KPAX-TV (channel 8) in Missoula, Montana, and KAJJ-CD (channel 18) in Kalispell, Montana, are television stations serving as the CBS affiliates for Western Montana. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, they are part of the Montana Television Network, a statewide network of CBS-affiliated stations. KPAX-TV's studios are located on West Central Avenue in Missoula, and its transmitter is located on TV Mountain north of the city.
KAJJ operates as a low-power, Class A semi-satellite of KPAX-TV; known on-air as KAJ, it broadcasts the same schedule as KPAX, but with local commercials and news segments. To comply with the requirements of its Class A license, KAJJ also produces its own weeknight 5:30 and 10 p.m. newscasts with a separate anchor, which premiered in 2010.
History
The signal of KXLF-TV in Butte had been received in Missoula since 1958, when a separately-owned translator was set up in the Rattlesnake Valley.[3] KXLF-TV itself was approved to set up a translator in Missoula in December 1965, at the same time that