KMGH-TV
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KMGH-TV, channel 7, is the ABC
-affiliated television station in Denver, Colorado
. The station itself is usually branded as "Denver's 7", but its newscasts are branded as "7 News". It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF
channel 7 from a transmitter located in Golden, Colorado
. The station is owned by McGraw-Hill
.
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16:9
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Azteca America
(KZCO-LP
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TheCoolTV
7.4
News Channel 24/7
KMGH operates the 24/7 Weather Channel on subchannel 7.4 and Comcast
Digital Cable, channel 247. The station replays all newscasts of the day (with the 10 p.m. news running until the next morning), with weather updates and real-time weather information on screen. http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=33903&lineupId=CO58527%3aX&zipcode=80010&channel=247&channelCnt=108 http://www.newschannels.org/resources/index.cfm?startrow=41
and his Oklahoma Publishing Company along with KLZ radio (560 AM
and 106.7 FM, now KBPI
). KLZ-TV immediately took CBS
from KBTV (channel 9, now KUSA
), owing to KLZ-AM's long affiliation with CBS Radio. In 1954, Gaylord sold KLZ-AM-FM-TV to Time-Life. McGraw-Hill bought the station in 1972, changing the calls to the present KMGH-TV.
During the 1950s, the Channel 7 staff included newscaster (later sportscaster and Dialing For Dollars host) Starr Yelland who came from KOA-TV (now KCNC-TV
) and Ed Scott as Sheriff Scotty to entertain the kids. http://www.broadcastprofessionals.net/denver-television.html In 1956, KLZ-TV presented the first TV remote broadcast from a courtroom after General Manager Hugh Terry won a court battle to allow cameras into the courtroom.
In 1957 Panorama, a weekly public affairs series on Channel 7, became the first Denver-produced program to win a prestigious national Peabody Award. It was written and hosted by Gene Amole and directed by Jim Lannon. The television station has since won two more Peabody awards for the investigative reports "Honor and Betrayal: Scandal at the Air Force Academy" (2003 - Reported by John Ferrugia and produced by Kurt Silver and Jeff Harris, who is now the KMGH-TV News Director) and "Failing the Children: Deadly Mistakes"(2008 - Reported by John Ferrugia and produced Tom Burke and Arthur Kane).
The station was the first in Denver to operate a news bureau in Washington, D.C.
, as well as the first Denver station to receive reports from its own radio and TV correspondents in Europe and Asia. Channel 7 televised the first kidney transplant in the mid-1960s. Starting in 1968 and running through 1983, the most popular kids show in town was the Noell and Andy Show, 8–8:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. Her coloring contest drew hundreds of entries each week http://www.broadcastprofessionals.net/denver-television.html.
Channel 7 has always been located in the same block at Speer Boulevard and Lincoln Street, though from 1953 until 1969 the station was housed in a former auto dealership on the east side of the block at E. 6th Avenue and Sherman Street. The station's current eight-sided, five-level building, called "The Communications Center", opened in 1969, state-of-the-art at the time.
The 1990s did not begin well for KMGH; the station saw significant losses in 1990 and 1991, as well as lower news ratings. A new management team introduced in 1991 turned things around at KMGH; net profit soared 105.5 percent in 1992 as a result.
(O&O) in Philadelphia, WCAU-TV (since Westinghouse already owned KYW-TV
in that city). In a three-way trade, WCAU was sold to NBC while Denver's longtime NBC affiliate and O&O, KCNC-TV
, was sold to a partnership of CBS and Westinghouse.
At the same time, McGraw-Hill had recently struck its own affiliation deal with ABC, due in part to having its stations in San Diego
and Indianapolis
aligned with the network (KERO-TV
in Bakersfield, California
was also part of the deal between McGraw-Hill and ABC; however, it had to wait for its affiliation contract with CBS to run out in March 1996 before it could finally switch to ABC). In keeping with all of this, on September 10, 1995, ABC moved its programming from KUSA to KMGH. KMGH's outgoing CBS affiliation went to KCNC, with NBC moving from KCNC to KUSA.
