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KPAX satellite stationThe Flathead will receive another television signal whenKPAX-TV of Missoula begins broadcasting on Channel 18 here this weekBill Sullivan, manager of the Missoula station, said he hopes to begin transmitting the local signal Tuesday, if all equipment arrives by then. The station is already running color bars and an identifying logo on the channel The new station will offer basically the same programming as KPAX in Missoula. Sullivan said, but commercials will be localKPAX carries CBS network shows and state news from the Montana Television Network, which is made up of the four CBS-affiliated stations in the state — Billings, Butte. Great Falls and Missoula MTN maintains a bureau in Helena year-round, he saidThe KPAX Missoula station will continue to be seen on Cable Channel 8The existing Kalispell-basedtelevision station, KCFW-TV, carries NBC and ABC network programmingKPAX has had a news reporter. Pat Cross, based in the Flathead since April. Bob Hermes, the firm s sales manager in Missoula said the Kaiispeil station also will be staffed with a manager, a receptionist, a traffic person to route commercials, and sales and production personnelThe new station will operate out of rented quarters in the Triangle Building, on U.S. 93 near the north edge of Kaiispeil A 100-watt transmitter is in place on the east side of Lone Pine Hill.Sullivan said the station has applied to the Federal Communications Commission for permission to use a more-powerful transmitter in the future Even the weaker transmission, he said, will reach throughout the Flathead. but remote areas and those blocked by hills and ridges may have trouble receiving the signal
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Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
Kalispell, Montana, US
Sun, Nov 13, 1988
Page 17
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