{{Short description|Television station in Billings, Montana}} {{distinguish|KQTV|WTVQ|TVQ (disambiguation)#Television{{!}}TVQ}} {{about|the TV station in Billings, Montana|the defunct television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|KTVQ (Oklahoma City)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KTVQ | logo = KTVQ Q2 logo.png | logo_alt = A red box containing stylized white letters "Q 2". Next to the box in two black lines are the words "Montana's News Leader" (bolded) and then "Billings". | image = Headquarters of KTVQ, a television station in Billings, Montana.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_alt = The KTVQ studios, a three-story building topped with satellite dishes | caption = KTVQ studios in downtown Billings | branding = Q2; ''MTN News'' | digital = 10 (VHF), to move to 20 (UHF)<ref name="ktvqtouhf">{{Cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f917d0c2e17017d1c3da1604644&id=25076f917d0c2e17017d1c3da1604644|title=Channel Substitution/Community of License Change|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=December 22, 2021|accessdate=December 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-359A1.pdf|title=Report & Order|publisher=Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission|date=April 4, 2022|access-date= April 10, 2022}}</ref> | virtual = 2 | translators = ''see {{section link||Translators}}'' | network = Montana Television Network | affiliations = {{ubl|'''2.1:''' CBS/MTN|'''2.2:''' Independent "MTN"|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | airdate = {{start date|1953|11|9}} | location = Billings, Montana | country = United States | former_callsigns = KOOK-TV (1953–1972) | former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 2 (VHF, 1953–2009) | owner = E. W. Scripps Company | licensee = Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC | former_affiliations = {{ubl|DuMont (1953–1955/6)|NBC (secondary, 1953–1958 and 1968–1982)|ABC (secondary, 1953–1968)|PBS (per program, 1970–1984)|The CW (DT2, 2006–2023)}} | erp = 26.1 kW | haat = {{convert|180|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | facility_id = 35694 | coordinates = {{coord|45|46|0.9|N|108|27|28.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} | licensing_authority = FCC | website = {{URL|https://www.ktvq.com/}} }}
'''KTVQ''' (channel 2) is a television station in Billings, Montana, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, it is part of the Montana Television Network, a statewide network of CBS-affiliated stations. KTVQ's studios are located on Third Avenue North in Billings, and its transmitter is located on Sacrifice Cliff southeast of downtown.
Channel 2 began broadcasting as KOOK-TV on November 9, 1953. It was the first television station in Billings and the third in the state of Montana, built by radio station KOOK. It has been a CBS affiliate since its inception. The Montana Network, the original owner, sold the KOOK stations to Joe Sample in 1956, and they moved into the present KTVQ studios in 1959. Sample's acquisitions of KXLF-TV in Butte 1961 and KRTV in Great Falls in 1969 formed the basis of the Montana Television Network; KOOK radio was sold off in 1973, and channel 2 changed its call sign to KTVQ.
While the network was nominally headquartered in Billings, the network's split regional news format used Great Falls as a hub. As a result of the newscast style implemented by Sample, channel 2 sank in the local news ratings against the all-local newscasts on competitor KULR-TV. Coinciding with Sample's sale of the MTN stations to SJL, Inc., in 1984, the network newscasts shifted to Billings and were eventually phased out altogether. In 1987, KTVQ overtook KULR-TV in local news ratings and became the dominant station in the market.
