KULR-TV
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KULR: Billings, Montana KYUS: Miles City, Montana United States |
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| Branding | KULR 8 (general) KULR 8 Local News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Your Local News Leader |
| Channels |
Digital: KULR: 11 (VHF) KYUS: 3 (VHF) Virtual: KULR: 8 (PSIP) KYUS: 3 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Translators | K06FE-D 6 Miles City |
| Affiliations | NBC (1958–1969, 1987–present) |
| Owner |
KULR: Cowles Company KYUS: Marks Radio Group (KULR: Cowles Montana Media Company KYUS: KYUS-TV Broadcasting Corporation) |
| First air date |
KULR: March 15, 1958 KYUS: August 29, 1969 |
| Call letters' meaning |
KULR: KULoR (Color) Television (calls were inaugurated with launch of color service) KYUS: cayuse, a type of Native American pony |
| Former callsigns |
KULR: KGHL-TV (1958–1963) |
| Former channel number(s) |
KULR: 8 (VHF analog, 1958–2009) KYUS: 3 (VHF analog, 1969–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
KULR: ABC (1963–1987, secondary until 1969) PBS (per program, 1970–1984) KYUS: Independent (1969–1970) ABC (1987–1996) Fox (1996–1998) UPN (secondary, c. 1997–1998) The WB (secondary, c. 1997–1998) |
| Transmitter power |
KULR: 16 kW KYUS: 2.9 kW |
| Height |
KULR: 191 m KYUS: 30 m |
| Facility ID |
KULR: 35724 KYUS: 5237 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
KULR: 45°45′35.5″N 108°27′17.4″W / 45.759861°N 108.454833°W KYUS: 46°25′34.6″N 105°51′40″W / 46.426278°N 105.86111°W |
| Website | www |
KULR-TV, virtual channel 8, is an NBC affiliate broadcasting on channel 11 in Billings, Montana. KULR is owned by Cowles Company. KULR maintains studios located on Overland Avenue in the Homestead Business Park section of Billings, and its transmitter is located on Coburn Hill southeast of downtown Billings.
KULR's programming and schedule is also seen on KYUS-TV (virtual and digital channel 3) in Miles City, Montana; that station is owned and operated by the Marks Radio Group, who also owns several radio stations in Montana, among other broadcasting properties. KULR programs and operates the station on Marks' behalf. At one point known as the smallest network affiliate in America, KYUS has largely served as a satellite of other stations since 1984, and has simulcast KULR since 1998.
In Miles City, KULR can also be seen on K06FE-D channel 6; this translator is owned by Cowles, and not the Marks Radio Group. Marks Radio Group also owns KXGN-TV in Glendive, Montana, which broadcasts KULR's newscasts on a digital subchannel.
In February 2009, KULR, KTVQ and two other stations in the Billings market were refused Federal Communications Commission permission to end analogue broadcasts and operate as digital-only effective on the originally-scheduled February 17, 2009 date.
Channel 8's first broadcast was on March 15, 1958 as KGHL-TV, an NBC affiliate owned by Midland Empire Broadcasting Company along with KGHL radio (AM 790). The station's first studios were co-located with KGHL radio on North 30th Street in Billings. Midland Empire Broadcasting sold KGHL-AM-TV to Crain-Snyder Television in 1962; Crain-Snyder immediately spun KGHL radio off to George C. Hatch, retaining KGHL-TV. The following year, the new owners changed the station's call letters to KULR-TV, which were a play on the word "color" as most programs in the mid-1960s started changing from being televised in black and white to color. During this time, most on-air verbal references to the station called it "Color 8." KULR also added a secondary affiliation with ABC in 1963. In the late 1960s, the station moved its studios to a new building adjacent to the transmitter on Coburn Road, southeast of downtown Billings. Chicago-based Harriscope Broadcasting purchased the station in 1967 for $350,000.
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