9NEWS & Channel 20 get a new Meterologist.

Meteorologist & Reporter Laurann Robinson, has joined 9NEWS & Channel 20, she started today as the mid-day meteorologist, she will appear on 9NEWS @ NOON. 

She joins KUSA & KTVD from KETV in Omaha, NE, where she was a morning traffic anchor, reporter & meteorologist, after earning her Broadcast Meteorology Certification from Mississippi State University.  

Here is her bio from 9NEWS: https://www.9news.com/article/about-us/team-bios/laurann-robinson-9news/73-c008ff51-a21a-4241-9308-c07b80781082

 

(Photo: KUSA)   

  

 

 

 

Nexstar & Dish Network have reached a multi-year agreement.

 MERRY CHRISTMAS.... 

So Nexstar & Dish Network have reached an agreement, the agreement happened yesterday Christmas Eve.. Nexstar stations were restored at 8:30PM MST to the Dish system.  This ends a 21 Day 3Hour blackout on Dish Network. (The clock has now been removed from our blog).   

In Colorado this deal restores: KDVR, KXRM, KWGN, KREX, & KGJT.

 

Here is more on the multi-year deal:  https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-media-group-and-dish-network-reach-multi-year-distribution-agreement/

  

 

 

  

   

         

 

 

 

KUSA & KTVD as well as all other Tegna stations are back on DirecTV & AT&T.

 Tegna Media has reached a multi-year agreement with AT&T & DirecTV. Stations were restored around 8 AM MST today.   This ends an 18 Day blackout on DirecTV.  

It was 18 Days, 15 Hours 3Mins according to our counter running at the top of the blog.  (That counter is now gone).   If you have DirecTV you can once again watch 9NEWS & Channel 20. 

 Here is the official Press Release from Tegna: https://www.tegna.com/att-and-tegna-joint-statement-on-reaching-new-retransmission-consent-agreement/

<< Now we wait to see how long Nexstar & Dish will hold out.>> 

 

  

KDVR, KWGN, KXRM, KREX, & KGJT are off of Dish Network along with Nexstar Stations nationwide. KFQX might also be dark on Dish Network.

Well as of  Thursday at 5PM Colorado viewers have lost some more stations due to a contract dispute. 

This time between Nexstar Media & Dish Network are at odds over compensation.  In the Denver market this means viewers have lost 4 stations between 2 providers (Tegna is also in a dispute with DirecTV & AT&T). 

In Colorado nexstar media owns KDVR, KXRM, KWGN, KREX, & KGJT.    Our clock is also running for this blackout as well. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/12/02/failed-dish-nexstar-negotiation-115-markets-fewer-channels/3803614001/

 This dispute might have also taken Mission Broadcasting's KFQX off the air, but we don't have conformation on that. ( If you know for sure email us & let us know: coloradonewscenter@gmail.com ). 

Mission was involved in a dispute with Dish Network back in September but it was brief, just a few hours.  If it's happening again let us know.

 

 

 

   

 

KUSA & KTVD are off DirecTV & AT&T.

 KUSA & KTVD Are now off of DirecTV as of December 1, 2020 at 5:10PM MST, due to a retrans dispute.   There is no word on how long the blackout may last.  DirecTV has been negotiating with Tegna Media for several weeks, obviously with no agreement.   This affects 68 other stations nationwide too (Including: WXIA, WATL, KING, KONG, WCNC, WZZM & WUSA), so were not alone in this. 

We now have a count up clock going to see how long this lasts. (Just for fun of course). 

If your in northeastern Colorado that means no NFL Football today, (Wednesday Afternoon Football) NBC's coverage of the re-scheduled Steelers/Ravens game is set to start at 1PM MST. 

More information is here:  https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/tegna-stations-blackout-for-directv-customers

 

 

 

 

 

Nexstar Media Group, the parent company of KDVR/KFCT, KWGN, KXRM, KREX, & KGJT & Operator of KFQX is in contract nigoations with Dish Network.

