Hello KLMN. What are you?
This entry was posted on 4/23/2007 8:01 AM and is filed under uncategorized.
Over the past week, we've seen the departure of KFDF, Fort Smith AR, and the arrival of KLMN, Great Falls MT. At least that's what it looks like. Let me elaborate.
Last Tuesday night, KFDF was replaced with color bars saying that "KWFT/KABL" was not available. Which was confusing right there. In real life, KWFT had morphed into KPBI, and I can't find any reference to KABL as a TV sttation.
The following afternoon, the old KFDF slot still had color bars, but now it said that KLMN was not available. And by Thursday evening, the slot was showing KLMN Great Falls MT, complete with station ID cards such as the one shown here.
But it wasn't going to be quite that simple. On Friday morning, it was showing Retro Jams, complete with station IDs for WUJF-LP, Lake City FL. It was there again when I checked Friday night.
On Saturday, KLMN was back to showing Fox programming. And this morning, Retro Jams is back, but with a KLMN station ID in mid-song. Everything changes, but for now I'd say that KLMN is here for a while. So what the heck is going on with KLMN?
According to Wikipedia, KLMN used to be the local Fox affiliate but is now a MyNetwork station. The TV listings services and the Fox Sports site all show KTGF to be the Fox station in Great Falls. But the Fox network affiliate page shows KLMN as its only listed station in Great Falls. And then there's the station ID card.
The lack of online listings compounds the confusion. Neither of the big TV listing syndicates carries KLMN, so it joins KEGS, Las Vegas NV, as an English-language OTA listings orphan.
We've lost KFDF, which had little programming that wasn't duplicated by other FTA stations, and we've picked up another Fox station. It might be hard to tell what KLMN will be showing on any given day, but that's still a pretty good trade.
