Today marked the final broadcast for Meteorologist Megan Montero on FOX21 & SOCO CW (Ch57), she has been at FOX21 since 2023 and that was her 2nd stent at the station, she was a freelance meteorologist from 2018--2019 at the station.
It has not been announced where she is headed after her time at FOX21.
Meteorologist Megan Montero / KXRM Website.
According to Denverrite, layoffs behind the scenes have hit KMGH & KCDO, with 28 positions being eliminated from the newsroom and production offices. This is a nationwide thing and not focused on Denver.
Scripps is pushing for more automation of it's newscasts and this is part of that push, in some markets Scripps has anchor-less newscasts, that are done by automation. KMGH Sister station KJRH/ 2NEWS in Tulsa, OK an NBC station was hit with similar layoffs in late August that eliminated dozens of behind the scenes and on-air positions, as that station has leaned heavily into automated newscasts, KOAA Was also hit with layoffs in August by Scripps.
In addition Scripps sold off it's FOX station WFTX in Ft. Myers, FL as the company tires to eliminate a heavy debt load.
Per their website & via social media, at 11:14AM MDT on Tuesday September 8th-- KRDO 13 is reporting technical difficulties with it's over the air & fiber signal. Engineers are working to correct the issue. No word on if this is also affecting digital sub channels too.
We will update you when the issue is fixed.
Meteorologist Dave Holder has left Weather Nation TV and has headed down I-25 to KRDO News Channel 13, the ABC Station in Colorado Springs/Pueblo. Prior to Weather Nation TV he was in Bismark ND.
He starts on air today.
Lead reporter Mackenzie Stafford has left KRDO News Channe1 13 in Colorado Springs/Pueblo and has gone up I-25 to 9NEWS & Channel 20, in Denver she started on air around August 10th as a general assignment reporter.
Prior to her time at KRDO she worked at NBC O&O KNSD, NBC7 in San Diego as a producer & part of the digital team, helping KNSD launch it's streaming platform on it's website.
Mackenzie Stafford (Photo: KUSA/KTVD)
Mackenzie Stafford (Photo: KRDO) [This is not video this is a photo]
Here is a little bit of Denver TV history for you... This is from 1981 or so at Denver Broncos training camp, team HQ was at 58th & Washington at that time, this might be in Greeley? This is the KMGH "InstaCam" a fairly new thing at the time.
KMGH was the first TV station in Denver with the microwave technology in 1975, but didn't promote it right away, KUSA/KBTV got the technology in 1977 and started promoting it heavily, KCNC followed in 1977 or 1978.
This was the non news logo used at the time 1980 --- 1981, No CBS eye logo was included in the on air logo at the time or on the mic flags as shown above, however the CBS eye is visible on the bottom of the camera in the above picture.
