KDVR/KWGN News Director leaves the Duopoly.

Holly Gauntt has announced that she is leaving FOX31 & Colorado's Own channel 2, after two years at the stations, she is moving right across the street to 7NEWS, she will be replacing Lindsay Radford who left on June 3. 

KDVR & KWGN are waiting to see if a pending sale of the stations goes through. If it does the stations would then be owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.   Sinclair is currently the largest owner of FOX Affiliates in the country.   Some staffers at KDVR & KWGN are worried about Sinclair's "Must Runs" because so much of that content is right leaning. 

H/T: The Denver Post.
More here: http://theknow.denverpost.com/2017/07/12/sinclair-denver-tv-purchase-tribune-kdvr-kwgn-2017/150970/








 

Meterologist Cory Reppenhagen has joined 9NEWS & Channel 20.

Former 7NEWS Meteorologist Cory Reppenhagen has joined 9NEWS/Channel 20. 

He started today, and what a day to start, chasing severe weather in northeast Colorado with 9NEWS Meteorologist Becky Ditchfield.  And yes if you were wondering, there were Tornadoes in Weld County this afternoon. (That is north of the Denver Metro Area).  He left KMGH earlier this spring.    



 

 

 

Kim Christiansen joins Kyle Clark on 9NEWS @ 10

9NEWS Announced today on there website that Kim Christiansen will be joining Kyle Clark, & Kathy Sabine on 9NEWS @ 10.  She will replace Adele Arakawa when she retires early this summer.

More here: http://www.9news.com/news/local/press-releases/kim-christiansen-joins-kyle-clark-kathy-sabine-on-9news-at-10-pm/447485467  

KKTV Debutes New Meterologist.

KKTV has a new face on-air the station has hired Meteorologist Lucy Bergemann, she interned at Boston 25 News a Fox Affiliate and the National Weather Service in Taunton, MA.

H/T: The Gazette.   More here: http://gazette.com/tv-talk-new-meteorologist-debuts-on-kktv/article/1604597

FOX 31--KDVR & Colorado's Own Channel 2--KWGN sold to Sinclair Broadcasting.

I Was on vacation when this transaction happened, so here we go: KWGN-Channel 2 Colorado's 1st TV station & KDVR-FOX 31 a former FOX O&O were sold by Tribune broadcasting to Sinclair for $3.9 Billion. Sinclair is already one of the largest broadcasters in the country.  Before this transaction Sinclair was already one of the largest owners of Fox affiliates in the U.S.

(Note there is video in this article)
H/T: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-07/sinclair-said-close-to-buying-tribune-for-about-45-a-share 


 

Ed Greene out at CBS4 after 40 Years.

Ed Greene the longest serving weather anchor at KCNC-DT, CBS4 is being phased out over the next 6 months, as KCNC has opted not to renew his contract.   Over the next 6 months Lauren Whitney will be phased in to the evening news casts at the station.    Greene will become a part time contributor, helping at station events, ect. 


Ed started out at KIMN Radio in the 1972, then joined KMGH in 1976.  He also had a brief stint as morning meteorologist at KUSA from July 1996 to December 2000.

H/T: http://theknow.denverpost.com/2017/05/15/channel-4-ed-greene-leaving-2017/144339/

  
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Former 9NEWS Anchor/Reporter now freelancing

Former 9NEWS/Channel 20 Reporter Vicente Arenas is now a freelance reporter with FOX31.   He left 9NEWS After only a year in February.     There's no word on why he left KUSA.