KGJT-LP, channel 27, is the low-powered MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

 affiliate for Grand Junction

Grand Junction, Colorado

The City of Grand Junction is the largest city in western Colorado. It is a city with a council–manager government form that is the county seat and the most populous city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Grand Junction is situated west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. As...

 and the rest of western Colorado. KGJT is owned by Hoak Media Corporation

Hoak Media Corporation

Hoak Media Corporation is a United States broadcasting media company based in Dallas, Texas. Hoak owns eighteen television stations , all in medium and small-markets, mostly in the Great Plains states and Colorado....

, which also owns CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 affiliate KREX-TV

KREX-TV

KREX-TV, digital channel 2 , is the CBS affiliate for most of western Colorado, USA. Based in Grand Junction and owned by Hoak Media Corporation, it operates digitally on VHF channel 2.-History:...

. Hoak Media also operates the Parker Broadcasting owned Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

 affiliate KFQX

KFQX

KFQX is a television station in Grand Junction, Colorado, broadcasting digitally on UHF channel 15 as an affiliate of Fox. Founded February 10, 1993, the station is owned by Parker Broadcasting of Colorado, LLC....

 via a LMA

Local marketing agreement

In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...

.

History

The station was originally affiliated with UPN

UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...

, until that network folded in September 2006. After that date, KGJT affiliated with the new MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

 network. Following the switch, KGJT's programming became available on KREX-TV's digital signal.

On Sunday January 20, 2008 at approximately 8:45 AM, a fire knocked KREX, KFQX and KGJT off the air. The station's building and 50 years worth of archives are a total loss. Following the fire, KGJT began to simulcast KREX-TV's signal, except for Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...

baseball games on Sundays. KGJT resumed a separate schedule with MyNetworkTV programming sometime in Fall 2008.

External links

• KREX-TV Website