Dave Young has retired from Colorado's Own Channel 2 & FOX 31.

Long time Denver anchor & reporter Dave Young has signed off after 33 years on the air.   He has covered some of the biggest stories in Colorado over that time. 

He joined KWGN in 1984 & joined KDVR in 2009 when the two stations merged.  

Dave enjoy your retirement!  

Here is a link to the article on Dave's retirement: http://kdvr.com/2017/12/27/channel-2-fox31-reporter-dave-young-retiring-after-33-years/ 















  A picture of Dave, from the early 1990s on KWGN.
  Current head shot from KDVR/KWGN.

KDVR Sold back to FOX?

There is a new twist to the merger between Tribune Broadcasting & Sinclair Broadcast Group--reports indicate that FOX Television Stations Inc wants some of it's stations. Some stations on this list would come back to FOX,  The list of stations that FOX wants are:

• KDVR FOX 31 (KFCT-22)
• WJW  FOX 8 
• WITI FOX 6 
• KTVI FOX 2
• KSWB FOX 5

All of Tribune's other stations would go to Sinclair.  There is no official announcement just yet.  All of these stations have 1 thing in common-- NFL football. FOX has been buying stations in NFL markets, so this kind of makes since.

H/T: FTVLive  < Sinclair/Fox Television Stations backroom deal  >

9NEWS & Channel 20 update there graphics.

9NEWS Has updated it's on-air graphics, the 2 biggest noticeable changes are the  9NEWS logo the red,white & blue lines are gone and the weather graphics are lot different, the "rundown" or the list of stories coming up has changed.    This look debuted on 4 O'Clock @ 9NEWS this afternoon.    This is part of a group wide graphics update, most Tegna stations should have this by the end of the year.

The 9NEWS logo with the red, white, & blue lines has been in place since 1984 the only difference it had the abc logo instead of the nbc peacock.

They have an article on the changes that can be found here:Weather Graphics Update

The website should be updated soon as Tegna stations are beginning to roll out update versions of there sites.  WXIA-11 Alive, already has the updated website.


OLD Weather Graphics:







                    
NEW Weather Graphics:

Denver November Sweeps

The November Sweeps period is over--some newscasts in Denver see double digit declines in viewership in November.
All Denver newscasts saw declines in viewership, some worse than others.

While 9NEWS (KUSA) is still #1 at 10pm it saw a 28% drop year over year, from 3.09% in Nov '16 to 2.23% this November.

FOX31 (KDVR) was down 12% at 9pm, 16% at 9:30pm & 16% at 10pm.

CBS4 (KCNC) was down 20% at 10pm

7NEWS (KMGH) was down 22% at 10pm

KUSA's loss translates to a loss of 15,000 viewers. This loss is because digital devices continue to draw people away from TV newscasts, especially among younger viewers.  

NEXT with Kyle Clark saw it's viewership increase with a 2.26 rating.  

While KUSA is still #1 in the Denver Market KDVR was a strong #2 during the November sweeps period.  Sinclair's takeover of KDVR & KWGN is expected in the 1st quarter of 2018.

MORE HERE: http://theknow.denverpost.com/2017/11/28/denver-tv-stations-sweeps-2017/168058/
h/t: The Denver Post.

 

 

CBS4 & CBS are back on DISH Network.

After 3 days CBS & CBS4 Are back on DISH Network after coming to an agreement.  The deal happened late yesterday--after the NFL Game had concluded.
It's a multiyear agreement for carriage of CBS, CBS Owned & Operated stations, the POP Network, CBS Sports Network & Smithsonian channel.


More Info here: http://deadline.com/2017/11/cbs-and-dish-network-carriage-agreement-1202214324/







 

CBS 4 & CBS Are off of DISH Network.

CBS 4--KCNC-TV & CBS are off of DISH Network after failing to come to an agreement on a new carriage contract, this does not include KKTV CBS11 in Colorado Springs/Pueblo or KREX News channel 5 Grand Junction/Montrose, these stations aren't owned by CBS.  There is a dispute over how much reverse compensation DISH is willing to pay CBS to carry the network and it's Owned & Operated stations.    We have a clock on the right hand side of the blog that will be up until CBS & DISH come to an agreement.   