==History== The Montana Network, owner of radio station KOOK (970 AM), applied on December 13, 1952, for a construction permit to build a new TV station on channel 2 in Billings, which was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 4, 1953.<ref name="hc">{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=85703 |title= History Cards for KTVQ|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards)<!--Converted from {{FCC letter}}--></ref> The turnaround time was short considering that Robert S. Howard, who owned Scripps-associated radio and newspaper holdings in Utah and Idaho, had also applied for channel 2,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87416957/|title=Third TV Permit Asked for Billings|page=5|work=The Billings Gazette|date=December 19, 1952|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182153/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87416957/third-tv-permit-asked-for-billings/|url-status=live}}</ref> but his firm dropped its bid and cleared the way for The Montana Network. KOOK had already revealed it had held an option for two years to build a transmitter site on Coburn Hill.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417182/|date=February 3, 1953|work=The Billings Gazette|title=Firm Withdraws TV Application|page=2|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182141/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417182/firm-withdraws-tv-application/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ground was broken on the studio and transmitter facilities there in early June,<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Programs To Open in Fall: Crist Sets Sept. 1 As Starting Date|page=17|work=The Billings Gazette|date=June 5, 1953|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417315/|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182141/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417315/tv-programs-to-open-in-fall-crist-sets/|url-status=live}}</ref> and programming from KOOK-TV began on November 9, 1953.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417432/|title=TV Station Has First Local Show|date=November 10, 1953|page=5|work=The Billings Gazette|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182157/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417432/tv-station-has-first-local-show/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the third station in the state: Butte's KXLF-TV had begun in August, and a second station, KOPR-TV, had started there at about the same time.{{r|butte}} KOOK-TV was affiliated with CBS, ABC and the DuMont Television Network at launch.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417451/|date=November 9, 1953|title=Billings Television Station to Go on Air|agency=Associated Press|page=2|work=The Independent Record|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182142/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417451/billings-television-station-to-go-on-air/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In December 1956, Joseph Sample acquired majority control of KOOK radio and television from its previous ownership, headed by Charles L. Crist, a state representative.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417561/|title=FCC Okays Stock Transfer Of KOOK-TV|page=4|work=Great Falls Tribune|date=December 14, 1956|agency=Associated Press|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182144/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417561/fcc-okays-stock-transfer-of-kook-tv/|url-status=live}}</ref> A year later, KOOK broke ground on a new radio and television center in downtown Billings, which was completed in 1959;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417597/|page=17|work=The Billings Gazette|date=December 4, 1957|title=Company Will Construct Office Building: Firm to Erect Radio-TV Center|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182219/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417597/company-will-construct-office-building/|url-status=live}}</ref> three homes were moved off the property before construction began.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417679/|page=2|title=Tales of the Town|date=January 1, 1958|work=The Billings Gazette|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182204/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417679/tales-of-the-town/|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time the building was completed, a second television station, KGHL-TV (channel 8, now KULR-TV), had begun in 1958.<ref name="Bill580314">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-billings-gazette-station-to-start-ar/52223723/|date=March 14, 1958|page=3|title=Station to Start Area Telecasts|newspaper=The Billings Gazette|location=Billings, Montana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 13, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri -->