Nexstar Media is in contract negotiations with Dish network, if they don't come to an agreement by Noon Wednesday December 2, 2020 there stations could be pulled from Dish network.  Not only will it affect stations here in Colorado, it could affect hundreds of stations nationwide.  (KFQX is owned by Mission Broadcasting, Inc & might not be affected by this depending on if Nexstar negotiates on Mission Broadcasting's behalf).    We will have a clock going for this as well, again just for fun. 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

   

 

 

  (KFQX is owned by Mission Broadcasting not Nexstar Media)

Tegna Media the parent company of 9NEWS & Channel 20 is in nigotations with AT&T & DirecTV.

 9NEWS & Channel 20's parent company Tegna Media is in a re transmission negotiations with AT&T & DirecTV, the current agreement expires at 6:00PM-November 30, 2020.  If the two sides don't come to an agreement by 6pm then KUSA & KTVD will be pulled from DirecTV & AT&T U-Verse systems in Colorado.  This also affects every other Tegna station nationwide. 

If the stations are pulled, we will have a clock going just for fun. To see how long it takes the two sides to come to an agreement. 

 

9NEWS @ NOON--get's reformatted.

For the first time since April 2009 9NEWS has gone back to a 2 anchor format for 9NEWS@Noon.  Eddie Randle & Erica Lopez will now anchor the Noon news.   Lets hope they stick to just airing packages from NBC's News Channel. It's been years since they have ever really covered much news anyways at noon. 

Personally I enjoyed the solo anchor format, it's all they really need at noon, unless they actually will be covering local news.  

Colorado Springs Anchor Worries She Exposed Co-Workers to Covid-19

 An anchor at KRDO-TV, Heather Skold worries that she has exposed her co-workers to the COVID-19 virus & she is "Overcome with Grief". 

Here is the full article from our friends over at TVSPY: https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/colorado-springs-anchor-worries-she-exposed-co-workers-to-covid-19/225712/

With COVID-19 cases on the rise in Colorado as a whole I can't say that I'm surprised by this. And KRDO isn't the first news orgiznation in Colorado to have the virus be an issue in the newsroom, look at KDVR/KFCT & KWGN.    I hope she gets over the virus quickly.   Here are the news reports about it from KRDO: https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2020/11/09/krdos-heather-skold-tests-positive-for-covid-19/

https://krdo.com/health/coronavirus/2020/11/16/krdo-anchor-heather-skold-shares-her-experience-battling-covid-19/

 

 

Heather Skold (KRDO Photo)

 

Scripps buys Ion Media & Ion O&O KPXC-TV 59.

Scripps has purchased Ion Media networks with help from Berkshare Hathaway for $2.65Billion.  Here is the press release from September announcing the sale.

 https://tvnewscheck.com/article/253864/scripps-nears-2-65b-takeover-of-ion-media/

Within days of this announcement Scripps also purchased KCDO-TV (K3).  Now we know what is going to happen with KPXC.  KPXC along with 21 other Ion owned & operated stations are being sold to INYO Broadcast Holdings, LLC.  This is of course dependent on FCC & DOJ approval.     At this time we don't know a lot about INYO broadcast holdings,LLC other than they are owned by investment firm  Methuselah Advisors.   

So at some point expect an affiliation switch between the two Denver stations maybe late December or early January.

Also the Grit network will eventually move to either a sub channel of KMGH or KCDO and Ion will be on the main KCDO 3.1 signal.   

 

SO STAY TUNED!!!!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KCDO has temporaly changed some programing.

K3 Colorado KCDO-DT has temporally changed somethings around.  Yesterday it moved Grit network to the main KCDO signal channel 3.1, sub channel 3.2 has gone dark, News Net remains on 3.3.  Light TV, This TV & Jewelry Television remain on 10.1, 10.2, & 10.3.  

KCDO & Translator station KSBS-CD (a low power translator on channel 10 broadcasting from Lookout Mountain in Golden, CO) is sale pending to the E.W. Scrips Company owners of KMGH, KZCO-LD & KOAA. 

