KTVQ

**KTVQ** (tashar 2) tashar talabijin ce da ke Billings, Montana, Amurka, wacce ke da alaƙa da CBS . Kamfanin EW Scripps ne ke da ita, kuma ɓangare ne na Montana Television Network, wata hanyar sadarwa ta tashoshin CBS da ke jihar baki ɗaya. Situdiyon KTVQ suna kan titin Third Avenue North a Billings, kuma mai watsa shirye-shiryensa yana kan Sacrifice Cliff a kudu maso gabashin tsakiyar gari.

Tashar 2 ta fara watsa shirye-shirye a matsayin KOOK-TV a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 1953. Ita ce tasha ta farko a Billings kuma ta uku a jihar Montana, wacce tashar rediyo KOOK ta gina; kamfanin haɗin gwiwa ne na CBS tun daga farko. Kamfanin Montana Network, wanda shi ne mamallakinsa na asali, ya sayar da tashoshin KOOK ga Joe Sample a shekarar 1956, kuma sun koma cikin ɗakunan KTVQ na yanzu a shekarar 1959. Sayen Sample na KXLF-TV a Butte a shekarar 1961 da KRTV a Great Falls a shekarar 1969 sun zama tushen Cibiyar Talabijin ta Montana; an sayar da rediyon KOOK a shekarar 1973, kuma tashar 2 ta canza alamar kiranta zuwa KTVQ.

Duk da cewa cibiyar sadarwar tana da hedikwata a Billings, tsarin labaran yankin da aka raba a tsakanin cibiyar ya yi amfani da Great Falls a matsayin cibiya. Sakamakon salon watsa labarai da Sample ta aiwatar, tashar 2 ta faɗi cikin ƙima a cikin labaran gida idan aka kwatanta da labaran gida da na KULR-TV . Daidai da sayar da tashoshin MTN na Sample ga SJL, Inc., a 1984, labaran cibiyar sadarwa sun koma Billings kuma daga ƙarshe aka daina watsa su gaba ɗaya. A 1987, KTVQ ta zarce KULR-TV a cikin ƙima a cikin labaran gida kuma ta zama tashar da ta fi rinjaye a kasuwa.

## Tarihi
Kamfanin Montana Network, wanda shi ne mamallakin gidan rediyon KOOK (970 AM), ya nemi izinin gini a ranar 13 ga Disamba, 1952, don gina sabon gidan talabijin a tashar 2 a Billings, wanda Hukumar Sadarwa ta Tarayya (FCC) ta bayar a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu, 1953.  Lokacin da aka yi amfani da shi ya yi gajere idan aka yi la'akari da cewa Robert S. Howard, wanda ya mallaki gidajen rediyo da jaridu da ke da alaƙa da Scripps a Utah da Idaho, shi ma ya nemi tashar 2,  amma kamfaninsa ya janye tayinsa ya kuma share hanyar zuwa The Montana Network. KOOK ya riga ya bayyana cewa yana da zaɓi na tsawon shekaru biyu don gina wurin watsa shirye-shirye a Coburn Hill .  An lalata ginin studio da wuraren watsa shirye-shirye a wurin a farkon watan Yuni,  kuma shirye-shiryen KOOK-TV sun fara a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 1953.  Ita ce tasha ta uku a jihar: An fara tashar KXLF-TV ta Butte a watan Agusta, kuma tasha ta biyu, KOPR-TV, ta fara a wurin a daidai lokacin.  KOOK-TV tana da alaƙa da CBS, ABC da DuMont Television Network a lokacin ƙaddamar da ita. 

A watan Disamba na shekarar 1956, Joseph Sample ya sami rinjayen ikon mallakar rediyo da talabijin na KOOK daga hannun mallakar da ya yi a baya, karkashin jagorancin Charles L. Crist, wakilin jiha.  Shekara guda bayan haka, KOOK ta kafa wani sabon cibiyar rediyo da talabijin a tsakiyar birnin Billings, wanda aka kammala a shekarar 1959;  an kwashe gidaje uku daga gidan kafin a fara ginin.  Lokacin da aka kammala ginin, an fara wani gidan talabijin na biyu, KGHL-TV (tashar 8, yanzu KULR-TV ), a shekarar 1958. 

Daga baya Sample ya faɗaɗa mallakarsa a faɗin jihar. A shekarar 1961, ya mallaki KXLF a Butte;  a shekarar 1969, ya sayi KRTV a Great Falls, wanda ya ba da damar watsa shirye-shiryensa na Garryowen Broadcasting rabin al'ummar jihar.  An kafa Montana Television Network a wannan shekarar  daga waɗannan tashoshi da KPAX-TV a Missoula, wanda aka gina a shekarar 1970. A shekarar 1972, yana neman ci gaba da dokar FCC da aka gabatar wadda za ta hana mallakar gidajen rediyo da talabijin, Sample ya sayar da gidan rediyon KOOK;  an ajiye wasikun kiran a gidan rediyon, kuma gidan talabijin din ya canza alamar kiransa zuwa KTVQ a ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1972. An zaɓi sabon sunan ne saboda tashar ta ƙare zaɓuɓɓukan da ta fi so, tana nan, "Q2" (wanda ya zama sunan gidan rediyon) zaɓi ne na alama, kuma saboda dokar FCC da aka soke tun lokacin da ta hana gidajen talabijin da rediyo a kasuwa ɗaya, amma tare da mallakar daban-daban, raba alamun kira iri ɗaya. 

