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KJJC-TV

April 13, 2024

"KTGF" redirects here. For the low-power television station in Great Falls with the call sign KTGF-LD, see KTVH-DT.

KJJC-TV (channel 16) is a television station in Great Falls, Montana, United States, affiliated with MeTV and owned by Northwest Capital Corporation. The station's transmitter is located on 47th Avenue SW in unincorporated Cascade County, near the Great Falls International Airport. Station operations are conducted from a facility in Helena, where KJJC-TV is rebroadcast by commonly owned translator KJJC-LD (channel 7).

KJJC-TV
Channels
BrandingKJJC-TV Network
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Northwest Capital Corporation
  • (KTGF License Corporation)
History
First air date
September 21, 1986
(37 years ago) (1986-09-21)
Former call signs
  • KTGF (1986–2018)
  • KJJC (2018–2019)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 16 (UHF, 1986–2009)
  • Digital: 45 (UHF, 2003–2018)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID13792
ERP500 kW
HAAT78 m (256 ft)
Transmitter coordinates47°27′51.8″N 111°21′21.1″W / 47.464389°N 111.355861°W / 47.464389; -111.355861
Translator(s)KJJC-LD 7 Helena
Links
Public license information
  • Public file
  • LMS
Websitewww.kjjc.org

KJJC-TV began broadcasting in September 1986 as KTGF. It was the third commercial station in Great Falls and an NBC affiliate for 19 years; the station produced local news programming in the late 1980s and early 1990s before canceling the effort in 1993. The founding owners, Continental Television Network, later established third stations in Missoula and Butte, which were sold together with KTGF to Max Media in 2001. Max owned the station until it was required to divest KTGF to buy KFBB-TV, the local ABC affiliate. Destiny Communications, a Black-owned company, purchased KTGF as its first television station in 2004. However, within a year, it lost the NBC affiliation to KBGF-LP (channel 50, today's KTGF-LD), an extension of KTVH-DT in Helena, in a decision that NBC had apparently made years prior.

As a result, on July 1, 2005, KTGF became an affiliate of Fox, but this lasted just two years before KTGF became an independent station. In 2009, Destiny defaulted on its debt payments, and the license was transferred to a creditor. Roger Lonnquist acquired the station in 2012; it has aired MeTV as its main subchannel since 2013 along with a selection of Christian television channels owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. All five subchannels are also broadcast by KINV-LD in Billings.

History edit

Continental Television Network ownership edit

In 1984, KRTV (channel 3), which had served as a dual affiliate of NBC and CBS since 1968,[2] reduced its carriage of NBC programs as the Montana Television Network, of which it was a part, adopted primary CBS affiliation statewide.[3] KRTV and ABC affiliate KFBB-TV (channel 5) continued to air some NBC programs in the city.[4] However, in the wake of the affiliation change, Joe Colla saw an opening for a full-time NBC affiliate in the city. The NBC network expressed interest but instructed him to apply for a station first.[5]

In April 1985, Colla's firm, Video International Publishers, applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit to build a new television station on channel 16 in Great Falls.[6] The FCC granted approval on July 25, 1985, and in February 1986, the Montana Economic Development Board granted the firm—now known as Continental Television Network—a $1.1 million loan to finance construction.[7] The two minority owners in Continental Television Network each had a background in local business: Al Donohue, owner of the Heritage Inn, and William Cordingley, former publisher of the Great Falls Tribune newspaper.[8]

After delays caused by rain, KTGF began broadcasting on September 21, 1986. The studios were in a former machine shop at 118 6th Street South, which was shared with Colla's video production business.[5] KTGF began airing early and late evening local newscasts in late October, with most of the news staff being new to the market.[9] Over the succeeding years, KTGF expanded its reach by investing in additional translators and a microwave joint venture with cable company TCI; while the station benefited from the national lead held by NBC at the time, its newscasts remained in third place, with the early evening newscast being especially distant from catching KRTV and KFBB, then competing vigorously for ratings leadership in Great Falls.[10] The newscasts continued until staffing issues led to their ultimate demise. Weekend newscasts were canceled in August 1992, when the weekend news anchor left to take a job in Fort Smith, Arkansas,[11] and the last weeknight newscast aired on March 5, 1993, by which time there were just four staffers left producing KTGF's news programming.[12]

