NBC11 NEWS drops NBC Branding on-air and from it's website.

Gray Television's NBC stations across the country including 11NEWS, KKCO are removing NBC branding from there stations, it appears as of this morning that 11NEWS has already done so.

It also appears as though most of the national news articles on the 11NEWS website are coming from Gray or CNN News Source, not NBC News.   There is no word at this time as to why Gray NBC stations are removing the network branding.    Will 11NEWS also drop the NBC themed music it has been using for a while?  I would say Yes.  

Gray Television owns & operates 70 NBC affiliate stations across the country.

 

 Old Logo (2019--2023)         

          

 New Logo (2023--present)

                                                                                                           

CBS NEWS Colorado's Rick Sallinger has retired from KCNC TV after 30+ years.

CBS NEWS Colorado reporter Rick Sallinger has retired after 30+ years on the air in Denver, first at 9NEWS and then since 1993 at KCNC.  I met Rick several times over the years covering big news stories in south east Denver.   Rick is retiring due to health reasons...

Rick Enjoy your retirement... 

  

(Rick Sallinger--Photo/KCNC TV/CBS)

Here is the article from 9NEWS talking about Rick:

https://www.9news.com/article/life/people/30-years-denver-tv-9news-reporter-rick-sallinger/73-f7062d47-4bc9-4171-afa3-5bdb26b5eaf5

 

 

TEGNA & DirecTV / AT&T U-VERSE are in a re-transmission dispute.

It looks as if Tegna Media & DirecTV / AT&T U-Verse are headed for a potential blackout.  The blackout began just a few minutes ago, so viewers in Denver have now lost access to KUSA (NBC) & KTVD (My Network TV) Programing around 6:00PM MDT This evening, the last time negotiations broke down Tegna stations across the country were off of the sat caster for almost a month.  

As usual we will have a clock going on this blog to track how long this dispute will last. 

Beyond Colorado, Tegna owns stations in: 

• Atlanta, WXIA -NBC  WATL--My Network TV
• Phoenix, KPNX -NBC
• Jacksonville, WTLV -NBC  WJXX -ABC
• Washington D.C., WUSA -CBS
• Houston: KHOU - CBS, KTBU - QUEST 
• Charlotte: WCNC - NBC 
• Cleveland: WKYC - NBC    
  

And many other markets, The Blackout began at 7:13PM MDT, so the clock is at the top of this blog until the Denver signals return, I have a feeling this could be a lengthy blackout so stay tuned...

 

   

 

 

  

 

DENVER7 Anchor Ann Trujillo retires from KMGH-TV.

Denver7 Anchor, Anne Trujillo's last newscast is tonight at 10PM after 40 years on the air.  She started off in Scottsbluff, NE, then moving on to Omaha, NE before joining KMGH in 1984, where she has been ever since.  She started off as a general assignment reporter for KMGH before eventually getting the anchor job, she has covered major stories from the Columbine shootings, to Platte Canyon shootings, to Aurora, to major wild fires & floods.

Anne you will be missed--enjoy your well earned retirement.   

 

 

  

(Ann Trujillo--Photo/KMGH)

 

   

(Ann Trujillo--1984 Photo/KMGH) 

    

DENVER7 Celebrated 70 years on the Air November 1st.

Denver7 turned 70 on November 1, 2023.  Here we have a look back of some of the history of  KMGH-TV.

 

It started out as KLZ-TV, broadcasting CBS programing from November 1, 1953 until the "Big Switch" on September 10, 1995, when it became an ABC station.  

KLZ-TV was the first station in Colorado & one of the first in the nation to have cameras in the court room, something they ended up having to take to the Colorado supreme court.  They changed there call letters from KLZ-TV to the current KMGH-TV in 1972.

There was a time between 1990-1991 when they were still a CBS Affiliate, that they were  the lowest rated CBS station in the country, there former owners Mc-Graw Hill Broadcasting worked hard to get the ratings back and it worked, then they switched over to ABC and now are doing well in the Denver news ratings. 

