Tegna / Nexstar paperwork is up on the FCC website.

The Tegna paperwork is up & Tegna shareholders have approved of the deal by Nexstar Media Group to buy Tegna & it's 36 stations, this is a major test of the F.C.C. & F.T.C.  

Here in Denver this could me a major shake up to local news, with Nexstar owning & controlling 5 Denver tv stations In Denver they would own the following if approved by the F.C.C:

 

• KDVR
• KFCT *
• KWGN
• KUSA
• KTVD  

KUSA carries NBC Programing, KTVD carries My Network TV Programing, KDVR & KFCT carry FOX programing & KWGN carries The CW programing.    KUSA & KDVR/KFCT are the Top 2 stations in the Denver Market by viewership.

Nexstar notes in it's filings that KWGN & KTVD do not carry much viewership in the Denver market even with long standing newscasts in place on both stations, they also note the same with several other stations including WKYC & KDFW, Tegna has not commented on these findings. 

If this is approved Denver viewers could see 1 or 2 newscasts across 5 stations with the same reports. 

The Tegna merger could also mean a loss of newsrooms and newscasts in other cities across the country: Cleveland (Tegna owns WKCY-3 NBC, Nexstar owns: WJW-8 Fox & WBNX-55 The CW) and Portland, OR (Tegna owns KGW-8 NBC & Nexstar owns:KOIN6 CBS & KRCW-32 The CW)   Grand Rapids, MI (Tegna owns: WZZM-13 ABC & Nexstar owns: WOOD-8 NBC & WOTV-4 ABC).    

The other possibility is this gets pushed off to an administrative law judge for further review, in which case Nexstar would owe Tegna Millions of dollars. 

 

You can read this for yourself if you so choose, but be warned, prepare for a boring read: https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f919a75226c019a9a0057dc0ff5 

 

 

 (*Note: KFCT is included in this count because it is a full power station serving Ft. Collins,CO on channel 32. It was signed on by Chase Broadcasting in spring 1995 before the sale of KDVR to FOX Television Stations, LLC who owned the stations until 2007.)

Meterologist Chris Tomer has landed at KMGH.

Meteorologist Chris Tomer will be helping out at KMGH & KCDO for a little while, viewers will recognize him from KWGN & KDVR where he spent 6 years, starting off on the FOX side of the operation.    

For the last 9 Months he has been with the national weather network Weather Nation TV, his profile was scrubbed from their website late last week.    

Chris worked afternoons and late nights on Weather Nation TV, no word on what time slots he will pick up at KMGH. 

 

 

  

Chris Tomer  (Photo: ChrisTomer.com)

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

A Squirreling time recently at FOX31.

FOX31 NEWS crews had a bit of a wild chase on their hands last Friday night, after a baby squirrel got into the News & Technology Center, it took a few minutes but they were able to get the squirrel outside and back into it's normal habitat. 

 

Here is the story & video from FOX31: https://kdvr.com/news/local/baby-squirrel-leads-fox31-crew-on-chase-through-the-stations-building/ 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

9NEWS has added more news casts as of last week.

9NEWS AT 11 AM Re-Launched Monday September 8th on KTVD Channel 20, so now KUSA & KTVD collectively have news on the air from 4:30AM-7:00AM on NBC & 7:00AM--NOON on My Network TV & then the long established 9NEWS @ Noon back on NBC.  

This is in response to FOX31 morning news being on the air from 4:30AM---NOON.  

In the last year 9NEWS has added 9NEWS @ 3PM, 9NEWS @9AM, 9NEWS@10AM & 9NEWS @11AM.    Theses news casts are also streaming on 9NEWS+ there free streaming service at 9news.com 

 

A little history on the 11AM news slot on KUSA/KTVD...  

Phil Lipof is joining 9NEWS & Channel 20.

Former ABC News reporter Phil Lipof is joining 9NEWS & Channel 20 soon, prior to working at ABC News he worked for a few years at NBC flagship station WNBC in New York, he replaces Tom Green who retired from 9NEWS earlier this year.   

We will see him on air here in a few weeks with Kim & Kathy on Four O' Clock at 9NEWS and on 9NEWS @5PM.  

 

 (Phil Lipof / Photo: WNBC )  

 

  

 

 

Claira Faith has joined KMGH & KCDO.

Claira Faith has joined the Denver7 First Alert weather team effective today, she joins KMGH & KCDO from WACH-TV, the FOX Station in Columbia, SC where she spent 2 years.  Prior to this she was at WJCL as a morning producer.    She is currently studying for her meteorology degree from Mississippi state university.  

Her on air debut was this morning but she will be the weekend meteorologist.

 

 

 

  

 

  

Nexstar Media to aquire Tegna Inc.

Today it was officially announced that Nexstar Media Inc, would acquire Tegna Inc, in a blockbuster move, nexstar is the largest tv station owner in the country with 201 Stations including 7 in Colorado + a local marketing agreement.  In Colorado Nexstar owns the following:

• KWGN (The CW) 
• KDVR (FOX)
• KFCT (FOX)
• KXRM (FOX) 
• KXTU-LD (The CW)
• KREX (CBS)
• KFQX (FOX)*
• KGJT (My Network TV) 

* KFQX is Owned by Mission Broadcasting Inc and is operated by Nexstar & run from studios owned by Nexstar.

 

 Tegna is the largest owner of NBC & CBS stations in the country, in Colorado they own 2 stations KUSA (NBC) & KTVD (My Network TV). 

 

What happens here in Denver when this eventually goes through is anyone's guess, they will probably hold on to the top 2 here which would be KUSA & KDVR / KFCT, what would happen with KTVD & KWGN? they would hopefully go to new owners or be shuttered, Mission perhaps as nexstar would probably want to continue selling ads on these stations or hopefully a 3rd party (Hearst, Gray,ect).    Either way this is bad news for staffers at 9NEWS & Channel 20 as they are most likely to be laid off as this merger progresses. 

The other question, what happens to the KUSA / KTVD Studios here in Denver, do they get sold off and everything is combined at the KDVR/KWGN "News & Technology Center"??