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'''KUSA-TV''', Channel 9, is an [[NBC]] - affiliated [[television station]] in [[Denver, Colorado]]. KUSA-TV is owned by the [[Gannett Company]], and is a sister station to [[KTVD]] (channel 20), Denver's [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate. Both stations share studio facilities in Denver, and KUSA's transmitter is atop [[Lookout Mountain (Colorado)|Lookout Mountain]] in [[Golden, Colorado]]. Syndicated programing on the station includes: [[The Ellen Show]], [[Entertainment_Tonight|Entertainment Tonight]],[[Extra_(TV_series)|Extra!]],& [[The_Doctors_(2008_TV_series)|The Doctors]].
'''KUSA-TV''', Channel 9, is an [[NBC]] - affiliated [[television station]] in [[Denver, Colorado]]. KUSA-TV is owned by the [[Gannett Company]], and is a sister station to [[KTVD]] (channel 20), Denver's [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate. Both stations share studio facilities in Denver, and KUSA's transmitter is atop [[Lookout Mountain (Colorado)|Lookout Mountain]] in [[Golden, Colorado]]. Syndicated programing on the station includes: [[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]], [[Entertainment_Tonight|Entertainment Tonight]],[[Extra_(TV_series)|Extra!]],& [[The_Doctors_(2008_TV_series)|The Doctors]].


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 19:12, 4 April 2009

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KUSA-TV, Channel 9, is an NBC - affiliated television station in Denver, Colorado. KUSA-TV is owned by the Gannett Company, and is a sister station to KTVD (channel 20), Denver's MyNetworkTV affiliate. Both stations share studio facilities in Denver, and KUSA's transmitter is atop Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado. Syndicated programing on the station includes: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Entertainment Tonight,Extra!,& The Doctors.

History

The station first went on the air on October 12, 1952 as KBTV, the second television station in Denver (KFEL-TV, now KWGN-TV, was first by about three months). It was owned originally by Mullins Broadcasting. The station carried programming from CBS, ABC and NBC, but was a primary CBS affiliate. Channel 9 lost CBS to KLZ-TV (channel 7, now KMGH-TV) in November 1953 and lost NBC to KOA-TV (channel 4, now KCNC-TV) a month later, leaving it with ABC. The station struggled in the ratings for some years, in part because ABC was not on par with the other major networks until the 1970s.

In 1972, the station was sold along with then sister station KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas to Combined Communications, which would be merged into the Gannett Company seven years later. The station changed its call letters to the current KUSA-TV on March 19, 1984.

In 1995 KCNC-TV, then an NBC-owned station, became a CBS affiliate as a result of a complex ownership/affiliation deal between Westinghouse Electric Corporation, NBC and CBS which also included stations in Miami, Philadelphia & Salt Lake City. At the same time, McGraw-Hill, owner of longtime CBS affiliate KMGH-TV, entered into a network affiliation agreement with ABC, thereby causing KMGH to become an ABC station. Gannett then entered into an affiliation agreement with NBC that included, among others, KUSA, which became an NBC affiliate in the very early morning hours of September 10, 1995.

In April 2004, KUSA became the first television station in the Denver market, the first Gannett-owned station, and the second station nationally to produce newscasts in high definition. From April 2005 until December 2008, KUSA aired NBC Weather Plus on its second digital subchannel (9.2) and Comcast digital cable channel 249. KUSA replaced the NBC Weather Plus network with the The AccuWeather Channel on the same broadcast channels after NBC announced Weather Plus would be shut down. The station continues to use the brand "9 NEWS Weather Plus".

In August 2007, KUSA started the 9 NEWS High School Hotshots Program, which incorporated 12 Colorado High Schools: Berthoud High School, Broomfield High School, Fort Collins High School, Greeley West High School, Lakewood High School, Lamar High School, Limon High School, Montbello High School, Ponderosa High School, Ralston Valley High School, Thunder Ridge High School, and Wheat Ridge High School. The "Hotshots" where students from each school, selected by the administration and staff of the school, who filmed the school's football games. The program has since extended to cover winter sports at the schools. The "Hotshots" footage can be found on KUSA's website.

