anchor from Great Falls, was replaced by Dean Phillips. The order of the newscast was changed to put the local inserts first, and MTN's long-running Today in Montana—which also originated in Great Falls—added news and weather segments aired from Billings. Despite the use of longer interview segments and in-depth reports, Phillips's style was often seen as too big-city for Montanans; Vic Bracht of The Billings Gazette cited an "arrogance factor" that became known even to people who did not watch MTN. Phillips was replaced by Gus Koernig, and the station's ratings immediately improved. In February 1987, both Arbitron and Nielsen found KTVQ to be beating KULR-TV in all time slots. By 1997, KTVQ enjoyed a two-to-one ratings advantage over its competitor for its early evening newscast. In 1995, President Bill Clinton visited Billings and KTVQ, where he conducted a televised town hall meeting. In 1990, KTVQ's newscasts began to be seen on KXGN-TV channel 5 in Glendive when that station joined MTN. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: In February 2009, the four major commercial stations in the Billings market were refused Federal Communications Commission permission to end analog broadcasts and operate as digital-only effective on the originally-scheduled February 17, 2009 date. Translators References External links KTVQ.com - Official KTVQ-TV website CWBillings.com - Official CW Billings website CBS network affiliates Grit (TV network) affiliates Defy TV affiliates Scripps News affiliates Montana Television Network Television channels and stations established in 1953 1953 establishments in Montana TVQ E. W. Scripps Company television stations