Denise Plante is leaving Colorado & Company and KUSA.

Denise Plante is leaving Colorado & Company after almost 16 years.  However she will still be seen occasionally on Tegna's Daily Blast Live.  She has been Colorado & Company's host since the program began in the fall of 2003.   For anyone that doesn't know Colorado & Company is basically a 1 hour infomercial that airs on 9NEWS weekdays at 10AM and separates the 3rd & 4th hours of NBC's TODAY.


H/T: Westword. 

More at link below:
https://www.westword.com/news/denise-plante-leaves-9news-colorado-and-company-11399774 



  

KDVR has a new investigative reporter.

FOX31 has hired a new investigative reporter, Lori Jane Gliha who comes to the station from KRMA (Rocky Mountain PBS) she starts this upcoming Wednesday July 31st.  She will join the FOX31 Problem Solvers.  For now it appears as though she will just be on FOX31.

Lori Jane Gliha 



H/T: FTVLive 
More Here: https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/7/24/new-hire-in-denver

   

KXRM Fox 21 has been pulled from DirecTV.

Lou from Pueblo West, CO e-mailed me this morning to let me know that Nexstar Broadcasting stations were off of DirecTV and have been since early July. 

In Colorado that means FOX21 KXRM & KXTU-LD (CW-SOCO) have been pulled from DirecTV.  While Nexstar owns KREX5 (CBS), KFQX FOX4 & KGJT-CD (My Network TV) in Grand Junction, the Grand Junction stations are unaffected because DirecTV doesn't carry local stations in western Colorado.  

Here is their report on the blackout.

This is a dispute of course about fees, & Nexstar wanting to be compensated for it's stations, much the same as to why CBS has pulled stations across the country.  By the way this dispute and the one by CBS mean a lot of CBS stations across the country are off of AT&T/DirecTV. 

I have a counter at the top of the blog going for this dispute as well.  
(If you have a tip please let me know: coloradonewscenter@gmail.com )














 

CBS4 Has been pulled from DirecTV.

Effective today (July 20, 2019) at Noon KCNC was pulled from DirecTV due to a carriage dispute.  This is a common occurrence these days as local tv stations try to get more money from pay tv providers.   For some directv customers this also affects CBS Sports Network & the Smithsonian channel.
We have a clock going at the top of the blog to show you how long the station is off.


 

Meterologist Greg Dutra is out at KDVR.

FOX31 Meteorologist Greg Dutra is out and his replacement has already been named and will start sometime in August.  His replacement is Brooks Garner who comes from Tegna's KHOU in Houston.

H/T: FTVLive.  



Article here:  https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/7/17/gone-in-denver 

Greg Dutra.  (Photo: KDVR)




Brooks Gardner. (Photo: KHOU/Tegna Media)

KKTV 11 News Reporter passes away.

KKTV11 News reporter Dustin Cuzick has passed away at Penrose main hospital. 
He passed away July 11, 2019.   Our condolences to his family.   Here is the article & video from KKTV.

https://www.kktv.com/content/news/Memorial-services-for-KKTVs-Dustin-Cuzick--512784901.html