In 1998, KMGH's current rendition of the Circle 7 debuted (it used several varations from 1981-1995), which is a variation of those seen on other ABC stations on Channel 7. The station added the ABC logo to it in the bottom left approximately a year later colored in yellow (like the network's yellow-and-black on-air look of the era, as well as the station's blue-and-yellow). In 2006, KMGH aligned itself with other ABC stations, including KABC-TV
in Los Angeles
, by using the same news package by Gari Communications
, specifically designed for ABC O&Os. KMGH is not, however, owned by ABC. In conjunction with the music switch, on-air graphics were overhauled to include shades of red in addition to KMGH's signature gold and blue combination, and its Circle 7 logo was updated to look like real glass (on the website, it was metallic). KMGH went HD August 18, 2008 and amended its 2006 graphics. The logo is now a deep blue circle 7 logo.
KMGH-TV is the only Denver TV station to win two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia awards - one for the 2003 report, "Honor and Betrayal: Scandal at the Air Force Academy" (Ferrugia, Burke, and Kane) and again in 2010 for the investigative documentary "33 Minutes to 34 Right," hosted by Tony Kovaleski and produced by Tom Burke and Arthur Kane.
In 2011, KMGH was named "Station of the Year" by the Associated Press Television-Radio Association.
On June 14, 2011, McGraw-Hill
announced it was exiting television and put its entire broadcasting division, including KMGH-TV, up for sale; on October 3, the company announced that it would sell its entire broadcasting division, including KGTV
, KERO
, WRTV
, KMGH as well as several low power Azteca America
stations to The E.W. Scripps Company. KMGH is not Scripps' first property in the Denver market; the company owned the Rocky Mountain News
from 1926 until its closure in 2009.
Currently, KMGH broadcasts a total of 33½ hours of local news each week (with 5½ hours on weekdays, two hours on Saturdays and four hours on Sundays); unlike most ABC affiliates or its competitors, KMGH does not air local news in the weeknight 6 p.m. time slot, as the newscast airing in that slot was canceled after May 26, 2006.
While KLZ-TV always had a strong line-up of local and syndicated programs during the station's early years, it was obviously helped by CBS's long dominance nationally. It led the 10 p.m. news ratings from the early 1960s until 1977 when it was topped by KBTV (now KUSA-TV
), which benefited from the rise of ABC's prime-time ratings as well as an improved news product that took advantage of live electronic news gathering (ENG) technology. KMGH-TV actually had ENG capability first, in 1975, with its "Insta Cam", but never promoted it on the air, noted Craig Allen in "News is People" (2001 Blackwell Publishing). "We waited and waited, but they never promoted it," then KBTV promotions director Harvey Mars told Allen. In 1970, Channel 7 had a 40 share, while KOA-TV and KBTV were battling to stay out of last place, each with about a 24 share. By the end of the decade, KBTV had a 54 share at 10 p.m., more than all of the other stations combined.
Channel 7's 10 p.m. news team in the 1960s was headed by news anchor Carl Akers, weatherman Warren Chandler and Starr Yelland with sports. All three did live commercials as part of their program. John Rayburn joined the 10 p.m. news in 1964 but left for KBTV in 1967. In 1966, Akers took a short-lived retirement only to show up a year later at KBTV (channel 9) as anchor and news director. He was replaced at channel 7 by Bob Palmer from KOA-TV. The Palmer, Chandler, Yelland team continued until 1975 when Terry Phillips was added as a news co-anchor. Phillips was replaced by John Lindsey in 1976. In 1982, Palmer returned to KOA-TV.
On July 15, 2002, KMGH-TV became the first major market television station in the world to broadcast fully automated newscasts. A computer system, known as ParkerVision, combines the work of several technical personnel in a program requiring just a single operator. Ten studio cameras, channels of audio, all art graphics and electronic titling along with tape operations are programmed and played back live by one person instead of seven people.
On May 26, 2011, 7 News Now became a half-hour 3 p.m. newscast, followed by Inside Edition
at 3:30 p.m., and The Dr. Oz Show
moved to 4 p.m., serving as a replacement for The Oprah Winfrey Show
, which ended its 25-year run the day before.
