KUSM
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| KUSM / KUFM-TV | |
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| KUSM: Bozeman, Montana KUFM: Missoula, Montana |
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| Branding | Montana PBS |
| Channels | KUSM: 9 (VHF) KUFM: 11 (VHF) analog, KUSM: 8 (VHF) KUFM: 27 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Montana PBS (Joint venture of Montana State University and University of Montana) |
| Founded | KUSM: October 1, 1984 KUFM: October 9, 1992 |
| Call letters meaning | K "M"ontana "S"tate "U"niversity Reversed |
| Website | MontanaPBS.org |
KUSM channel 9, known on-air as Montana PBS, is a PBS station that is based at Montana State University in Bozeman. The station's facilities are in the Visual Communications Building on campus. Programming can also be seen on KUFM-TV, channel 11 in Missoula, located at the University of Montana-Missoula, and on a network of 60 low-powered repeaters in Montana, plus statewide cable coverage.
Due to a strong program for documentary filmmaking at MSU, many programs broadcast on KUSM are locally produced.
Some of the Montana-made programming is now available as a video podcast through a new distribution service called Terra.
KUSM signed on for the first time on October 1, 1984, making Montana the last state to have its own PBS station. Since MSU didn't have enough funding at the time to support a public television station, KUSM largely repeated the signal of KUED in Salt Lake City until 1987. KUFM took to the air on October 9, 1992. UM and MSU joined forces to form Montana PBS, which broadcast for the first time as a network on New Year's Day 1997.
[edit] External links
- Montana PBS
- Terra Podcast
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KUSM
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KUFM
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K20HB
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K49EH
| Broadcast television in the Butte / Bozeman market (Nielsen DMA #192) | ||
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KXLF 4 / KBZK 7 (CBS)(The CW on DT2) - KTVM 6 / K42BZ 42 (NBC) - KUSM 9 (PBS) - K11UJ (3ABN) - KWYB 18 / 28 (ABC) - KBTZ 24 (FOX/MNTV) - K34FI (ind.) - K45EB (ind.) - KJCX-LP 40 / KHJT-LP 54 (TBN) |
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| Broadcast television in the Missoula market (Nielsen DMA #168) | ||
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KPAX 8 / K18AJ 18 (CBS) - KUFM 11 (PBS) - KECI 13 / KCFW 9 (NBC) - KMMF 17 / 34 (Fox) - KTMF 23 / 42 (ABC) - K32EU 32 (PBS) - K42EO 42 (TBN) - K50CP 50 (COR) - KMTM-LP 61 (Ind.) |
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| Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location |
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Spokane: KREM 2 (CBS) - KXLY 4 (ABC) |
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| See also: Broadcast Television in Great Falls, Helena, and Spokane | ||
| Broadcast television in the Billings market (Nielsen DMA #170) | ||
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KTVQ 2 (CBS) - KHMT 4 (FOX) - KSVI 6 (ABC) - KULR 8 / KYUS 3 (NBC) - K20HB 20 (PBS) |
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| Local cable television channels | ||
| See also: Broadcast television in Glendive, Great Falls, and Helena | ||
| Broadcast television in the Helena market (Nielsen DMA #206) | ||
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KMTF 10 (The CW) - KTVH 12 (NBC) - KHBB 21 (ABC) - KXLH 25 (CBS) - KJJC 34 (JCTV) - K41CX 41 (TBN) - K44GE 44 (Ind) - K49EH 49 (PBS) |
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| Broadcast television available on cable only: | ||
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| See also: Broadcast Television in Billings, Great Falls, and Missoula | ||
