KKCO

KKCO
Grand Junction, Colorado United States

Branding	KKCO NBC 11 (general) KKCO NBC 11 News (newscasts)
Slogan	Know More.
Channels	Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 11 (PSIP)
Subchannels	11.1 NBC 11.2 Me-TV 11.3 Telemundo
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date	July 19, 1996
Call letters' meaning	COlorado
Sister station(s)	KJCT-LP, KKTV
Former channel number(s)	11 (VHF analog, 1996-2009)
Transmitter power	5.3 kW
Height	452 m
Facility ID	24766
Transmitter coordinates	39°3′59.3″N 108°44′47.3″W / 39.066472°N 108.746472°W / 39.066472; -108.746472
Website	www.nbc11news.com

KKCO, virtual channel 11 (digital channel 12), is the NBC-affiliated television station in the Grand Junction/Montrose, Colorado market. The station is owned by Gray Television.

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming
11.1	1080i	16:9	KKCO-DT	Main KKCO programming / NBC
11.2	480i	4:3	Me-TV	Me-TV
11.3	720p	16:9	Telemundo	Telemundo

History

KKCO signed on the air on July 19, 1996; prior to then, NBC had been available by way of off-hours clearance on KREX-TV, as well as on cable from Denver stations (KCNC-TV prior to 1995 and KUSA-TV from 1995 to 1996). KKCO was owned by Eagle III Broadcasting L.L.C. from 1996 to 2005.

Soon after signing on, KKCO's newscast shot to the top of the ratings, past longer-established KREX and KJCT.

In September 2006, its DT2 subcarrier became the area's new affiliate for The CW Television Network. Sometime in late 2008 KKCO-DT dropped the CW affiliation when KJCT-TV picked up the CW. KKCO has been digital-only since February 17, 2009.

Notable current on-air staff

Butch McCain - chief weather anchor; weeknights at 5:30, 6 (KKCO-DT2 MeTV) and 10 p.m.

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Television stations in Western Colorado, including Grand Junction

Stations	KFQX (4.1 Fox) KREX 5 / KREG 3 / KREY 10 (x.1 CBS, x.2 KGJT-CD/MNTV) KJCT-LP / K39AF (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW) KKCO (11.1 NBC, 11.2 Me-TV, 11.3 Telemundo) KRMJ / K32CW (18.1 PBS/RMPBS, 18.2 V-me, 18.3 Create, 18.5 Radio reading service) KGBY (20.1 Cozi TV) K22JN-D (22.1 Movies!) KGJT-CD (27.1 MNTV)

See also Denver TV

NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Colorado

KOAA 5 (Pueblo) KUSA 9 (Denver) KKCO 11 (Grand Junction)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Colorado

Gray Television

ABC network affiliates	KCRG KGNS ¹ KJCT KNOE ¹ KOLO KSFY / KABY / KPRY KSPR ² WBKO WHSV WJRT WTOK WTVG WVAW

CBS network affiliates	KALB ¹ KGWN / KSTF KKTV KMVT KNOE KNPL KOLN / KGIN KOSA KVLY ¹ KWCH / KBSD / KBSH / KBSL KWTX / KBTX KXII KYLX WAGM ¹ WCAV WCTV / WSWG WDBJ WECP WIBW WIFR WIYE WKYT / WYMT WRDW WSAW WSVF ¹ WTVY WVLT

The CW network affiliates ¹	K15CZ-D KBTX KJCT KNOE KSCW KSFY / KABY / KPRY KWTX KYLX WAGT WBKO WBXX WJHG WKYT WQCW WSWG WTOK WTVG WYMT

Fox network affiliates	KOTA-TV / KHSD-TV KIIT KNDX / KXND KSVT KXII ¹ WAGM WAHU WBKO ¹ WLUC ¹ WOVA WSVF WZAW

MyNetworkTV affiliates ¹	KKTV KOSA KSNB KXII WAHU WCTV WECP WHSV WIBW WITN WRDW WSAW WSAZ WSWG WTOK WTVY WIYE WVLT

NBC network affiliates	KALB KCWY KFYR / KQCD / KMOT / KUMV KGNS KKCO KNOP KSNB KTUU KVLY KYTV WAGT WEAU WILX WITN WJHG WLUC WMTV WNDU WOWT WRGX WSAZ WTAP

Telemundo affiliates ¹	KGNS KKCO

Univision affiliate	KDCU ³

Acquisitions	Benedek Broadcasting Hoak Media Schurz Communications

¹ These stations (except for KSCW & WQCW) broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. ² Owned by Schurz Communications, Gray operates KSPR through a SSA. ³ Owned by Entravision Communications, Gray operates KDCU through a JSA.

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