Montana Public Radio

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Montana Public Radio
Type Public Radio Network
Country
United States
Broadcast area
Montana
Programming
Affiliations National Public Radio
American Public Media
Public Radio Exchange
Ownership
Owner University of Montana
History
Launch date1965
Links
Webcast Available on website
Website 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.

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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.

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Former logo

Satellites and repeaters

Montana Public Radio consists of ten full-power stations and several translators:

Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID ERP
(W)
Height
(m (ft))
KAPC91.3 FM Butte, Montana 66630 800571 m (1,873 ft)
KUMD90.9 FM Deer Lodge, Montana 767108 650231 m (758 ft)
KDWG 90.9 FM Dillon, Montana 93389 850−72 m (−236 ft)
KGPR 89.9 FM Great Falls, Montana 24955 9,50090 m (300 ft)
KUFN91.9 FM Hamilton, Montana 59812 900130 m (430 ft)
KUHM91.7 FM Helena, Montana 66628 910232 m (761 ft)
KUKL90.1 FM Kalispell, Montana 66627 1,830786 m (2,579 ft)
KUFL90.5 FM Libby, Montana 173730 1,000−318 m (−1,043 ft)
KUFM [lower-alpha 1] 89.1 FM Missoula, Montana 69239 14,500754 m (2,474 ft)
KPJH89.5 FM Polson, Montana 173197 130570 m (1,870 ft)
KUMS89.7 FM White Sulphur Springs, Montana 764912 15074 m (243 ft)

Notes:

  1. Flagship station; for this station's translators, see KUFM (FM) § Translators

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