Former 9NEWS Anchor John Rayburn has passed away, he passed away Sunday in Greeley at the age of 96. John was at 9NEWS in the 1970s and worked at all 3 network affiliates in Denver, from 1959-1963 he was at KCNC NBC (then KOA-TV), from 1963-1970 at KMGH CBS (then KLZ-TV) & KUSA ABC (then KBTV), before retiring from TV in the early 1980s.
He then did some radio work up until his death.
Rick Sallinger, the veteran reporter has passed away according to KCNC TV, he was 74. He passed away last night May 8, 2024 from natural causes. Rick worked in Denver TV for decades, fist at KUSA in the 1980s and then at KCNC from 1993 to December 2023. Prior to coming to Denver he worked at WMAQ the NBC O&O in Chicago, & WRTV in Indianapolis.
9NEWS & CBS4 both have articles about him and they are below.
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/rick-sallinger-dies-veteran-journalist-cbs-news-colorado/
Rick Sallinger (Photo: KCNC /CBS)
KDEN-TV Telemundo Colorado (Formerly Telemundo Denver until this past February), has named Ana Guerra an anchor for its 4:30, 5, & 10pm newscasts, Ana comes to KDEN from Univision Tampa Bay, WVEA-TV where she was a news producer and lead anchor. Prior to her time at WVEA she worked for Telemundo's Phoenix station as an anchor. She started her career at TV Azteca in Mexico.
She starts soon at Telemundo Colorado.
H/T: TV News Check. https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/telemundos-kden-denver-names-ana-guerra-news-anchor/
(Ana Guerra--Photo DuckDuckGo / TV News Check)
