Former ABC News reporter Phil Lipof is joining 9NEWS & Channel 20 soon, prior to working at ABC News he worked for a few years at NBC flagship station WNBC in New York, he replaces Tom Green who retired from 9NEWS earlier this year.
We will see him on air here in a few weeks with Kim & Kathy on Four O' Clock at 9NEWS and on 9NEWS @5PM.
(Phil Lipof / Photo: WNBC )
Claira Faith has joined the Denver7 First Alert weather team effective today, she joins KMGH & KCDO from WACH-TV, the FOX Station in Columbia, SC where she spent 2 years. Prior to this she was at WJCL as a morning producer. She is currently studying for her meteorology degree from Mississippi state university.
Her on air debut was this morning but she will be the weekend meteorologist.
Today it was officially announced that Nexstar Media Inc, would acquire Tegna Inc, in a blockbuster move, nexstar is the largest tv station owner in the country with 201 Stations including 7 in Colorado + a local marketing agreement. In Colorado Nexstar owns the following:
* KFQX is Owned by Mission Broadcasting Inc and is operated by Nexstar & run from studios owned by Nexstar.
Tegna is the largest owner of NBC & CBS stations in the country, in Colorado they own 2 stations KUSA (NBC) & KTVD (My Network TV).
What happens here in Denver when this eventually goes through is anyone's guess, they will probably hold on to the top 2 here which would be KUSA & KDVR / KFCT, what would happen with KTVD & KWGN? they would hopefully go to new owners or be shuttered, Mission perhaps as nexstar would probably want to continue selling ads on these stations or hopefully a 3rd party (Hearst, Gray,ect). Either way this is bad news for staffers at 9NEWS & Channel 20 as they are most likely to be laid off as this merger progresses.
The other question, what happens to the KUSA / KTVD Studios here in Denver, do they get sold off and everything is combined at the KDVR/KWGN "News & Technology Center"??
Starting next Monday August 18th Meteorologist Katie LaSalle is joining the 9NEWS Weather Impact Team from KMGH Denver7, her last day at KMGH & KCDO was July 13th, after 10 years.
You will find her weekday mornings on 9NEWS Mile High Mornings, for anyone wondering Meteorologist Chris Bianchi isn't going anywhere at this time that we have heard of.
"9NEWS @ 6PM / Next with Kyle Clark" today celebrated 9 years on the air, it launched during the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a reformatted newscast focusing on bettering Colorado communities and longer format stories.
And the ratings while they dipped for a while have come back, so congratulations to 9NEWS on a successful program.
The program reminds me a bit of the old "Colorado Evening News" that aired on KCNC at 6:30pm from 1984--1998.