DISH Network & CBS are in contract talks.

DISH Network may drop CBS O&O Stations nationwide November 20, 2017 at 11:59PM Mountain Time, over a re-trans dispute.   These disputes have become quite common over the past decade and DISH isn't the only provider to have this issue, DirecTV, the former Bright house Networks, Cablevision, & Time Warner Cable have all had disputes with the owners of various local affiliates over the past decade.    The last 2 disputes in Denver have been between Gannett (now Tegna)& DISH owners of KUSA & KTVD  , and Tribune & DirecTV owner of KWGN & KDVR .    Most of the time these disputes get resolved before the signals get pulled, will it happen this time?  I Guess we will find out.

Here is the website from CBS4 & CBS Television Stations Inc explaining the issue: http://www.keepcbsondish.com/denver 

 

 

FCC Pauses it's review of Tribune/Sinclair merger.

The F.C.C. has paused it's review of two Denver TV Station's parent company's merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group for 15 days, after several groups filed opposition to the merger.  Some of the groups that oppose the merger are Douglas County based DISH Network, a trade group for Alaphabet-Google's parent company, Amazon, NewsMax group, Glenn Beck's "THE BLAZE" & many others.

Sinclair's proposed $3.9 billion deal was on day 104 of a 180-day process used by the FCC.

The deal would "cripple" a free and diverse press according to Newsmax.

H/T: The Denver Business Journal.

You can read more here (Note there might be a pay wall): https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/10/19/fcc-pauses-its-review-of-takeover-of-2-denver-tv.html









The FOX31 NEWS & Technology center / KWGN Studios.  Denver Business Journal Image. 

KDVR Update's it's graphics & music.

Today FOX31 Updated it's graphics & music, the new graphics have a FOX O&O feel to them.  FOX31's other graphics were from 2011 and they had been updated in late 2015.  It appears this update is only on the KDVR side for now. We don't know if KWGN will get a graphics update or not.   I have to say so far I love the new graphics they are very clean looking.


Title card/ Logo from 2011-2017 


























Title card/Logo  2017-Present



   Old opening sequence graphics 2011-2017  (H/T: Newscast Studio & TVNewstalk.net)











New Graphics. (2017-Present)


 
 Old Graphics. (2011-2017)
 

Tom Green to join 9NEWS & Channel 20 in October.

Anchor Tom Green will be joining 9NEWS/NBC in late October, he will anchor the 4pm & 5pm newscasts.  He was a sports anchor at 9NEWS for more than 13 years back when KUSA was an ABC station.   According to The Denver Post he is one of the longest tenured anchors in the Denver market.   “I always figured I’d return to 9NEWS at some point,” Green told KUSA. “It’s where I started my career in Colorado and has always felt like home.”


H/T The Denver Post.
More here: http://theknow.denverpost.com/2017/10/12/denver-anchor-tom-green-9news/161941/

Here is an article from 9NEWS: http://www.9news.com/news/local/popular-denver-anchor-returns-to-9news/482790156

FOX31 KDVR & Colorado's Own Channel 2 KWGN get a new news director.

Brian Gergory will become the news director for FOX31 & Colorado's own Channel 2 effective October 9, 2017. He comes from Wichita's KWCH/KSCW/KDCU.  He has worked for KDVR GM Joan Barrett in the past.    H/T: ftvlive.com 

Here is the official news release from KDVR/KWGN: http://www.tribunemedia.com/brian-gregory-to-spearhead-news-for-fox31-and-colorados-own-channel-2/










          

9NEWS Temporally drops WeatherNation TV to cover Hurricane Harvey

At Noon Mountain time Sunday August 27, 2017 9NEWS temporally dropped Weather Nation TV's coverage of Hurricane Harvey and started airing a live simulcast from sister stations WFAA-TV in Dallas & KHOU-TV in Houston of the aftermath & major flooding of the Houston Metro Area from Hurricane Harvey.

