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NBC9 KUSA and MyDenver20 KTVD (under TEGNA) with FOX31 KDVR and CW2 KWGN (under Nexstar) all under one roof. Half the Mile High City TV Market blanketed by Nexstar. YEAH, THAT'LL BE THE DAY! Let's hope that day never happens!

Those news services are gonna have a field day. CBS Newspath to CBS affiliates, ABC NewsOne feed to ABC affiliates, and so on.

HALF of the Mile High City TV news market will be under one company. Same corporate umbrella. Meanwhile, ABC7 KMGH (Scripps) and KCNC CBS4 (CBS owned stations) are standing on their own.

Let's not forget, the WCAU/KYW situation affected Denver. And Colorado television changed forever. The KCNC documentary from 1995 educated us on WHY the switch happened. It started with FOX launching a sport division, striking a deal with New World, then-owner of the now-former CBS/ABC/NBC affiliates. This prompted most CBS affiliates and some ABC and NBC stations to switch to FOX, because FOX would be much better reached on VHF channels 2 thru 13. Otherwise, FOX and its then-new Sports division wouldn't have gotten a better reach if ti remained on UHF stations. Now, onto Philly where the story came to an end. NBC wanted to buy WCAU from CBS for cash. But to avoid tax problems, CBS suggested a trade. CBS gave WCAU to NBC of course. But in exchange, CBS wanted KUTV Salt Lake City, some NBC equipment in Miami (including the channel 4 signal) and of course, KCNC DENVER!

WAIT, WHAT THE FUCK? KCNC will join alongside KUSA, KWGN, KTVD and KDVR?

First, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is ordered to yank funds away from PBS and NPR stations, including the Rocky Mountain PBS family of Member stations. NOW THIS FUCKING SHIT? Upon FCC approval, Nexstar will cover HALF the Mile High City TV market

If the deal goes through, looks like all four Denver stations will have to move out of their existing longtime quarters. Nexstar's existing duopoly CW2 KWGN and FOX31 KDVR is located at 100 Speer Boulevard. KDVR built their new home in 2000 for their then-new FOX31 News at 9pm. KWGN moved out of Englewood and moved in with KDVR in 2009. Meanwhile Tegna's existing duopoly NBC9 KUSA and MyDenver20 KTVD resides at 500 Speer Boulevard. KUSA built their home in 1992 while still an ABC affiliate. Looks like NBC9, MyDenver20, CW2 and FOX31 will have have to move out of their longtime homes and into a spacious new building. Possibly right in downtown Denver.

Oh, shitfuck! Another invasion of the Sin-crapola in Denver! First in 2018, Sinclair approached the Tribune stations, who were parent companies of CW2 KWGN and FOX31 KDVR, to merge with them. That merger was rejected and merged with Nexstar instead. Now THIS YEAR? Sinclair is about to invade Denver again. Sin-crapola is approaching Tegna, who is the parent company of NBC9 KUSA, to merge with their stations. It could get worse in Washington DC. Tegna-owned CBS9 WUSA could merge with ABC7 WJLA, which sinclair already owns.

If the deal comes to fruition, then CW2 KWGN and FOX31 KDVR will be under the same roof as NBC9 KUSA and MyDenver20 KTVD

The start of something BADASS for KCNC. Around the time KCNC's parent company, GE, acquired NBC—of which Channel 4 was affiliated—KCNC became an NBC-owned station and, notably, the first TV station in Colorado to be owned by a major network. This transformation was marked by two initial news theme packages featuring the "This is Colorado" motif: Image IV (for First News at 4:30 p.m.) and Image V (NewsCenter 4 at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.). A key aspect of this launch was the accompanying promotional campaign, which included KCNC announcer Suzy Nelson singing during the promo—definitely a bonus! KCNC fully embraced the partnership and collaboration with Denver-based Jerome Gilmer, even after NBC sold KCNC to CBS in 1995. The news packages featured the KCNC 'This is Colorado' music logo. One specific package from 1993, titled Image IX - Altitude, included the NBC chimes, which was fitting since KCNC was nearing the end of its tenure as an NBC-owned affiliate. However in 2003, KCNC had to discontinue its relationship with Gilmer to comply with the CBS O&O Mandate regarding music packages and logos. CBS required KCNC to use CBS O&O news themes, starting with the Newstime package from 615 Music, alongside its sister stations KCBS in Los Angeles and WBZ in Boston. Subsequently, KCNC began using the "Enforcer" theme by Frank Gari.

Here's a KNBC promo that features Seinfeld's co-star Michael "Kramer" Richards (at the 0:37 mark) and all the other NBC stars: Scott Bakula of Quantum Leap, Kevin Nealon from SNL with Jess Marlow, Alan Rachins of LA Law. It wasn't We're 4 LA, yet. There was a slogan If it Happens Here, it Happens on 4.

Frank Gari brought Lalo's Cool Hand Luke into the 80s and early 90s with NewsSeries 2000. I remember hearing that Gari version on KRDO ABC13 in Colorado Springs (my hometown) when I was a kid. I didn't hear the Lalo Schifrin original until I was a senior in high school and the internet came along. We'll miss Lalo a great deal. Oh, and say Hello to Al Primo for us. Schifrin is now up there with Primo. in the Eyewitness Newsroom in the sky.

Earl Grizzell, your KCRA theme made its way to KRDO ABC13 in my hometown of Colorado Springs. It was used from 1987 thru 1989. As you can see, its NEWS13 intro mimics that of the Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA - aerial footage, headshots and all

WPLG and ABC stayed married for 69 years. Through it all, this marriage between network (ABC) and affiliate (WPLG) survived all the craziness with WSVN, WTVJ and WCIX/WFOR going on in both 1989 and 1995. Together, Channel 10 and ABC were (as the network's late 70s campaign said it) STILL THE ONE in South Florida! That was, until this week, when WPLG filed for divorce from ABC. The nearly 70 years of marriage is over. All because ABC was demanding more money from WPLG and its parent company Berkshire Hathaway. A quote fulled from the article in the Miami Herald - “[It] became clear that if we accepted the deal ABC was proposing, we too would have been forced to lay off employees in order to pay the hefty price the network was demanding.”

Past the 28:46 mark...WHAT"S THIS? Is that the full-length close we get to hear? Same music as heard on KUSA?