KREX-TV
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KREX-TV | |
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Grand Junction, Colorado | |
Branding | NewsChannel 5 |
Channels | 5 (VHF) analog, 2 (VHF) digital |
Affiliations | CBS My Network TV (on digital) |
Owner | Hoak Media Corporation |
Founded | May 21, 1954 |
Former affiliations | ABC (secondary, 1954-80) |
Transmitter Power | 100 kW/428 m(analog) |
Website | www.krextv.com |
KREX-TV is a television station on VHF Channel 5 based in Grand Junction, Colorado, USA and owned by Hoak Media Corporation. It is an affiliate of CBS.
KREX first went on the air on May 22, 1954. It was the only television station in western Colorado until KJCT signed on in 1980.
KREX also broadcasts digitally on channel 2; a digital subchannel carries My Network TV, which is also seen on KGJT-LP channel 27.
[edit] Satellite stations
- KREG 3 Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- KREY 10 Montrose, Colorado
KREX originally was also seen on KREZ ch.6 in Durango, Colorado, but became a satellite of Albuquerque's KRQE in the early-1990s.
[edit] Trivia
Its current logo is very similar to the then current logo for WEWS in Cleveland, Ohio,
[edit] External links
- KREX-TV Web site
- http://www.hoakmedia.com
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KREX
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KREG
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KREY
Broadcast television in the Grand Junction / Montrose market (Nielsen DMA #186) | ||
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KFQX 4 (FOX) - KREX 5 / KREG 3 / KREY 10 (CBS) - KJCT 8 (ABC) - KKCO 11 (NBC)(The CW on DT2) - KRMJ 18 (PBS/RMPBS) - KGJT-LP 27 (MNTV) - K32CW / K39AF (The CW) |
KGJT-LP 27 / KREX-DT 5.2 (Grand Junction) - KKTV-DT 11.2 (Colorado Springs) - KTVD 20/KUPN 3 (Denver/Sterling) |
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See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Colorado |