Layoffs have come to KOAA News 5 in Pueblo/Colorado Springs.
At least 3 reporters have been laid off so far, and up to 300 are facing a similar situation nationwide, as scrips shifts news coverage to a 24/7 streaming model on most of it's stations. We have not heard of layoffs at KMGH/KCDO or KKCO/KJCT as of now. Scrips has also recently taken over KKTV in Colorado Springs/Pueblo, no word on when/if layoffs will happen there.
KOAA Also faced layoffs in March 2025, when 4 staffers were let go.
Anchor Jordan Chavez is joining Denver7 & The Spot Denver3 effective August 3rd, he previously worked at 9NEWS & Channel 20.
He left 9NEWS & Channel 20 on January 9th after 9 years at the Denver duopoly.
Here is the official announcement from Denver7...
Over the past few years other KUSA/KTVD alumni have joined Denver 7 & The Spot Local 3, they include:
After 40 days off, Scrips stations returned to DirecTV systems early this morning, Scrips and DirecTV were able to work out a new re-transmission agreement allowing the stations to return to the sat caster.
In Colorado that means: KMGH, KCDO,KZCO-LD & KOAA have now returned to DirecTV. Scrips was also recently in a dispute with Comcast over retransmission fees.
Reporter Jaylen Lee has joined KOAA News5 in Colorado Springs/Pueblo, he comes to the station from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.
According to the station he will make his on-air debut soon.
Reporter Jaylen Lee. (Photo: KOAA)
Scrips & DirecTV are now in a contract dispute KMGH & KCDO were dropped at 8PM Mountain Time.
In Colorado this affects 4 stations.
KMGH
KCDO
KZCO-LD
KOAA
We have a clock going on the front page, we'll see how long this lasts.
KUSA dropped out of the 3PM Newscast at 3:53PM with an extended commercial break, and is now showing taped programing and human interest stories & reports. Four O' Clock @ 9NEWS is currently not on the air.
This only appears to be affecting KUSA/NBC. KTVD Channel 20 appears to be unaffected.
UPDATE: AT 4:30PM, KUSA returned to the air with no Graphics, No Music & No Video playback, also supposedly issues with NBC network playback.
After 34 Days and 23 Hours, Scrips & Comcast/Xfinity have reached an agreement to return scrips stations across the country to Xfinity's cable systems.
In Colorado this affects 4 stations.
As of 4:30 this afternoon these stations have returned to cable lineups.
