973)
  • KTCM (1973–1980)
  • KTVG (1980–1985)
  • KTVH (1985–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 12 (VHF, 1958–2009)
  • Digital: 14 (UHF, 2004–2009)
The CW (DT2, 2015–2023)
Call sign meaning
"Television Helena"
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID5290
ERP17.5 kW
HAAT671.2 m (2,202 ft)
Transmitter coordinates46°49′29.4″N 111°42′15.6″W / 46.824833°N 111.704333°W / 46.824833; -111.704333 (KTVH-DT)
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
Websitektvh.com
Translator
KTGF-LD
Channels
BrandingKTGF, MTN News
Programming
Affiliations
History
First air date
November 16, 2004 (20 years ago) (2004-11-16)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 50 (UHF, 2004–2014)
Technical information[4]
Facility ID128063
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT116 m (381 ft)
Transmitter coordinates47°32′7.5″N 111°17′5.5″W / 47.535417°N 111.284861°W / 47.535417; -111.284861 (KTGF-LD)
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitekrtv.com/ktgf

KTVH-DT (channel 12) is a television station in Helena, Montana, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside CBS affiliate KXLH-LD (channel 9). The two stations share studios on West Lyndale Avenue in Helena; KTVH-DT's transmitter is located on Hogback Mountain. KTVH-DT operates low-power translator KTGF-LD (channel 50) in Great Falls, where Scripps also owns CBS affiliate KRTV.

The only full-service commercial TV station serving Montana's capital city for most of its history, channel 12 came to air in 1958 as KXLJ-TV and struggled through a fight with a competing local cable company, during which it shut down for six months before eventually being purchased by the firm. In the late 1960s and 1970s, channel 12 was owned by former Montana governor Tim Babcock before being sold to two owners who each struggled with financial issues. In 1997, a possible threat of disaffiliation from NBC opened the door for Sunbelt Communications Company, later changed to Intermountain West Communications Company (IWCC), to purchase the station. Under IWCC, the station expanded geographically and secured the NBC affiliation in the larger Great Falls market. Before IWCC owner Jim Rogers died, the station was sold twice to larger station groups before being acquired by Scripps.

It is the only NBC affiliate in the Montana Television Network, with separate programming from the group of mostly CBS affiliates and separate newscasts from KXLH.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ktvhtouhf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Report & Order" (PDF). Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission. November 29, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTVH-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTGF-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.