KTVQ
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KTVQ is the CBS affiliate in Billings, Montana. It broadcasts on channel 2 (Cable channel 5) and is owned by the Evening Post Publishing Company.
The station began broadcasting on November 9, 1953 as KOOK-TV, Montana's second television station; Butte's KXLF-TV had signed on in August. The station carried programming from all three major networks of the time--CBS, NBC, ABC and DuMont Television Network--[1] but has always been a primary CBS affiliate. It lost DuMont when that network shut down in 1956 and lost NBC when KGHL-TV (now KULR-TV) signed on in 1958. The station changed its callsign to KTVQ in 1973.
On September 1, 1975, channel 2 picked up a secondary affiliation with NBC after KULR opted to take a full-time affiliation with ABC. It shared NBC with KULR until KOUS (now KHMT) signed on in 1980.
In 1970, channel 2 picked up a secondary affiliation with PBS, mainly for Sesame Street. It was standard practice at the time for PBS to offer its programming to any interested commercial outlet in areas where no PBS station was available. Channel 2's secondary PBS affiliation lasted until Montana PBS finally signed on in 1984.
The station has, along with most other MTN stations, been the leader in local news ratings.
In February 2009, KULR, KTVQ and two other stations in the Billings market were refused Federal Communications Commission permission[2] to end analogue broadcasts and operate as digital-only effective on the originally-scheduled February 17, 2009 date.[3]
Current news personalities
News Anchors
- Julie Lovell: 5:30 & 10pm News Anchor
- Jay Kohn: 5:30 & 10:00 News Anchor/Assistant News Director
- Courtney Hanson: Montana this Morning and Statewide Noon Anchor
- Nikki Laurenzo: Weekend Anchor
General Assignment Reporters
- David Jay
- Angela Douglas
- Adrienne Kitchen: Producer/Reporter
- Amanda Venegas
Commentary
- Vic Miller
Weather
- Bob McGuire: Chief Meteorologist
- Marc Moraniec: Morning Meteorologist
- Jeff Womack: Weather Anchor/Reporter
- Rob Griggs: Weather Anchor
Sports
- Scott Breen: Sports Director
- Casey Conlon: Weekend Sports
Notable staff
- Matt Winer, ESPN sportscaster, worked here before ESPN.
References
- ^ "A DuMont transmitter definitely will be operating over Channel 2 in Billings this fall tune in KOOK-TV Channel 2", Billings Gazette, 1953-06-01
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- ^ http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/02/05/news/local/25-digitalswitch.txt
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