A shekarar 1968, tashar 2 ta sami alaƙa ta biyu da NBC bayan da KULR ta zaɓi ɗaukar babban haɗin gwiwa da ABC. Tashoshin biyu sun yi amfani da shirye-shiryen NBC, kodayake KTVQ ta riƙe haƙƙin ƙin amincewa da farko. Misali, a shekarar 1979, KTVQ ta watsa shirye-shiryen CBS guda 17 na farko da kuma 10 daga NBC; an kalli shirye-shiryen ABC duk a KULR, wanda ya kammala jadawalinsa da ƙarin shirye-shirye biyar da KTVQ bai amince da su ba.  A shekarar 1980, KTVQ ta zama babban haɗin gwiwa na CBS.  KOUS (tashar 4) ta ƙaddamar a ƙarshen wannan shekarar kuma nan da nan ta ɗauki duk shirye-shiryen NBC waɗanda KTVQ bai amince da su ba; farashin NBC da KTVQ ta watsa a lokacin ya haɗa da *The Today Show*, *The Tonight Show*, da kuma shirye-shiryen lokaci da yawa, kuma wasu daga cikin waɗannan shirye-shiryen sun ci gaba a tashar 2 har sai kwangilar haɗin gwiwa ta NBC ta KTVQ ta ƙare a 1982 kuma KOUS-TV ta zama haɗin gwiwa na NBC.  

Bayan kusan shekaru 27 da mallakar KTVQ kuma ta ji "gajiya" da talabijin, Sample ta sayar da Montana Television Network a shekarar 1983 ga SJL Broadcasting .  Evening Post Industries (ta hanyar reshenta na Cordillera Communications ) ta sayi KTVQ a shekarar 1994 akan dala miliyan 8.5;  wannan ya sake haɗa tashar da sauran MTN, wanda Evening Post ta saya a shekarar 1986.  Scripps ta rufe sayen kadarorin watsa shirye-shiryen Cordillera, ciki har da MTN, a shekarar 2019. 

## Aikin Labarai
A shekarar 1971, MTN ta kafa tsarin watsa labarai na gida da na yanki iri-iri. An gabatar da labaran cibiyar sadarwa daga Great Falls, domin wannan shine kawai wurin da za a iya samun labarai daga dukkan tashoshin MTN a lokaci guda; tashoshin Billings, Butte, da (daga 1977) na Missoula sun gabatar da sabbin labarai na gida a cikin shirin jihar baki daya.  Duk da haka, a Billings, KTVQ ya daɗe yana zama na biyu a bayan KULR-TV. 

Ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan Sample na ƙarshe a matsayinsa na mai MTN, a lokaci guda da ya sayar da hanyar sadarwar ga Lilly, shine ya mayar da samar da MTN News daga Great Falls zuwa Billings da fatan zai inganta matsayin MTN na baya a cikin ƙimar labarai na Billings. An maye gurbin Ed Coghlan, wanda shine babban mai gabatar da labarai daga Great Falls, da Dean Phillips.  An canza tsarin watsa labarai don sanya shigarwar gida a gaba,  kuma MTN's *Today in Montana* - wanda kuma ya samo asali daga Great Falls - ya ƙara sassan labarai da yanayi da aka watsa daga Billings.  Duk da amfani da sassan hira masu tsawo da rahotanni masu zurfi, salon Phillips galibi ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin babban birni ga Montana; Vic Bracht na *[[The Billings Gazette]]* ya ambaci wani "abin girman kai" wanda ya zama sananne har ma ga mutanen da ba sa kallon MTN.  An maye gurbin Phillips da Gus Koernig, kuma ƙimar tashar ta inganta nan da nan. A watan Fabrairun 1987, Arbitron da Nielsen sun gano cewa KTVQ ta doke KULR-TV a duk lokacin da ake buga wasannin.  Zuwa shekarar 1997, KTVQ ta sami fa'ida ta maki biyu-da-daya fiye da wanda ke fafatawa da ita saboda shirye-shiryenta na labarai da suka fara a daren. 

A shekarar 1995, Shugaba Bill Clinton ya ziyarci Billings da KTVQ, inda ya gudanar da wani taron jama'a a talabijin. 

A shekarar 1990, an fara ganin labaran KTVQ a KXGN-TV (tashar 5) a Glendive lokacin da wannan tashar ta shiga MTN.  KXGN ta ci gaba da gudanar da shirye-shiryen KTVQ da MTN har zuwa 2025, lokacin da jami'ar Montana State University, wacce ke haɗin gwiwa da PBS, ta mallaki tashar. 

## Bayanan fasaha

### Tashoshi masu sauƙi
Siginar tashar tana da yawa :

A watan Fabrairun 2009, manyan tashoshin kasuwanci guda huɗu a kasuwar Billings an ƙi izinin FCC na dakatar da watsa shirye-shiryen analog kuma su yi aiki a matsayin dijital kawai a ranar da aka tsara a ranar 17 ga Fabrairu, 2009. 

### Masu Fassara
Ana kuma sake watsa KTVQ a kan waɗannan masu fassara masu ƙarancin wutar lantarki guda 27: 
 

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