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{{short description|ABC affiliate in Billings, Montana}}
{{short description|ABC affiliate in Billings, Montana}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KSVI
| callsign = KSVI
| city =
| city =
| logo = KSVI6.png
| logo = KSVI6.png
| logo_alt = KSVI logo
| image = KSVI-DT2 2024.svg
| image_upright = .5
| slogan = ''An Evolution in Entertainment''
| branding = ABC 6
| branding = ABC 6; Billings CW (DT2)
| digital = 18 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| digital = 18 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 6
| virtual = 6
| subchannels =
| subchannels =
| translators = ''see {{Section link||Translators}}''
| translators = ''K25BP Billings (city)<br>K16DH-D [[Miles City, Montana|Miles City]]<br>K21NL-D [[Howard, Montana|Howard]]<br>K32MN-D [[Howard, Montana|Howard]]''
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''6.1:''' [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|'''6.2:''' [[Court TV Mystery]]|'''6.3:''' [[Bounce TV]]|'''6.4:''' [[Antenna TV]] ('''[[owned-and-operated station|O&O]]''')}}
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''6.1:''' [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|'''6.2:''' [[The CW Plus]]|''for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1993|1|8|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1993|1|8|p=y|br=yes}}
| location = [[Billings, Montana]]
| location = [[Billings, Montana]]
| country = United States
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = '''S'''ix '''VI''' (the [[Roman numeral]] for virtual channel 6)
| callsign_meaning = "Six", "VI" is the [[Roman numeral]] for 6
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 6 ([[VHF]], 1993–2009)}}
| former_callsigns =
| owner = [[Nexstar Media Group]]
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>6 ([[Very high frequency|VHF]], 1993–2009)
| owner = [[Nexstar Media Group]]
| licensee = Nexstar Media Inc.
| sister_stations = [[KHMT]]
| licensee = Nexstar Media Inc.
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|'''Both secondary:'''|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (1994–1995)|[[UPN]] (1995–2006)}}
| sister_stations = [[KHMT]]
| erp = 1,000 [[kW]]
| former_affiliations = '''Secondary:'''<br>[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (1994–August 1995)<br>[[UPN]] (June 1995–2006)
| haat = {{convert|227.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| erp = 1,000 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| facility_id = 5243
| haat = {{convert|227.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates = {{coord|45|48|27|N|108|20|27.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| facility_id = 5243
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|45|48|27|N|108|20|27.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.yourbigsky.com/}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.yourbigsky.com/}}
}}
}}


'''KSVI''', [[virtual channel]] 6 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 18), is an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]-[[network affiliate|affiliated]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Billings, Montana]], United States. The station is owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]], which also operates [[Hardin, Montana|Hardin]]-licensed [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KHMT]] (channel 4) under [[local marketing agreement|joint sales]] and [[shared services]] agreements with owner [[Mission Broadcasting]]. The two stations share studios on South 24th Street West in Billings; KSVI's transmitter is located on Old Hardin Road east-northeast of the city. On [[cable television|cable]], the station is available on [[Spectrum (cable service)|Charter Spectrum]] channel 10 in both [[standard-definition television|standard]] and [[high-definition television|high definition]].
'''KSVI''' (channel 6) is a [[television station]] in [[Billings, Montana]], United States, affiliated with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[The CW Plus]]. It is owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]], which provides certain services to [[Hardin, Montana|Hardin]]-licensed [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KHMT]] (channel 4) under [[local marketing agreement|joint sales]] and [[shared services]] agreements with [[Mission Broadcasting]]. The two stations share studios on South 24th Street West in Billings; KSVI's transmitter is located on Old Hardin Road east-northeast of the city.


Mid-Rivers Communications (based in [[Circle, Montana]]) carries KSVI on [[Cable television|cable]] in [[Glendive, Montana]] (the smallest [[Media market|DMA]] in the U.S. according to [[Nielsen Media Research|Nielsen]]), as that market has no local ABC affiliate of its own.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Channel Lineup Glendive |url=https://midrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GlendiveLineup_NoBox.pdf |publisher=Mid-Rivers Communications |access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Local TV Listings, TV Schedules and TV Guides |url=https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings |access-date=May 11, 2023 |website=TV Passport |language=en}}</ref>
KSVI's programming is relayed on [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator station]] '''K25BP''' (channel 25) in Billings, in areas where KSVI's signal is poor. It can also be seen in [[Miles City, Montana|Miles City]] on K16DH-D (channel 16), and in [[Howard, Montana|Howard]] on K21NL-D (channel 21) and K32MN-D (channel 32).


