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









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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