KTGF [SEP] inception
TV started broadcasting on September 21, 1986 as KTGF under the ownership of Continental Television. The station immediately became the city's first full-time NBC affiliate. From its inception, the station was far behind KRTV (channel 3) and KFBB-TV (channel 5) in the ratings. In March 2001, Continental Television sold KTGF (along with KTMF in Missoula and KWYB in Butte) to Max Media.
In 2003, Max Media signed an agreement to purchase KFBB, as well as KULR-TV in
Equity Media Holdings. As a result, Fox programming moved back to KLMN, and KTGF became an independent station. After being offline for several weeks, KTGF unveiled an updated website with a revised logo.
After Destiny defaulted on its debt payments, the station filed to transfer the KTGF license to creditor RGW Investments LLC in September 2009. Shortly afterward, the station affiliated with JCTV.
KTGF went off the air December 19, 2009, citing problems with its microwave system. However, in February 2010, the station