KULR-TV
KULR-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Billings, Montana, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by the Cowles Company. The station's studios are located on Overland Avenue in the Homestead Business Park section of Billings, and its transmitter is located on Coburn Hill southeast of downtown.
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| Branding | NonStop Local Billings |
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First air date | March 15, 1958 |
Former call signs | KGHL-TV (1958–1963) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 8 (VHF, 1958–2009) |
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Call sign meaning | "Color"; as in Color television |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35724 |
| ERP | 16 kW |
| HAAT | 191 m (627 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°45′35.5″N 108°27′17.4″W |
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| Website | www |
KULR-TV was the second TV station on the air in Billings; it began broadcasting as KGHL-TV, co-owned with KGHL radio, on March 15, 1958. The station was renamed KULR-TV in 1963 when it was separated from the radio stations. It was an ABC affiliate from 1969 to 1987, when it returned to NBC. KULR-TV was purchased by Max Media in 2004 and by Cowles in 2013. Since the late 1980s, its newscasts have been a distant second-place finisher to KTVQ.