KMWY

KMWY is an Independent television station that serves the Butte, Montana area. It operates on channel 6 and is seen on cable and satellite systems nationwide.
==History==
KMWY became Butte's first indepedent television station in 1975 owned by Skyline Television Network. KMWY's building was acquired by STVN in April 1971 after the building was left abandoned. It originally housed four radio stations owned by Radio Montana between 1955-1970 of which have moved to its present location in downtown Butte near the interstate. The same radio stations are now operated by Interstate Radio of Montana, a subsidiary of Interstate Multimedia Communications Corporation (IMCC). Of the four radio stations housed in the original building, KMWY-AM 770 was in operation. Skyline Television Network purchased the building on Iron Street in May 1973 and remodeled the building. The builidng was remodeled in 1986, 1998 and 2009. In June 1974, Skyline Television Network was granted a temporary broadcast permit from the FCC allowing KMWY to broadcast its signal throughout central Butte. On June 15 of 1975, it was granted a full broadcast license and the station was able to upgrade its frequency for channel 6. Martin Sample, son of STVN owner, Joeseph Sample, performed the ribbon cutting ceremony at the transmitter site two and a half miles to the west of the city and the station went on the air on June 15, 1975 at 12:00 PM Mountain time.
==Upgrading to Superstation Status==
In July 2014, KMWY announced it will become Montana's second superstation to KIDR channel 4 of which viewers can watch nationally over cable and satellite and online at the stations web site. KMWY filed a motion to convert to a superstation of which it has transpired on December 20, 2014 and went on the air January 1, 2015. It is filed with the FCC currently and has recently been approved. This is Skyline Television Network's second independent superstation operation since the purchase of KIDR channel 4 in Missoula.
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KMWY logo.png|Logo from 2012-December 2016
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Category:Channel 6
Category:Independent television stations
Category:Butte, Montana
Category:Montana
Category:Independent Stations owned by Skyline Television Network
Category:Superstations
Category:Superstations in the United States
Category:Skyline Television Network
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1975