Television in the United States Gray Television, whose 131 stations cover mostly smaller metropolitan areas reaching only 10% of the population. The five major U.S. broadcast television networks are the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), CBS (formerly known as the Columbia Broadcasting System), the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox) and the CW Television Network. The first and elder three (which are colloquially known as the "Big Three") began as radio networks: NBC and CBS respectively began operations in 1924 and 1927, while ABC was spun off from NBC to Edward J. Noble in 1943 as the Blue Network during FCC inquiries over
Reier Broadcasting Company fees dating back to 2012. At the time of the shutdown, Reier operated five radio stations in the Bozeman area: Reier Broadcasting Company Reier Broadcasting Company is an American radio broadcasting company based in Bozeman, Montana. Started in 1975, it is owned by the Reier Family; Bill Reier is the president. The Reier Broadcasting Company rebranded itself in 2005 and now operates as the KBOZ Radio Stations Group. The offices and all stations' studios are located southwest of Bozeman at "Radio Ranch", 5445 Johnson Road. On June 1, 2018, Reier Broadcasting took its five stations silent. The company cited owner