There is a new wildfire in Boulder, Colorado almost a year to the day of the large destructive "Marshall Fire" that tore through the community at the end of 2021. We have a blog post on the Marshall fire here:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2445402073987508969/3511463221779054391
With that said here are the links to Today's fire, evacuations are underway for the fire so, click the links below to learn more.
9NEWS Anchor Gary Shapiro anchors his final newscast tomorrow morning (December 9, 2022), after 40 years on the air. He joined 9NEWS in 1983 as the "Boulder Bureau" reporter, when having a newsroom in Boulder was a big deal. (KCNC also had a Boulder bureau--staffed by CNBC's Phill LeBeau). He started his career at KAKE the ABC station in Wichita, KS from 1977-1982, before joining 9NEWS, which at the time was also an ABC affiliate. You can read more here from Westword who did an interview with him this past summer.
9News' Gary Shapiro Interview About His Retirement Decision | Westword
And of course, here is the article on Gary from his co-workers at 9NEWS: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/9news-mornings/9news-gary-shapiro-retires/73-e83a4cdc-729d-4e54-a916-4daecaff4033
Gary, from all of us here enjoy your retirement and enjoy sleeping in!!! Good luck, we'll miss seeing you on Mile High Mornings & on the TODAY Show updates.
(Photo: KUSA/KTVD)
9NEWS, Mile High Mornings reporter Jon Glasglow is leaving the Denver duopoly, it was announced this morning. His last day is Tomorrow December 9, 2022. He joined 9NEWS & Channel 20 from CTV News in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
While here in Denver he did live shots for the morning newscasts on KUSA & KTVD, including covering the Colorado Avalanche Stanley cup parade & breaking news across the front range. He hasn't announced where he is going just yet, due to contract obligations. When we find out we'll let everyone know.
Good Luck Jon on your new adventure.
For any of us who have been in the Denver area for a while, you might remember sports caster Mike Nolan who was a 9NEWS for years. He was at 9NEWS from the 1970s to 2004. He passed away yesterday, Thanksgiving in SantaFe after a brief illness, he was 85.
The funeral services are currently pending.
He worked in Buffalo, NY, Chicago, & Miami before coming to Denver to work at KUSA.
Picture: The Denver Post
Reporter Noel Brennan is leaving 9NEWS & Channel 20 his last day will be Wednesday November 23, 2022. He joined 9NEWS 9 years ago and is now headed to WBBM CBS2 in Chicago, market #3.
He will be missed.
FOX4 in Grand Junction, KFQX has been pulled from DirecTV, DirecTV Stream & AT&T U-Verse as KFQX's owner Mission Broadcasting, Inc is in a fee dispute with the Sat Caster. The blackout began at 4PM Mountain time today.
***NOTE: This only affects KFQX and not KREX or KGJT as Nexstar Media is not currently in contract talks with DirecTV. ***
It will be interesting to see how long this dispute lasts.
We have a counter going on the blog to track how long FOX4 is off DirecTV. So if you have satellite service in Grand Junction or Montrose you might want an Antenna if you want to watch FOX NFL Sunday or FOX News Sunday this weekend.
Interestingly enough there is nothing on Westernslopenow.com indicating there is any service disruption to FOX4. It's strange to me the station wouldn't have notice on its website.
FOX31 KDVR/KFCT---Debuts it's new studio & set tonight on FOX31 NEWS @ 9PM. It's been 2 months in the making. It has lots of video monitors and a new weather center, it was built by Orlando FL based FX Design group.
Check out the link below to get a sneak peek. If you're thinking to yourself the station has used a lot of news sets over the years, your correct, from their original studio that went on the air in 2000, there updated FOX O&O Set, to the newsroom set after the merger with KWGN, to the set they have been using since 2018. (My count is this will be their 5th set since there debut newscast on July 16, 2000.)
https://kdvr.com/on-air/on-fox31/new-set-studio-oct-2022/
