Reporter-- Kelly Reinke is going to be joining 9NEWS & Channel 20 sometime in the next month or so, according to our friends over at TVSpy. She is coming to 9NEWS & Channel 20 from Indianapolis duopoly WXIN (FOX 59) / WTTV (CBS4). Prior to her stint at WXIN/WTTV she spent several years at WATE in Knoxville, TN. She is most likely to be the replacement for reporter Sonia Gutierrez, who left 9NEWS & Channel 20 last month to join KRMA--Rocky Mountain PBS.
(Credit, WXIN/ WATV)
Scripps Media is in the process of looking for a new home for KMGH & new sister station KCDO. At some point they want to move from there current headquarters at 123 E. Speer Blvd. But they have hit a little snag, the city & county of Denver is now looking to see if the building is historic or not, that could make things difficult for potential buyers. Scripps says they simply don't have enough room in the building to cover news properly, they also have the Scripps national news desk based out of the building. Meaning that things have become a bit cramped.
Here is an article talking about the potential move from the Denver Gazette:https://denvergazette.com/news/denvers-channel-7-looking-for-new-digs-debate-over-its-51-year-home-just-beginning/article_4169cfd4-5d89-11eb-b14f-bfd8c76d7e62.html
KMGH Has been in that studio facility since 1969. Before that they were right next door on Lincoln Street, in a converted car dealership, satellite dishes & uplink dishes now sit where the old studios were.
Now for a little Denver history:When KMGH & Time-Life opened "The Communications Center" they were known as KLZ-TV & were a sister station to KLZ-AM (Now: KLZ The Source 560AM & 100.7FM). They changed there call letters from KLZ-TV to KMGH-TV in 1972 after being purchased by McGraw-Hill Broadcasting. They have been owned by Scripps Broadcasting since December 30, 2011. They were also the first station in the U.S. to operate "Parker Vision" a computerized master control room that would allow 1 person to do multiple studio and sound functions at once.
KMGH/KCDO Studios. (Picture: RoadsideArchitecture.com / KMGH)
KMGH/KCDO Studios (Picture: Denvergov.org)
We will keep you posted on when the building sells and who that buyer is, we'll also let you know where Scripps moves the KMGH & KZCO studios. So STAY TUNED......