KSVI's programming is relayed on [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator station]] '''K25BP-D''' (channel 25) in Billings, in areas where KSVI's signal is poor. It can also be seen in [[Miles City, Montana|Miles City]] on K16DH-D (channel 16), and in Howard on K32MN-D (channel 32).
==History==
KSVI went on the air January 8, 1993<ref name=jiaz-koustoksvi>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=John C|title=Montana Radio and TV Photos|url=http://www.johninarizona.com/montana/montana.html|website=John in Arizona|access-date=September 20, 2015}}</ref> under the ownership of Big Horn Communications.<ref name=by1994>{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994|year=1994|page=C-41|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1994/C-All-TV-YB-1994-B&W.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> Big Horn had previously signed on KOUS-TV (channel 4) in 1980. However, for most of its existence, KOUS was plagued by marginal reception in some parts of Billings, since its transmitter was located {{convert|18|mi|km}} east of the city in order to ensure city-grade coverage of its city of license, [[Hardin, Montana|Hardin]].<ref name=vud-k25bp>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1993/12-93vud.pdf|access-date=September 20, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=December 1993|page=7|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name=jiaz-koustoksvi>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=John C|title=Montana Radio and TV Photos|url=http://www.johninarizona.com/montana/montana.html|website=John in Arizona|access-date=September 20, 2015}}</ref> In hopes of getting better reception in Billings, Big Horn won a [[construction permit]] for channel 6 after the allocation was moved from [[Miles City, Montana|Miles City]].<ref name=vud-k25bp/>


== History ==
KOUS signed off for the last time on January 8,<ref name=jiaz-koustoksvi/> and later that day the KOUS intellectual unit—including the ABC affiliation—moved to KSVI on channel 6.<ref name=by1994/> At the outset, channel 6's programming was also seen on [[KYUS-TV]] (channel 3) in Miles City<ref name=vud-ksvionkyus>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1993/08-93vud.pdf|access-date=September 20, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=August 1993|page=6|format=PDF}}</ref> and KCTZ (channel 7) in [[Bozeman, Montana|Bozeman]],<ref name=fcc-ksvionkctz>{{cite web|last1=Caton|first1=William F.|title=In Re Application of BIG HORN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Assignor) and KCTZ COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Assignee) For Consent to Assign the License for Station KCTZ(TV), Channel 7, Bozeman, Montana|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1623/m1/255/|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=September 20, 2015|date=September 17, 1993}}</ref> both of which had previously served as satellites of KOUS. KCTZ was sold to [[Cordillera Communications]] several months later to become a satellite of [[KXLF-TV]] in [[Butte, Montana|Butte]]<ref name=fcc-ksvionkctz/> (eventually becoming [[KBZK]]), while KYUS was sold to [[Stephan Marks]] in 1995<ref name=fcc-kyussold>{{cite web|last1=Caton|first1=William F.|title=In re Application of Big Horn Communications, Inc. (Assignor) and KYUS Broadcasting Corporation (Assignee) For Consent to Assign the License for Station KYUS-TV, Channel 3 Miles City, Montana|url=http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=1599730001|format=PDF|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=September 24, 2015|date=February 27, 1995}}</ref> (originally proposed to become a satellite of [[KXGN-TV]] in [[Glendive, Montana|Glendive]],<ref name=fcc-kyussold/> KYUS now simulcasts [[KULR-TV]] from Billings). Following the sale of KCTZ, KSVI's programming was carried on translators K26DE (channel 26) in Bozeman and K43DU (channel 43) in Butte;<ref name=vud-ksvionk26dek43du>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1994/04-94vud.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=April 1994|page=7|format=PDF}}</ref> this ended when [[KWYB]] signed on in 1996. Channel 6 also, at its sign-on, inherited Billings translator station K25BP, which was originally intended to improve KOUS' signal in Billings.<ref name=vud-k25bp>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1993/12-93vud.pdf|access-date=September 20, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=December 1993|page=7|format=PDF}}</ref>
KSVI went on the air January 8, 1993,<ref name=jiaz-koustoksvi>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=John C|title=Montana Radio and TV Photos|url=http://www.johninarizona.com/montana/montana.html|website=John in Arizona|access-date=September 20, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925131637/http://www.johninarizona.com/montana/montana.html|url-status=live}}</ref> under the ownership of Big Horn Communications.<ref name=by1994>{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994|year=1994|page=C-41|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1994/C-All-TV-YB-1994-B&W.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> Big Horn had previously signed on KOUS-TV (channel 4) in 1980. However, for most of its existence, KOUS was plagued by marginal reception in some parts of Billings, since its transmitter was located {{convert|18|mi|km}} east of the city in order to ensure city-grade coverage of its city of license, [[Hardin, Montana|Hardin]].<ref name=vud-k25bp>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1993/12-93vud.pdf|access-date=September 20, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=December 1993|page=7|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925125731/http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1993/12-93vud.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=jiaz-koustoksvi/> In hopes of getting better reception in Billings, Big Horn won a [[construction permit]] for channel 6 after the allocation was moved from [[Miles City, Montana|Miles City]].<ref name=vud-k25bp/>


