KMGH-TV
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| KMGH-TV | |
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| Denver, Colorado | |
| Branding | Denver's 7/7News |
| Channels | 7 (VHF) analog, 17 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | ABC (since 1995) |
| Owner | McGraw-Hill |
| Founded | November 1, 1953 |
| Call letters meaning | K McGraw-Hill |
| Former callsigns | KLZ-TV (1953-72) |
| Former affiliations | CBS (1953-95) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW/320 m(analog) 80 kW/303 m (digital) |
| Website | http://www.TheDenverChannel.com |
KMGH-TV is the ABC television affiliate in Denver, Colorado. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 7 (175.25 MHz video / 179.75 MHz audio) and its digital signal on UHF channel 17 from a transmitter located in Golden, Colorado. The station is owned by McGraw-Hill.
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[edit] History
The station first went on the air on November 1, 1953 as CBS affiliate KLZ-TV. The current call letters came in to use in 1972, when McGraw-Hill purchased the station.
KMGH had been one of CBS' stronger affiliates. However, as a result of CBS's partnership (and later merger) with Westinghouse in the mid-1990s, the network had to divest its owned-and-operated station (O&O) in Philadelphia, WCAU-TV (since Westinghouse already owned KYW-TV in that city). In a three-way trade, WCAU was sold to NBC while Denver's longtime NBC affiliate and O&O, KCNC-TV was sold to Westinghouse and became the CBS affiliate.
At the same time, McGraw-Hill had recently struck its own affiliation deal with ABC (due in part to having its stations in San Diego, Indianapolis and Bakersfield aligned
with the network). In keeping with all of this, on September 10, 1995, KMGH became an ABC affiliate while KUSA-TV, Denver's longtime ABC affiliate, took on the NBC affiliation.
Shortly afterwards, KMGH aired programming on a low-power station K49AY-LP in Cheyenne, Wyoming to bring ABC programming to Wyoming's state capital, which was one of the few areas remaining in the U.S. not to have an ABC affiliate. This arrangement continued until 2004, when KKTU picked up the ABC affiliation and filled the void in the market. (KKTU has since given up its ABC affiliation, and KMGH is now the defacto ABC affiliate in Cheyenne)
[edit] Newscasts
Weekdays
- Good Morning Colorado - 5:00 - 7:00AM
- 7News at 11AM - 11:00AM - 12:00PM
- 7News Now at 4 - 4:00 - 5:00PM
- 7News at 5 - 5:00 - 5:30PM
- 7News at 10 - 10:00 - 10:35PM
Saturdays
- Good Morning Colorado Weekend - 7:00 - 9:00AM
- 7News at 5 - 5:00 - 6:00PM
- 7News at 10 - 10:00 - 10:35PM
Sundays
- Good Morning Colorado Weekend - 7:00 - 8:00AM
- Good Morning Colorado Weekend - 9:00 - 10:00AM
- 7News at 5 - 5:00 - 6:00PM
- 7News at 10 - 10:00 - 10:35PM
[edit] Personalities
Anchors
- Christine Chang: weekend morning
- Mitch Jelniker: weekend evening
- Mike Landess: weekday evening
- Bertha Lynn: weekday morning/midday
- Theresa Marchetta: weekend evening
- Steve Saunders: weekend morning
- Katie Trexler: weekday morning
- Anne Trujillo: weekday evening
Reporters
- Dayle Cedars
- Bill Clarke: Consumer Champ
- John Ferrugia: Investigative
- Russell Haythorn
- Lance Hernandez
- Jim Hooley
- Tony Kovaleski: Investigative
- Tyler Lopez
- Jayson Luber: traffic
- Laye Lyon
- Hendrik Sybrandy
Sports
- Lionel Bienvenu: weekdays
- Steve Gottsgen: weekends
- Phil Aldridge: reporter
Weather
- Scott Mace: weekday mornings
- Mike Nelson: weekday evenings
- Jessica Jamison: weekend mornings
- Richard Ortner: weekend evenings
- Chris Spears: fill-in
Past Personalities
- Brien Allen, meterologist, now with CBS 58 Milwaukee
- Ron Allen, meterologist, now with WVLG Florida
- Ernie Bjorkman, anchor, now with KWGN (1982-84 and 1988-98)
- David Crabtree, anchor/reporter, now with WRAL-TV in Raleigh (1985-88)
- Larry Green, weather anchor (1977-82)
- Ed Greene, weather anchor (1976-81)
- Jeff Passolt, sports anchor (1994-96)
- Bill Stuart, anchor (197?-81)
[edit] Additional Station
KMGH operates the "24/7 Weather Channel" on Comcast Digital Cable, channel 247. The station replays all newscasts of the day (with the 10pm news running until the next morning), with weather updates and real-time weather information on screen.
[edit] Slogans
- KMGH-TV, Colorado's 7 (1990s as CBS affiliate)
- Denver's 7 (1995 to present)
[edit] Newscast Titles
- News 7 (1980s)
- Colorado's 7 News (late 1980's)
- Real Life, Real News (early 1990's)
- 7News (late 1990's - present)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Denver market (Nielsen DMA #18) | ||
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KWGN 2 (The CW) - KCNC 4 (CBS) - KRMA 6 (PBS/RMPBS) - KMGH 7 (ABC) - KUSA 9 (NBC) - KBDI 12 (PBS) - KTVD 20 / KUPN 3 (MNTV) - KDEN 25 (TMD) - KDVR 31 / KFCT 22 (Fox) - KDVT-LP 36 (TFU) - KDEV-LP 39 (RTN) - KRMT 41 (DS) - KCEC 50 (UNI) - KWHD 53 (LeSEA) - KPXC 59 (i) |
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