KRTV
 
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Great Falls, Montana United States |
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| City | Great Falls, Montana |
| Branding | KRTV: KRTV 3 (general) KXLH-LD: KXLH 9 (general) Montana's News Station (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Fair. Accurate. To the Point. |
| Channels |
Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 3 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 3.1 CBS/MTN 3.2 CW 3.3 Grit |
| Translators | KXLH-LD 9 Helena (see article for others) |
| Affiliations | CBS (1969–present) |
| Owner |
Cordillera Communications (KRTV Communications, LLC) |
| First air date | October 5, 1958 |
| Call letters' meaning |
KRTV: K GReat Falls TeleVision KXLH-LP: KXLF Helena (based on original parent station KXLF-TV) |
| Sister station(s) | KTVH-DT |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 3 (VHF, 1958–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1958–1969) |
| Transmitter power | 28.5 kW |
| Height | 150 m |
| Facility ID | 35567 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°32′7.5″N 111°17′5.5″W / 47.535417°N 111.284861°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website |
www.krtv.com www.kxlh.com |
KRTV is a television station in Great Falls, Montana, broadcasting on digital channel 7 (PSIP channel 3) as an affiliate of CBS. The station is owned by Evening Post Industries. The station is part of the Evening Post's Montana Television Network, a network of Montana CBS stations. The station's studios are located on Old Havre Highway in Black Eagle, just outside Great Falls.
KRTV also operates a low-powered semi-satellite, KXLH-LD channel 9 in Helena. KXLH's schedule is similar to that of KRTV, but airs separate weeknight newscasts, ads and identifications. It also inserts local weather segments into KRTV's newscasts. It has its own studio on West Lyndale Avenue in Helena, though master control and most internal operations are based at KRTV.
KRTV began broadcast on June 27, 1958. That same day, high winds destroyed its broadcasting antenna, and the station was off the air until October 5, 1958. The station was primarily an NBC affiliate with some ABC programming. When KFBB-TV took on a primary ABC affiliation in February 1966, KRTV started carrying CBS programming; it replaced KFBB as part of the Skyline Network (now the MTN). Over the next ten years KRTV gradually phased in more CBS programming. By the summer of 1969, CBS programming exceeded that of NBC, which meant that KRTV was now a primary affiliate of CBS-and still is. The station became a full-time CBS affiliate in 1976, when KTCM (now KTVH in Helena) expanded its coverage to become (until 1986) the default NBC affiliate in a large part of Montana, including Great Falls.
In 2005, KRTV took over the operations of KXLH in Helena, which had previously been a semi-satellite of KXLF-TV in Butte. In 2010, KXLH began airing separate weeknight newscasts at 5:30 and 10 p.m. newscast, with a separate anchor. KXLH was previously known as KXLH-LP channel 25—the station would later flash cut and relocate to channel 9 in 2010.
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