KOUS signed off for the last time on January 8,<ref name=jiaz-koustoksvi/> and later that day the KOUS intellectual unit—including the ABC affiliation—moved to KSVI on channel 6.<ref name=by1994/> At the outset, channel 6's programming was also seen on [[KYUS-TV]] (channel 3) in Miles City<ref name=vud-ksvionkyus>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1993/08-93vud.pdf|access-date=September 20, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=August 1993|page=6|archive-date=February 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227025029/http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1993/08-93vud.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and KCTZ (channel 7) in [[Bozeman]],<ref name=fcc-ksvionkctz>{{cite web|last1=Caton|first1=William F.|title=In Re Application of BIG HORN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Assignor) and KCTZ COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Assignee) For Consent to Assign the License for Station KCTZ(TV), Channel 7, Bozeman, Montana|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1623/m1/255/|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=September 20, 2015|date=September 17, 1993|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925135231/http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1623/m1/255/|url-status=live}}</ref> both of which had previously served as satellites of KOUS. KCTZ was sold to [[Cordillera Communications]] several months later to become a satellite of [[KXLF-TV]] in [[Butte, Montana|Butte]]<ref name=fcc-ksvionkctz/> (eventually becoming [[KBZK]]), while KYUS was sold to [[The Marks Group|Stephen Marks]] in 1995<ref name=fcc-kyussold>{{cite web|last1=Caton|first1=William F.|title=In re Application of Big Horn Communications, Inc. (Assignor) and KYUS Broadcasting Corporation (Assignee) For Consent to Assign the License for Station KYUS-TV, Channel 3 Miles City, Montana|url=http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=1599730001|format=PDF|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=September 24, 2015|date=February 27, 1995|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925101040/http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=1599730001|url-status=live}}</ref> (originally proposed to become a satellite of [[KXGN-TV]] in [[Glendive]],<ref name=fcc-kyussold/> KYUS now simulcasts [[KULR-TV]] from Billings). Following the sale of KCTZ, KSVI's programming was carried on translators K26DE (channel 26) in Bozeman and K43DU (channel 43) in Butte;<ref name=vud-ksvionk26dek43du>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1994/04-94vud.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=April 1994|page=7|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925130200/http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1994/04-94vud.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> this ended when [[KWYB]] signed on in 1996. Channel 6 also, at its sign-on, inherited Billings translator station K25BP, which was originally intended to improve KOUS' signal in Billings.<ref name=vud-k25bp/>
KSVI added a secondary affiliation with [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in April 1994; this was primarily to carry [[NFL on Fox|the network's NFL coverage]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Fox's growing family |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Broadcasting-IDX/1994-Broadcasting/1994-04-18-Page-0018.pdf |access-date=March 17, 2020 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=April 18, 1994}}</ref> but 15 hours a week of other Fox programs, such as ''[[Married... with Children]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]'', were aired in overnight and weekend timeslots not programmed by ABC.<ref name=vud-foxonksvi2>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1994/12-94vud.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=December 1994|page=6|format=PDF}}</ref> Following this deal, cable systems in the Billings area removed [[Foxnet]] from their lineups.<ref name=vud-foxonksvi1>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1994/07-94vud.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=July 1994|pages=5–6|format=PDF}}</ref> The secondary Fox affiliation ended when channel 4 returned to the air in August 1995 as Fox affiliate [[KHMT]] under a [[local marketing agreement]] with KSVI.<ref name=fcc-khmtksvilma>{{cite web|title=Re: MM Docket Nos. 91-211, 87-8, 94-150, 92-51 and 87-154|url=http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=1864070001|format=PDF|date=July 8, 1997|work=Electronic Comment Filing System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=September 2, 2015}}</ref> Also in June 1995, channel 6 added a secondary affiliation with [[UPN]] (it had carried the first season of the network's ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' on a standalone basis before signing as a formal secondary affiliate that June).<ref name=v-upnonksvi>{{cite news|last1=Flint|first1=Joe|title=UPN extends affil reach|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/upn-extends-affil-reach-99126762/|access-date=September 24, 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 26, 1995}}</ref> this affiliation, which was eventually shared with KHMT,<ref name=upn-upnonkhmtksvi>{{cite web|title=UPN Affiliate Stations (Montana) |url=http://www.upn.com/affiliates/hmaffmt.htm|website=[[UPN|UPN.com]]|access-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991006083146/http://www.upn.com/affiliates/hmaffmt.htm|archive-date=October 6, 1999}}</ref> continued<ref name=upn-upnstillonkhmtksvi>{{cite web|title=UPN Affiliate Stations (Montana)|url=http://www.upn.com/affiliates/montana.html|website=[[UPN|UPN.com]]|access-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819135326/http://www.upn.com/affiliates/montana.html|archive-date=August 19, 2006}}</ref> until UPN closed down in 2006.


