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.