KFBB-TV

KFBB-TV (tashar 5) tashar talabijin ce a Great Falls, Montana, Amurka, wacce ke da alaƙa da ABC, Fox da MyNetworkTV . Kamfanin Cowles ne ke da ita, kuma tana kula da ɗakunan studio da wuraren watsa shirye-shirye a kan babbar hanyar Old Havre a Black Eagle (tare da adireshin aika saƙo na Great Falls).

KHBB-LD (tashar 21) a Helena tana aiki a matsayin tauraron dan adam na KFBB-TV. Saboda haka, tana kwaikwayon duk hanyoyin sadarwa da shirye-shiryen haɗin gwiwa kamar yadda aka bayar ta hanyar KFBB-TV, amma tana watsa shirye-shiryen kasuwanci daban-daban da kuma bayanan shari'a . Ana gudanar da KHBB-LD daga ofishin tallace-tallace na KFBB da ofishin labarai a Euclid Avenue da ke Helena, yayin da mai watsa shirye-shiryensa ke saman Copper Butte. Duk tashoshin biyu suna ba da Fox ta hanyar tashoshin dijital na biyu (har zuwa 2009, KHBB-LD ne kawai ya yi hakan, kamar yadda aka ga shirye-shiryen Fox a Great Falls akan KLMN   ). Haka kuma ana maimaita KFBB-TV akan masu fassara da yawa.

 Tarihi 
KFBB-TV ta fara watsa shirye-shirye a ranar 21 ga Maris, 1954. A matsayinta na tashar talabijin ta farko a Great Falls, KFBB-TV tana da alaƙa da dukkan manyan hanyoyin sadarwa guda huɗu, kuma za ta watsa shirye-shirye daga dukkan ukun har sai da KRTV ta sanya hannu kuma ta karɓi ƙungiyar NBC a watan Oktoban 1958. KFBB-TV ta ci gaba da watsa shirye-shiryen CBS da ABC a matsayin memba na Skyline Network (kamar yadda ake kiran Montana Television Network a lokacin).

Da farko KFBB-TV mallakar Wilkins Broadcasting ne tare da rediyon KFBB (1310 AM, yanzu KEIN ), wanda Kamfanin Anaconda ya mallaki kashi 27.5% na hannun jari. Anaconda, ta hanyar sashinta na Fairmount, ta mallaki mafi yawan manyan jaridu a Montana (kodayake ba Great Falls Tribune ba) kuma ta shahara da sarrafa hangen nesa na siyasa na jihar don buƙatunta. Sannan a cikin 1959, Anaconda ta sayar da hannun jarin kafofin watsa labarai ga Lee Enterprises na Davenport, Iowa . Saboda damuwar hana aminci, Lee ya yanke shawarar sayar da KFBB. An sayar da tashar a 1962 ga Harriscope Broadcasting, wanda a 1965 ya sami yarjejeniya don babban haɗin gwiwa na ABC - na farko na Montana. Sabuwar alaƙar ta fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1966. Harriscope ta yanke alaƙar KFBB da Skyline Network (wadda ta yi rajista da KRTV), kuma ta sayar da rediyon KFBB a watan Fabrairun 1969, amma ta ci gaba da gudanar da KFBB-TV, daga ƙarshe ta sayar da shi ga Donald P. Nathanson a 1977. Bayan ta haɗa kai da ABC, tashar ta ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa ta biyu da CBS har sai da wannan hanyar sadarwa ta koma KRTV a 1969, sannan ta fara gudanar da NBC a kowane shiri har zuwa Disamba 1986, lokacin da KTGF (yanzu KJJC-TV ) ta sanya hannu ta karɓi ƙungiyar NBC. Today's Digital Upgrade Will Leave Some in Area without Fox for a While," Richard Ecke, Great Falls Tribune, June 12, 2009.  KFBB kuma ta ɗauki Sesame Street tsawon shekaru da yawa, kafin Montana ta sami sabis na PBS nata.

Ƙungiyar ABC ta KFBB ta ba da damar yin amfani da shi a talabijin na USB a Alberta da Saskatchewan ; har ma ta kula da ofishin tallace-tallace a Saskatoon, kamar yadda tashoshin Williston na KUMV-TV da KXMD-TV suka yi. Wannan tsari ya ci gaba har zuwa 1986, lokacin da aka maye gurbin KFBB da siginar tauraron dan adam daga WXYZ-TV, reshen ABC da ke Detroit .

Wata takardar neman izinin aiki da Hukumar Sadarwa ta Tarayya (FCC) ta yi a watan Afrilun 1981 ta nemi a mayar da ikon mallakar kamfanin mai lasisi daga mai shi Donald P. Nathanson zuwa kadarorinsa, bayan rasuwarsa. Today's Digital Upgrade Will Leave Some in Area without Fox for a While," Richard Ecke, Great Falls Tribune, June 12, 2009. A farkon shekarar 1982, tashar ta ga karuwar canja wurin da ta sa KFBB-TV ta koma, da farko daga gidan Nathanson zuwa Advance TV na California, sannan daga Advance TV zuwa Wooster Republican Printing Company na Ohio, wanda zai gudanar da tashar ta hanyar kamfanonin rike da kaya daban-daban (misali, KFBB Corporation, KFBB LLC, Dix Communications).
A watan Yunin 2003, Wooster Republican Printing ta yi babban raguwa a shirye-shiryen labarai na gida, inda ta ƙare da watsa labarai na safe, tsakar rana da kuma ƙarshen mako. Ta riƙe KFBB har zuwa Nuwamba 2004, lokacin da aka sayar da shi ga Max Media na Montana, mai KTGF. Tunda kasuwar Great Falls ba ta da isassun tashoshin talabijin masu cikakken ƙarfi don ba da damar watsa shirye-shirye biyu, Max Media ta ci gaba da riƙe KFBB mafi ƙarfi kuma ta sayar da KTGF. A shekarar 2008, tashar ta fara amfani da tambarin da ke kan iska wanda yayi daidai da tsoffin tambarin WEWS-TV mai alaƙa da ABC a Cleveland da kuma KREX-TV mai alaƙa da CBS a Grand Junction, Colorado - babu ɗayan tashar da ke da alaƙa da KFBB. A shekarar 2012, tashar ta koma ga alamar "ABC 5" (wanda aka yi amfani da shi kafin 2006).

A ranar 30 ga Satumba, 2013, Kamfanin Cowles ya sayi rukunin gidajen talabijin na Max Media na Montana (KULR, da kuma rassan ABC KWYB / Butte, KFBB-TV/Great Falls, KHBB-LD/Helena da KTMF / Missoula ) akan dala miliyan 18.   An kammala siyar da shi a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba. Today's Digital Upgrade Will Leave Some in Area without Fox for a While," Richard Ecke, Great Falls Tribune, June 12, 2009. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan siyan, Cowles ya haɗa tashoshinsa na Montana ABC zuwa cibiyar sadarwa ta yanki da ke KFBB, ƙarƙashin alamar "ABC Montana."

 KFBB-DT2/KHBB-LD2 (Fox Montana) 

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