KSVI added a secondary affiliation with [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in April 1994; this was primarily to carry [[NFL on Fox|the network's NFL coverage]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Fox's growing family |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Broadcasting-IDX/1994-Broadcasting/1994-04-18-Page-0018.pdf |access-date=March 17, 2020 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=April 18, 1994}}</ref> but 15 hours a week of other Fox programs, such as ''[[Married... with Children]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]'', were aired in overnight and weekend timeslots not programmed by ABC.<ref name=vud-foxonksvi2>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1994/12-94vud.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=December 1994|page=6|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925143942/http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1994/12-94vud.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Following this deal, cable systems in the Billings area removed [[Foxnet]] from their lineups.<ref name=vud-foxonksvi1>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1994/07-94vud.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2015|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=July 1994|pages=5–6|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925130011/http://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1994/07-94vud.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The secondary Fox affiliation ended when channel 4 returned to the air in August 1995 as Fox affiliate [[KHMT]] under a [[local marketing agreement]] with KSVI.<ref name=fcc-khmtksvilma>{{cite web|title=Re: MM Docket Nos. 91-211, 87-8, 94-150, 92-51 and 87-154|url=http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=1864070001|format=PDF|date=July 8, 1997|work=Electronic Comment Filing System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=September 2, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925092154/http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=1864070001|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in June 1995, channel 6 added a secondary affiliation with [[UPN]] (it had carried the first season of the network's ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' on a standalone basis before signing as a formal secondary affiliate that June).<ref name=v-upnonksvi>{{cite news|last1=Flint|first1=Joe|title=UPN extends affil reach|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/upn-extends-affil-reach-99126762/|access-date=September 24, 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 26, 1995|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182408/https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/upn-extends-affil-reach-99126762/|url-status=live}}</ref> this affiliation, which was eventually shared with KHMT,<ref name=upn-upnonkhmtksvi>{{cite web|title=UPN Affiliate Stations (Montana) |url=http://www.upn.com/affiliates/hmaffmt.htm|website=[[UPN|UPN.com]]|access-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991006083146/http://www.upn.com/affiliates/hmaffmt.htm|archive-date=October 6, 1999}}</ref> continued<ref name=upn-upnstillonkhmtksvi>{{cite web|title=UPN Affiliate Stations (Montana)|url=http://www.upn.com/affiliates/montana.html|website=[[UPN|UPN.com]]|access-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819135326/http://www.upn.com/affiliates/montana.html|archive-date=August 19, 2006}}</ref> until UPN closed down in 2006.
Big Horn Communications sold KSVI to Great Trails Broadcasting Corporation for $17.37 million in 1997.<ref name=b&c-saletogreatrails>{{cite news|title=Changing Hands|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-06-23.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=September 24, 2015|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=June 23, 1997|page=48}}</ref> The following year, Great Trails exited broadcasting and sold the station (and its LMA with KHMT), along with [[WDVM-TV|WHAG-TV]] in [[Hagerstown, Maryland]] and [[WFFT-TV]] in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]], to Quorum Broadcasting Company for $65 million.<ref name=b&c-saletoquorum>{{cite news|title=Changing Hands|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1998/BC-1998-11-16.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2015|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=November 16, 1998|page=65|format=PDF}}</ref> Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired Quorum for $230 million in December 2003.<ref name=dbj-saletonexstar>{{cite news|title=Nexstar completes $230M buy of Quorum Broadcast|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/12/29/daily22.html|access-date=September 24, 2015|work=[[Dallas Business Journal]]|date=December 31, 2003}}</ref>


