There is a new wildfire in Boulder, Colorado almost a year to the day of the large destructive "Marshall Fire" that tore through the community at the end of 2021. We have a blog post on the Marshall fire here:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2445402073987508969/3511463221779054391
With that said here are the links to Today's fire, evacuations are underway for the fire so, click the links below to learn more.
9NEWS Anchor Gary Shapiro anchors his final newscast tomorrow morning (December 9, 2022), after 40 years on the air. He joined 9NEWS in 1983 as the "Boulder Bureau" reporter, when having a newsroom in Boulder was a big deal. (KCNC also had a Boulder bureau--staffed by CNBC's Phill LeBeau). He started his career at KAKE the ABC station in Wichita, KS from 1977-1982, before joining 9NEWS, which at the time was also an ABC affiliate. You can read more here from Westword who did an interview with him this past summer.
9News' Gary Shapiro Interview About His Retirement Decision | Westword
And of course, here is the article on Gary from his co-workers at 9NEWS: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/9news-mornings/9news-gary-shapiro-retires/73-e83a4cdc-729d-4e54-a916-4daecaff4033
Gary, from all of us here enjoy your retirement and enjoy sleeping in!!! Good luck, we'll miss seeing you on Mile High Mornings & on the TODAY Show updates.
(Photo: KUSA/KTVD)
9NEWS, Mile High Mornings reporter Jon Glasglow is leaving the Denver duopoly, it was announced this morning. His last day is Tomorrow December 9, 2022. He joined 9NEWS & Channel 20 from CTV News in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
While here in Denver he did live shots for the morning newscasts on KUSA & KTVD, including covering the Colorado Avalanche Stanley cup parade & breaking news across the front range. He hasn't announced where he is going just yet, due to contract obligations. When we find out we'll let everyone know.
Good Luck Jon on your new adventure.
For any of us who have been in the Denver area for a while, you might remember sports caster Mike Nolan who was a 9NEWS for years. He was at 9NEWS from the 1970s to 2004. He passed away yesterday, Thanksgiving in SantaFe after a brief illness, he was 85.
The funeral services are currently pending.
He worked in Buffalo, NY, Chicago, & Miami before coming to Denver to work at KUSA.
Picture: The Denver Post
Reporter Noel Brennan is leaving 9NEWS & Channel 20 his last day will be Wednesday November 23, 2022. He joined 9NEWS 9 years ago and is now headed to WBBM CBS2 in Chicago, market #3.
He will be missed.
FOX4 in Grand Junction, KFQX has been pulled from DirecTV, DirecTV Stream & AT&T U-Verse as KFQX's owner Mission Broadcasting, Inc is in a fee dispute with the Sat Caster. The blackout began at 4PM Mountain time today.
***NOTE: This only affects KFQX and not KREX or KGJT as Nexstar Media is not currently in contract talks with DirecTV. ***
It will be interesting to see how long this dispute lasts.
We have a counter going on the blog to track how long FOX4 is off DirecTV. So if you have satellite service in Grand Junction or Montrose you might want an Antenna if you want to watch FOX NFL Sunday or FOX News Sunday this weekend.
Interestingly enough there is nothing on Westernslopenow.com indicating there is any service disruption to FOX4. It's strange to me the station wouldn't have notice on its website.
FOX31 KDVR/KFCT---Debuts it's new studio & set tonight on FOX31 NEWS @ 9PM. It's been 2 months in the making. It has lots of video monitors and a new weather center, it was built by Orlando FL based FX Design group.
Check out the link below to get a sneak peek. If you're thinking to yourself the station has used a lot of news sets over the years, your correct, from their original studio that went on the air in 2000, there updated FOX O&O Set, to the newsroom set after the merger with KWGN, to the set they have been using since 2018. (My count is this will be their 5th set since there debut newscast on July 16, 2000.)
https://kdvr.com/on-air/on-fox31/new-set-studio-oct-2022/
We have sad news to pass along, former KCNC Anchor & Reporter Suzanne McCarroll has passed away in Southern California according to CBS Denver, she passed away yesterday afternoon. She was on the air from 1982-2016, as a general assignment reporter and financial specialist.
There is currently no word on the cause of death.
