:Montana Public Radio
{{Short description|Public radio network in Montana}}
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{{Infobox radio network
|name = Montana Public Radio
|logo =
|type = Public Radio Network
|launch_date = 1965
|country = United States
|broadcast_area = Montana
|owner = University of Montana
|affiliation = National Public Radio
American Public Media
Public Radio Exchange
|webcast = [http://www.mtpr.org Available on website]
|website = {{URL|www.mtpr.org}}
}}
Montana Public Radio is a network of public radio stations serving the U.S. state of Montana, primarily the western part of the state. The network is currently owned by the University of Montana, and its studios are located on the university campus in Missoula, with a satellite facility in Great Falls. The network is affiliated with National Public Radio. Programming originates from flagship station KUFM (89.1 FM) in Missoula, Montana.
History
Montana Public Radio began in 1965 when KUFM in Missoula signed on as a 10-watt campus radio station. In 1974, it became a member of National Public Radio.
Starting in the late 1970s, it began building translators across western Montana. Its first full-power satellite, in Great Falls, signed on in 1984. In 1999, a signal extension project funded mostly by a federal grant made it possible to sign on new stations in Kalispell and Hamilton and upgrade translators in Butte and Helena to full-power stations.
Satellites and repeaters
Montana Public Radio consists of ten full-power stations and several translators:
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope = "col" | Call sign
! scope = "col" data-sort-type="number" | Frequency ! scope = "col" | City of license ! scope = "col" data-sort-type="number" | Facility ID |
|---|
| scope = "row" | KAPC
| 91.3 FM || Butte, Montana || {{FID|66630}} || 800 || {{convert|571|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
| scope = "row" | KUMD
| 90.9 FM || Deer Lodge, Montana || {{FID|767108}} || 650 || {{convert|231|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
| scope = "row" | KDWG
| 90.9 FM || Dillon, Montana || {{FID|93389}} || 850 || {{convert |
| 72|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
| scope = "row" | KGPR
| 89.9 FM || Great Falls, Montana || {{FID|24955}} || 9,500 || {{convert|90|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
| scope = "row" | KUFN
| 91.9 FM || Hamilton, Montana || {{FID|59812}} || 900 || {{convert|130|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
| scope = "row" | KUHM
| 91.7 FM || Helena, Montana || {{FID|66628}} || 910 || {{convert|232|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
| scope = "row" | KUKL
| 90.1 FM || Kalispell, Montana || {{FID|66627}} || 1,830 || {{convert|786|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
| scope = "row" | KUFL
| 90.5 FM || Libby, Montana || {{FID|173730}} || 1,000 || {{convert |
| 318|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
| scope = "row" | KUFM{{efn|group="net"|Flagship station; for this station's translators, see {{section link|KUFM (FM)|Translators}}}}
| 89.1 FM || Missoula, Montana || {{FID|69239}} || 14,500 || {{convert|754|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
| scope = "row" | KPJH
| 89.5 FM || Polson, Montana || {{FID|173197}} || 130 || {{convert|570|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
| scope = "row" | KUMS
| 89.7 FM || White Sulphur Springs, Montana || {{FID|764912}} || 150 || {{convert|74|m|ft|abbr=on}} |
Notes:
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References
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External links
- [http://www.mtpr.org/ Montana Public Radio's official web site]
{{University of Montana}}
{{NPR Montana}}
{{American broadcast radio}}
{{Missoula, Montana}}
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Category:Broadcast media of the University of Montana