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| + | ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | '''KTGF''' | ||
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| + | | colspan="2" style="padding: 1em 0; text-align: center;" | Great Falls, Montana | ||
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| + | ! style="vertical-align: top; text-align: right;" |'''Branding''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align: left;" | My TV Great Falls<br>Montana's Own Live TV on DT2 | ||
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| + | | '''Subchannels''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align: left;" | 16.1 [[My Network TV]]<br>[[The Baptist Channel]]<br>[[JCTV]]<br>16.2 [[Live Network TV]]/[[JTN Jetstream]]<br>16.3 [[Anime National]](simulcast of [[KLMN]])<br>16.4 [[This TV]] (simulcast of [[KBTZ]])<br>16.5 [[Retro Television Network|RTV]] (simulcast of KMMF)<br>16.6 [[Dress TV]] <br>16.7 [[AccuWeather]] | ||
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| + | | '''Digital channel''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align: left;" | 45 (UHF)<br>16 (PSIP) | ||
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| + | | '''Affiliations''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align: left;" | [[<br>[[The Baptist Channel]]<br>[[JCTV]] | ||
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| + | | '''Owner''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align: left;" | [[Taylor Media Stations Group]] | ||
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| + | | '''Founded''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align: left;" | August 6, 1985 | ||
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| + | ! style="vertical-align: top; text-align: right;" |'''Call letters meaning''' | ||
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| + | | '''Former affiliations''' | ||
| + | | style="text-align: left;" | NBC (August 1985 - June 2005)<br>FOX (July 2005 - May 2007)<br>[[This TV]] (digital subchannel)<br>[[Anime National]](2007-2009) | ||
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KBTZ is a full-service television station serving Butte, Montana as a This TV affiliate, broadcasting in analog on UHF channel 24, with no digital allocation. The station is operated by Taylor Media Stations Group of Little Rock, Arkansas. KBTZ simulcast on translator station KBTZ-LP UHF channel 32 in Bozeman, Montana. | KBTZ is a full-service television station serving Butte, Montana as a This TV affiliate, broadcasting in analog on UHF channel 24, with no digital allocation. The station is operated by Taylor Media Stations Group of Little Rock, Arkansas. KBTZ simulcast on translator station KBTZ-LP UHF channel 32 in Bozeman, Montana. | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 4 November 2009
| KTGF | |
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| Great Falls, Montana | |
| Branding | My TV Great Falls Montana's Own Live TV on DT2 |
| Subchannels | 16.1 My Network TV The Baptist Channel JCTV 16.2 Live Network TV/JTN Jetstream 16.3 Anime National(simulcast of KLMN) 16.4 This TV (simulcast of KBTZ) 16.5 RTV (simulcast of KMMF) 16.6 Dress TV 16.7 AccuWeather |
| Digital channel | 45 (UHF) 16 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | [[ The Baptist Channel JCTV |
| Owner | Taylor Media Stations Group |
| Founded | August 6, 1985 |
| Call letters meaning | |
| Former affiliations | NBC (August 1985 - June 2005) FOX (July 2005 - May 2007) This TV (digital subchannel) Anime National(2007-2009) |
KBTZ is a full-service television station serving Butte, Montana as a This TV affiliate, broadcasting in analog on UHF channel 24, with no digital allocation. The station is operated by Taylor Media Stations Group of Little Rock, Arkansas. KBTZ simulcast on translator station KBTZ-LP UHF channel 32 in Bozeman, Montana.
According to Equity's website, KBTZ had a secondary affiliation with Fox's sister network, MyNetworkTV. [1]
At auction on April 16, 2009, Max Media bought KBTZ and the rest of Equity's Montana Fox station system.[1].
According to Equity's website, KBTZ has a digital subchannel with the Retro Television Network. [1]
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [2], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, at the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KBTZ would be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").
As of December 2008[update] both the ability of KBTZ to transition to digital and its ability to continue broadcasting are directly jeopardised as (according to the station's most recent DTV status report), "On December 8, 2008, the licensee's parent corporation filed a petition for bankruptcy relief under chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, case #4:08-BK-17646-M, US district court for the district of Arkansas. This station must obtain post-petition financing and court approval before digital facilities may be constructed" and "The station will cease analog broadcasting on February 17, 2009, regardless of whether digital facilities are operational by that date. The station will file authority to remain silent if so required by the FCC."[3]
While the DTV Delay Act extended this deadline to June 12, 2009, Equity had applied for an extension of the digital construction permit in order to retain the broadcast license after the station goes dark.[4]
On July 1, 2009, Max Media established a new Fox affiliate on the digital subchannel of its ABC affiliates, KWYB in Butte and KWYB-LD in Bozeman.[5] KBTZ was shut down on June 12, 2009 when analog broadcasting ended; both KBTZ-DT and KBTZ-LD now broadcasting This TV and RTV.
