KRDO NEWS CHANNEL 13 & The Colorado Springs Gazzette go after one another.

ABC station KRDO News Channel 13 and the Colorado Springs Gazette are ripping each other over the way they are each covering a story regarding Colorado Springs Identity as "Olympic City USA".   

The newspaper who is "all in" on the idea of Colorado Springs using "Olympic City USA" has called KRDO's reporting on the subject "sensational" & has reported that the city might have an identity crisis.  

KRDO fired back accusing the editor of the Gazzette of bias reporting & having a "Poorly Researched" article. 

After you read the article, please let me know what you all think of this, I think it's silly. But maybe it will boost ratings for KRDO??

More here: https://coloradomedia.substack.com/p/local-media-smackdown-gazette-vs

 

  

 

Production & Assingment desk staffers at Nexstar's KDVR/KFCT & KWGN have voted to become unionized.

KDVR/KFCT & KWGN production & assignment desk staffers have voted to Unionize with the NABET/CWA Local 52   This comes on the heels of the Nexstar Master control hub employees voting to unionize back in January with the NABET/CWA Local 52.  

Local 52 prior to this only represented master control & production employees of KCNC -- CBS News Colorado, they have been union since September 1995 shortly after the big affiliation switch, when KCNC was purchased by Group W/CBS.

 

 

       

 

KKTV 11 NEWS has moved into it's new studios.

KKTV11 has moved into it's new studios on the north side of Colorado Springs, from a smaller space that it opened back in 2012 near downtown Colorado Springs.  In addition to a larger facility and new studios and newsroom, the station has also debut new graphics and music. They have dropped "This is the Place" and have replaced it with "Stream" both by Stephen Arnold Music. 

They have re-purposed an old ENT credit union building at Woodman & I-25 as their new home, this facility gives them more space and is 38,000 square feet, They have the entire first floor, the 2nd floor is expected to be turned into condos.

 

(New studios / picture: KKTV)

 

  

(Old Studios) 2012-2024

 

 

New Studios with the alt logo. 

 (Old Logo 2022-2024)

 

  

(New Logo: 2024--Present)

Reporter Reha Jah has left KXRM-FOX21NEWS and has landed up I-25 at 9NEWS & Channel 20.

Former FOX21 investigative reporter Reha Jah has joined 9NEWS & Channel 20 in Denver after spending a little over a year at KXRM FOX21 in Pueblo.   Prior to FOX21 she was with station WETM 18 (NBC) in Elmra, New York

Her first day at 9NEWS & Channel 20 is today, Friday March 29,

 

 

                                                   

 

Reha Jah

  

     

    

March 2023 Blizzard Coverage.

All of the Denver stations are giving live coverage of the Blizzard that is impacting eastern Colorado, The Weather Channel & Weather Nation TV are providing some coverage. 

In case your curious here are the links to live coverage: 

NBC / 9NEWS: https://www.9news.com/watch

CBS / CBS NEWS COLORADO: https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/live/ 

ABC / DENVER7:  https://www.denver7.com/live

FOX / FOX31 NEWS: https://kdvr.com/live/fox31/

Colorado's Own Channel 2: https://kdvr.com/live/kwgn/?ipid=live_kwgn_nav 

WeatherNationTV: https://pluto.tv/en/live-tv/628bfbc451e959000777fac9

 

Also the Colorado Springs / Pueblo stations are covering the impacts across southern Colorado: 

ABC / KRDO 13: https://krdo.com/livestream/

NBC / KOAA 5:  https://www.koaa.com/live

CBS / KKTV CBS11: https://www.kktv.com/livestream/

FOX / KXRM FOX21 NEWS: https://www.fox21news.com/live/

 

 

 

(Denver Snowplow / AP/ DuckDuckGo)

 

  

(Littleton Snowplow / Littletonco.gov / DuckDuckGo)

Danielle Grant has landed at KMGH & KCDO.