Big Horn Communications sold KSVI to Great Trails Broadcasting Corporation for $17.37 million in 1997.<ref name=b&c-saletogreatrails>{{cite news|title=Changing Hands|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-06-23.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2015|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=June 23, 1997|page=48|archive-date=September 27, 2015|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150927180930/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1997/BC-1997-06-23.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, Great Trails exited broadcasting and sold the station (and its LMA with KHMT), along with [[WHAG-TV]] in [[Hagerstown, Maryland]], and [[WFFT-TV]] in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]], to Quorum Broadcasting Company for $65 million.<ref name=b&c-saletoquorum>{{cite news|title=Changing Hands|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1998/BC-1998-11-16.pdf|access-date=September 24, 2015|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=November 16, 1998|page=65|archive-date=September 27, 2015|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150927181546/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1998/BC-1998-11-16.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired Quorum for $230 million in December 2003.<ref name=dbj-saletonexstar>{{cite news|title=Nexstar completes $230M buy of Quorum Broadcast|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/12/29/daily22.html|access-date=September 24, 2015|work=[[Dallas Business Journal]]|date=December 31, 2003|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102211859/http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/12/29/daily22.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Digital channels ==

The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
==News operation==
KSVI launched a news operation, shared with sister station KHMT, on April 18, 2002.<ref name=bg-ksvinewsstart>{{cite news|title=Falstad Column: Kmart, Penske will close 550 tire centers|url=http://billingsgazette.com/business/falstad-column-kmart-penske-will-close-tire-centers/article_68eac1cc-0f67-55cb-9776-e29d6ab88803.html|access-date=September 24, 2015|work=[[Billings Gazette]]|date=April 13, 2002|quote=KSVI, the Billings ABC affiliate, and KHMT, the Fox Television affiliate licensed in Hardin, are teaming up on a local newscast which starts Thursday evening…|archive-date=June 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605080555/http://billingsgazette.com/business/falstad-column-kmart-penske-will-close-tire-centers/article_68eac1cc-0f67-55cb-9776-e29d6ab88803.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After 18 months, the newscasts were canceled in September 2003, following Nexstar taking control of the stations in advance of its purchase of Quorum.<ref name=bg-ksvinonews>{{cite news|last=Falstad|first=Jan|title=KULR sold; ABC-6/Fox-4 drop local news|url=http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/kulr-sold-abc--fox--drop-local-news/article_91f9cea5-215a-50be-8708-c41c902bc72d.html|access-date=September 20, 2015|newspaper=[[Billings Gazette]]|date=September 30, 2003|archive-date=January 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101082243/http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/kulr-sold-abc--fox--drop-local-news/article_91f9cea5-215a-50be-8708-c41c902bc72d.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Though the news operation had won Montana Broadcasters Association and [[Associated Press]] awards during its run, it was not successful in the ratings, as KSVI's newscasts trailed [[KTVQ]] (channel 2) and [[KULR-TV]] (channel 8) by a substantial margin.<ref name=b&c-ksvinonews>{{cite news|last1=Eggerton|first1=John|title=Nexstar Nixes Newscasts|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/nexstar-nixes-newscasts/100791|access-date=September 21, 2015|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=October 5, 2003|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925172708/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/nexstar-nixes-newscasts/100791|url-status=live}}</ref> Nexstar said that shutting down the news operation was necessary to keep the stations profitable.<ref name=bg-ksvinonews/><ref name=b&c-ksvinonews/>

== Technical information ==
=== Subchannels ===
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KSVI<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KSVI#station |title=RabbitEars TV Query for KSVI |access-date=June 19, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820150713/http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KSVI#station |url-status=live }}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 6.1
! Channel
| [[720p]] || rowspan=3| [[16:9]] || KSVI-DT || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
! [[Video resolution|Video]]
! [[Aspect ratio|Aspect]]
! PSIP short name
! Programming<ref>http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KSVI#station</ref>
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 6.2
| 6.1 || [[720p]] || rowspan=3| [[16:9]] || KSVI-DT || Main KSVI programming / [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| rowspan="3" |[[480i]] || KSVI-CW || [[The CW Plus]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 6.3
| 6.2 || rowspan=3|[[480i]] || Mystery || [[Court TV Mystery]]
| Mystery || [[Ion Mystery]]
|-
| 6.3 || Bounce || [[Bounce TV]]
|-
| 6.4 || [[4:3]] || Antenna || [[Antenna TV]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 6.4
| [[4:3]] || Antenna || [[Antenna TV]]
|}
|}