Sample later expanded his holdings across the state. In 1961, he acquired KXLF in Butte;<ref name="butte">{{cite news|page=25|work=The Montana Standard|date=August 20, 1978|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418636/|title=KXLF-TV marks 25th anniversary|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182149/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418636/kxlf-tv-marks-25th-anniversary/|url-status=live}}</ref> in 1969, he purchased KRTV in Great Falls, giving his Garryowen Broadcasting coverage of half the state's population.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417977/|page=36|work=The Billings Gazette|date=March 13, 1969|title=FCC Okays Sale of Falls TV Station to KOOK Owners|edition=Evening|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182222/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87417977/fcc-okays-sale-of-falls-tv-station-to/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Montana Television Network was formed that same year<ref name="b-mtnstart">{{cite news|title=Three outlets set up Montana TV network|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1969/1969-10-27-BC.pdf|access-date=September 29, 2015|work=Broadcasting|date=October 27, 1969|id={{ProQuest|1016855989}}|pages=54–55|archive-date=September 27, 2015|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150927162358/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1969/1969-10-27-BC.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> from these stations and KPAX-TV in Missoula, which was built in 1970. In 1972, seeking to get ahead of a proposed FCC rule that would have barred radio-television cross-ownership, Sample sold KOOK radio;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418059/|title=KOOK radio to be sold|date=May 8, 1972|page=8|edition=Evening|work=The Billings Gazette|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182222/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418059/kook-radio-to-be-sold/|url-status=live}}</ref> the call letters were retained by the radio station, and the television station changed its call sign to KTVQ on September 1, 1972. The new designation was chosen because the station had exhausted its preferred options, it was available, "Q2" (which became the station's moniker) was a branding option, and due to a since-repealed FCC regulation prohibiting TV and radio stations in the same market, but with different ownership, from sharing the same call signs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87416838/|title=A fish story to end them all|work=The Billings Gazette|first=Addison|last=Bragg|date=September 6, 1972|page=13|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182146/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87416838/a-fish-story-to-end-them-all/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1968, channel 2 picked up a secondary affiliation with NBC after KULR opted to take a primary affiliation with ABC. The two stations shared NBC programming, though KTVQ retained right of first refusal. In 1979, for instance, KTVQ aired 17 CBS prime time shows and 10 from NBC; ABC shows were all seen on KULR, which rounded out its schedule with five additional shows not cleared by KTVQ.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418467/|title=What he picks is what you watch|first=Daniel|last=Gearino|page=4-D|date=April 13, 1979|work=The Billings Gazette|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182146/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418467/what-he-picks-is-what-you-watch/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1980, KTVQ became a primary CBS affiliate.<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 23, 1980|title=The affiliation switches continue|id={{ProQuest|962739799}}|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/80-OCR/1980-06-23-BC-OCR-Page-0041.pdf|access-date=September 13, 2021|archive-date=September 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913140746/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/80-OCR/1980-06-23-BC-OCR-Page-0041.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> KOUS (channel 4) launched late that year and immediately took all NBC programming that KTVQ did not clear; NBC fare aired by KTVQ at the time included ''The Today Show'', ''The Tonight Show'', and several prime time shows, and some of these programs lasted on channel 2 until KTVQ's NBC affiliation contract ended in 1982 and KOUS-TV became the NBC affiliate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418888/|date=November 7, 1980|work=The Billings Gazette|first=Lorna|last=Thackeray|title=New station offers variety, old favorites|pages=12-D and 13-D|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182147/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418888/new-station-offers-variety-old/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=NBC Lands Primary Affiliate In Montana|work=Variety|page=59|id={{ProQuest|1438363102}}|date=April 28, 1982}}</ref>