In September 2004 KUSA started broadcasting a lifestyle magazine called Colorado & Company. It airs after the Today Show's 9 AM hour on KUSA. When the show started, it also aired on KPXC-TV, but that ended when NBC ended its joint ownership of Pax. Colorado & Company is produced LIVE each weekday morning from the KUSA studios, and features paid segments by local companies.

On March 6,2009 KUSA Started streaming it's Noon news cast on-line with a live chat room. They will go digtal on April 16th 2009.

Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels
Virtual
Channel 		Physical
RF Channel 		Video Aspect Programming
9.1 16.1 720p 16:9 NBC and KUSA programming
9.2 16.2 480i 4:3 9News Weather Plus/Accu Weather Channel
9.3 16.3 480i 4:3 Universal Sports

In 2009, KUSA-TV will remain on channel 9 when the analog to digital conversion is complete.[1]

News Operations

For over 30 years, KUSA's newscasts, which are known as "9 NEWS", dominated the ratings in Denver. In February of 1976, Ed Sardella and John Rayburn anchored the weekday edition of 9NEWS at 10 PM to the top of the ratings, overtaking longtime leader KMGH-TV. Rayburn was succeeded by Mike Landess in 1977. He would remain paired with Sardella as one of Denver's top anchor teams for 16 years until leaving for KUSA's sister station WXIA-TV in Atlanta in late 1993. Sardella retired from the anchor desk in 2000, but returned briefly to replace Jim Benemann, who left for KCNC.[2] Landess, after anchoring at WTTG in Washington D.C., returned to Denver on rival KMGH-TV.

In the November 2007 sweeps, KCNC's 5 PM newscast surged over KUSA for the first time in over a decade, and also overtook KUSA in overall sign-on to sign-off numbers. This is partially due to KCNC's recent highlights in investigative reports and human interest stories, though also largely due to CBS's primetime lineup strengths and NBC's primetime lineup weaknesses. However, overall, KUSA is still the #1 station for news despite the closest ratings between KUSA, KCNC, and KMGH ever.

On September 5, 2006, KUSA launched a daily half-hour 9 PM newscast on sister station KTVD, to coincide with that station's affiliation switch from UPN to MyNetworkTV. On December 5, 2006, KUSA launched a 2 hour extension of its weekday morning newscast on KTVD. KUSA now produces weekend morning newscasts at 6 AM on KTVD. In addition to its main studios in downtown Denver, KUSA operates a "Northern Newsroom" out of the offices of the Fort Collins-based Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper. The newsroom is staffed by photojournalist Gary Wolfe and reporter Adam Chodak. The station also operates a "Mountain Newsroom" in Silverthorne staffed by Matt Renoux.

KUSA-TV News Team

9 NEWS Anchors

  • Gary Shapiro - weekday mornings and Noon
  • Kyle Dyer - weekday mornings and Noon
  • Mark Koebrich - 4 PM, 5 PM, 6 PM, 10 PM weekdays
  • Kim Christiansen - 4 PM weekdays, reporter
  • Adele Arakawa - 5 PM, 6 PM, and 10 PM weekdays
  • Shawn Patrick - 9 PM on KTVD weekdays, reporter
  • Adam Schrager - weekend mornings, Political Reporter
  • Cheryl Preheim - weekend mornings, reporter
  • Kyle Clark - weekend evenings, reporter
  • Carrie McClure - weekend evenings, reporter
  • Bazi Kanani - 9 PM on KTVD weekdays, reporter
  • Kirk Montgomery - 4 PM weekdays Entertainment Anchor
  • Gregg Moss - Business Reporter

9 NEWS Weather Plus Meteorologists

  • Kathy Sabine - Chief Forecaster, weekday evenings. Also provides daily weather forecasts for the Denver Post, and the Fort Collins Coloradoan (AMS Seal/NWA Seal)
  • Becky Ditchfield - weekday mornings/noon (AMS Seal)
  • Marty Coniglio - weekend evenings (AMS Certified)
  • Ashton Altieri - weekend mornings (AMS Certified/NWA Seal)

