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Low-power digital · channel 21 · HELENA, MT
| Facility ID | 34413 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | COWLES MONTANA MEDIA COMPANY |
| Community of licence | HELENA, MT
The town the station is legally obliged to serve. This is a regulatory obligation, not the transmitter location — the two are often tens of miles apart. |
| Transmitter | 46.76992, -112.02358 |
| Effective radiated power | 5 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 1530 m above average terrain · directional |
Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-23.
Whether this transmitter reaches a given address depends on the terrain between the two points, not just the distance. Ask for a specific spot:
GET /api/receivable?lat=&lon=
The answer grades the path geometry from the USGS 10 m elevation model and says how far into an obstruction it is. It ranks paths; it does not promise a picture.
No website is on file for this station, so there is nothing to check. Websites come from Wikidata; a station missing there is absent from this section rather than scored zero.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| K07AAR-D | 7 | LPT | RED ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION |
| KXLH-LD | 9 | LPD | SCRIPPS BROADCASTING HOLDINGS LLC |
| K12YJ-D | 12 | LPT | |
| KOOH-LD | 17 | LPD | CARR DIGITAL BROADCASTING, LLC |
| K22OH-D | 22 | LPD | EDGE SPECTRUM, INC. |
| K28RF-D | 28 | LPD | |
| KUHM-TV | 29 | DTV | MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY |
| KTVH-DT | 31 | DTV | SCRIPPS BROADCASTING HOLDINGS LLC |
| K33OP-D | 33 | LPT | MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KHBB-LD | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KHBB-LD | the facility record |
POST /mcp | MCP, nine tools, no key required |
A Rootz dataset. Sources and licences at /api/sources. Corrections: the underlying records come from the FCC and Wikidata, and a fix there flows through here on the next daily run.