KULR-TV

**KULR-TV** (tashar 8) tashar talabijin ce da ke Billings, Montana, Amurka, wacce ke da alaƙa da NBC kuma mallakar Kamfanin Cowles ne. Situdiyon tashar suna kan titin Overland a ɓangaren Homestead Business Park na Billings, kuma mai watsa ta yana kan Coburn Hill kudu maso gabashin tsakiyar gari.

KULR-TV ita ce tashar talabijin ta biyu da ke watsa shirye-shirye a Billings; ta fara watsa shirye-shirye a matsayin KGHL-TV, mallakar rediyon KGHL tare, a ranar 15 ga Maris, 1958. An sake wa tashar suna KULR-TV a shekarar 1963 lokacin da aka raba ta da tashoshin rediyo. Kamfanin ABC ne daga 1969 zuwa 1987, lokacin da ta koma NBC. Max Media ne ya sayi KULR-TV a shekarar 2004 da Cowles a 2013. Tun daga ƙarshen shekarun 1980, labaranta sun kasance na biyu a jere bayan KTVQ .

## Tarihi
An ba da izinin gina tashar farko ta Channel 8 a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba, 1952, ga Kamfanin Talabijin na Rudman-Hayutin, wani haɗin gwiwar masu samar da mai guda biyu.  MB Rudman ya miƙa wasu izini da ya mallaka tare da Hayutin a North Dakota a watan Satumba na 1953 domin ya mayar da hankali kan shirin tashar Billings,  amma bayan kamfanin ya kasa amsa wasiƙar da Hukumar Sadarwa ta Tarayya (FCC) ta aika masa tana tambayarsa game da ci gaban da ake samu a ginin, FCC ta soke izinin a watan Maris na 1954. 

### KGHL-TV: Shekarun farko
Kamfanin Watsa Labarai na Midland Empire, wanda ya mallaki gidan rediyon Billings KGHL (790 AM), ya nemi izinin FCC a watan Satumba na 1955 don tashar 8.  FCC ta amince da buƙatar a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba,  amma ta dakatar da tallafin bayan da KOOK-TV (tashar 2), wata tashar talabijin ta birnin, ta yi zanga-zanga ga hukumar.  A watan Agusta, mai binciken sauraron ƙarar FCC James D. Cunningham ya ba da shawarar bayar da izinin neman izinin Midland Empire, yana mai lura cewa yayin da ƙara tashar ta biyu zai haifar da wasu lalacewar tattalin arziki ga KOOK-TV, kasuwar Billings za ta iya ɗaukar tashoshi biyu. 

Hukumar FCC ta ɗage zaman ginin KGHL-TV a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1957. Jami'an Kamfanin Watsa Labarai na Midland Empire sun sanar da cewa za su fara ginawa nan take a ɗakunan studio waɗanda ke tare da tashar rediyo da ke Broadway.  Duk da haka, kamfanin ya yanke shawarar gina sabbin wurare a titin North 30th Street don ɗaukar tashoshin biyu; an kuma gina na'urar watsa shirye-shiryen KGHL-TV a kudu maso gabashin Billings.   KGHL-TV ta fara watsa shirye-shirye a ranar 15 ga Maris, 1958, a matsayin wani ɓangare na NBC. 

### KULR-TV
Kamfanin watsa shirye-shiryen Midland Empire ya sayar da KGHL-AM-TV ga Crain-Snyder Television a shekarar 1962; Crain-Snyder nan da nan ya juya rediyon KGHL zuwa ga George C. Hatch, yana riƙe da KGHL-TV.  An yanke shawarar barin tsohon gidan rediyon ya riƙe wasiƙun kiran KGHL;  A ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1963, daidai da canjin mallakar, KGHL-TV ya zama KULR-TV; duka rabin aikin da aka raba sun yi shirin barin wurin 30th Street, tare da tashar 8 ta koma studios a wurin watsa shirye-shirye a Coburn Hill .  KULR kuma ta ƙara alaƙa ta biyu da ABC a shekarar 1963. 

Paul Crain, ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane biyu a gidan talabijin na Crain-Snyder, ya mutu yana da shekaru 43 a shekarar 1964.  Shekaru biyu bayan haka, Crain-Snyder ya sayar da KULR-TV ga Harriscope Broadcasting Corporation, wanda ya mallaki KFBB-TV a Great Falls da KTWO-TV a Casper, Wyoming ; FCC ta amince da siyan dala $350,000 a watan Maris na 1967.   