9 NEWS Sports

  • Drew Soicher - weekday evenings
  • Susie Wargin - weekday mornings
  • Rod Mackey - weekend evenings
  • Jesse Horne - High school sports reporter, "Prep Rally" anchor

9 NEWS Reporters

  • Anastaysia Bolton - General Assignment Reporter
  • Adam Chodak - Northern Newsroom Reporter
  • Kim Christiansen - Anchor/General Assignment Reporter
  • Kyle Clark - Anchor/General Assignment Reporter
  • Amelia Earhart - SKY 9 Traffic Reporter
  • Nelson Garcia - Education/Technology Reporter
  • Jesse Horne - Sports Reporter
  • Bazi Kanani - Anchor/General Assignment Reporter
  • Mark Koebrich - Consumer Reporter
  • Rod Mackey - Sports Reporter
  • Carrie McClure - Anchor/General Assignment Reporter
  • Heidi McGuire - Backpack Journalist/General Assignment Reporter
  • Ben McKee - Backpack Journalist/Community Relations Journalist
  • Kirk Montgomery - Entertainment Reporter
  • Graeme Nistler - Traffic.com Reporter
  • Shawn Patrick - Anchor/General Assignment Reporter
  • Cheryl Preheim - Anchor/General Assignment Reporter
  • Matt Renoux - Mountain Newsroom Reporter
  • Jace Larson - 9 Wants to Know/Investigative Reporter
  • Deborah Sherman - 9 Wants to Know/Investigative Reporter
  • Adam Schrager - Anchor/Political Reporter
  • TaRhonda Thomas - General Assignment Reporter
  • Thanh Truong - General Assignment Reporter
  • Chris Vanderveen - General Assignment Reporter
  • Paula Woodward - 9 Wants To Know/Investigative Reporter

9 NEWS Contributors

  • Dr. James Rouse - Nutrition Expert (now Featured only on 9NEWS.COM)
  • Steve Spangler - Featured On The Mornings and Afternoon Show (Science Experiments)