24/7 Weather
Sports team
Reporters
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
-affiliated television station in Denver, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. The station itself is usually branded as "Denver's 7", but its newscasts are branded as "7 News". It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF
Very high frequency
Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
channel 7 from a transmitter located in Golden, Colorado
Golden, Colorado
The City of Golden is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the edge of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Founded during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush on 16 June 1859, the mining camp was...
. The station is owned by McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, education, publishing, broadcasting, and business services...
.
Digital programming
Aspect ratio
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720p
720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
(KZCO-LP
KZCO-LP
KZCO-LP, analog channel 27, is a low-power television station in Denver, Colorado and an affiliate of Azteca America. The station is owned and operated by McGraw-Hill Broadcasting, along with sister station KMGH....
)
TheCoolTV
THECOOLTV is a United States over-the-air digital subchannel launched in March 2009. The network's current program schedule consists of an all-music video lineup that can be customized to meet an affiliate's preference, along with the three hours per week of E/I programming as required by the...
KMGH operates the 24/7 Weather Channel on subchannel 7.4 and Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
Digital Cable, channel 247. The station replays all newscasts of the day (with the 10 p.m. news running until the next morning), with weather updates and real-time weather information on screen. http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=33903&lineupId=CO58527%3aX&zipcode=80010&channel=247&channelCnt=108 http://www.newschannels.org/resources/index.cfm?startrow=41
Analog-to-digital conversion
In April 2009, KMGH-TV remained on channel 7 when the analog to digital conversion completed.As a CBS affiliate
The station first went on the air on November 1, 1953 as KLZ-TV. It was owned by Edward K. GaylordEdward K. Gaylord
Edward King Gaylord , often referred to as E.K. Gaylord, was the owner and publisher of the Daily Oklahoman newspaper , as well as a radio and television entrepreneur. Born in Kansas and educated in Colorado, he worked on several publications before moving to Oklahoma and buying an interest in the...
and his Oklahoma Publishing Company along with KLZ radio (560 AM
KLZ
KLZ is a talk radio station licensed to Denver, Colorado and is owned by Crawford Broadcasting. Programming includes The Laura Ingraham Show, The Savage Nation, Dave Ramsey and Bob Dutko.-History:...
and 106.7 FM, now KBPI
KBPI
KBPI is an active rock radio station based in Denver, Colorado. The Clear Channel Communications outlet broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 100 kW and has a transmitter in Boulder, Colorado...
). KLZ-TV immediately took 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...
from KBTV (channel 9, now KUSA
KUSA-TV
KUSA, channel 9, is an NBC-affiliated television station in Denver, Colorado. KUSA is owned by the Gannett Company, and is a sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate KTVD...
), owing to KLZ-AM's long affiliation with CBS Radio. In 1954, Gaylord sold KLZ-AM-FM-TV to Time-Life. McGraw-Hill bought the station in 1972, changing the calls to the present KMGH-TV.
During the 1950s, the Channel 7 staff included newscaster (later sportscaster and Dialing For Dollars host) Starr Yelland who came from KOA-TV (now KCNC-TV
KCNC-TV
KCNC-TV, virtual channel 4, is a CBS owned-and-operated station television station in Denver, Colorado, owned by CBS Television Stations, Inc. KCNC broadcasts on UHF channel 35 from Lookout Mountain near Golden, Colorado.- Digital programming :...
) and Ed Scott as Sheriff Scotty to entertain the kids. http://www.broadcastprofessionals.net/denver-television.html In 1956, KLZ-TV presented the first TV remote broadcast from a courtroom after General Manager Hugh Terry won a court battle to allow cameras into the courtroom.
In 1957 Panorama, a weekly public affairs series on Channel 7, became the first Denver-produced program to win a prestigious national Peabody Award. It was written and hosted by Gene Amole and directed by Jim Lannon. The television station has since won two more Peabody awards for the investigative reports "Honor and Betrayal: Scandal at the Air Force Academy" (2003 - Reported by John Ferrugia and produced by Kurt Silver and Jeff Harris, who is now the KMGH-TV News Director) and "Failing the Children: Deadly Mistakes"(2008 - Reported by John Ferrugia and produced Tom Burke and Arthur Kane).
