Montana PBS purchases three TV stations in eastern Montana, allowing residents access to free public television for first time

Montana PBS has closed a deal to purchase three television stations in eastern Montana that will now provide communities in that part of the state with free, over-the-air public television for the first time.

In October 2025, Montana PBS finalized purchase of KYUS-TV in Miles City, KXGN-TV in Glendive and K13IG-D (a translator relaying the KXGN signal) in Sidney. The PBS programming on the three stations went live in February.