MontanaPBS broadcasts a Digital Television (DTV) service in the Bozeman and Missoula communities. This service is in a testing phase, but generally broadcasts 24hours a day. A digital television receiver is required to receive the signal. Currently the MontanaPBS digital channels offer a High Definition (HD) programming schedule. Schedule information for this channel may be found at: MontanaPBS High Definition program schedule Tuning Information MontanaPBS digital services are broadcast on a different channel (Ch. 8 Bozeman, Ch. 27 Missoula) from our analog channels in Bozeman (Ch. 9) and Missoula (Ch. 11). Depending on how your digital receiver displays channel information, you may see the “true” digital channel (Ch. 8, Bozeman or Ch. 27, Missoula) or you may see a “virtual” channel identifier. This system of “virtual” channels was developed nationally to assist viewers who may be most familiar with their local analog channels in any given community. By assigning the familiar analog channel numbers to a digital channel, you would see the familiar number 9 appear prior to the decimal point on your receiver. Because digital television allows for multiple broadcast streams to transmit simultaneously, a minor channel number was also developed, indicated by a number following the decimal point. For instance, in the Bozeman area, Ch. 9.1 refers to the MontanaPBS HD program service, where Ch. 9.2 would refer to the SD simulcast of our analog channel. In Missoula, Ch. 11.1 refers to the MontanaPBS HD channel and so on. Currently MontanaPBS is broadcasting only an HD channel in the Bozeman and Missoula communities.
Analog Channel True Digital Channel “Virtual” Digital Channels
Bozeman KUSM-TV Ch. 9 Ch. 8 MPBS-HD 9.1 (High definition)
MPBS-SD 9.2 (Std. def. simulcast of analog Ch. 9) Missoula KUFM-TV Ch. 11 Ch. 27 MPBS-HD 11.1 (High definition)
MPBS-SD 11.2 (Std. def. simulcast of analog Ch. 11)  |