In the 1990s, Continental also expanded its third station franchise with a pair of ABC affiliates. In Missoula, KTMF began broadcasting in November 1990.[13] Six years later, Continental started KWYB, broadcasting to Butte and Bozeman.[14][15] Continental's stations served as secondary affiliates of Fox beginning in 1994, though Fox's NFL games aired on KFBB-TV.[16]

Max Media ownership edit

Continental Television Network accepted an $18 million offer for its three Montana television stations from Max Media in December 2000.[17] The deal marked Max's return to the television business, having previously sold its portfolio of broadcast properties to Sinclair Broadcast Group in 1998.[18] Max hired Jack May, longtime KFBB-TV general manager, and promised technical improvements including an interconnection of the Great Falls, Missoula, and Butte stations,[18] which were fed from facilities in Missoula.[19] However, these upgrades were marred by technical difficulties. Viewers of the 2002 Winter Olympics, aired by NBC, in Great Falls experienced difficulties in transmission with the new system in Missoula.[20] Signal issues persisted as late as May.[21]

In September 2002, Max contracted Independent News Network of Davenport, Iowa, to produce a regional newscast for KWYB, KTMF, and KTGF. Six reporters, one each in the five areas serviced by the Max Montana stations and another in Helena, contributed reports to Big Sky News at 5 and 10 p.m., which was presented from Iowa.[22][23] The early newscast was dropped at the start of 2004.[24]

Destiny Communications ownership and affiliation instability edit

Max Media announced on September 30, 2003, that it had agreed to purchase Great Falls ABC affiliate KFBB-TV and KULR-TV in Billings from the Wooster Republican Printing Company, which decided to exit the television business.[25] To acquire KFBB, Max was required to put KTGF on the market and agreed in September 2004 to sell the station to Destiny Communications of Wichita, Kansas.[26] Destiny was owned by Darnell Washington, a 20-year veteran of television stations in other parts of the United States; Max Media and private investors provided funding for the transaction.[27] It was Washington's first television property, which he purchased despite having never visited Montana; KTGF became Montana's only Black-owned TV station, in a city where just 1.4 percent of the population was Black.[27] With the Big Sky News program moving to KFBB, Destiny announced plans to build out a full news department for KTGF for the first time in twelve years.[28]

However, by the time Destiny had purchased KTGF, events were in motion that eventually led to the station losing its NBC affiliation. KTVH in Helena, also an NBC affiliate, began making inroads in the Great Falls media market in 2001 with the launch of KBBJ and KBAO, which were extensions of KTVH in Havre and Lewistown. The Havre station was built despite objections from KTGF,[29] while news of the Lewistown station led to KTGF purchasing a translator to rebroadcast its programs there. As early as January 2002, KTVH was touting the fact that it would have the rights to NBC programming in Great Falls by 2005.[30] NBC would later claim that it had made the decision "many years ago", citing issues with one of the former owners of KTGF.[31]

The affiliation loss came on July 1, 2005, when KBGF-LP debuted as the new NBC affiliate in Great Falls. At that time, after protesting NBC's decision, KTGF assumed the Fox and UPN affiliations in the city under an agreement with Equity Broadcasting Corporation, which owned KLMN (channel 26), which had been the city's Fox affiliate.[32] In March 2007, KTGF debuted hourly news updates on weekdays.[33] However, the Fox affiliation was short-lived. On May 5 of that year, Fox programs abruptly returned to KLMN.[34] The station then began broadcasting as an independent station, relying on syndicated programming.[27] Meanwhile, Destiny Communications partnered with College Creek Media of Chicago to program three FM radio stations in the Great Falls area.[35]

Between 2009 and 2010, however, Destiny Communications came undone. The radio station operating agreement lasted less than a year before College Creek opted to sell the outlets; Destiny was unable to arrange financing to make the purchase itself.[36] In September, the independent programming was dropped in favor of broadcasting JCTV, a Christian television channel owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network and aimed at a youth audience.[37] That same month, after Destiny defaulted on its debt payments, the station filed to transfer the KTGF license to creditor RGW Investments LLC.[38]

In the meantime, KTGF went off the air on December 19, 2009, citing problems with its microwave system.[39] By February 2010, it was noted that the station was not airing any programming;[40] that March, Max Media, which had retained the studio building and leased it to Destiny, sold the building to a local law firm.[41]

RGW Investments and Lonnquist ownership edit

KTGF's license was formally transferred to RGW Investments on September 27, 2010.[42] In December 2011, RGW Investments entered into an agreement to sell KTGF to KTGF License Corporation, a company owned by veteran radio and TV broadcaster Roger Lonnquist. The sale closed on March 7, 2012. Soon afterward, the station returned to the air, again as a JCTV affiliate. In September 2013, MeTV announced that KTGF would begin to carry its programming;[43] as of 2014, MeTV programming is carried on its primary channel,[44] with JUCE TV (the former JCTV) being moved to a second subchannel. The station changed its call letters to KJJC on July 1, 2018; the "-TV" suffix was added on May 9, 2019.[45]

Technical information edit

Subchannels edit

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KJJC-TV[46]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
16.1 480i 4:3 KJJC-DT MeTV
16.2 KJJC-D2 Positiv
16.3 KJJC-D3 TBN
16.4 KJJC-D4 Smile
16.5 KJJC-D5 TBN Inspire

References edit

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • Facility details for Facility ID 198241 (KJJC-LD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System

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KTGF redirects here For the low power television station in Great Falls with the call sign KTGF LD see KTVH DT KJJC TV channel 16 is a television station in Great Falls Montana United States affiliated with MeTV and owned by Northwest Capital Corporation The station s transmitter is located on 47th Avenue SW in unincorporated Cascade County near the Great Falls International Airport Station operations are conducted from a facility in Helena where KJJC TV is rebroadcast by commonly owned translator KJJC LD channel 7 KJJC TVGreat Falls MontanaUnited StatesChannelsDigital 17 UHF Virtual 16BrandingKJJC TV NetworkProgrammingAffiliations16 1 MeTVfor others see SubchannelsOwnershipOwnerNorthwest Capital Corporation KTGF License Corporation HistoryFirst air dateSeptember 21 1986 37 years ago 1986 09 21 Former call signsKTGF 1986 2018 KJJC 2018 2019 Former channel number s Analog 16 UHF 1986 2009 Digital 45 UHF 2003 2018 Former affiliationsNBC 1986 2005 Fox 2005 2007 Independent 2007 2009 JCTV 2009 2012 2013 Dark 2009 2012 Technical information 1 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID13792ERP500 kWHAAT78 m 256 ft Transmitter coordinates47 27 51 8 N 111 21 21 1 W 47 464389 N 111 355861 W 47 464389 111 355861Translator s KJJC LD 7 HelenaLinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebsitewww wbr kjjc wbr orgKJJC TV began broadcasting in September 1986 as KTGF It was the third commercial station in Great Falls and an NBC affiliate for 19 years the station produced local news programming in the late 1980s and early 1990s before canceling the effort in 1993 The founding owners Continental Television Network later established third stations in Missoula and Butte which were sold together with KTGF to Max Media in 2001 Max owned the station until it was required to divest KTGF to buy KFBB TV the local ABC affiliate Destiny Communications a Black owned company purchased KTGF as its first television station in 2004 However within a year it lost the NBC affiliation to KBGF LP channel 50 today s KTGF LD an extension of KTVH DT in Helena in a decision that NBC had apparently made years prior As a result on July 1 2005 KTGF became an affiliate of Fox but this lasted just two years before KTGF became an independent station In 2009 Destiny defaulted on its debt payments and the license was transferred to a creditor Roger Lonnquist acquired the station in 2012 it has aired MeTV as its main subchannel since 2013 along with a selection of Christian television channels owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network All five subchannels are also broadcast by KINV LD in Billings Contents 1 History 1 1 Continental Television Network ownership 1 2 Max Media ownership 1 3 Destiny Communications ownership and affiliation instability 1 4 RGW Investments and Lonnquist ownership 2 Technical information 2 1 Subchannels 3 References 4 External linksHistory editContinental Television Network ownership edit In 1984 KRTV channel 3 which had served as a dual affiliate of NBC and CBS since 1968 2 reduced its carriage of NBC programs as the Montana Television Network of which it was a part adopted primary CBS affiliation statewide 3 KRTV and ABC affiliate KFBB TV channel 5 continued to air some NBC programs in the city 4 However in the wake of the affiliation change Joe Colla saw an opening for a full time NBC affiliate in the city The NBC network expressed interest but instructed him to apply for a station first 5 In April 1985 Colla s firm Video International Publishers applied to the Federal Communications Commission FCC for a construction permit to build a new television station on channel 16 in Great Falls 6 The FCC granted approval on July 25 1985 and in February 1986 the Montana Economic Development Board granted the firm now known as Continental Television Network a 1 1 million loan to finance construction 7 The two minority owners in Continental Television Network each had a background in local business Al Donohue owner of the Heritage Inn and William Cordingley former publisher of the Great Falls Tribune newspaper 8 After delays caused by rain KTGF began broadcasting on September 21 1986 The studios were in a former machine shop at 118 6th Street South which was shared with Colla s video production business 5 KTGF began airing early and late evening local newscasts in late October with most of the news staff being new to the market 9 Over the succeeding years KTGF expanded its reach by investing in additional translators and a microwave joint venture with cable company TCI while the station benefited from the national lead held by NBC at the time its newscasts remained in third place with the early evening newscast being especially distant from catching KRTV and KFBB then competing vigorously for ratings leadership in Great Falls 10 The newscasts continued until staffing issues led to their ultimate demise Weekend newscasts were canceled in August 1992 when the weekend news anchor left to take a job in Fort Smith Arkansas 11 and the last weeknight newscast aired on March 5 1993 by which time there were just four staffers left producing KTGF s news programming 12 In the 1990s Continental also expanded its third station franchise with a pair of ABC affiliates In Missoula KTMF began broadcasting in November 1990 13 Six years later Continental started KWYB broadcasting to Butte and Bozeman 14 15 Continental s stations served as secondary affiliates of Fox beginning in 1994 though Fox s NFL games aired on KFBB TV 16 Max Media ownership edit Continental Television Network accepted an 18 million offer for its three Montana television stations from Max Media in December 2000 17 The deal marked Max s return to the television business having previously sold its portfolio of broadcast properties to Sinclair Broadcast Group in 1998 18 Max hired Jack May longtime KFBB TV general manager and promised technical improvements including an interconnection of the Great Falls Missoula and Butte stations 18 which were fed from facilities in Missoula 19 However these upgrades were marred by technical difficulties Viewers of the 2002 Winter Olympics aired by NBC in Great Falls experienced difficulties in transmission with the new system in Missoula 20 Signal issues persisted as late as May 21 In September 2002 Max contracted Independent News Network of Davenport Iowa to produce a regional newscast for KWYB KTMF and KTGF Six reporters one