KXGN-TV
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Glendive, Montana United States |
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| Branding |
"KX5" (general) "Montana East News" (local newscasts) "Montana's News Station" (statewide newscasts) "KULR 8 News" (DT2 newscasts) |
| Slogan | "The Choice Cut of Two States" |
| Channels | Digital: 5 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 5.1 CBS (through Montana Television Network) 5.2 NBC |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Owner |
Marks Radio Group (Glendive Broadcasting Corporation) |
| First air date | November 1, 1957 |
| Call letters' meaning | KX5 GleNdive |
| Former channel number(s) | 5 (VHF analog, 1957–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (secondary, to 2009) ABC, Fox, UPN (all as part of a mix with CBS and NBC) The Sportsman Channel (secondary, to 2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1 kW |
| Height | 152.4 m |
| Facility ID | 24287 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°2′39.2″N 104°40′54.9″W / 47.044222°N 104.681917°W |
| Website | www.kxgn.com |
KXGN-TV, channel 5, is a television station in Glendive, Montana, a primarily agricultural region in eastern Montana, which is the smallest of the 210 US Nielsen-designated broadcast television market areas in the United States; the market serves a total potential home-market audience of a mere five thousand households in Dawson and Prairie counties in eastern Montana. The market is also the smallest in North America. KXGN celebrated its 50th year on the air in November 2007.
KXGN is affiliated with the CBS Television Network, and also airs news and other programs from the Montana Television Network, a network of CBS affiliates in Montana.
KXGN-TV is owned by Glendive Broadcasting Corporation. Glendive Broadcasting also operates two of the three Glendive radio stations. KXGN radio (1400 AM) and KDZN (96.5 FM) have been owned by Glendive Broadcasting since the late 1970s and 1986 respectively.
KXGN was allocated ATSC TV channel 10 by the FCC in September 2004 after receiving multiple extensions of the original May 1, 2002 deadline to go digital due to financial hardship. In fall 2008, it received FCC permission to place its final post-transition digital signal on its existing channel, VHF 5, reducing the cost of its digital transition by an estimated $100,000 by not simulcasting digitally on another channel during transition.
By 2007, Glendive would be the only remaining US terrestrial television market to have no digital signals at all.
Initial obstacles to small-market digital transition included the limited number of households which would be able to receive the digital signal over-the-air (many depend on repeaters or cable to receive TV at all), the high costs involved and the small number of ATSC TV sets in use in the local area. Costs of installing a new hilltop digital transmitter in Makoshika plus new digital-capable microwave equipment, while undisclosed by KXGN, were estimated to be in the upper six figure range.
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