| Denver, Colorado | |
|---|---|
| Branding | Channel 20-9NEWS |
| Slogan | Everywhere |
| Channels | Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 20 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 20.1 MNT 20.2 Me-TV |
| Translators | K14JZ-D Peetz, Colorado K49EX-D Anton, Colorado K31IQ-D Sterling, Colorado |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV |
| Owner | Gannett Company (Multimedia Holdings Corporation) |
| Founded | December 1, 1988 |
| Call letters' meaning | TeleVision Denver |
| Sister station(s) | KUSA-TV |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 20 (UHF, 1988-2009) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1988-1995) UPN (1995-2006) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 374 m |
| Facility ID | 68581 |
| Website | my20denver.com |
KTVD, virtual channel 20 (digital channel 19) is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station based in Denver, Colorado, and is owned by the Gannett Company. The station is a sister to KUSA, Denver's NBC affiliate and is housed and operated out of KUSA's high definition studios. It currently offers a general entertainment format of off-network sitcoms, first-run talk and reality shows, MyNetworkTV prime-time, cartoons, dramas, and news. KTVD's newscasts, which are produced by KUSA, have two weekday and five weekend editions. The station is carried on Comcast channel 5 in the Denver area.
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Digital channels
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Main KTVD programming / MyNetworkTV |
| 20.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Me-TV |
Years before KTVD signed on, channel 20 in Denver was occupied by the early UHF station KHBC. The station went dark because UHF tuners were not required at the time. A later construction permit for KIRV expired without any station signing on.[1]
KTVD first went on the air on December 1, 1988 with a general entertainment format featuring classic cartoons and sitcoms, old movies, and religious programming. The station was losing money, and filed for bankruptcy in August 1990.[2] At one point, it only had a few low-budget shows, religious programming, and infomercials. The station began to turn a profit with the paid programming it aired, and gradually added a number of barter syndicated shows, such as cartoons, a few older sitcoms, and talk shows. It was sold to Newsweb Corporation in March 1994, operating under the name of Channel 20 TV Company (CTTC), and emerged out of bankruptcy.[3]
In 1995, KTVD affiliated with UPN. CTTC later acquired Sterling, Colorado station KTVS in 1999, and made it a satellite station of KTVD, renaming it KUPN in 2002 to reflect its affiliation. In 2003, it became the broadcast home for Colorado Rockies MLB baseball, this ended in 2009.
On December 15, 2005, Newsweb Corporation announced the sale of KTVD to Gannett, despite rumors that Fox (the then-owners KDVR in Denver, and current owner of former sister Newsweb station WPWR (Channel 50) in Gary/Chicago) would buy the station to make it part of a duopoly. The transaction was finalized on June 26, 2006.[4] Newsweb retained possession of KUPN, and made it an independent station in June 2006.[5]
On January 24, 2006, it was announced that the UPN and WB networks would combine to form a new "fifth" television network, known as The CW. It was then announced that the Tribune-owned WB affiliate, KWGN-TV, would become Denver's affiliate of The CW. After Fox announced that it would also start up a new network, known as MyNetworkTV, Gannett announced on July 12, 2006, that KTVD would become Denver's MyNetworkTV affiliate.[6] The station officially affiliated with MyNetworkTV, upon the network's launch on September 5, 2006. As is the case with many duopolies between a major network affiliate and a minor network affiliate, KTVD may air NBC programming when KUSA cannot such as in a news-related emergency.
KTVD is one of the few MyNetworkTV affiliates which broadcast high definition programming from the network in 1080i, rather than the network's native 720p format. KTVD's DT2 subchannel began carrying Universal Sports on January 10, 2011 after it moved from KUSA-DT3 to balance out the bandwidth of both stations. No changes in cable lineups occurred.
With Universal Sports transitioning from a digital multicast network into a cable and satellite service in 2012, KTVD replaced Universal with classic television programming from Me-TV.[7]
To correspond with the network switch to MyNetworkTV, KTVD began to air a daily half-hour 9 p.m. newscast produced by KUSA-TV on September 5, 2006, to compete with newscasts on CW affiliate KWGN-TV and Fox affiliate KDVR (KWGN later moved its primetime newscast to 7 p.m. in 2009).[8] The newscast utilizes KUSA's on-air staff, including Shawn Patrick and Bazi Kanani as lead anchors. On December 5, 2006, KUSA launched a two-hour extension of its weekday morning newscast on KTVD, using the KUSA morning news team. In addition, KTVD now airs morning newscasts on weekends. From September 2010 to July 2011, the station broadcast 9News Daily Connection, a newscast that was produced jointly by NBC News and KUSA.
As is the case with many duopolies between a major network affiliate and a minor network affiliate, KTVD airs KUSA-produced newscasts whenever KUSA cannot do so. For example, KUSA's 5 p.m. newscast airs on KTVD when KUSA airs Football Night in America.
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