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"??  

 

 

 

 

Meterologist Katie LaSalle is joining 9NEWS & Channel 20

Starting next Monday August 18th Meteorologist Katie LaSalle is joining the 9NEWS Weather Impact Team from KMGH Denver7, her last day at KMGH & KCDO was July 13th, after 10 years.

You will find her weekday mornings on 9NEWS Mile High Mornings, for anyone wondering Meteorologist Chris Bianchi isn't going anywhere at this time that we have heard of. 

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

Next with Kyle Clark celebrated 9 years on the air today.

"9NEWS @ 6PM / Next with Kyle Clark" today celebrated 9 years on the air, it launched during the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a reformatted newscast focusing on bettering Colorado communities and longer format stories.   

And the ratings while they dipped for a while have come back, so congratulations to 9NEWS on a successful program. 

 

The program reminds me a bit of the old "Colorado Evening News" that aired on KCNC at 6:30pm from 1984--1998.

 

 

FOX31NEWS Celebrated 25 Years on the air last night.

KDVR & KFCT Celebrated 25 years of FOX31NEWS last night, it was July 16, 2000 when the first newscast hit the air, with anchors Ron Zappolo, Libby Weaver, Chief Meteorologist Bob Goosmann  & Sports Anchor & Fomer Denver Bronco David Treadwell.   They also launched from brand new studios at Lincoln Street & E.Speer Blvd,"The KDVR News & Technology Center".   (This site was the former home of KWGN from sign on until 1980 when KWGN moved to the Denver Tech Center, KWGN moved back in with KDVR in October 2008.)

In 25 years they have also had 4 different owners.

>>>Fox Television Stations, LLC   (FOX O&O)

>>>Local TV, LLC

>>>Tribune Broadcasting, Inc

>>>Nexstar Media Group 

 

  

(Fox Television Stations, LLC) 

 

                             (Fox Television Stations, LLC)                                        

 

    

(Tribune/ Nexstar Media Group) 

  

(Nexstar Media Group) 

 

As you can see they have had several different logos  since launching news 25 years ago, my personal favorites are the Present "FOX BOX" and the 1st gen "FOX BOX".  The in house graphics used when Fox 31 had that steel looking logo always seemed off & cheap to me, it wasn't a great look. 

 

When FOX 31 News launched at 9PM they also launched there own helicopter "SkyFOX" now it is a shared arrangement between all of Denver's TV Stations and there was also a dog that flew with the pilot every day. 

 

 (SKY FOX from 2007)