Cordillera Communications selling all 16 TV stations

Minnesota-based Cordillera Communications is selling all 16 of its television stations, including nine in Montana.
E.W. Scripps Co. has agreed to pay $521 million to buy 15 stations, giving it 51 stations in 36 markets. Quincy Media Inc. is buying KVOA in Tucson, Arizona.
The Montana stations being sold are: KTVQ in Billings, KPAX and KAJJ in Missoula, KXLF/KBZK in Butte-Bozeman, KRTV and KTGF in Great Falls along with KTVH and KXLH in Helena.
Scripps also is buying KOAA in Colorado Springs, Col