Montanavision Media Inc.
KBOW (AM)
Butte Broadcasting Inc.
Senior Engineer Chuck Beardsley called us to help with transmitter repairs at
the Beef Trail site, southwest of Butte.
FCC Facility ID=7911
Frequency=550 kHz.
Power=5,000 Watts, DA-N.
Latitude=45° 58' 30" North.
Longitude=112° 34' 18" West.
Brick transmitter building has an addition on the south side for an emergency
generator and small studio, three STL dishes on the roof.
Open-wire transmission line, strung from poles, carries rf from transmitter
building to phasor at the base of the center tower.
Chuck and Loren, trouble-shooting the Gates BC5P2 transmitter, 10-April-2010.
Gates BC-1G backup transmitter.
Equipment racks house audio processing, remote control, STLs, and antenna monitor.
KBOW New Transmitter Project, October, 2011.
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This page updated 28-Aug-2022.