Reporter Noah Caplan joined KOAA at the end of October 2024 as a multimedia journalist . Prior to his time here at KOAA News 5 he worked for 3 years at KTTC (NBC) in Rochester Minnesota as a general assignment reporter & multimedia journalist. He graduated in 2020 from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor with a bachelors degree in communication & media studies.
You can catch Noah's reports during the evening and late night newscasts on KOAA News5.
Noah Caplan (Photo: KTTC)
Reporter Spincer Soicher has joined 9NEWS & Channel 20 from KGTV, 10 News in San Diego, CA where he was a general assignment reporter. If the name sounds familiar it's because he is related to former 9NEWS sports director Drew Soicher (His Uncle) & former CBS Denver sports reporter Marc Soicher (His Dad). Prior to KGTV he worked in Colorado Springs at KRDO News Channel 13 as a general assignment reporter.
Denver7 Chief Meteorologist Mike Nelson is Retiring today, his last newscast will be today at 5PM. He has been on the air for 48 years. He chose today to retire because 12+12=48, hence December 12th.
Mike started out selling weather computers to tv stations across the country, infact he sold a system to KUSA back in the day, and got to train the late Bill Kuster & the late Stormy Rotman on how to use the new system, he also trained NBC Today Show Meterologist Al Roker on the then new system.
He got his TV start at WKOW-TV in Madison, WI and then went on to KMOV-TV in St. Louis. In June 1991 he landed at KUSA 9NEWS in Denver, where he was the chief meterologist until 2004 when he moved across the street to KMGH where he has been ever since. Mike Nelson's passion for weather has impacted many many school children over the years with his signature tornado dance and the "Kid Cam".
Mike also has been telling the viewers about the impacts of climate change, and for the past few years has had the carbon dioxide levels posed during his weather forecasts. He has also written several books including: "The Colorado Weather Book", "Colorado Weather Almanac", &
Mike good luck in your retirement, and good luck in your upcoming carieer in the realestate business.
Mike Nelson (Photo: KMGH / KCDO)
Mike Nelson in 1991 (KUSA / KTVD)
Mike Nelson with Mike Landess in 1991 (KUSA/KTVD)
Mike Nelson with Bill Kuster, Nick Carter & Kathy Sabine (KUSA/KTVD)
Mike Nelson in the First Alert weather center. (KMGH/KCDO)
Mike Nelson explaining the differenc between a gustnado & tornado. (KMGH/KCDO)
Mike Nelso in the new 24/7Weather Center 2004. (KMGH/KCDO)
Meteorologist Laurann Robinson has given her final forecast on 9NEWS & Channel 20, effective December 1st according to an online announcement, no word yet on where she is headed.
She joined the 9NEWS Weather Impact Team in 2020 during the pandemic & is now off to a new adventure, when we find out we will be sure to update.
Laurann Robinson (Photo: KUSA)
Anchor Tony Keith is leaving KKTV11 the CBS station in Colorado Springs / Pueblo, today is his last day on the air. He is moving on from TV, but staying in the Colorado Springs area.
He joined KKTV in November 2016 from KGWN TV in Cheyenne WY the CBS station there.
Tony Keith (Picture: KKTV / Gray Media)
Reporter Amanda Gilbert has joined 9NEWS & Channel 20 as the 9NEWS Northern Newsroom reporter based in Ft. Collins her first day on air was yesterday (Monday November 25th). She comes to 9NEWS & Channel 20 from KUTV (CBS2 News) in Salt Lake City, UT.
She was a general assignment reporter in Salt Lake City where she covered high profile court cases, she was with KUTV for 2 years before landing here in Denver.
Reporter Amanda Gilbert (Photo: KUTV)
Sports reporter Chris Taverez has joined 9NEWS Sports as a reporter, he comes to 9NEWS & Channel 20 from KTXL in Sacramento / Modesto where he was the sports director, covering the Kings & 49ers, Warriors & other bay area sports happenings. Prior to KTXL FOX 40, he was at KXAN/NBC 36 & duopoly KBVO the My Network TV affiliate in Austin TX for a decade covering sports.
(Photo:KUSA/KTVD)
Reporter Colton Chavez has joined 9NEWS & Channel 20 as a reporter, he will be seen across all 9news casts. He started at 9NEWS in early October.
Colton joins 9NEWS & Channel 20, from WFTX FOX4 in Ft. Myers, FL where he was a general assignment reporter for the last 3 years.
He grew up in Denver so this is sort of a homecoming for him.
Colton Chavez (Photo: WFTX )
Colton Chavez (Photo:WFTX)
Former KMGH & KCNC reporter Cynthia Hessin has passed away according to KMGH. She passed away Friday (Nov 22nd) after a long battle with cancer, she was 73. Anyone who watched Denver 7 or CBS News Colorado (then Called "Newscenter4" or "NEWS4") in the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s saw her work.
She started her news career in radio at KBOL in Boulder before joining KCNC from 1979--1984, she then moved to KMGH for 11 years before leaving in 1995.
Cynthia Hessin (Photo: KMGH)
(Station logo when Cynthia was on the air, early 1990s, dropped in 1995)
(KCNC Logo when Cynthia was on the air, 1980s)
9NEWS Reporter Kelly Reinke has left 9NEWS & Channel 20. Her last day on the air was yesterday, she joined 9NEWS & Channel 20 in March of 2021 from WTTV & WXIN in Indianapolis where she spent 2 years.
She is stepping away from TV journalism for a while, as they like to say in the business "Stay Tuned".
Kelly Reinke (Photo: KUSA/KTVD)
Beginning yesterday October 15,2024, all Gray Media stations across the country began airing the national anthem at least daily. The performance was recorded in house at Assembly studios in Atlanta, which is owed by Gray Media. And is produced by Swirl Films also owned by Gray.
In Colorado you can catch the National Anthem on the following stations: KKCO 11 NEWS in Grand Junction, 11 NEWS KKTV in Colorado Springs/Pueblo & KJCT NEWS 8 in Grand Junction.
The video below is from YouTube and is owned by Gray Media:
