Cowles Buying Montana Stations From Max Media

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Cowles Montana Media Company, a subsidiary of Cowles Company, has agreed to acquire the Montana stations KULR Billings, KTMF Missoula, KFBB Great Falls, KWYB Butte-Bozeman and KHBB Helena from Max Media.

The deal is subject to regulatory approval. The groups did not share terms of the deal.

Spokane-based Cowles' holdings include stations in Spokane, Yakima and Kennewick, Washington.

KULR is an NBC affiliate. The rest of the stations in the deal are ABC-affiliated.
Kalil & Co. brokered the deal.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.