Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Gray Media & E.W. Scrips company have announced a huge swap of TV stations across the country.

Gray Media & E.W. Scrips Company are proposing swapping TV stations across the country & it could have an immediate impact on the Colorado Springs / Pueblo tv market & also a major impact on the Grand Junction / Montrose tv market, lets break down these markets tv players before the changes... 

 

Colorado Springs / Pueblo: 

  • KOAA 5 (NBC) E.W. SCRIPS COMPANY 
  • KRDO 13 (ABC) NEWS-PRESS & GAZETTE COMPANY  
  • KKTV 11 (CBS) GRAY MEDIA 
  • KXRM 21 (FOX) NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP 
  • KXTU 57 (The CW) NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP 

Grand Junction / Montrose:  

  • KKCO 11 (NBC) GRAY MEDIA
  • KJCT-LP 8 (ABC) GRAY MEDIA
  • KREX 5 (CBS) NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP
  • KFQX 4 (FOX) MISSION BROADCASTING 
  • KGJT 27 (MY NETWORK TV) NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP 

After these changes take place Gray Media will swap KKCO, KJCT, & KKTV to Scrips in exchange for  2 stations in Twin Falls Idaho (KMVT--CBS & KSVT-LD FOX).  No cash will be exchanged by either company as this is structured to be a pure asset swap (TV Stations & Transmitting Facilities).  This change will give Scrips a duopoly in all 3 Colorado media markets: Denver, Colorado Springs / Pueblo & Grand Junction / Montrose. 

At this time Scrips stations in Denver (KMGH & KCDO) are NOT on the table for any changes.

Colorado could go from a heavy presence of Nexstar stations to an equally heavy presence of Scrips stations, for now STAY TUNED, this will still need DOJ & F.C.C. approval before anything happens, they hope to have this closed however by the 4th quarter of this year.  

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

9NEWS & Channel 20 have launched the "Weather Out West" live stream.

9NEWS & Channel 20 announced this past Friday (June 27th) they are helping to launch the "Weather Out West" stream, it appears this will be updated several times a day by Tegna stations across the western U.S.  The stream will have rolling forecast's from the Weather Impact Teams of the following stations:

  • KUSA/KTVD, DENVER 
  • KPNX, PHOENIX-MESA 
  • KING/KONG, SEATTLE
  • KTVB, BOISE 
  • KREM, SPOKANE
  • KGW, PORTLAND 
  • KXTV, SACRAMENTO  

 

Here in Denver the live stream can be accessed here: https://www.9news.com/video/syndication/ott/weather-out-west/weather-out-west/281-fc0d3905-b53f-4d0a-a8d0-289df51c65d5 

 

In case anyone is curious here are some of the other stream links for Weather Out West...  

Some of these stations are also putting the Weather Out West streams on Youtube for viewing later. 

This weather stream is separate from the " + " streams these stations operate on there respective websites. Meanwhile locally Denver7 has had a live weather stream on Denver7.com for over a year, launching there stream in early June of last year we covered that HERE on the blog. 

 

 

 

     

 

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