The station was the first in Denver to operate a news bureau in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, as well as the first Denver station to receive reports from its own radio and TV correspondents in Europe and Asia. Channel 7 televised the first kidney transplant in the mid-1960s. Starting in 1968 and running through 1983, the most popular kids show in town was the Noell and Andy Show, 8–8:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. Her coloring contest drew hundreds of entries each week http://www.broadcastprofessionals.net/denver-television.html.
Channel 7 has always been located in the same block at Speer Boulevard and Lincoln Street, though from 1953 until 1969 the station was housed in a former auto dealership on the east side of the block at E. 6th Avenue and Sherman Street. The station's current eight-sided, five-level building, called "The Communications Center", opened in 1969, state-of-the-art at the time.
The 1990s did not begin well for KMGH; the station saw significant losses in 1990 and 1991, as well as lower news ratings. A new management team introduced in 1991 turned things around at KMGH; net profit soared 105.5 percent in 1992 as a result.
Switch to ABC
KMGH had been one of CBS's stronger affiliates. However, as a result of CBS's partnership (and later merger) with Westinghouse in the mid-1990s, the network had to divest its owned-and-operated stationOwned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
(O&O) in Philadelphia, WCAU-TV (since Westinghouse already owned KYW-TV
KYW-TV
KYW-TV, virtual channel 3, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW-TV shares a studio facility with its sister station, CW flagship WPSG just north of Center City Philadelphia...
in that city). In a three-way trade, WCAU was sold to NBC while Denver's longtime NBC affiliate and O&O, KCNC-TV
KCNC-TV
KCNC-TV, virtual channel 4, is a CBS owned-and-operated station television station in Denver, Colorado, owned by CBS Television Stations, Inc. KCNC broadcasts on UHF channel 35 from Lookout Mountain near Golden, Colorado.- Digital programming :...
, was sold to a partnership of CBS and Westinghouse.
KGTV
KGTV, digital channel 10, is the ABC television affiliate in San Diego, California. The station can be seen on Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and AT&T U-verse on cable channel 10 in standard definition. Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable carry its high definition signal on cable...
and Indianapolis
WRTV
WRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
aligned with the network (KERO-TV
KERO-TV
KERO-TV is a television station serving Bakersfield, California. It is an ABC affiliate owned by McGraw-Hill, and transmits its digital signal on VHF channel 10. Syndicated programming on KERO includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Ellen....
in Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....
was also part of the deal between McGraw-Hill and ABC; however, it had to wait for its affiliation contract with CBS to run out in March 1996 before it could finally switch to ABC). In keeping with all of this, on September 10, 1995, ABC moved its programming from KUSA to KMGH. KMGH's outgoing CBS affiliation went to KCNC, with NBC moving from KCNC to KUSA.
In 1998, KMGH's current rendition of the Circle 7 debuted (it used several varations from 1981-1995), which is a variation of those seen on other ABC stations on Channel 7. The station added the ABC logo to it in the bottom left approximately a year later colored in yellow (like the network's yellow-and-black on-air look of the era, as well as the station's blue-and-yellow). In 2006, KMGH aligned itself with other ABC stations, including KABC-TV
KABC-TV
KABC-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, licensed to Los Angeles, California. KABC-TV's studios are located in Glendale, California...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, by using the same news package by Gari Communications
Frank Gari
Frank Gari is a popular singer and songwriter from the late 1950s and early 1960s. His best known songs as a performer are "Utopia" , "Lullaby of Love" and "Princess" , all of which hit the U.S. Top 40 in 1961. He co-wrote with Roger McGuinn the song Beach Ball for Bobby Darin...
, specifically designed for ABC O&Os. KMGH is not, however, owned by ABC. In conjunction with the music switch, on-air graphics were overhauled to include shades of red in addition to KMGH's signature gold and blue combination, and its Circle 7 logo was updated to look like real glass (on the website, it was metallic). KMGH went HD August 18, 2008 and amended its 2006 graphics. The logo is now a deep blue circle 7 logo.
