KWYB  KWYB, virtual channel 18 (UHF digital channel 19), is a dual ABC/Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Butte, Montana, United States. The station is owned by the Cowles Company. KWYB's studios are located on Harrison Avenue in Butte, and its transmitter is located on XL Heights east of the city. The station's signal is rebroadcast on low-power translators KWYB-LD (channel 28) in Bozeman and K26ON-D (channel 26) in Deer Lodge. On January 9, 1992, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit to Continental Television Network (CTN) for a full-service station on channel 18 to serve Butte. The station, at first known by its application identification number, 910225KE, soon took the call letters KWYB. The station signed on September 27, 1996. In February 2001, CTN sold KWYB, along with KWYB-LP in Bozeman, KTMF in Missoula, KTMF-LP in Kalispell and KTGF in Great Falls, to Max Media of Montana. They were the first television station acquisitions in Montana for Max Media. On September 30, 2013, the Cowles Company acquired Max Media's Montana television station cluster (which, in addition to KWYB and KTMF, included KFBB-TV in Great Falls, KHBB-LD in Helena, and NBC affiliate KULR-TV in Billings) for $18 million. The sale was completed on November 29. On May 30, 1996, the FCC granted an original construction permit to Louise K. Corbin for a low-power station on channel 28 to serve Bozeman. The station was given callsign K28FB and was quickly built. K28FB was licensed on January 14, 1997. In May 1997, Continental Television Network purchased the station and six months later, changed its calls to KWYB-LP. In February 2001, CTN sold the station to Max Media of Montana as part of the same transaction as KWYB and participated in the same newscasts as KWYB. KWYB-LD was also included in Cowles' 2013 purchase of Max Media's Montana stations. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: On June 14, 2002, the FCC granted a construction permit to build KWYB-DT on UHF channel 19.