KDVR & KWGN a Covid-19 hot spot?

 According to FTVLive & Westword, several staffers have COVID-19, however due to hippa laws we don't know who it is at this time.

KDVR/KWGN Management says "Infected teammates are doing fine with mild to no symptoms" 

The infected staffers worked in the KWGN studios, some staff are mad that no one was notified quickly about the situation, KDVR & KWGN are also the only 2 Denver stations operating at full staffing levels. All other Denver stations are still operating with folks from home and a few in studio.   Some staff say the way the two stations have handled this so far has been a coverup situation. 

H/T: FTVLive & Westword.

WestWord article about the infection:  https://www.westword.com/news/covid-19-poor-mask-use-in-sterling-and-other-colorado-towns-11766934 

FTVLive article:https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2020/8/12/covid-outbreak-at-denver-station

The studios and offices shared by Fox31 and Channel 2 are located at 100 Speer Boulevard in Denver.

 

 

 

  

KMGH, KZCO, & KOAA no longer avaliable on DISH Network.

KMGH, KZCO & KOAA have been dropped from Dish Network as of 5PM yesterday July 25, 2020 over a retransmission dispute between Scripps broadcasting & Dish. Scripps claims this is there first ever dispute with a Cable or Satellite company.

Marty Colignilo out at 9NEWS & Channel 20

Meteorologist Marty Coniglio is out at 9NEWS & Channel 20 after 16 years.  He quit Thursday after a tweet comparing federal troops in cities to regain law & order to the nazis. He deleted the tweet later on in the day.

Here is his tweet:

He came to 9NEWS from KMGH in 2004 in a swap for Mike Nelson who left 9NEWS to take over as chief at KMGH. Marty was Chief Meteorologist at KMGH from 1999-2004 & Chief Meteorologist at KCNC from 1989-1999, where he was one of the youngest chief's in the country. 

Marty Coniglio--Photo Credit: KUSA

20 Years ago tonight FOX31 NEWS was launched.

20 years ago tonight KDVR launched FOX31 NEWS @ 9 O'Clock.  That newscast quickly overtook WB2 News @9 in the ratings race.  KDVR moved into the "FOX News & Technology Center" a few months before the newscast launch (they moved into the facility April 28, 2000).   Now 20 years later a lot has changed, FOX Television Stations, LLC sold KDVR in 2007 to Local TV, LLC who then merged with Tribune broadcasting a few years later, and then just this past December they were taken over by Nexstar Broadcasting.   Here is an article from kdvr.com talking about the anniversary.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/fox31-news-turns-20-a-look-back-at-our-first-night/

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO FOX 31 NEWS. 

Here is a look back at there first night on the air.

NBC Affilates Opt Out of 30 Rock/ 2020 Up fronts special

Most NBC Affiliates will not be showing the 30 Rock special on Thursday night on NBC, because most of the advertising during the special is for 'Peacock' NBC's new streaming service. 

In Denver 9NEWS will NOT be showing the special, all Tegna NBC stations are not airing the special.

Reports are that Grey television will also not be showing the special, however as of this afternoon the KKCO website was showing that 11 NEWS will be showing the special, stay tuned for updates on that.

All Scripps NBC stations including KOAA in Pueblo/Colorado Springs will be showing the special.

Here is an article from the hollywood reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-affiliates-opt-30-rock-upfront-special-1303177

Coverage of the Denver Protests over the George Floyd killing.

The Denver TV Stations have been covering the rally & protests in downtown Denver the past 4 days.  
While things have been peaceful during the day, once darkness comes things get crazy. Here is a rundown so far....    This post will be updated to see what happens tonight.

• On Thursday night May 28th the first night of unrest in Denver, most of the TV stations stayed on the air until 11:30PM.  KCNC was the last station on the air, going off at 11:56PM.
• On Friday night May 29th someone pointed a laser at the Denver news helicopter, the FBI is now investigating (the helicopter is a news share agreement between KUSA, KTVD, KMGH, KCNC, KDVR & KWGN each station controls what the helicopter does depending on what month it is). Story Here.  KUSA was the last station on the air, going off at 11:35PM.   
• On Saturday night May 30th, some of the protesters smashed out the windows on a KDVR/KWGN news truck and looted the vehicle they took some camera gear.  KDVR was the last station on the air last night going off at 11:59PM.   Denver started a curfew last night at 8PM.       *I'm sorry but I don't currently have any info on how the Colorado Springs/Pueblo stations or the Grand Junction stations are covering things--if someone has any info on what stations are doing what please email us: coloradonewscenter@gmail.com  Thank-you*

CBS Layoffs have hit Denver.

CBS4 Traffic Reporter Joel Hillan is no longer with KCNC, he was part of a massive group of layoffs at CBS Television Stations Inc & CBS NEWS.  

His last day was Tuesday May 27th, 2020.   As of Tuesday night his bio was already scrubbed from the stations website.   He came to CBS4 from KJCT, prior to that he was at KTVQ in Billings,MT & KPAX-TV in Missoula, MT.







Photo: KCNC/CBS