Meteorologist Danielle Grant has landed across the street at KMGH, DENVER7 & Local 3 KCDO, she starts April 1st, according to a facebook post by Denver7. 

https://www.denver7.com/weather/experienced-colorado-meteorologist-danielle-grant-to-join-denver7-weather-team 

She was at 9NEWS & Channel 20 for 10 years before leaving last fall.  Danielle Grant is a viewer favorite, it will be interesting to see if there is a sizeable ratings shift from 9NEWS to DENVER7 as a result of her moving over. 

 

 

 

  

Mission Broadcasting's year long blackout on Dish Network has finally ended.

The year long re-transmission dispute between Dish Network at Mission Broadcasting has finally come to an end.  The dispute was resolved Wednesday morning and the signals returned to Dish Network at around 7PM Wednesday night. The agreement is good for 3years.

The dispute was over re-trans fees and began Friday January 6, 2023, talks started to finally pick up again in the last few weeks and both sides were able to reach an agreement to return the signals to Dish Network.  Mission stations are managed by Nexstar Media, LLC the largest owner of local TV stations in the country.

In Colorado this blackout affected 1 station, KFQX  FOX4 in Grand Junction, but this dispute affected many other stations across the country including WPIX the CW station in New York City,WXXA the FOX station in Albany, NY, KASY MyNetwork TV in Albuquerque, NM & Satellite KRWB in Roswell, NM. just to name a few.   

 

H/T:THE DESK https://thedesk.net/2024/01/dish-mission-broadcasting-agreement-stations-restored/

 

  

 

                                                                           

 

                                                                           

NEWS5 anchor Rob Quirk has retired from KOAA after 35 years.

KOAA NEWS5 has said goodbye to lead anchor Rob Quirk who has been with the station since 1991, his last day on the air was yesterday, January 25, 2024.  Thursday also marked 35years since Rob Quirk was hired by the station.  

He has covered major wild fires, like Waldo Canyon & Black Forest along with major flooding in 2013, and many other major stories in southern Colorado over the years.

Rob, enjoy your well earned retirement.. 

https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/koaa-news5-bids-farewell-to-rob-quirk-after-a-lifetime-in-local-news

https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/rob-quirk-leaves-koaa-in-colorado-springs-after-35-years/ 

 

(Rob Quirk /Photo: KOAA / Scrips Media)

The Tegna Direc TV / AT&T U-Verse blackout is over.

Tegna stations across the country Including KUSA & KTVD in Denver have returned to DirecTV & AT&T U-Verse.  They returned to the satellite service at around Noon MST this afternoon, after 43Days & 22 Hour blackout.  The two sides reached a multi year deal that took effect right away.  This deal includes all Tegna media stations across the country, including WXIA / WATL in Atlanta, WGRZ in Buffalo, KING / KONG in Seattle & KPNX In Phoenix just to name a few.. 

 

    

 

 

FOX31 & Colorado's Own Channel 2 employees to unionize.

KDVR/KFCT & KWGN Production & Assignment Desk employees intend to Unionize at the Nexstar Denver Duopoly, according to an article published on kdvr.com the stations combined website. 

They intend to unionize with the Broadcast Employees & Technicians-Communications Workers of America, they have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board. 

If this comes to pass, KDVR / KFCT & KWGN would be the 2nd & 3rd TV stations in Denver to become Union.   KCNC known on air as CBS News Colorado has been a union shop since late 1995 shortly after the switch from NBC to CBS.  

There does not appear to be any similar action taking place at this time at any of Nexstar's other Colorado TV properties, KREX-TV (CBS 5) Grand Junction / Montrose  KGJT-CD ( Channel 27 / My Network TV) Grand Junction / Montrose,  KXRM (FOX21) Colorado Springs / Pueblo & KXTU (SoCo CW) Colorado Springs / Pueblo.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/nexstar-workers-in-denver-declare-intent-to-unionize/