KULR-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KULR-TV / KYUS-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Working in the Spirit of Montana
station_branding = KULR 8 News
analog =
KULR: 8 (VHF)
KYUS: 3 (VHF)
digital =
KULR: 11 (VHF)
KYUS: 13 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = NBC (primary 1958-68, secondary 1968-1980, primary 1987-present)
network =
founded =
airdate = KULR: March 15, 1958
KYUS: 1969 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says KYUS signed on August 29, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says it signed on September 1.]
location = KULR: Billings, Montana
KYUS: Miles City, Montana
callsign_meaning = KULR: Color
KYUS: cayuse, a type of Native American pony
former_callsigns = KULR:
KGHL-TV (1958-1963)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = KULR: Max Media, LLC
KYUS: Stephan Marks
licensee = KULR: MMM License II, LLC
KYUS: KYUS-TV Broadcasting Corporation
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = KULR:ABC (1958-1987, secondary until 1968)
effective_radiated_power = KULR:
316 kW (analog)
16 kW (digital)
KYUS:
10.5 kW (analog)
2.9 kW (digital)
HAAT = KULR:
229 m (analog)
191 m (digital)
KYUS:
31 m (analog)
30 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = KULR: 35724
KYUS: 5237
coordinates = KULR:
coord|45|45|35.5|N|108|27|17.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
KYUS:
coord|46|25|34.6|N|105|51|40|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KYUS-TV
homepage = [http://www.kulr8.com/ www.kulr8.com]

KULR-TV is a NBC affiliate broadcasting on channel 8 (Cable channel 9) in Billings, Montana. KULR is currently-owned by Max Media.

KULR's programming and schedule is also seen on KYUS-TV in Miles City, Montana; that station is owned and operated by Maryland businessman Stephan Marks, who also owns KXGN-TV in Glendive, Montana, WBKB-TV in Alpena, Michigan, and WBKP and WBUP in Marquette, Michigan. KULR programs and operates the station on Marks' behalf. Previously, KYUS was notorious for being the smallest network affiliate in America, which, at one time, featured a man who did the news, sports, weather and reporting himself -- he was also featured in the late-1970s on NBC's "Real People" and in TV Guide for his career. During the 1980s, KYUS became mainly a satellite station in the 1980s, first with KOUS (channel 4), then with KULR, after KOUS flipped to Fox as KHMT.

History

Channel 8's first broadcast was in March 15, 1958 as KGHL-TV, owned by Midland Broadcasting Company along with KGHL radio (AM 790). The callsign was changed to KULR in 1963. The station was originally an NBC affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. In 1968, however, the station became a full-time ABC affiliate [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20041211230552/www.kulr8.com/history.html KULR history at archive of station site] ] --the second in Montana--while relegating NBC to secondary status. This was very unusual for a two-station market, especially one as small as Billings. NBC wouldn't return to Billings on a full-time basis until KOUS signed on in 1980. By 1987, however, NBC wanted a stronger affiliate in the market, and quickly negotiated a return to KULR.

Old KYUS Screenshots

These old screenshots pertain to a period when KYUS, now a KULR-satellite, was a satellite of KOUS (now KHMT).

Notable staff

*Patty Souza, Now at KXTV ABC in Sacramento, Ca
*Conrad Burns, United States Senator from Montana, worked as a farm reporter here.
*Roger Lohse 1995-1996. Now at WPLG-TV, ABC in Miami, Fl.

ee also

*KWBM (Billings)

External links

* [http://www.kulr8.com/ KULR 8 official site]
* [http://www.maxmontana.com/ maxmontana.com]
*TVQ|KULR
*TVQ|KYUS
*BIA|KULR|TV|TV
*BIA|KYUS|TV|TV

References