KTMF
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Missoula, Montana United States |
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| Branding | ABC Montana (general) ABC Montana Local News (newscasts) Fox Montana (DT2) |
| Slogan | Your Local News Leader |
| Channels |
Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 23 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 23.1 ABC 23.2 Fox/MyNetworkTV |
| Translators | KTMF-LD 42 Kalispell K19GD-D Kalispell K14LT-D Polson K11KE Woods Bay |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner |
Cowles Company (Cowles Montana Media Company) |
| First air date | November 16, 1991 |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 23 (UHF, 1991–2009) Digital: 36 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Transmitter power | 92.6 kW |
| Height | 642 m |
| Facility ID | 14675 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°1′10″N 114°0′46″W / 47.01944°N 114.01278°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.abcmontana.com |
KTMF is a full-service television station in Missoula, Montana, broadcasting locally in digital on UHF channel 23 as an affiliate of ABC. Founded April 12, 1989, the station is owned by Cowles Publishing Company. The station's signal is rebroadcast on station KTMF-LD channel 42 in Kalispell and on three other low-power translator stations in the Flathead Lake area of northwestern Montana.
On April 12, 1989, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit to Continental Television Network (CTN) for a full-service station on channel 23 to serve Missoula. The station, at first known by its application identification number, 881130 kg, soon took the call letters KLFV, but before the station went on air, had changed calls again, this time to KTMF. The station was issued a license on February 28, 1991 and signed on later that year. This made Missoula one of the last cities in the nation to get full service from all three major networks. Previously, ABC had been relegated to limited clearances on KECI-TV and KPAX-TV, or via cable from KXLY-TV in Spokane.
In February 2001, CTN sold KTMF, along with the then-KTMF-LP in Kalispell, KWYB in Butte, KWYB-LP in Bozeman and KTGF in Great Falls, to Max Media of Montana. They were the first television station acquisitions in Montana for Max Media.
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