each in the five areas serviced by the Max Montana stations and another in Helena contributed reports to Big Sky News at 5 and 10 p m which was presented from Iowa 22 23 The early newscast was dropped at the start of 2004 24 Destiny Communications ownership and affiliation instability edit Max Media announced on September 30 2003 that it had agreed to purchase Great Falls ABC affiliate KFBB TV and KULR TV in Billings from the Wooster Republican Printing Company which decided to exit the television business 25 To acquire KFBB Max was required to put KTGF on the market and agreed in September 2004 to sell the station to Destiny Communications of Wichita Kansas 26 Destiny was owned by Darnell Washington a 20 year veteran of television stations in other parts of the United States Max Media and private investors provided funding for the transaction 27 It was Washington s first television property which he purchased despite having never visited Montana KTGF became Montana s only Black owned TV station in a city where just 1 4 percent of the population was Black 27 With the Big Sky News program moving to KFBB Destiny announced plans to build out a full news department for KTGF for the first time in twelve years 28 However by the time Destiny had purchased KTGF events were in motion that eventually led to the station losing its NBC affiliation KTVH in Helena also an NBC affiliate began making inroads in the Great Falls media market in 2001 with the launch of KBBJ and KBAO which were extensions of KTVH in Havre and Lewistown The Havre station was built despite objections from KTGF 29 while news of the Lewistown station led to KTGF purchasing a translator to rebroadcast its programs there As early as January 2002 KTVH was touting the fact that it would have the rights to NBC programming in Great Falls by 2005 30 NBC would later claim that it had made the decision many years ago citing issues with one of the former owners of KTGF 31 The affiliation loss came on July 1 2005 when KBGF LP debuted as the new NBC affiliate in Great Falls At that time after protesting NBC s decision KTGF assumed the Fox and UPN affiliations in the city under an agreement with Equity Broadcasting Corporation which owned KLMN channel 26 which had been the city s Fox affiliate 32 In March 2007 KTGF debuted hourly news updates on weekdays 33 However the Fox affiliation was short lived On May 5 of that year Fox programs abruptly returned to KLMN 34 The station then began broadcasting as an independent station relying on syndicated programming 27 Meanwhile Destiny Communications partnered with College Creek Media of Chicago to program three FM radio stations in the Great Falls area 35 Between 2009 and 2010 however Destiny Communications came undone The radio station operating agreement lasted less than a year before College Creek opted to sell the outlets Destiny was unable to arrange financing to make the purchase itself 36 In September the independent programming was dropped in favor of broadcasting JCTV a Christian television channel owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network and aimed at a youth audience 37 That same month after Destiny defaulted on its debt payments the station filed to transfer the KTGF license to creditor RGW Investments LLC 38 In the meantime KTGF went off the air on December 19 2009 citing problems with its microwave system 39 By February 2010 it was noted that the station was not airing any programming 40 that March Max Media which had retained the studio building and leased it to Destiny sold the building to a local law firm 41 RGW Investments and Lonnquist ownership edit KTGF s license was formally transferred to RGW Investments on September 27 2010 42 In December 2011 RGW Investments entered into an agreement to sell KTGF to KTGF License Corporation a company owned by veteran radio and TV broadcaster Roger Lonnquist The sale closed on March 7 2012 Soon afterward the station returned to the air again as a JCTV affiliate In September 2013 MeTV announced that KTGF would begin to carry its programming 43 as of 2014 update MeTV programming is carried on its primary channel 44 with JUCE TV the former JCTV being moved to a second subchannel The station changed its call letters to KJJC on July 1 2018 the TV suffix was added on May 9 2019 45 Technical information editSubchannels edit The station s signal is multiplexed Subchannels of KJJC TV 46 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming16 1 480i 4 3 KJJC DT MeTV16 2 KJJC D2 Positiv16 3 KJJC D3 TBN16 4 KJJC D4 Smile16 5 KJJC D5 TBN InspireReferences edit Facility Technical Data for KJJC TV Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission Local TV Stations Change Programs Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana February 4 1968 p 10 Archived from the original on May 25 2022 Retrieved May 24 2022 via Newspapers com Butte to get full time CBS The Montana Standard Associated Press May 6 1984 p 26 Archived from the original on October 21 2021 Retrieved October 21 2021 Goley Jay September 21 1986 New television station will add to advertising competition Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 2D Archived from the original on May 25 2022 Retrieved May 24 2022 via Newspapers com a b Goley Jay September 21 1986 Local NBC affiliate to present positive attitude Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 1D Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Local firm seeks UHF TV permit Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana April 24 1985 p 5 A Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Johnson Charles S February 1 1986 State board approves loan for local television station Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 1 A 2 A Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com State board decides not to reconsider TV loan Great Falls Tribune February 15 1986 p 1A Archived from the original on January 10 2023 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Miller III Fred October 26 1986 KTGF s new news crew goes on air Great Falls Tribune p 9F Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Larcombe James E January 22 1989 Rattling the ratings KTGF gains viewers KFBB KRTV on seesaw Great Falls Tribune p 1B 6B Archived from the original on January 10 2023 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Don t expect KTGF weekend newscasts Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana August 22 1992 p 