Former 9 NEWS Personalities

  • Carl Akers - anchor 10 p.m., 1966-1975
  • Jim Benemann - anchor, 2000-03; now with KCNC in Denver
  • Neal Browne - reporter
  • Heather Cabot - Reporter, 1997-2000; went to ABC News World News Now (Jan, 2005-Dec, 2005). Currently Web Life Editor for Yahoo.
  • Nick Carter - meteorologist, 1984-2009
  • Kevin Corke - sports anchor; now with NBC Nightly News
  • Tom Costello - reporter, early 1990s; now with NBC News as a correspondent for NBC Nightly News and MSNBC
  • John Cromwell - meteorologist
  • Gary Cruz - sports anchor; now with KPHO in Phoenix, Arizona
  • Frank Currier - anchor/reporter, 1972-1979; longtime CBS News correspondent and now a Journalism Professor at Syracuse University
  • Ginger Delgado - Police Beat Reporter 1996-2005, now a reporter & fill in anchor at KWGN in Denver.
  • Dan Dennison - Western slope newsroom reporter, 1982-1995; now news director at KHNL in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Rick DeReyes- Reporter, 1984-1986
  • Fred Dressler - political reporter and station editorial director; later an executive with Time Warner Cable[3] (deceased)
  • Tom Green - sports anchor; now with KWGN in Denver
  • Ed Greene - meteorologist, 1995-2001; Now with KCNC in Denver
  • Leanne Gregg - reporter, 1996-2000; now with NBC's News Channel, based out of KUSA's newsroom
  • Taunia Hottman - Sky9 reporter, 2004-07; Now Living in New York City with her husband & doing freelance work.
  • Paul Johnson - former reporter; last known to be living in New York as a stay-at-home father
  • Brian Joyce - sports reporter; left to pursue a career outside of television
  • Bob Kendrick - anchor, 2003-2008
  • Jinah Kim - reporter; now with NBC's News Channel
  • Bill Kuster - weather anchor, 1979-96; (deceased)
  • Tony La Monica - Traffic Reporter, 1998-2004; does voiceover work in the Denver area
  • Mike Landess - anchor, 1977-93; now with KMGH in Denver
  • Anita Lopez - anchor/reporter; now working as a real estate broker in Boulder, Colorado, as well as anchoring the Comcast Local Edition on CNN Headline News
  • Ward Lucas - anchor/reporter, 1976-2009; retired
  • Jayson Luber - traffic reporter, part time fill-in while working full time at KOA-AM; now with KMGH in Denver
  • Bertha Lynn - reporter, 1976-81; now with KMGH in Denver
  • Cristina Mendonsa - anchor/reporter, 1991-1995; now at KXTV in Sacramento, California
  • Ray Metoyer- reporter/ fill in anchor/ 1986-1991; now Executive Producer, Townhall Productions, Atlanta, GA
  • Mike Nelson - chief meteorologist, 1991-2004; now with KMGH in Denver
  • Quynh Nguyen - reporter, 2000-2008
  • Nick O'Kelly - meteorologist, 2004-2007; left to go into private business with a company called ReFlight
  • Blake Olson - sports reporter; now with Altitude Sports & Entertainment
  • Peter Peelgrane - Sky 9 Pilot, ?-1992; (deceased)
  • John Rayburn - anchor, 10 pm 1972-1978
  • Andrew Resnik - weekend morning anchor, 2001-03; fired after drug arrest
  • Rob "Sunny" Roseman - Meteorologist, 1977-1981; now with KWGN in Denver
  • Leon "Stormy" Rottman - meteorologist, 1969-93; (deceased)
  • Ed Sardella - anchor, 1974-2004; now retired, but serves as host of "Let's Talk" on Denver metro government access channel 8
  • Simone Wilkinson - reporter, 2007-2008
  • Roger Wolfe - Northern newsroom reporter, 1985-June 2006, now retired
  • Chip Yost - Investivative Reporter, 2004-05, now with KOLD-TV In Tucson
  • Ron Zappolo - sports anchor, 1990-2000; now a news anchor with KDVR In Denver
  • Tony Zarella - sports anchor; now with WOIO in Cleveland, Ohio

KUSA-TV News & Station Presentation

KUSA Newscast Titles

  • 9 NEWS Action Center (1976-1984)
  • KUSA 9 NEWS (1984-1995)
  • 9 NEWS (1995-present)

KUSA-TV Station Slogans

  • Colorado's News Leader (1976-2008)
  • Colorado's On-Line News Leader (June 1996-present; used only on 9NEWS.COM)
  • Where News Comes First (April 2004-present)
  • The 9 News Networks, Colorado's High Definition News Leader (May 12, 2008-present)
  • Colorado's Information Center (May 12, 2008-present; used on newscast reopens)