Here are there current studio facilities, thru early next year when they move a few blocks north to new facilities, we'll have more on that in a later post.

 (KMGH/KCDO Studios--- (Picture: RoadsideArchitecture.com / KMGH)  

While we are speaking about the history of KMGH lets take a look at some of there past logos through out the years... 

 

1953-1958:   

1974-1976:

1972-1976, 1981-1982:

1991:

1992-1995 (Last logo as a CBS Affiliate): 

1995--1998:

 

 

 

1998-2015 

 2015-Present

  

 

 

KMGH Helicopter 1993-1995

 

 

                             AirTracker7  2003-2009 on the stations helipad.

They have a rich history here in Denver--- Here is to another 70 years. 

 

 

NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP & DIRECTV / AT&T U-Verse have reached a temporary agreement

Nexstar Media Group & DirecTV/AT&T U-Verse have reached a temporary agreement, nexstar stations returned to DirecTV around 5:30AM MDT this morning September 17, 2023 after 76 Days & 10 Hours. This means that for now KDVR/KFCT, KWGN, & KXRM are back on systems in Colorado. 

 

      

     

 

Reporter Rachel Krause has Joined 9NEWS & Channel 20

Reporter Rachael Krause has joined 9NEWS & Channel 20 effective today August 10th, she joins the NBC & My Network TV duopoly from Tegna sister station WTHR 13 in Indianapolis, where she has been a backpack journalist for 3 years, prior to WTHR she worked for Spectrum News 13 in Orlando, FL a cable news channel from Charter Communications. 

(Photo: KUSA / KTVD)

 

    

Scotty Gange has been named sports director at 9NEWS & Channel 20.

Sports Reporter Scotty Gange has been named Sports Diretor following Rod Mackey's exit to KCNC TV. Scotty joined 9NEWS in May of 2020, working 9NEWS Prep sports shortly after graduating from Arizona State University. 

  

  

9NEWS Sports Director Rod Mackey has left 9NEWS & is Joing CBS4 News.

After 23 Years 9NEWS Sports director Rod Mackey left 9NEWS & Channel 20 August 3rd. He was the 4nd longest on air personalty at 9NEWS, Behind Kim Christiansan, Kathy Sabine & Matt Renoux.  

Rod will Join KCNC later on this month, he interned at KCNC back in the 90s when it was an NBC O&O. 

ROD MACKEY (Photo: KUSA)   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                     

Nexstar Media pulls stations from Direc TV & AT&T U-Verse

 DirecTV / AT&T U-Verse and Nexstar Media Group are in a re-transmission dispute. The Nexstar stations were pulled at 7:01PM MDT this evening.  This dispute could go on for a while, the re-transmission dispute with Dish Network and Mission Broadcasting is still on-going and it has been going on since late January.

We will have a counter going here on the blog for this dispute.  This dispute pulls several Colorado TV stations off of DirecTV & AT&T U-Verse. They are KDVR-FOX31, KWGN-Colorado's Own Channel 2, FOX21, SoCo CW, KREX News, & KGJT--My Network GJ.

 

   

 

 

 

 

KMGH & KCDO have hired a new news director.

 KMGH has named a new news director.  Former KUSA/KTVD news director Megan Jurgemeyer. 

She joins the station sometime this week.   No press release has been put out just yet. 

Meanwhile KUSA/KTVD are still looking for their next news director. 

Stay tuned!

Reporter Luis De Leon has left 9NEWS & Channel 20.

Reporter Luis De Leon has left 9NEWS & Channel 20, his last day was Thursday April 27, 2023. No word yet on where he is headed. He was at 9NEWS & Channel 20 for a little more than a year.

H/T: https://www.earnthenecklace.com/luis-de-leon-leaving-kusa-tv-9news/

 

 

(Photo: KUSA/KTVD)