KDVR
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| KDVR: Denver, Colorado KFCT: Fort Collins, Colorado |
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| Branding | Fox 31 |
| Slogan | Clear. Credible. Complete. |
| Channels | Analog: KDVR: 31 (UHF) KFCT: 22 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Fox Television Stations, Inc. (sale pending to Local TV, LLC) |
| First air date | KDVR: August 10, 1983 KFCT: September 1, 1994 |
| Call letters’ meaning | KDVR: DenVeR KFCT: Fort Collins Television |
| Former affiliations | KDVR: independent (1983-1986) KFCT: none |
| Transmitter Power | KDVR: 5000 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) KFCT: 1860 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | KDVR: 317 m (analog) 314 m (digital) KFCT: 256 m (analog) 233 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | KDVR: 126 KFCT: 125 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | KDVR: KFCT: |
| Website | www.myfoxcolorado.com |
KDVR, channel 31, is the Fox-owned and operated television station based in Denver, Colorado, USA. Its transmitter is located in Golden, Colorado.
KDVR offers prime time programming from Fox; sports programming; talk, reality, and court shows; sitcoms; and nearly 30 hours of local news a week.
KDVR's signal is also relayed on KFCT (analog channel 22, digital channel 21) in Fort Collins. KFCT's signal covers Fort Collins and other areas of North Central Colorado not covered by the main KDVR signal. It is the only full-powered station operating in the area.
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[edit] History
KDVR first went on the air on August 10, 1983, as the first commercial television station in Denver to sign on since 1956, and was the first UHF television station in the state of Colorado. TV Guide had actually listed a channel 31 in its Denver edition prior to KDVR, but this was actually a translator of the network feed of the Spanish International Network (as Univision was then called). KDVR started off as a locally owned station, running a lineup of cartoons, old sitcoms, drama shows, movies, and religious programming.
When KWGN-TV turned down the Fox affiliation in 1986, the affiliation went to KDVR by default. The station became known as "Fox 31" in the late 1980s. It was subsequently acquired by Chase Broadcasting in 1990, Renaissance Broadcasting in 1992 (as part of a merger), and Fox in 1995, making it a network owned-and-operated station (O&O). After it became a Fox O&O, KDVR added first-run talk and reality shows, but it aired no news programming at first. At one point, Fox approached KWGN again with an affiliation, and planned to sell KDVR to Qwest Broadcasting. However, that plan did not materialize.
In October 1994, KDVR opened KFCT channel 22, to expand its coverage area north to the Wyoming border.
At the turn of the century, KDVR began making plans to produce a primetime newscast to compete with KWGN's 9 o'clock newcast with Ernie Bjorkman and Wendy Brockman. To prepare for this, KDVR built an entire new "news and technology center" in downtown Denver. Fox 31 News at 9 o'clock premiered on July 16, 2000, pulling sportscaster Ron Zappolo from KUSA-TV as anchor and Libby Weaver from WMAQ and Extra. The two have anchored the 9 o'clock newscast since its inception, and the newscast has constantly beat KWGN by a landslide in the ratings. KDVR also produces a 5 PM newscast, though only on Saturdays.
In 2004, plans were made to bring the Good Day morning news format to KDVR. It premiered on March 22, 2004, to compete with KWGN's News2 This Morning (known then as WB2 Morning News.) Initially running from 5:30AM-8:00AM, it was later extended to 5:00AM-8:00AM, then 5:00AM-9:00AM, to now currently 5:00AM-10:00AM. Despite these efforts, KWGN's morning newscast still prevails in the ratings while KDVR's 9:00 newscast still dominates the primetime news.
KDVR is now using a new website myfoxcolorado.com as of September 19, 2006 as part of Fox O&O's upgrading to the myFox search engine template.
As of December 22, 2007, Fox has entered into an agreement to sell KDVR and seven other Fox O&O stations[1] to Oak Hill Capital Partners' Local TV LLC, which currently owns nine stations formerly of The New York Times Company.
In January 2008, KDVR began using the FOX O&O graphics and news theme that is used by other FOX owned and operated stations, the first major image change for the station.
[edit] Personalities
Anchors
- Ron Zappolo - Weekday Evenings Anchor
- Libby Weaver - Weekday Evenings Anchor
- Steve Kelley - Weekday Mornings Anchor (5:30-10)
- Shaul Turner - Weekday Mornings Anchor (5-6)
- Heidi Hemmat - Weekday Mornings Anchor (6-10)
- Ken Clark - Weekday Morning Anchor (5-5:30)
- Leland Vittert - Weekend Evenings Anchor
- Deborah Takahara - Weekend Evenings Anchor
Reporters
- Ken Clark - Traffic Reporter
- Julie Hayden - Investigative Reporter
- Charlie Brennan - Investigative Reporter
- Deborah Takahara - Reporter/Weekend Anchor
- Jon Bowman - Reporter
- Tom Martino - Consumer Reporter
- Rob Marshall - SKY Fox Reporter
- Deuce Marshall _ SKY Fox Reporter
- Kim Posey - Reporter
- Tammy Vigil - Reporter
- Sean Tobin - Reporter
- Melissa Mollet - Good Day Colorado Reporter
- Peggy Bunker - Reporter/Fill-In Anchor Good Day Colorado
- Leland Vittert - Reporter/Weekend Anchor
Weather
- Crystal Egger" Good Day Colorado Meteorologist
- Chris Dunn - Chief Meteorologist, Weekday Evenings Meteorologist
- Chris Tomer - Good Day Colorado Meteorologist
Sports
- Eric Goodman - Weekday Evenings Sports/Sports Director
- Marcia Neville - High School Sports Reporter
- Chris Tanaka - Weekend Evenings Sports
[edit] Former Personalities
- Bob Goosmann-Chief Meteorolgist (2000-2004) Now at KDAF-TV In Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
- Pam Davis-Good Day Anchor (2004-2005)
- Justin Farmer-Good Day Anchor (2004-2005) Now at WFAA in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.
- David Treadwell-Sports Director
- Karen Eden-Weekend Meteorolgist, Weekday Reporter (2000-2005)
- Stacey Donaldson-Weekend Meteorolgist(2002-2004),Morning Meteorolgist (2004-2006)
- Ty Ray-Weekend Sports (2000-2005) Now at KVOS-TV in Bellingham, Washington
- Craig Herrera- Fox 31 weather producer (2000-2002); later moved to KFSN (2002-2005) and now at KNTV in San Jose, CA
- Jeremy Hubbard 2004-2007,Anchor/Reporter. (NETWORK REPORTER,Now with ABC News in Chicago)
- Phil Keating-Weekend Anchor
- Charles Leaf-Investigative Reporter. (2005-2006)
[edit] News/Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- FOX31 News (2000-present)
[edit] Station Slogans
- Colorado's Channel 31 (1983-1987)
- FOX 31, Colorado's Choice (1987-1995)
- FOX31, Denver's News Leader (2000-2003)
- Colorado's Most Watched 9 O'Clock News Cast. (2001-present)
- Clear. Credible. Complete. (2003-present)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- KDVR My Fox Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KDVR
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KFCT
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KDVR-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KFCT-TV
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