Cordillera Stations Restored On Dish Network

Cordillera Communications announced Sunday afternoon that its stations have been returned to Dish Network following a three-day blackout. The contract impasse followed months of negotiations over carriage terms, including the fees the satellite company must pay Cordillera to retransmit its signals.

“We are pleased to have reached a multi-year agreement with Dish for carriage of our stations,” said Terrance Hurley, president of Cordillera Communications. “We want to thank our loyal viewers for their patience as we worked hard to negotiate with Dish to restore essential local coverage. At its core, disputes such as this are about protecting the future of local broadcasting in the communities we serve, a cause to which Cordillera remains fundamentally committed.”

Subscribers to Dish Network can resume watching the following local stations:

• KTVQ — CBS for Billings, Mont.

• KXLF-KBZK — CBS for Butte-Bozeman, Mont. (plus CW-affiliated subchannel)

• KOAA — NBC for Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colo.

• KRIS — NBC for Corpus Christi, Texas (plus CW-affiliated subchannel and independent station KDF)

• KRTV — CBS for Great Falls, Mont.

• KBGF — NBC for Great Falls, Mont.

• KXLH — CBS for Helena, Mont.

• KTVH — NBC for Helena, Mont. (plus CW-affiliated subchannel)

• KATC — ABC for Lafayette, La.

• WLEX — NBC for Lexington, Ky.

• KPAX-KAJ — CBS for Missoula-Kalispell, Mont. (plus CW-affiliated subchannel)

• KSBY — NBC for Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, Calif.

• KVOA — NBC for Tucson, Ariz.