KTVH-DT

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.

KTVH-DT
Channels
  • Digital: 12 (VHF), to move to 31 (UHF)
  • Virtual: 12
BrandingKTVH, MTN News
Programming
NetworkMontana Television Network
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
Sister stations
KRTV, KXLH-LD
History
First air date
January 1, 1958 (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)
Former affiliations
The CW (DT2, 2015–2023)
Call sign meaning
"Television Helena"
Technical information
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
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
Websitektvh.com
Translator
KTGF-LD
Channels
BrandingKTGF, MTN News
Programming
Affiliations
History
First air date
November 16, 2004 (2004-11-16)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 50 (UHF, 2004–2014)
Technical information
Facility ID128063
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT116 m (381 ft)
Transmitter coordinates47°32′7.5″N 111°17′5.5″W
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitekrtv.com/ktgf

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.

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