9 NEWS Trivia

  • When NBC partnered with Pax TV in the late 1990s, KUSA rebroadcast its 6:00 and 10:00PM newscasts Monday through Friday on KPXC-TV. This ended in 2005 when NBC ended its agreement with Pax.
  • The weather forecasts are typically presented outside, in the "9 Back Yard". The back yard is simply a courtyard, with a chroma key (bluescreen) wall and a robo cam. Weather forecasts for The Today Show and updates for 9NEWS Weather Plus are done from a chroma key wall inside the weather center.
  • According to their newscast closings from March 11, 2007 to September 26, 2007, the 9 NEWS Networks are 9NEWS.COM (their website), 9 NEWS Now (their ticker), 9 NEWS Weather Plus (their version of NBC Weather Plus) and My20. As of September 27, 2007, the 9 NEWS Networks also include m.9news.com (Their smaller version of 9NEWS.COM for Palm Pilots & other Mobile devices)
  • The station stopped providing weather forecasts for KOA (AM) on January 1, 2008 and entered a partnership with Entercom Communications to provide daily weather forecasts for KALC, KEZW, KQMT, and KOSI.
  • KUSA broadcasts the Gannett ID & Sounder (The "Death Star") after 9 NEWS at 6pm Monday-Friday only, while some Gannett stations play the ID & Sounder hourly, and occasionally at the introduction of newscasts, while some do not at all.
  • KUSA served as de facto NBC affiliate for Rapid City, South Dakota, from 1995, when KEVN flipped to Fox, until 2000, when KNBN went on the air.
  • The KUSA News Package (created by Third Street Music) was commissioned by KUSA in 1995, making it one of the two Gannett-owned NBC affiliated stations to use a custom news package by Third Street Music. KUSA's sister station, KARE in Minneapolis-St. Paul commissioned the KARE 11 News Theme for its newscasts since 1996. On October 15, 2008, KUSA debuted a brand new and standardized graphics package created by the Gannett Graphics Group (G3), and a standardized music package composed by Rampage Music New York, which is used by other Gannett stations; however, the station kept the KUSA News Package theme for talent bumpers and closes until February 6, 2009. KARE is also using the new graphics package, but is still using KARE 11 News Theme as of this day.
  • When 9 NEWS unveiled its new set in 1996, the set was used in the NBC Movie Asteroid.

Digital television

In 2009, KUSA-TV will remain on channel 9 when the analog to digital conversion is complete.[1] They will switch to digital on April 16.

Translators

The Denver market includes large portions of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. KUSA & NBC serve this vast area with one of the largest translator networks in the country. (All translators on this list are in Colorado unless otherwise listed)

  • K41EV - Akron
  • K49EX - Anton
  • K02FW - Ashcroft
  • K19FH - Ashcroft
  • K06HU - Aspen
  • K06BX - Axial Basin
  • K07KR - Basalt
  • K59BZ - Broadmoor
  • K59AP - Bethune/Burlington
  • K10LW - Carbondale
  • K48IC - Carbondale
  • K24CH - Cortez
  • K55KN-D - Cortez
  • K03CK - Craig
  • K04GS - Crested Butte,ETC
  • K58AA - Crystal,ETC
  • K02GJ - Delta,ETC
  • K02JD - East Elk Creek
  • K08OF-D - Estes Park
  • K61AA - Estes Park
  • K69AX - Flagler-Seibert
  • K39BT - Fraser,ETC
  • K02IK - Gateview,ETC
  • K12KP - Glen Haven
  • K09DC - Glenwood Springs
  • K07JM - Grand Vally,ETC
  • K04DH - Gunnison
  • K64AQ - Hartsel,ETC
  • K41IT - Haxtun
  • K28FX - Idalia & S. Yuma Cty
  • K55JC - Julesburg
  • K13GI - Leadville
  • K11LM - Lower Frying Pan River
  • K50AS - Marvine Creek Campground
  • K48CL - Meeker
  • K06JJ - Meeker,ETC
  • KXHD-LP - Montrose
  • K11JZ - New Castle,ETC
  • K09QA - Paonia, ETC.
  • K63CX - Parlin, ETC.
  • K64AV - Piceance Creek
  • K08JZ - Pitkin-Ohio,CO
  • K18GM - Pleasant Valley
  • K12LX - Powder Horn Valley
  • K04HP - Red Stone
  • K09XN - Red Stone (NBC / Universal-Owned Translator)
  • K06HF - Salida, ETC.
  • K46DB - Sapinero
  • K57CS - Sargents
  • K04HH - Snowmass-At-Aspen
  • K10KK - Somerset
  • K56GL - Sterling ETC.
  • K39HE - Woody Creek
  • K44GQ - Woody Creek (NBC/Universal-Owned Translator)
  • K11LW - Woody Creek
  • K52FZ - Wray
  • K07GK - Yampa
  • K38AD - Yuma

Logos

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=23074 Cite error: The named reference "Analog to Digital" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ cbs4denver.com - Jim Benemann
  3. ^ Time Warner Cable Veteran Fred Dressler Dies at 66
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