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From Alzada to Yaak, and points in between, the Helena bureau of The Associated Press covers breaking news, sports, enterprise and business news.

The Helena bureau has a full-time staff of 10 people, including a seven-person news staff, to provide comprehensive news and sports coverage from the fourth largest state. The Billings office has one person to cover news in eastern Montana and northern Wyoming.

Since 1846, the AP, a not-for-profit news cooperative, has provided global news coverage. In Montana, our news, photos, graphics and sound are published or aired in 10 daily newspapers, about 65 radio and TV stations, and carried in some campus and weekly newspapers.

Newspaper Membership in Montana

The Montana AP Editors and Publishers Association is a group of member newspaper executives from across the state. There is an annual meeting to discuss AP issues and the AP news and photo reports.

The annual meeting is usually in June, during the annual Montana Newspaper Association convention. The current chairman is Bob Gibson, managing editor of the The Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

Montana AP Newspaper Members:
The Billings Gazette
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
The (Butte) Montana Standard
Great Falls Tribune

Note: Some campus and weekly newspapers in Montana are Associate members of the AP.

Havre Daily News

Helena Independent Record
The (Kalispell) Daily Inter Lake
Livingston Enterprise
Miles City Star
Missoulian

Broadcast Membership in Montana

The 2007 meeting of the Montana Associated Press Broadcasters Association was held Saturday, Oct. 13, at Don Anderson Hall at the UM Journalism School in Missoula.

The Montana AP Broadcasters Association represents news directors, general managers and news staffs at AP-member radio and TV stations in the state.

The group meets annually, usually in October, for a day-long program of news panels and workshops, and a discussion of AP's broadcast report and other AP issues of interest to broadcasters.

The AP broadcasters' group also elected new officers and board members in October, 2006, all of whom will serve two-year terms. Elected president was Jim Harmon, news director of KECI Television in Missoula. Elected vice president was Jackie Yamanaka, news director of KEMC Radio in Billings.

Elected to the AP broadcasters' state board were Paul Humphrey of KTVQ Television in Billings, Sandi Holmdahl of KULR Television in Billings, Kay Erickson of KEMC in Billings and Wendy Ostrom-Price of KOFI Radio in Kalispell.

2007 Broadcast Contest Winners

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AP's broadcast sales force for Montana:

Television marketing - Kevin Nunn, 480-710-9828
Radio marketing - Anita Muhammad, 202-641-9061

TV and Radio Member List

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