DMA 206 (HELENA, MT)

Gray Donating KMTF To Montana PBS

Montana PBS is about to receive a rare donation: a full-power TV station. Gray Television is giving KMTF in Helena, a CW simulcast channel, to the public TV station, said Eric Hyyppa, GM of Montana PBS in Bozeman. The transaction should be complete by this fall, he said.

DMAS 134, 184, 191 & 206

Gray In 4 New Deals, Closes 3 Earlier Ones

It’s buying two stations in Wausau, Wis., and Laredo, Texas, and moving the programming to LPTVs it already owns in those markets. In Montana, it’s selling KBGF and KTVH to Cordillera Communications and donating KMTF to Montana State University.

WEEK ENDING MAY 26

Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $150,000

The sale of KMTF Helena, Mont., by Meridian Communications’ Rocky Mountain Broadcasting Co. to Gray Television for $150,000 tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Kelsey.

DMAS 190 & 205

Gray Buys Three Montana Stations

It’s paying $2 million for KTVH (NBC) and KMTF (CW) in Helena, and KBGF Great Falls (NBC).

DMAS 206 & 190

3 Montana TVs Add NVerzion Automation

Montana’s Beartooth NBC has deployed NVerzion‘s automation technology at its KTVH (NBC) and KMTF (CW) Helena (DMA 206) and KBGF (NBC) Great Falls (DMA 190). The system provides transmission of […]