You can watch this simulcast on 9NEWS over the air on 9.2, Comcast 249, & CenturyLink Prism 10.

I Don't know how long KUSA will air the coverage from Houston, so catch it if you can.

TO EVERYONE IN HOUSTON, I HOPE YOU ALL CAN DRY OUT AND REBUILD QUICKLY.

  

 

KDVR/KWGN News Director leaves the Duopoly.

Holly Gauntt has announced that she is leaving FOX31 & Colorado's Own channel 2, after two years at the stations, she is moving right across the street to 7NEWS, she will be replacing Lindsay Radford who left on June 3. 

KDVR & KWGN are waiting to see if a pending sale of the stations goes through. If it does the stations would then be owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.   Sinclair is currently the largest owner of FOX Affiliates in the country.   Some staffers at KDVR & KWGN are worried about Sinclair's "Must Runs" because so much of that content is right leaning. 

H/T: The Denver Post.
More here: http://theknow.denverpost.com/2017/07/12/sinclair-denver-tv-purchase-tribune-kdvr-kwgn-2017/150970/








 

Meterologist Cory Reppenhagen has joined 9NEWS & Channel 20.

Former 7NEWS Meteorologist Cory Reppenhagen has joined 9NEWS/Channel 20. 

He started today, and what a day to start, chasing severe weather in northeast Colorado with 9NEWS Meteorologist Becky Ditchfield.  And yes if you were wondering, there were Tornadoes in Weld County this afternoon. (That is north of the Denver Metro Area).  He left KMGH earlier this spring.    



 

 

 

Kim Christiansen joins Kyle Clark on 9NEWS @ 10

9NEWS Announced today on there website that Kim Christiansen will be joining Kyle Clark, & Kathy Sabine on 9NEWS @ 10.  She will replace Adele Arakawa when she retires early this summer.

More here: http://www.9news.com/news/local/press-releases/kim-christiansen-joins-kyle-clark-kathy-sabine-on-9news-at-10-pm/447485467  

KKTV Debutes New Meterologist.

KKTV has a new face on-air the station has hired Meteorologist Lucy Bergemann, she interned at Boston 25 News a Fox Affiliate and the National Weather Service in Taunton, MA.

H/T: The Gazette.   More here: http://gazette.com/tv-talk-new-meteorologist-debuts-on-kktv/article/1604597

FOX 31--KDVR & Colorado's Own Channel 2--KWGN sold to Sinclair Broadcasting.

I Was on vacation when this transaction happened, so here we go: KWGN-Channel 2 Colorado's 1st TV station & KDVR-FOX 31 a former FOX O&O were sold by Tribune broadcasting to Sinclair for $3.9 Billion. Sinclair is already one of the largest broadcasters in the country.  Before this transaction Sinclair was already one of the largest owners of Fox affiliates in the U.S.

(Note there is video in this article)
H/T: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-07/sinclair-said-close-to-buying-tribune-for-about-45-a-share 


 

Ed Greene out at CBS4 after 40 Years.

Ed Greene the longest serving weather anchor at KCNC-DT, CBS4 is being phased out over the next 6 months, as KCNC has opted not to renew his contract.   Over the next 6 months Lauren Whitney will be phased in to the evening news casts at the station.    Greene will become a part time contributor, helping at station events, ect. 


Ed started out at KIMN Radio in the 1972, then joined KMGH in 1976.  He also had a brief stint as morning meteorologist at KUSA from July 1996 to December 2000.

H/T: http://theknow.denverpost.com/2017/05/15/channel-4-ed-greene-leaving-2017/144339/

  
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Former 9NEWS Anchor/Reporter now freelancing

Former 9NEWS/Channel 20 Reporter Vicente Arenas is now a freelance reporter with FOX31.   He left 9NEWS After only a year in February.     There's no word on why he left KUSA.