Harriscope ta amince a shekarar 1967 don canza babban haɗin gwiwar cibiyar sadarwa ta KULR-TV da KFBB-TV a Great Falls zuwa ABC a ƙarshen kwangilar haɗin gwiwa ta kowace tasha;  Sauyawar KULR ta fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1969, a lokacin ne aka mayar da NBC zuwa matsayin sakandare.  Duk da cewa babban haɗin gwiwa ne na ABC, ba a watsa labaran ABC na yamma ba har sai a shekarar 1971, lokacin da Harriscope ya fara watsa labaran ABC da NBC na yamma a KULR-TV da KTWO-TV a Casper.  Daga baya a shekarun 1970, KTVQ yana da haƙƙin kiran farko ga shirye-shiryen NBC, inda KULR-TV ke da zaɓi na biyu;  a shekarar 1979, KTVQ ta watsa shirye-shirye 10 na farko daga NBC da KULR wasu biyar.  A shekarar 1980, wasu shirye-shiryen NBC sun koma sabuwar tashar KOUS-TV (tashar 4), kodayake sai a shekarar 1982 ne NBC ta sake samun babban haɗin gwiwa a Billings.  

Kamfanin KULR-TV ya sanar a shekarar 1983 cewa tashar za ta koma wani sabon gini a wurin shakatawa na Homestead Business Park wanda zai samar da ingantattun kayan aikin fasaha da kuma ninki biyu na sararin ma'aikatanta 40; an kammala ginin a shekarar 1984.  

### Mallakar Dix, Max, da Cowles
Harriscope ta sayar da KULR-TV da KTWO-TV a Casper ga Dix Communications a shekarar 1986 kan dala miliyan 12.2.  A lokacin da NBC ta fi ABC ƙarfi, a watan Janairun 1987, KULR ta fara sauya alaƙa zuwa NBC, inda KOUS-TV ta ɗauki ABC; canjin ya fara aiki a watan Agusta.   Dix kuma ya fara watsa shirye-shiryen dijital daga tashoshinsa duk da ƙaramin girman kasuwa, inda KULR-DT ta fara aiki a ranar 6 ga Mayu, 2002.  

Dix Communications ta sayar da KULR-TV, tare da KFBB-TV a Great Falls, ga Max Media a ranar 16 ga Yuni, 2004, kan dala miliyan 12.25.   Shugaban Dix Robert Dix ya ce sayar da ita ta yi daidai, domin KULR da KFBB su ne tashoshin talabijin guda biyu na ƙarshe na kamfanin.  A ranar 30 ga Satumba, 2013, Kamfanin Cowles ya sanar da cewa zai sayi rukunin tashoshin talabijin na Max Media na Montana (wanda ya ƙunshi KULR da ABC masu alaƙa da KWYB a Butte, KFBB-TV a Great Falls, KHBB-LD a Helena da KTMF a Missoula ) kan dala miliyan 18.   An kammala sayar da ita a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba. 

Duk da haka, canje-canje a KTVQ sun yi nasara a ƙarshe wajen kawar da KULR. A shekarar 1984, wani babban gyara a tsarin labaran MTN na yanki ya mayar da tsakiyar cibiyar sadarwa daga Great Falls zuwa Billings. Ƙimar ta fara hauhawa,  kodayake sai da KTVQ ta maye gurbin mai gabatar da shirye-shirye Dean Phillips wanda ba a san shi ba da Gus Koernig ɗan asalin Montana kafin ta zarce KULR-TV a yawan masu kallo.  Rye ya bar tashar 8 a shekarar 1990 kuma ya yi nasarar tsayawa takarar Majalisar Dattawa ta Jihar Montana, inda ya koma KULR bayan zaman majalisar dokoki na 1993.  Dawowar Rye ta gaza mayar da KULR zuwa matsayin jagoranci yayin da KTVQ ta ci gaba da riƙe fa'idar masu kallo biyu-da-ɗaya don watsa labaranta.  A shekara ta 2001, tashar ta sake daidaita shirye-shiryenta na yamma daga wani shiri na gida da ƙarfe 5:30 na yamma zuwa raba 5 da 6 na yamma rabin sa'o'i, wanda a lokacin ne KTVQ ke ci gaba da kayar da shirye-shiryen 5:30 da ƙarfe uku da ɗaya. 

### Tsohon tauraron dan adam
Daga ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1998, zuwa 31 ga Disamba, 2024, KYUS-TV (tashar 3) ta sake watsa shirye-shiryen KULR-TV a Miles City, wani tauraron dan adam na cikakken lokaci mallakar The Marks Group daban. KYUS-TV ya zama tauraron dan adam na KULR-TV a shekarar 1998 a karkashin yarjejeniyar dillanci ta lokaci .  Yarjejeniyar ta asali ta kare bayan shekaru goma, amma KYUS-TV ta ci gaba da watsa shirye-shiryen KULR-TV a karkashin wasu yarjejeniyoyi na yau da kullun, ba tare da samun biyan kuɗi ba kuma ba tare da adana kuɗin talla ba. Duk da cewa tashar ba ta samar da kudaden shiga nata ba, Marks ta ci gaba da gudanar da ita a matsayin hidimar jama'a.   Wannan shiri ya ƙare a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 2024, a lokacin ne KYUS ya yi shiru . 

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