KMGH-TV is the only Denver TV station to win two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia awards - one for the 2003 report, "Honor and Betrayal: Scandal at the Air Force Academy" (Ferrugia, Burke, and Kane) and again in 2010 for the investigative documentary "33 Minutes to 34 Right," hosted by Tony Kovaleski and produced by Tom Burke and Arthur Kane.
In 2011, KMGH was named "Station of the Year" by the Associated Press Television-Radio Association.
On June 14, 2011, McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, education, publishing, broadcasting, and business services...
announced it was exiting television and put its entire broadcasting division, including KMGH-TV, up for sale; on October 3, the company announced that it would sell its entire broadcasting division, including KGTV
KGTV
KGTV, digital channel 10, is the ABC television affiliate in San Diego, California. The station can be seen on Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and AT&T U-verse on cable channel 10 in standard definition. Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable carry its high definition signal on cable...
, KERO
Kero
A kero is an ancient Incan drinking vessel used to drink liquids like alcohol, or more specifically, chicha. They can be made from wood, ceramics, silver, or gold...
, WRTV
WRTV
WRTV, channel 6, is the ABC television affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana; it is owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis at 8001 Township Line Road. Its studios are found at 1330 N...
, KMGH as well as several low power Azteca America
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
stations to The E.W. Scripps Company. KMGH is not Scripps' first property in the Denver market; the company owned the Rocky Mountain News
Rocky Mountain News
The Rocky Mountain News was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006, the Monday-Friday circulation was 255,427...
from 1926 until its closure in 2009.
News operation
While KLZ-TV always had a strong line-up of local and syndicated programs during the station's early years, it was obviously helped by CBS's long dominance nationally. It led the 10 p.m. news ratings from the early 1960s until 1977 when it was topped by KBTV (now KUSA-TV
KUSA-TV
KUSA, channel 9, is an NBC-affiliated television station in Denver, Colorado. KUSA is owned by the Gannett Company, and is a sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate KTVD...
), which benefited from the rise of ABC's prime-time ratings as well as an improved news product that took advantage of live electronic news gathering (ENG) technology. KMGH-TV actually had ENG capability first, in 1975, with its "Insta Cam", but never promoted it on the air, noted Craig Allen in "News is People" (2001 Blackwell Publishing). "We waited and waited, but they never promoted it," then KBTV promotions director Harvey Mars told Allen. In 1970, Channel 7 had a 40 share, while KOA-TV and KBTV were battling to stay out of last place, each with about a 24 share. By the end of the decade, KBTV had a 54 share at 10 p.m., more than all of the other stations combined.
Channel 7's 10 p.m. news team in the 1960s was headed by news anchor Carl Akers, weatherman Warren Chandler and Starr Yelland with sports. All three did live commercials as part of their program. John Rayburn joined the 10 p.m. news in 1964 but left for KBTV in 1967. In 1966, Akers took a short-lived retirement only to show up a year later at KBTV (channel 9) as anchor and news director. He was replaced at channel 7 by Bob Palmer from KOA-TV. The Palmer, Chandler, Yelland team continued until 1975 when Terry Phillips was added as a news co-anchor. Phillips was replaced by John Lindsey in 1976. In 1982, Palmer returned to KOA-TV.
On July 15, 2002, KMGH-TV became the first major market television station in the world to broadcast fully automated newscasts. A computer system, known as ParkerVision, combines the work of several technical personnel in a program requiring just a single operator. Ten studio cameras, channels of audio, all art graphics and electronic titling along with tape operations are programmed and played back live by one person instead of seven people.
On May 26, 2011, 7 News Now became a half-hour 3 p.m. newscast, followed by Inside Edition
Inside Edition
Inside Edition is a thirty-minute American television syndicated news program, first aired on CBS on October 9, 1988. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair, but now more closely resembles a condensed version of breakfast television, exclusively with pre-recorded...
at 3:30 p.m., and The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show is an American syndicated television talk show, hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and teaching professor at Columbia University who became famous for his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2004 until 2009....
moved to 4 p.m., serving as a replacement for The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, which ended its 25-year run the day before.
