Montanavision Media Inc.
Client in 2008-2009.
Equity Media
KBTZ-LP, Bozeman
Channel=32, 578-584 MHz.
ERP=16 kW.
N Lat=45° 39' 28"
W Long=110° 48' 22" NAD27
FCC Facility ID=17328.
In April, 2008, Director of Engineering Ron Taylor called us to
help move their Bozeman LPTV facility to another site.
In April, there is still lots of snow at the Bozeman Pass Electronic Site.
Loren clears the road with a Case 1150 dozer, 17-Apr-08.
We had to make some changes inside the
KOZB transmitter building to accomodate
the new TV transmitter. Here, David is working on some of the control wiring.
Equity Media Director of Engineering Ron Taylor helps get the new Pineapple
Technologies transmitter through the door, 18-Apr-08.
Joe and Loren position the channel 32 SWR slot antenna on the tower.
Equity Media engineer Sid Weatherford scans the sky, trying to downlink
the satellite programming for the station, 19-Apr-08.
Eventually, we had to give up on the idea of using a small dish for
the downlink, because of the rf levels at the site. On April 21, 2008,
we moved the primary dish over from the
Green Mountain Site.
Ron is caught reading the manual for the new transmitter.
The new transmitter operating at full power into the antenna, April 21, 2008.
This analog-only station ceased operation on June 12, 2009.
KBTZ-TV, Channel 24, Butte.
Equity Media Main Page.
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This page updated 14-Mar-2016.