1B Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Mort Denise March 6 1993 KTGF TV drops local news offering Great Falls Tribune p 1B Archived from the original on January 10 2023 Retrieved September 30 2019 Stergionis Marc December 23 1990 KTGF s sister station goes on air in Missoula Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 2B Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Fox plans full NFL coverage for Butte The Montana Standard Butte Montana October 11 1996 p 11 Archived from the original on April 26 2022 Retrieved April 26 2022 via Newspapers com Ellig Tracy October 24 1996 TV news station changes affiliation Bozeman Daily Chronicle Archived from the original on November 7 2021 Retrieved September 30 2015 Fox to be broadcast locally on KTGF Great Falls Tribune July 8 1994 p 1B Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Raney Wendy December 20 2000 Locally based TV network sells stations Great Falls Tribune p 1A Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com a b Wilmot Paula March 10 2001 May named general manager at Great Falls KTGF TV Great Falls Tribune p 1M Archived from the original on January 10 2023 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Black Jo Dee December 7 2001 KTGF bringing back news Great Falls Tribune p 8S Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Lee Roxana February 13 2002 U S speedskater glides to gold Local viewers vent frustrations over TV glitch Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 1A Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Britton Beth April 24 2002 Upgrades at KTGF disappointing May says Great Falls Tribune p 8S Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Struckman Todd October 10 2002 First from afar Live from Iowa it s Big Sky News Missoula Independent Missoula Montana p 9 Archived from the original on April 26 2022 Retrieved April 26 2022 via Newspapers com Britton Beth September 24 2002 KTGF launches newscast Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 6S Archived from the original on April 26 2022 Retrieved April 26 2022 via Newspapers com McCartney Leslie January 11 2004 KXLF TV not leaving The Montana Standard Butte Montana p C5 Archived from the original on April 26 2022 Retrieved April 26 2022 via Newspapers com Black Jo Dee October 1 2003 Max Media to buy KFBB If FCC OKs deal company probably will sell KTGF Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 6S Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Black Jo Dee September 4 2004 Great Falls NBC affiliate to change owners pending FCC approval Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 6S Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com a b c Frazier Mya April 7 2008 The Catch 22 of buying Black media Advertising Age Vol 79 no 14 pp 1 28 30 ProQuest 208354795 via ProQuest Larcombe James E December 12 2004 Changes in store at KTGF Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 1B 2B Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Greene Eric J January 14 1999 TV station may be built on Havre campus Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 1A 10A Archived from the original on February 27 2022 Retrieved February 27 2022 via Newspapers com KTVH bringing back weekend news The Independent Record Helena Montana January 20 2002 p 3E Archived from the original on February 27 2022 Retrieved February 27 2022 via Newspapers com Larcombe James E July 1 2005 KBGF wins NBC KTGF adopts Fox Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 1A 8A Archived from the original on February 27 2022 Retrieved February 27 2022 via Newspapers com Larcombe James E June 29 2005 Who will offer NBC Check the dial Friday to find out Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 1A 3A Archived from the original on February 27 2022 Retrieved February 27 2022 via Newspapers com Black Jo Dee March 14 2007 Local Fox station adds limited news offering Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 8S Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Ecke Richard May 5 2007 Fox switches stations in northcentral Montana Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 1A Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Black Jo Dee December 4 2008 Destiny will put three more FM stations on air here Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 7A Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Three local radio stations halt broadcasts go up for sale Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana August 8 2009 p 7A Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Black Jo Dee October 4 2009 KTGF turns to JCTV Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 1B Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Montana TV owner succumbs to debt Television Business Report September 23 2009 Archived from the original on September 25 2009 Retrieved September 24 2009 Notification of Suspension of Operations Request for Silent STA CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission January 13 2010 Archived from the original on October 20 2012 Retrieved March 21 2010 Black Jo Dee February 14 2010 Officially off air Great Falls Tribune Great Falls Montana p 1B Archived from the original on December 3 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 via Newspapers com Law firm moving into KTGF building Great Falls Tribune March 7 2010 Archived from the original on March 10 2010 Retrieved March 21 2010 Consummation Notice CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission Archived from the original on October 21 2012 Retrieved October 11 2010 Me TV Diginet Adds Five New Affiliates TVNewsCheck September 12 2013 Archived from the original on May 9 2014 Retrieved May 8 2014 FCC 398 Children s Television Programming Report KidVid Public Access Federal Communications Commission May 7 2014 Archived from the original on May 8 2014 Retrieved May 8 2014 Call Sign History KJJC TV CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission Archived from the original on August 12 2020 Retrieved May 11 2019 RabbitEars TV Query for KJJC RabbitEars Archived from the original on August 12 2018 Retrieved August 11 2018 External links editOfficial website Facility details for Facility ID 198241 KJJC LD in the FCC Licensing and Management System Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KJJC TV amp oldid 1217761060, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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