Helena, MT (December 14, 1990)

[TR1968]

from The Independent-Record via Newspapers.com

Helena
2 CNN
3 HBO
4 Nickelodeon
5 AMC
6 KUSM-PBS Bozeman
7 Discovery Channel
8 KXLF-ABC/CBS Butte
9 ESPN
10 KFBB-ABC Great Falls
11 Disney Channel
12 KTVH-NBC Helena
13 TNT
14 CVN
15 Weather Channel
16 CBN Family Channel
17 Cinemax
19 MTV
20 TNN
21 CNBC
22 SHowtime
23 WTBS Atlanta
24 A&E
25 TLC
26 C-SPAN2
27 USA Network
28 Lifetime
29 CNN Headline News
30 C-SPAN

Clancy
2 ESPN
3 TNT
4 Local Origination
5 KUSA-ABC Denver
6 CNN
7 KXLF-ABC/CBS Butte
8 Weather Channel
9 WGN Chicago
10 KTVH-NBC Helena
11 KRMA-PBS Denver
12 C-SPAN
13 WTBS Atlanta
14 MTV
15 Disney Channel
16 A&E
17 Showtime
18 Discovery Channel
19 FNN
20 Cinemax
21 Comedy Channel
22 HBO
23 AMC
24 USA Network
25 TNN
26 CBN Family Channel
27 Nickelodeon
28 Travel Channel
29 Lifetime
30 CNN Headline News

Townsend
2 CNN
3 USA Network
4 KXLF-ABC/CBS Butte
5 HBO
6 CBN Family Channel
7 Discovery Channel
8 TNT
9 ESPN
10 WGN Chicago
11 KFBB-ABC Great Falls
12 KTVH-NBC Helena
13 WTBS Atlanta
15 Weather Channel
16 Lifetime
17 CVN
19 CNBC
20 Disney Channel
21 Local Origination
22 TNN
23 KRMA-PBS Denver

Boulder
2 HBO
3 CNN/A&E
4 USA Network
5 Discovery Channel
6 CBN Family Channel
7 TNT
8 KXLF-ABC/CBS Butte
9 ESPN
10 WGN Chicago
11 WTBS Atlanta
12 KTVH-NBC Helena
13 TNN
15 Weather Channel
16 Lifetime
17 CVN
19 CNBC
20 KTVM-NBC/CBS Butte
21 Disney Channel
22 KRMA-PBS Denver

Lincoln
2 HBO
4 KXLF-ABC/CBS Butte
5 CBN Family Channel
6 KTVM-NBC/CBS Butte
7 WTBS Atlanta
8 TNN
9 WGN Chicago
10 ESPN
11 USA Network
12 KTVH-NBC Helena
13 Discovery Channel
14 KUSA-ABC Denver
15 KWGN Denver

 

[Sammi Brie]

Wow, the Independent-Record had the record far from straight on the affiliations in Butte!

KXLF had gone full-CBS in 1984 when MTN switched to primary CBS statewide (KXLF+KPAX had been ABC–CBS, and KTVQ had only recently stopped being CBS–NBC). That caused KTVM and its network (Eagle, based at KECI in Missoula) to go NBC–ABC with a four-hour prime time. (The late news aired at 11!) They began phasing out ABC programming in 1989 and dropped it completely because a new ABC station for Missoula was built in 1990.

ABC kind of bounced around for a bit. KCTZ in Bozeman was the affiliate by rebroadcasting KOUS/KSVI in Billings, but I don't think it ever was the affiliate of record. Eventually, MTN bought KCTZ and moved its programs to a pair of low-power stations in Butte and Bozeman to free up that station itself for CBS (and briefly Fox). KTMF then built KWYB in Butte in 1996 and a matching LPTV for Bozeman.