KWYB-LD
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Butte, 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: 19 (UHF) |
| Translators | KWYB-LD 28 Bozeman |
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ABC Fox/MyNetworkTV |
| Owner |
Cowles Company (Cowles Montana Media Company) |
| First air date | September 27, 1996 |
| Former channel number(s) | 18 (UHF analog, 1996–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 110.7 kW |
| Height | 585.2 m |
| Facility ID | 14674 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 46°0′24″N 112°26′33″W / 46.00667°N 112.44250°W |
| Website | www.abcmontana.com |
KWYB is a full-service television station in Butte, Montana, broadcasting locally in digital on UHF channel 19 as an affiliate of ABC. The station's signal is rebroadcast on KWYB-LD UHF channel 28 in Bozeman. The station is owned by Cowles Company.
On January 9, 1992, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit to Continental Television Network (CTN) for a full-service station on channel 18 to serve Butte. The station, at first known by its application identification number, 910225KE, soon took the call letters KWYB. The station signed on September 27, 1996.
In February 2001, CTN sold KWYB, along with KWYB-LP in Bozeman, KTMF in Missoula, KTMF-LP in Kalispell and KTGF in Great Falls, to Max Media of Montana. They were the first television station acquisitions in Montana for Max Media.
On September 30, 2013, the Cowles Company acquired Max Media's Montana television station cluster (which, in addition to KWYB and KTMF, included KFBB-TV in Great Falls, KHBB-LD in Helena, and NBC affiliate KULR-TV in Billings) for $18 million. The sale was completed on November 29.
On May 30, 1996, the FCC granted an original construction permit to Louise K. Corbin for a low-power station on channel 28 to serve Bozeman. The station was given callsign K28FB and was quickly built. K28FB was licensed on January 14, 1997. In May 1997, Continental Television Network purchased the station and six months later, changed its calls to KWYB-LP.
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