Newscast titles
- KLZ-TV News (1953–1965)
- Channel 7 News (1965–1973)
- NewsSource 7 (1973–1977)
- The News (1977–1981)
- Live on 7 (5 p.m. newscast; 1981)
- News 7 (1981–1987)
- Nightscene (10 p.m. newscast; 1981–1982)
- KMGH 7 News (1987–1991)
- Colorado's 7 News (1991–1995)
- 7 News (1995–present)
- Real Life, Real News (1996)
Station slogans
- "The Best is Right Here on Channel 7"/"Channel 7 is Easy on the Eyes" (1973–1974; local version of CBS campaign)
- "See the Best...Channel 7" (1974–1975; local version of CBS campaign)
- "Catch the Brightest Stars on Channel 7" (1975–1976; local version of CBS campaign)
- "We're Looking Good on Channel 7" (1979–1980; local version of CBS campaign)
- "Looking Good Together, Channel 7" (1980–1981; local version of CBS campaign)
- "Reach for the Stars on Channel 7" (1981–1982; local version of CBS campaign)
- "Great Moments on Channel 7" (1982–1983; local version of CBS campaign)
- "We've Got the Touch, You and Channel 7" (1983–1984; local version of CBS campaign)
- "You and Channel 7, We've Got the Touch" (1984–1985; local version of CBS campaign)
- "Colorado Style" (1984–1987; used music based on Frank Gari's Turn To... series)
- "Channel 7 Spirit, Oh Yes!" (1987–1988; local version of CBS campaign)
- "You Can Feel it on Channel 7" (1988–1989; local version of CBS campaign)
- "Get Ready for Channel 7" (1989–1991; local version of CBS campaign)
- "The Look of Colorado is Channel 7" (1991–1992; local version of CBS campaign)
- "This is CBS, on Channel 7" (1992–1993; local version of CBS campaign)
- "KMGH-TV, Colorado's 7" (early 1990s–1995; as CBS affiliate)
- "What You're Looking For" (September 1995; used to promote affiliation switch to ABC)
- "Working For You" (1995–2004)
- "Denver's 7" (1995–present)
- "Start Here" (2008–2010; localized version of current ABC slogan)
- "Time Well Spent" (2009–present)
Current on-air staff (as of May 26, 2011)
Anchors- Ana Cabrera - weekday mornings (4:30-7 a.m.)
- Christine Chang - weekend mornings
- John Ferrugia - Fridays at 3, 5 and 10 p.m.; also investigative reporter ("Call 7 Investigators")
- Mitch Jelniker - weekday mornings (4:30-7 a.m.) and 11 a.m.
- Mike Landess - Monday-Thursdays at 3, 5 and 10 p.m.
- Bertha Lynn - weekdays at 11 a.m.
- Theresa Marchetta - weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.; also investigative reporter ("Call 7 Investigators")
- Anne Trujillo - weekdays at 3, and weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m.
24/7 Weather
- Mike Nelson (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Certified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
and NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seals of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weekdays at 3, and weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m. - Lisa Hidalgo - meteorologist; weekday mornings (4:30-7 a.m.)
- Matt Makens (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seals of Approval) - meteorologist; weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.
- Maureen McCann (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval; member, NWA) - meteorologist; weekend mornings
Sports team
- Lionel Bienvenu - sports director; weeknights at 5 and 10 p.m.
- Kami Carmann - sports anchor; weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.; also sports reporter
Reporters
- Jaclyn Allen - general assignment reporter
- Ana Cabrera - general assignment reporter
- Jennie Castor - video journalist
- Dayle Cedars - general assignment reporter
- Don Champion - general assignment reporter; also news producer
- Russell Haythorn - general assignment reporter
- Lance Hernandez - general assignment reporter
- Amanda Kost - general assignment reporter
- Tony Kovaleski - investigative reporter ("Call 7 Investigators")
- Tyler Lopez - general assignment reporter
- Jayson Luber - weekday morning traffic reporter (formerly helicopter reporter/photographer)
- Theresa Marchetta - investigative reporter ("Call 7 Investigators")
- Doug Schepman - video journalist
- Marc Stewart - general assignment reporter
- Marshall Zelinger - general assignment reporter
Former on-air staff
- Christin Ayers - general assignment reporter (now reporter at KPIX in San Francisco)
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