KBOW (550 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Butte, Montana. The station is owned by Butte Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a country music format. The main offices and studios of Butte Broadcasting are at 660 Dewey in Butte. The KBOW transmitter site is southwest of town on Beef Trail Road. The station was assigned the KBOW call sign by the Federal Communications Commission. The station began broadcasting in 1948 on 1490 AM and merged with KOPR in 1964.