Potential historic designation endangers Denver7’s future

Continuing coverage here at Colorado News Center about KMGH's attempt to get new studio facilities...

Denver's 7 has an article on their website that we have a link to below, talking about why a landmark designation could hurt KMGH's news gathering ability, it's an interesting read & at the same time it does make since.  

The building is certainly outdated, hopefully we will know here in a few weeks what might or might not happen with the building & property.   We have to wait until Denver City Council meets to see where things might be headed.   

 

(Some functions of KCDO (Sales, Traffic) also operate out of the KMGH studio facilities, but master control remains out in Aurora on Jamaica Court for now, until new studios for KMGH come into play).

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/potential-historic-designation-endangers-denver7s-future 

 

(KMGH/KCDO Studios--- (Picture: RoadsideArchitecture.com / KMGH) 

Anchor Britt Moreno leaving CBS4

Another Denver on-air person has left....

After 13 years with KCNC, anchor Britt Moreno has decided to leave the station to be closer to family out of state.  

Her last day on the air is today, she made an announcement yesterday on her social media account.  She is headed to NBC Station KXAN in Austin, TX.  

 

Here is a tribute from CBS4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC9-hrlEAto

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 9NEWS & Channel 20 excidous continues. Meterologist Kylie Bearse is leaving 9NEWS and is scheduled to go right across the street.

9NEWS & Channel 20 Meteorologist Kylie Bearse will be leaving KUSA/KTVD and is headed across the street to FOX31 & Colorado's own channel 2.   As of this writing her bio is still listed at 9NEWS.COM, her last day at 9NEWS will be April 9, 2021.   She joins KDVR/KWGN April 26,2021 (Apparently not much of a non-compete clause).       

This is the 4th on-air person to leave 9NEWS & Channel 20 since January, so the exits continue. 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

MeTV is now avaliable over the air to a bigger audience in Denver.

Classic tv network MeTV, is now available as of this past week on KCNC 4.4 over the air. (You will need to re-scan your tv to get it).   MeTV was previously available from KTVD 20.2 but this ended February 1st of last year after KTVD joined up with the Heroes & Icons network.  

MeTV has been available by way of Comcast & DirecTV via  KREG-TV  Glenwood Springs, however there is no over the air coverage of KREG in Denver because there transmitter is located near Glenwood Springs.   

That has now changed thanks to KCNC--CBS4.

 

 

We now know the company who wants to purchase and re-develop the KMGH studios in downtown Denver.

The Denver Business Journal has learned who the group that hopes to buy & re-develop the KMGH Studio location. It is developer Property Markets Group out of New York City.   I have posted a little bit of the article below, plus a link--the link is behind a pay wall and may or may not allow you to view it.  The article goes into depth about why KMGH needs a new studio facility.

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2021/03/23/denver7-building-landmark-property-markets-group.html?csrc=6398&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:%20Trending%20Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1tBWdOB3MRILXjDNGckRGKtUrXra1L9uho1tLgXM0KoyME9e8IkfeVpts 

>>>>>FROM: THE DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL & American City Business Journals>>>>>

Denver7 KMGH-TV and its owner, Scripps Media Inc., hope to sell the television station's longtime home at the intersection of Speer Boulevard and Lincoln Street to a developer who plans to tear down the structure and build residential units.

But several locals want to see the building remain standing, and have filed a landmark-designation application to ensure that's the case.

So begins Denver's latest high-profile dispute over landmark designations, which prevent the demolition of historic buildings deemed worthy of preservation by city planners and City Council.

The primary building in question is an octagonal, five-story Brutalist tower that was completed in 1969 at 123 Speer Blvd. The property also includes a much less imposing, five-story connecting tower and a two-story studio, as well as a concrete plaza and surface parking lot. The 2.3-acre property is zoned for mixed-use development up to 12 stories.

In 2019, Denver7 began exploring a potential sale of the building, seeking to move into a space that more closely resembles the one- or two-story buildings favored by television stations today. Such a space would reduce operating costs, allow for more collaboration and better accommodate Denver7's more than 200 employees, vice president and general manager Dean Littleton said. With money from the sale, the station planned to find a new, centrally located home in Denver. 

<<<<<FROM: THE DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL & American City Business Journals >>>>>  

 

 

 

 

 

  

(KMGH/KCDO Studios--- (Picture: RoadsideArchitecture.com / KMGH) 

FOX31 Has launched a new digital streaming service.

Beginning tonight March 12, 2021--FOX31 has launched a new digital stream at their website KDVR.COM called FOX31 NOW.  The stream will broadcast live events, sort of similar to NEWS NOW from FOX NEWS & former O&O sister station KSAZ-FOX 10. 

( the News Now service from FOX is run out of the KSAZ newsroom)   

The first broadcast of "FOX31 NOW" was a weather update from chief meteorologist Dave Frasier talking about this weekend's upcoming major winter storm.  The FOX31 NOW digital stream is available on the website & through their mobile app--this will not be a tv service. 

I Don't know if this is a project from Nexstar or just a local project from FOX31 NEWS.   There is a potential to have a lot of news events on this stream, this could turn out to be a very big project from FOX31.

 

Here is the link to go check out the stream: https://kdvr.com/live/now/

 

This is the logo for the new streaming service FOX31 NOW.

9NEWS & Channel 20 have a new hire, she starts sometime next month.

Reporter-- Kelly Reinke is going to be joining 9NEWS & Channel 20 sometime in the next month or so, according to our friends over at TVSpy. She is coming to 9NEWS & Channel 20 from Indianapolis duopoly WXIN (FOX 59) / WTTV (CBS4).    Prior to her stint at WXIN/WTTV she spent several years at WATE in Knoxville, TN.   She is most likely to be the replacement for reporter Sonia Gutierrez, who left 9NEWS & Channel 20 last month to join KRMA--Rocky Mountain PBS.

(Credit, WXIN/ WATV)