Spotlight Montana: The American Legion Hall fire of 1956 in downtown Missoula, now KECI-TV

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 11:11 p.m.

In this Spotlight Montana, hear from longtime Missoula news broadcaster Jim Harmon on the 1956 fire that ripped through the American Legion Hall in Missoula.

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The building later became a broadcasting station, where Harmon worked for 30 years until he retired. He bring us a behind the scenes look at what it was like in the early days of broadcasting in Missoula.

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The American Legion Hall fire is featured in his new book, titled \u201cThe \u2018Sneakin\u2019est\u2019 Man That Ever Was,\u201d a collection of 46 headline stories from Montana\u2019s early days.