===Translators===
=== Translators ===
* [[Billings]]: K25BP-D
{| class="sortable wikitable"
* [[Bridger, Montana|Bridger, etc.]]: K31LE-D
|-
* [[Columbus, Montana|Columbus]]: K33EA-D
! City of license
* [[Colstrip]]: K07WJ-D, K24KM-D
! Callsign
* [[Emigrant, Montana|Emigrant]]: K23LW-D
! Channel
* [[Hardin, Montana|Hardin]]: K16DZ-D
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
* [[Harlowton]]–[[Shawmut, Montana|Shawmut]]: K07ZR-D
! [[height above average terrain|HAAT]]
* [[Harlowton]]: K15JA-D
! [[Facility ID]]
* [[Howard, Montana|Howard]]: K32MN-D
! Transmitter coordinates
* [[Judith Gap]]: K04RT-D
! Owner
* [[Martinsdale, Montana|Martinsdale]]–[[Lennep, Montana|Lennep]]: K09LW-D
|-
* [[Miles City, Montana|Miles City]]: K16DH-D
|| [[Billings, Montana|Billings]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|5244|3=K25BP-D}}'''|| 25 || 1.48 kW || {{convert|119|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 5244 || {{coord|45|46|4|N|108|27|29|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K25BP-D}} || [[Nexstar Media Group]]
* [[Roundup, Montana|Roundup]]: K07WP-D
|-
* [[White Sulphur Springs, Montana|White Sulphur Springs]]: K11MP-D
|| [[Bridger, Montana|Bridger, etc.]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|168740|3=K31LE-D}}'''|| 31 || 0.93 kW || {{convert|91|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 168740 || {{coord|45|17|10.2|N|108|56|3.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K31LE-D}} || Clarks Fork Valley TV District No. 1
|-
|| [[Columbus, Montana|Columbus]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|5249|3=K33EA}}'''|| 33 (analog) || 3.48 kW || {{convert|13|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 5249 || {{coord|45|38|36.7|N|109|17|45.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K33EA}} || [[Nexstar Media Group]]
|-
|| [[Colstrip, Montana|Colstrip]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|5247|3=K07WJ-D}}'''|| 7 || 0.021 kW || {{convert|-4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 5247 || {{coord|45|53|41.9|N|106|37|41|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K07WJ-D}} || Colstrip TV Tax District
|-
|| [[Colstrip, Montana|Colstrip]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|5247|3=K24KM-D}}'''|| 24 || 2.84 kW || {{convert|357|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 5247 || {{coord|45|50|19.9|N|106|54|19.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K24KM-D}} || [[Nexstar Media Group]]
|-
|| [[Emigrant, Montana|Emigrant]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|51542|3=K23LW-D}}'''|| 23 || 1.22 kW || {{convert|-227|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 51542 || {{coord|45|20|6.3|N|110|41|26.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K23LW-D}} || Paradise Valley TV District
|-
|| [[Hardin, Montana|Hardin]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|5251|3=K16DZ-D}}'''|| 16 || 0.005 kW || {{convert|70|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 5251 || {{coord|45|44|39.9|N|107|32|10.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K16DZ-D}} || [[Nexstar Media Group]]
|-
|| [[Harlowton, Montana|Harlowton & Shawmut]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|198514|3=K07ZR-D}}'''|| 7 || 0.031 kW || {{convert|109|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 198514 || {{coord|46|19|51.8|N|109|43|32.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K07ZR-D}} || Marlow TV Association
|-
|| [[Harlowton, Montana|Harlowton]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|40410|3=K15JA-D}}'''|| 15 || 0.2 kW || {{convert|392|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 40410 || {{coord|46|21|4.8|N|110|8|37.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K15JA-D}} || Marlow TV Association
|-
|| [[Howard, Montana|Howard]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|22070|3=K21NL-D}}'''|| 21 || 0.25 kW || {{convert|44|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 22070 || {{coord|46|19|49.9|N|106|59|37.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K21NL-D}} || Forsyth T.V. Tax District
|-
|| [[Howard, Montana|Howard]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|187568|3=K32MN-D}}'''|| 32 || 0.25 kW || {{convert|68|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 187568 || {{coord|46|19|14.9|N|106|59|48.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K32MN-D}} || Forsyth Community TV Relay System
|-
|| [[Judith Gap, Montana|Judith Gap]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|198516|3=K04RT-D}}'''|| 4 || 0.043 kW || {{convert|-6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 198516 || {{coord|46|41|15.5|N|109|44|34.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K04RT-D}} || Marlow TV Association
|-
|| [[Martinsdale, Montana|Martinsdale/Lennep]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|40420|3=K09LW-D}}'''|| 9 || 0.089 kW || {{convert|145|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 40420 || {{coord|46|26|35.8|N|110|25|22.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K09LW-D}} || Marlow TV Association
|-
|| [[Miles City, Montana|Miles City]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|5250|3=K16DH-D}}'''|| 16 || 15.06 kW || {{convert|45|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 5250 || {{coord|46|26|8.5|N|105|50|54.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K16DH-D}} || [[Nexstar Media Group]]
|-
|| [[Roundup, Montana|Roundup]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|57765|3=K07WP-D}}'''|| 7 || 0.16 kW || {{convert|2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 57765 || {{coord|46|28|1.8|N|108|33|52.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K07WP-D}} || Roundup TV Tax District
|-
|| [[White Sulphur Springs, Montana|White Sulphur Springs]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|21709|3=K11MP-D}}'''|| 11 || 0.09 kW || {{convert|82|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 21709 || {{coord|46|27|43.7|N|110|51|24.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K11MP-D}} || Meagher County Television District
|}

