 Previously, ABC had been relegated to limited clearances on KECI-TV (channel 13) and KPAX-TV (channel 8), or via cable from KXLY-TV in Spokane.In February 2001, CTN sold KTMF, along with the then-KTMF-LP in Kalispell, KWYB in Butte, KWYB-LP in Bozeman and KTGF in Great Falls, to Max Media of Montana.They were the first television station acquisitions in Montana for Max Media.