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KXLF-TV

KXLF-TV
A white 4 in a red square to the left, with two lines of black lettering: the top line has "KXLF" in a large, bolded serif, and the bottom line has "BUTTE" in a smaller, thin serif.
Channels
BrandingKXLF, MTN News
Programming
NetworkMontana Television Network
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
August 14, 1953 (1953-08-14)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 6 (VHF, 1953–1956)
  • 4 (VHF, 1956–2009)
  • NBC (1953–1960, secondary 1960–1966)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955)
  • ABC (secondary 1955–1976 and 1984–1990, primary 1976–1984)
  • UPN (2000–2006)
  • The CW (DT2, 2006–2023)
Call sign meaning
From the XL Radio Network
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35959
ERP10 kW
HAAT588 m (1,929 ft)
Transmitter coordinates46°0′27″N 112°26′33″W / 46.00750°N 112.44250°W / 46.00750; -112.44250
Links
Public license information
Websitekxlf.com

KXLF-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Butte, Montana, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, it is part of the Montana Television Network (MTN), a statewide network of CBS-affiliated stations. KXLF-TV's studios are located on South Montana Street in downtown Butte, and its transmitter is located on XL Heights east of the city. KXLF-TV and KBZK (channel 7) in Bozeman split the media market, and local news for the Butte area is produced from KBZK's Bozeman studios.

KXLF-TV is Montana's first and oldest television station. It began broadcasting on August 14, 1953, as an affiliate of NBC and the DuMont Television Network. It was an extension of KXLF radio, part of Ed Craney's regional Z-Bar Network. Originally on channel 6, it relocated to channel 4 in 1956 when it moved its transmitter to XL Heights, atop the Continental Divide, and increased its coverage area. That same year, it moved its studios into a former Milwaukee Road depot. Joe Sample purchased KXLF radio and television in 1960; the station switched primary network affiliations to CBS, and in 1969, it was one of the original three stations in MTN. In 1970, KXLF-TV spawned KPAX-TV in Missoula, which originally was a full-time satellite station but began producing local programming in 1977.

MTN was sold to SJL, Inc. in 1984, and SJL sold the stations outside of Billings to Cordillera Communications in 1986. KXLF-TV viewers continued to receive newscasts consisting of Butte inserts into KTVQ's news until January 1989. KCTZ, now KBZK, was purchased in 1993 to rebroadcast KXLF-TV and returned to that role in 2000. In 2011, KXLF-TV's Butte-area newscasts began to originate from Bozeman.

  1. ^ "Channel Substitution/Community of License Change". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. December 21, 2021. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Report & Order" (PDF). Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission. November 29, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KXLF-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

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