==News operation==
KSVI launched a news operation, shared with sister station KHMT, on April 18, 2002.<ref name=bg-ksvinewsstart>{{cite news|title=Falstad Column: Kmart, Penske will close 550 tire centers|url=http://billingsgazette.com/business/falstad-column-kmart-penske-will-close-tire-centers/article_68eac1cc-0f67-55cb-9776-e29d6ab88803.html|access-date=September 24, 2015|work=[[Billings Gazette]]|date=April 13, 2002|quote=KSVI, the Billings ABC affiliate, and KHMT, the Fox Television affiliate licensed in Hardin, are teaming up on a local newscast which starts Thursday evening…}}</ref> After 18 months, the newscasts were canceled in September 2003, following Nexstar taking control of the stations in advance of its purchase of Quorum.<ref name=bg-ksvinonews>{{cite news|last=Falstad|first=Jan|title=KULR sold; ABC-6/Fox-4 drop local news|url=http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/kulr-sold-abc--fox--drop-local-news/article_91f9cea5-215a-50be-8708-c41c902bc72d.html|access-date=September 20, 2015|newspaper=[[Billings Gazette]]|date=September 30, 2003}}</ref> Though the news operation had won Montana Broadcasters Association and [[Associated Press]] awards during its run, it was not successful in the ratings, as KSVI's newscasts trailed [[KTVQ]] (channel 2) and [[KULR-TV]] (channel 8) by a substantial margin.<ref name=b&c-ksvinonews>{{cite news|last1=Eggerton|first1=John|title=Nexstar Nixes Newscasts|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/nexstar-nixes-newscasts/100791|access-date=September 21, 2015|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=October 5, 2003}}</ref> Nexstar said that shutting down the news operation was necessary to keep the stations profitable.<ref name=bg-ksvinonews/><ref name=b&c-ksvinonews/>


==References==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
*{{official website|https://www.yourbigsky.com/}}
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KSVI
Channels
BrandingABC 6; Billings CW (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KHMT
History
First air date
January 8, 1993
(31 years ago) (1993-01-08)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 6 (VHF, 1993–2009)
  • Both secondary:
  • Fox (1994–1995)
  • UPN (1995–2006)
Call sign meaning
"Six", "VI" is the Roman numeral for 6
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID5243
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT227.5 m (746 ft)
Transmitter coordinates45°48′27″N 108°20′27.8″W / 45.80750°N 108.341056°W / 45.80750; -108.341056
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.yourbigsky.com

KSVI (channel 6) is a television station in Billings, Montana, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW Plus. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to Hardin-licensed Fox affiliate KHMT (channel 4) under joint sales and shared services agreements with Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studios on South 24th Street West in Billings; KSVI's transmitter is located on Old Hardin Road east-northeast of the city.

Mid-Rivers Communications (based in Circle, Montana) carries KSVI on cable in Glendive, Montana (the smallest DMA in the U.S. according to Nielsen), as that market has no local ABC affiliate of its own.[2][3]

KSVI's programming is relayed on translator station K25BP-D (channel 25) in Billings, in areas where KSVI's signal is poor. It can also be seen in Miles City on K16DH-D (channel 16), and in Howard on K32MN-D (channel 32).

History

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KSVI went on the air January 8, 1993,[4] under the ownership of Big Horn Communications.[5] Big Horn had previously signed on KOUS-TV (channel 4) in 1980. However, for most of its existence, KOUS was plagued by marginal reception in some parts of Billings, since its transmitter was located 18 miles (29 km) east of the city in order to ensure city-grade coverage of its city of license, Hardin.[6][4] In hopes of getting better reception in Billings, Big Horn won a construction permit for channel 6 after the allocation was moved from Miles City.[6]

KOUS signed off for the last time on January 8,[4] and later that day the KOUS intellectual unit—including the ABC affiliation—moved to KSVI on channel 6.[5] At the outset, channel 6's programming was also seen on KYUS-TV (channel 3) in Miles City[7] and KCTZ (channel 7) in Bozeman,[8] both of which had previously served as satellites of KOUS. KCTZ was sold to Cordillera Communications several months later to become a satellite of KXLF-TV in Butte[8] (eventually becoming KBZK), while KYUS was sold to Stephen Marks in 1995[9] (originally proposed to become a satellite of KXGN-TV in Glendive,[9] KYUS now simulcasts KULR-TV from Billings). Following the sale of KCTZ, KSVI's programming was carried on translators K26DE (channel 26) in Bozeman and K43DU (channel 43) in Butte;[10] this ended when KWYB signed on in 1996. Channel 6 also, at its sign-on, inherited Billings translator station K25BP, which was originally intended to improve KOUS' signal in Billings.[6]