For those of us that have been here in Denver for years, she will be greatly missed.
Today 9NEWS Celebrates 70 years on the air. They officially went on the air on October 12, 1952 at 3:00PM. Unfortunately, there is no film or tape of there 1st newscast or anything from their first day on the air.
Here is some more history about KUSA TV / KBTV---9NEWS.
Tomorrow October 12th KUSA TV celebrates 70 years on the air. I will try to capture as much as I can tomorrow. So Stay Tuned.....
If you're wondering why I didn't do anything on KWGN's 70th back in July they didn't mention much about it. It was Denver's 1st TV Station, then KBTV now KUSA signed on.
KBTV's studios were originally a converted car dealership at 11th Ave & Bannock street. A studio location they used until 1992 when they moved into their current facilities at 500 E. Speer Boulevard in Denver. There original studios became the home of KRMA Rocky Mountain PBS from 1992 to 2019 when they moved to 5 points.
On Sunday September 10, 1995 9NEWS Switched from ABC to NBC in what was called "The Big Switch" we have an article on this blog explaining that switch if you want to read it, it involved stations in Philadelpha & TV transmitters in Miami.
9NEWS has had some great promos so far showing some of their history, I can't wait to see what they show tomorrow.
(We are 17 years & 2 months away from Channel 20--KTVD turning 50)
Here are the past logos of 9NEWS:
9NEWS Turns 70 on October 12th. The station has been running ad's since March about the upcoming 70th anniversary. So yesterday the station did a big photo shoot with past & present 9NEWSers. Here is that photo..
Around October 12th or so, I'll post more old station photos and do a detailed history on 9NEWS.
FOX31 is once again on a temporary set or in the newsroom (depending on the newscast) as the station is starting the build of a new set. This appears to only be on the KDVR/KFCT side.
What is interesting here is they just had a major re-do of the studio & set back in May.
Pictures seen online today.
(By the way this is what is called "The FOX BOX")
KCNC CBS4 is now calling themselves CBS NEWS COLORADO beginning tomorrow, in addition for the first time since September 8, 1995 (When they were still an NBC O&O) they will have a 9AM newscast. There first 9AM newscast was on the air from 1990-1995.
And they are re-adding a 4PM newscast for the first time since September 2, 2011, when it was dropped in favor of Dr. Phill.
According to a press release from the station they will now have 45 Hours of news Monday-Friday, a huge increase for the station, who in the past has had around 32 hours a week. This doesn't include streaming news on CBSN Denver the on-line streaming service from KCNC.
Denver's 7 today has changed their web address for the first time since March 1, 2001. Does this mean there will be a major website update coming? We haven't heard anything but won't be surprised if it happens in the coming weeks.
WRTV in Indianapolis changed its web address from "theindychannel.com" to wrtv.com back in April with the current Scripps layout.
Stay Tuned!
Meteorologist Gregg Perez has Joined 9NEWS & Channel 20 from WPMT---FOX 43 In Harrisburg PA, where he was a weekday meteorologist for the station, prior to FOX43 he was at KHQ 6 in Spokane WA the NBC affiliate there.
He started at 9NEWS in early August 2022.
9NEWS Mile High Mornings / 9NEWS Morning's anchor Nasasha Verma is leaving 9NEWS after 3 years. She is off to work on her foundation. Her last day on air was today.
Prior to 9NEWS she was at NBC 10 Boston--WBTS-CD the NBC O&O in Boston, MA.
Here is the video from 9NEWS: https://www.9news.com/video/news/local/9news-mornings/natasha-verma-leaving-9news-after-3-years/73-b7d61754-0e22-4622-a6f7-53eb02e78060
Long time 9NEWS Anchor Gary Shiparo will retire from 9NEWS & Channel 20 by year's end. He has been at 9NEWS since 1983 when he joined the station's then Boulder Bureau. He has been on 9NEWS Mornings since 1989 (recently called "Mile High Mornings") .
In his 40-year career he has covered all sorts of things in Denver, from the Pope visiting in 1993 for world youth day to 9/11 (He was on the air when the attacks began), to COVID-19. He will be doing some part time work so he will still be around for a while.
He will retire from day-to-day on-air duties sometime in December.
