KRDO-TV

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KRDO-TV

Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colorado
Branding	NewsChannel 13
Channels	13 (VHF) analog
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company (Pikes Peak Television)
Founded	September 21, 1953
Call letters meaning	Kolorado’s[sic] Radio Dynamic Outlet
Website	www.krdo.com

KRDO-TV is a television station on VHF Channel 13 (211.25 MHz video / 215.75 MHz audio) based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA and was owned by the locally-owned Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company since the station signed on. In April 2006, Pikes Peak Broadcasting announced that it is selling KRDO-TV along with KRDO-AM, and KJCT-TV in Grand Junction to the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri. NPG will also manage KRDO-FM 105.5 (formerly KSKX) which is operated under a Lease Marketing Agreement. NPG is broadcasting a News/Talk format on KRDO-AM-FM and complements KRDO-TV. News Press & Gazette officially took over operations of KRDO-TV on Monday June 26, 2006 and in honor of Pikes Peak Broadcasting it has changed the name of its Colorado broadcast group to Pikes Peak Television. It is an affiliate of ABC, and is the flagship station of NPG.

KRDO-TV first went on the air on September 21, 1953.

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Previous KRDO logo, discontinued 2006

Current KRDO logo, used since August 2006

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Broadcast television in the Colorado Springs/Pueblo market (Nielsen DMA #94)
KOAA 5 / K30AA 30 (NBC) - KTSC 8 (PBS/RMPBS) - KKTV 11 (CBS - MNTV on DT2) - KRDO 13 (ABC) - KXRM 21 (Fox) - KGHB 27 (UNI) - K32EO 32 (PBS) - K34FB 34 (TEL) - KJCS 38 (TBN/DS) - K48CU 48 (TBN) - K49CJ 49 (TEL) - KWHS 51 (LeSEA) - KXTU 57 (The CW)