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Gray sells KTVH/KBGF to Cordillera; full-power PBS coming to Helena

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Great Falls and Helena, Mont. (DMAs 191 and 206). Gray entered into an agreement with Cordillera Communications, to sell Gray's KBGF, the NBC affiliate in Great Falls, and KTVH, the NBC and CW affiliate in Helena. Gray said it “believes that Cordillera, as the owner of top-rated stations across the state of Montana, will leverage its strong presence throughout ‘Big Sky Country’ to further improve the service and operations of KBGF and KTVH for the benefit of those stations' local communities.”

Helena, Mont. (DMA 206). Gray owns KMTF in Helena, which simulcasts the CW channel broadcast by KTVH-D2. At the suggestion of Cordillera, Gray has agreed to donate KMTF to Montana State University. This donation will allow MSU to operate a full-power PBS station in the state's capital for the first time in the history of the statewide PBS network that MSU operates.
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http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/86603/gray-in-4-new-deals-closes-3-earlier-ones

Cordillera already owns the CBS affiliates in Great Falls and Helena (KRTV/KXLH). Why couldn't Gray sell to Bonten, who owns NBCs in Missoula, Butte and Kalispell?

Here's what I think would happen in Great Falls:
KRTV: 3.1 CBS (1080i), 3.2 NBC (720p)
KBGF: 50.1 CW (720p)

And in Helena:
KTVH: 12.1 CBS (1080i), 12.2 NBC (720p)
KXLH: 9.1 CW (720p)

Montana PBS already has a repeater in Helena (K49EH-D). Will that go dark or stay on as a fill-in?
 
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