Montana PBS

12/25/2025

“It’s a gift to my homeless neighbors, a gift to the volunteers who get such joy out of helping out,” Steves said by phone Monday. “Why would I want that money just sitting in the bank when it could be helping these people?” Shout out to PBS icon, Rick Steves, who exemplifies the spirit and practice of giving!🎄

Five years after the Lynnwood Hygiene Center opened, serving hundreds in poverty, the landlord planned to sell. Steves stepped in to buy it.

12/24/2025

Hallelujah! More wonderful holiday music is coming your way!
🎄Christmas Eve at 7pm: The Noël Concert featuring Montana State University School of Music's Orchestra and Choirs
🌟 Christmas Day at 11am: Handel's Messiah featuring Roots in the Sky and Baroque Music Montana
🎁 Christmas Day at 7pm: 11th & Grant with Eric Funk brings you Christmas with acclaimed Montana musician, Philip Aaberg!

12/23/2025

🎄TONIGHT at 7pm settle in for more magical music of the season! The Noël Concert performed by Montana State University's School of Music Choirs and Orchestra comes your way from Bozeman's Holy Rosary Church.
📺 12/23 at 7pm
💻 watch.montanapbs.org

12/23/2025

Were you at the Brawl of the Wild Saturday? 🏈
Fun fact: Montana PBS produces what you see on the screens in the stadium. Take a peek behind the scenes to see what it would look like if you were on the production team!
Montana State Bobcats Montana State University University of Montana Montana Grizzlies

12/22/2025

TONIGHT at 8pm, join us for Handel's Messiah!
If you missed the original airing of this incredible performance, here's your chance. Originally filmed in March at Bozeman's Hope Lutheran Church, this iconic music is performed by Roots in the Sky and Baroque Music Montana.
📺 12/22 at 8pm and 12/25 at 11am

12/20/2025

Humble brag alert!🚨
The locally produced programs you see on Montana PBS, like the recent Noël concert at Bozeman's Holy Rosary Church, were created with the help of über talented students from the Montana State University School of Film and Photography and Music Technology. They get hands on, real world experience while in school and our beloved viewers benefit from their enthusiasm and creativity. We are so proud of their hard work! 🫶
Missed the concert? See it now: https://watch.montanapbs.org

12/19/2025

Saturday's Film Classic 🎬 is (1945) The Bell's of St. Mary's! 🔔
Starring the legendary Bing Crosby as Father O’Malley, who arrives as the new priest at St. Mary’s parish and is immediately told of how the former priest aged quickly because he had to help oversee a run-down, inner city school. The former priest also had to deal with Sister Superior Mary Benedict, played by the iconic Ingrid Bergman, a smart, determined nun, who runs the school.
📺 Saturday 12/20 at 8pm

12/18/2025

TONIGHT at 7pm on Montana PBS Reports: IMPACT- An Idaho mining company expects to start draining, inspecting, and fixing up a flooded mine tunnel underneath the Cabinet Mountains near Libby. The move comes after the Trump Administration included the mine in a fast-track program for critical minerals this year. Our reporters traveled to Libby as executives from Hecla Mining Company met with local leaders and unveiled plans that could dramatically change this community.
Also, tariffs and other federal policies are creating uncertainties for Montana farmers. Impact meets with pulse crop farmers and processors in northeast Montana to learn how they are navigating the situation, and what they hope will be done about it. 📷 Matt Standal, Montana PBS
📺 Thursday 12/18 at 7pm
🖥️ Streaming- https://watch.montanapbs.org

12/18/2025

Do you hear what we hear? 🎼
You will if you join us TONIGHT at 7:30pm to hear the angelic voices of Roots in the Sky and gifted Baroque Music Montana musicians performing the iconic Handel's Messiah at Bozeman's Hope Lutheran Church!
📺 Thursday 12/18, 7:30 pm
💻 Streaming watch.montanapbs.org

12/18/2025

TONIGHT on Montana PBS Reports: IMPACT- An Idaho mining company expects to start draining, inspecting, and fixing up a flooded mine tunnel underneath the Cabinet Mountains near Libby. The move comes after the Trump Administration included the mine in a fast-track program for critical minerals this year. Our reporters traveled to Libby as executives from Hecla Mining Company met with local leaders and unveiled plans that could dramatically change this community.
Also, tariffs and other federal policies are creating uncertainties for Montana farmers. Impact meets with pulse crop farmers and processors in northeast Montana to learn how they are navigating the situation, and what they hope will be done about it. 📷 Ellis Juhlin, MTPR
📺 Thursday 12/18 at 7pm

12/18/2025

Shout out to Montana PBS Media Mavericks member Liam C.! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
A video he created about the water cycle and the importance of water conservation is featured on the KQED Education Youth Media Challenge Page. Liam taught himself how to animate, then made the short film using tools he learned as a Media Mavericks member. We created the club especially for high school kids who want learn how to be filmmakers. Congratulations, Liam! So proud of you!

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12/16/2025

More gorgeous holiday music comes your way Thursday!
Join us for Handel's Messiah performed by Roots in the Sky and Baroque Music Montana, Thursday 12/18 at 7:30pm. Originally filmed at Bozeman's Hope Lutheran Church in March, Messiah is one of the most popular and recognizable pieces of choral-orchestral music in the entire Baroque repertoire.
📺 Thursday 12/18 at 7:30pm, also airing Monday 12/22 at 8pm, and Thursday 12/25 at 11am.
💻 Stream it: watch.montanapbs.org