KSVI added a secondary affiliation with Fox in April 1994; this was primarily to carry the network's NFL coverage,[11] but 15 hours a week of other Fox programs, such as Married... with Children and The Simpsons, were aired in overnight and weekend timeslots not programmed by ABC.[12] Following this deal, cable systems in the Billings area removed Foxnet from their lineups.[13] The secondary Fox affiliation ended when channel 4 returned to the air in August 1995 as Fox affiliate KHMT under a local marketing agreement with KSVI.[14] Also in June 1995, channel 6 added a secondary affiliation with UPN (it had carried the first season of the network's Star Trek: Voyager on a standalone basis before signing as a formal secondary affiliate that June).[15] this affiliation, which was eventually shared with KHMT,[16] continued[17] until UPN closed down in 2006.

Big Horn Communications sold KSVI to Great Trails Broadcasting Corporation for $17.37 million in 1997.[18] The following year, Great Trails exited broadcasting and sold the station (and its LMA with KHMT), along with WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, Maryland, and WFFT-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Quorum Broadcasting Company for $65 million.[19] Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired Quorum for $230 million in December 2003.[20]

News operation

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KSVI launched a news operation, shared with sister station KHMT, on April 18, 2002.[21] After 18 months, the newscasts were canceled in September 2003, following Nexstar taking control of the stations in advance of its purchase of Quorum.[22] Though the news operation had won Montana Broadcasters Association and Associated Press awards during its run, it was not successful in the ratings, as KSVI's newscasts trailed KTVQ (channel 2) and KULR-TV (channel 8) by a substantial margin.[23] Nexstar said that shutting down the news operation was necessary to keep the stations profitable.[22][23]

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KSVI[24]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
6.1 720p 16:9 KSVI-DT ABC
6.2 480i KSVI-CW The CW Plus
6.3 Mystery Ion Mystery
6.4 4:3 Antenna Antenna TV

Translators

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References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSVI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Channel Lineup Glendive" (PDF). Mid-Rivers Communications. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Local TV Listings, TV Schedules and TV Guides". TV Passport. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Johnson, John C. "Montana Radio and TV Photos". John in Arizona. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994 (PDF). 1994. p. C-41. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Smith, Doug (December 1993). "TV News" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  7. ^ Smith, Doug (August 1993). "TV News" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 27, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  8. ^ a b Caton, William F. (September 17, 1993). "In Re Application of BIG HORN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Assignor) and KCTZ COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Assignee) For Consent to Assign the License for Station KCTZ(TV), Channel 7, Bozeman, Montana". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  9. ^ a b Caton, William F. (February 27, 1995). "In re Application of Big Horn Communications, Inc. (Assignor) and KYUS Broadcasting Corporation (Assignee) For Consent to Assign the License for Station KYUS-TV, Channel 3 Miles City, Montana" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  10. ^ Smith, Doug (April 1994). "TV News" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  11. ^ "Fox's growing family" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. April 18, 1994. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  12. ^ Smith, Doug (December 1994). "TV News" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  13. ^ Smith, Doug (July 1994). "TV News" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. pp. 5–6. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  14. ^ "Re: MM Docket Nos. 91-211, 87-8, 94-150, 92-51 and 87-154" (PDF). Electronic Comment Filing System. Federal Communications Commission. July 8, 1997. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  15. ^ Flint, Joe (June 26, 1995). "UPN extends affil reach". Variety. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  16. ^ "UPN Affiliate Stations (Montana)". UPN.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 1999. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  17. ^ "UPN Affiliate Stations (Montana)". UPN.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2006. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  18. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. June 23, 1997. p. 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  19. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. November 16, 1998. p. 65. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  20. ^ "Nexstar completes $230M buy of Quorum Broadcast". Dallas Business Journal. December 31, 2003. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  21. ^ "Falstad Column: Kmart, Penske will close 550 tire centers". Billings Gazette. April 13, 2002. Archived from the original on June 5, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2015. KSVI, the Billings ABC affiliate, and KHMT, the Fox Television affiliate licensed in Hardin, are teaming up on a local newscast which starts Thursday evening…
  22. ^ a b Falstad, Jan (September 30, 2003). "KULR sold; ABC-6/Fox-4 drop local news". Billings Gazette. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  23. ^ a b Eggerton, John (October 5, 2003). "Nexstar Nixes Newscasts". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  24. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KSVI". Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
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