No word yet on what will move to digital channel 3.2, but you might need to rescan your tv due to the changes. 

 

A look at the Denver shooting involing a 9NEWS/Channel 20 security guard.

I Didn't post about this right away because I didn't want to post anything onerously.  With that said this isn't going to be my typical blog post you're used to seeing here.  I am going to try to be detailed with this.

I am going to post the coverage from 9NEWS & then post the coverage from the other Denver tv stations so you all can see how this is being covered station by station. 

Personally I feel that so far 9NEWS is doing this the right way, by getting other reporters from it's Tegna sister stations to do the reporting. I'd like to see them lean more on NBC News for some of the coverage of this as well.   With that said below you will find all articles and reports related to this from 9NEWS, NBC NEWS & the other Denver TV stations.  I hope you all like links because there will be many of them.  I will also update this post as things develop.

<<< Paul >>>   

 

 

Original report:

• KUSA: https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/shooting-near-dueling-rallies-denver-2-in-custody/73-6890f727-e44a-4a60-a777-a6fbe0730e0e
• KCNC: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/10/10/shooting-art-museum-denver-protests/
• KMGH: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/1-shot-during-protests-in-denver-2-suspects-in-custody
• KDVR / KWGN: https://kdvr.com/news/local/1-person-shot-in-courtyard-by-denver-art-museum-police-say/
• NBC NEWS: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/denver-police-identify-suspect-fatal-shooting-near-dueling-protests-n1242896
  

Followup Reports: 

• KUSA: https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/security-guard-held-denver-shooting-wasnt-licensed-officials-say/73-648ca0f2-cc71-4fa7-b145-cbd710b87f5f 
• https://www.9news.com/video/news/local/denver-shooting-rallies-security-guard/73-98fe0e4c-5b98-4cb5-ac83-9a3822cec47d
  
• KCNC: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/10/11/matthew-dolloff-denver-security-guard/
•  https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/10/12/matthew-dolloff-deadly-protest-shooting-denver-city-attorneys-office/
• KMGH: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/da-plans-to-charge-denver-security-guard-with-second-degree-murder-in-connection-with-deadly-shooting
• https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/police-release-affidavit-for-suspect-in-deadly-denver-shooting-outside-of-rallies
  
• KDVR / KWGN:  https://kdvr.com/news/local/what-are-the-requirements-to-be-a-licensed-security-guard-in-denver/
• https://kdvr.com/news/local/what-are-the-requirements-to-be-a-licensed-security-guard-in-denver/ 
• NBC NEWS: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/security-guard-faces-second-degree-murder-fatal-shooting-denver-protests-n1243593

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Update 10/17/20:

• KUSA: https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/denver-rally-shooting-9news-photographers/73-a6c3c4b0-bab6-467c-9e7f-0b9a1c9c4a3b
• KDVR/KWGN: https://kdvr.com/news/local/colorado-security-guard-regulation-attempts-failed-in-2006-and-2012-in-the-state/
  

 

 

 

 

Scripps to Aquire ION Television & KPXC-TV.

While Scripps, acquired KCDO from NewsWeb corp today, they weren't finished.   On a national level Scripps acquired ION Media Networks for $2.65 Billion, this includes Ion O&O KPXC-TV in Denver channel 59. 

There is no word yet on if Scripps will have to divest KPXC to make the deal official as they would own

• KMGH
• KZCO-LD
  
• KCDO
• & KPXC 

On this transaction, as they like to say on newscasts STAY TUNED! 

 

 

 

 

 

KCDO K3 has been sold.

NewsWeb corp has sold station KCDO, K3 to KMGH & KOAA owner Scripps broadcasting, pending FCC approval. K3 already re-airs 7NEWS newscasts so this should fit in with little effort on behalf of scripps. 

The question now is what happens with all of the sub-channels on K3 including NewsNet, that will be answered soon.    It will also be interesting to see what happens with the K3 studios in Aurora.