After nearly 27 years owning KTVQ and feeling "burned out" with television, Sample sold the Montana Television Network in 1983 to SJL Broadcasting.<ref name="burned">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418722/|first=Mark|last=Ragan|work=The Billings Gazette|date=October 12, 1983|title='Burned out' owner sells TV stations|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418749/ 12A]|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021015522/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418722/burned-out-owner-sells-tv-stations/|url-status=live}}</ref> Evening Post Industries (through its Cordillera Communications subsidiary) bought KTVQ in 1994 for $8.5 million;<ref>{{cite news|date=January 3, 1994|title=Changing Hands|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1994/BC-1994-01-03.pdf|work=Broadcasting & Cable|volume=124|issue=1|pages=48|access-date=October 11, 2021|via=worldradiohistory.com|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010145850/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1994/BC-1994-01-03.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> this reunited the station with the rest of MTN, which Evening Post had purchased in 1986.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418979/|page=7-A|work=The Billings Gazette|title=3 Montana TV stations to be sold|date=September 20, 1986|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021015513/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418979/3-montana-tv-stations-to-be-sold/|url-status=live}}</ref> Scripps closed on its purchase of the Cordillera broadcast properties, including MTN, in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/fcc-oks-scripps-purchase-of-cordillera-stations|date=April 5, 2019|work=Broadcasting & Cable|first=John|last=Eggerton|title=FCC OKs Scripps Purchase of Cordillera Stations|access-date=February 27, 2022|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214204033/https://www.nexttv.com/news/fcc-oks-scripps-purchase-of-cordillera-stations|url-status=live}}</ref>
==News operation== In 1971, MTN instituted a hybrid local-regional newscast format. The network news was presented from Great Falls, as that was the only place that could receive feeds from all of the MTN stations at the same time; the Billings, Butte, and (from 1977) Missoula stations presented local news inserts into the statewide program.<ref name="fallsflop">{{cite news|work=The Great Falls Tribune|first=Charles S.|last=Johnson|date=December 29, 1985|title=In Great Falls: Ratings flip-flop with loss of Coghlan, move to Billings|pages=1-E, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36701624/ 4-E]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36701536/|access-date=October 21, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021015511/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36701536/in-great-falls-ratings-flip-flop-with/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in Billings, KTVQ had long been the second-place news finisher behind KULR-TV.<ref name="gaining">{{cite news|work=The Great Falls Tribune|first=Charles S.|last=Johnson|date=December 29, 1985|title=And in Billings: MTN station still No. 2, but gaining ground on front-runner|pages=1-E, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36701636/ 4-E]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36701549/|access-date=October 21, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021015512/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36701549/and-in-billings-mtn-station-still-no/|url-status=live}}</ref>
One of Sample's last acts as owner of MTN, at the same time he sold the network to Lilly, was to move production of MTN News from Great Falls to Billings in hopes that it would improve MTN's laggard position in the Billings news ratings. Ed Coghlan, who had been the lead anchor from Great Falls, was replaced by Dean Phillips.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87497779/|title=MTN battles for ratings with new news anchor|first=Christene|last=Meyers|work=The Billings Gazette|page=9-B|date=September 21, 1984|access-date=October 21, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182147/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87497779/mtn-battles-for-ratings-with-new-news/|url-status=live}}</ref> The order of the newscast was changed to put the local inserts first,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87498022/|title=Former KFBB-TV newsman named as new MTN anchor|work=Great Falls Tribune|date=September 25, 1984|page=7-A|access-date=October 21, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182225/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87498022/former-kfbb-tv-newsman-named-as-new-mtn/|url-status=live}}</ref> and MTN's long-running ''Today in Montana''—which also originated in Great Falls—added news and weather segments aired from Billings.<ref name="oldshow">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418963/old-show-gets-new-name/|title=Old show gets new name|date=January 7, 1986|page=4-A|work=Great Falls Tribune|access-date=October 21, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182147/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87418963/old-show-gets-new-name/|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the use of longer interview segments and in-depth reports, Phillips's style was often seen as too big-city for Montanans; Vic Bracht of ''The Billings Gazette'' cited an "arrogance factor" that became known even to people who did not watch MTN.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87498240/|title=Say goodnight, Dean; we for you are gone|first=Vic|last=Bracht|date=July 18, 1986|page=4-B|work=The Billings Gazette|access-date=October 21, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182149/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87498240/say-goodnight-dean-we-for-you-are-gone/|url-status=live}}</ref> Phillips was replaced by Gus Koernig, and the station's ratings immediately improved. In February 1987, both Arbitron and Nielsen found KTVQ to be beating KULR-TV in all time slots.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87498483/|date=March 26, 1987|work=The Billings Gazette|first=Dennis|last=Gaub|title=KTVQ tops Arbitron rating period in city|page=1B|access-date=October 21, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182150/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87498483/ktvq-tops-arbitron-rating-period-in-city/|url-status=live}}</ref> By 1997, KTVQ enjoyed a two-to-one ratings advantage over its competitor for its early evening newscast.<ref>{{cite news|title=Newshound: National search for TV news director finds native|work=The Billings Gazette|first=Jan|last=Falstad|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87498713/|date=August 26, 1997|page=7A|access-date=October 21, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182352/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87498713/newshound-national-search-for-tv-news/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1995, President Bill Clinton visited Billings and KTVQ, where he conducted a televised town hall meeting.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87499051/|page=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87499109/ 7A]|title=City sets stage for Clinton|date=May 31, 1995|work=The Billings Gazette|access-date=October 21, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182153/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87499051/city-sets-stage-for-clinton/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1990, KTVQ's newscasts began to be seen on KXGN-TV (channel 5) in Glendive when that station joined MTN.<ref name="kxgn90">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87419017/|title=Glendive TV station joins MTN|page=5-B|work=The Billings Gazette|date=March 9, 1990|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021015526/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87419017/glendive-tv-station-joins-mtn/|url-status=live}}</ref> KXGN continued to carry KTVQ and MTN programs until 2025, when Montana PBS co-operator Montana State University acquired the station.<ref name="c-saletomtpbs">{{cite news |last1=Wyllie |first1=Julian |date=July 10, 2025 |title=Montana PBS to acquire three stations in underserved region of the state |url=https://current.org/2025/07/montana-pbs-to-acquire-three-stations-in-underserved-region-of-the-state/ |access-date=July 12, 2025 |work=Current}}</ref>
==Technical information== ===Subchannels=== The station's signal is multiplexed: {| class="wikitable" |+Subchannels of KTVQ<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KTVQ#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KTVQ|access-date=October 19, 2021|website=rabbitears.info|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726234451/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=ktvq#station|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=schedule>[https://www.ktvq.com/entertainment/on-ktvq TitanTV schedule with updated listings]</ref> ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Aspect ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 2.1 | 1080i || rowspan="6" |16:9 || KTVQ-DT || CBS |- ! scope = "row" | 2.2 | 720p || MTN || Independent (MTN) |- ! scope = "row" | 2.3 | rowspan="4" |480i || GRIT || Grit |- ! scope = "row" | 2.4 | ION+ || Ion Plus |- ! scope = "row" | 2.5 | Scripps || {{ubl|Ion Television|→ Busted (eff. 3/1/2025)}} |- ! scope = "row" | 2.6 | HSN || HSN |}
In February 2009, the four major commercial stations in the Billings market were refused FCC permission to end analog broadcasts and operate as digital-only effective on the originally-scheduled February 17, 2009, date.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87500414/ |first=Jan |last=Falstad |title=Maintain analog, FCC tells TV stations |work=The Billings Gazette |date=February 13, 2009 |page=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87500456/ 7A] |access-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182154/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87500414/maintain-analog-fcc-tells-tv-stations/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Translators=== KTVQ is additionally rebroadcast over the following 27 dependent low-power translators:<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 23, 2021|title=List of TV Translator Input Channels|url=https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/tv-translator-input-channels-07232021.xlsx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209195336/https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/tv-translator-input-channels-07232021.xlsx|archive-date=December 9, 2021|access-date=December 17, 2021|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * Ashland: K16MY-D * Big Timber, etc.: K17JP-D * Boyes & Hammond: K09VL-D * Bridger, etc.: K28LG-D * Broadus: K08JV-D * Castle Rock, etc.: K28ON-D * Cody, WY: K14RF-D * Colstrip: K12RA-D * Columbus: K26GL-D * Diamond Basin, WY: K20LT-D * Emigrant: K10AH-D * Forsyth: K16NE-D, K22NN-D * Hardin: K24GD-D * Harlowton: K09YO-D, K19JO-D * Howard: K36PJ-D * Hysham: K08OW-D * Judith Gap: K06QN-D * Livingston, etc.: K34PL-D * Meeteetse, WY: K21JU-D * Miles City: K10GF-D * Red Lodge: K15LB-D * Rosebud, etc.: K08PP-D * Roundup: K35PL-D * Sheridan, WY: K09XK-D * White Sulphur Springs: K09MH-D {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.ktvq.com/ Official website]
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