KFQX
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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.
KFQX is operated under a LMA
by Hoak Media Corporation
, which also owns co-located KREX-TV
.
For its first few years, KFQX offered delayed rebroadcasts of KREX's newscasts. In 2005, the station began simulcasting news programming from former Fox owned-and-operated KDVR
in Denver. Today, the simulcasts include a four-hour morning newscast and a nightly primetime news hour from 9 to 10pm.
The KFQX signal is relayed to other parts of Western and Northwestern Colorado via five analog and two digital translator stations, including KXHD-LP Channel 36 in Montrose.
off the air on Sunday January 20, 2008 at approximately 8:45 AM local time. The station's building and 50 years worth of archives are a total loss.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Grand Junction, Colorado
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...
, broadcasting digitally on UHF channel 15 as an affiliate of 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...
. Founded February 10, 1993, the station is owned by Parker Broadcasting of Colorado, LLC.
KFQX is operated under 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...
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 co-located 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:...
.
For its first few years, KFQX offered delayed rebroadcasts of KREX's newscasts. In 2005, the station began simulcasting news programming from former Fox owned-and-operated KDVR
KDVR
KDVR, , is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Denver, Colorado designated market area. The station is owned by Local TV LLC, the media arm of private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners, under a local marketing agreement with Tribune-owned CW affiliate KWGN . Its transmitter is...
in Denver. Today, the simulcasts include a four-hour morning newscast and a nightly primetime news hour from 9 to 10pm.
The KFQX signal is relayed to other parts of Western and Northwestern Colorado via five analog and two digital translator stations, including KXHD-LP Channel 36 in Montrose.
KREX-TV Studio Fire
A fire knocked KREX, KFQX and KGJT-LPKGJT-LP
KGJT-LP, channel 27, is the low-powered MyNetworkTV affiliate for Grand Junction and the rest of western Colorado. KGJT is owned by Hoak Media Corporation, which also owns CBS affiliate KREX-TV. Hoak Media also operates the Parker Broadcasting owned Fox affiliate KFQX via a LMA.-History:The...
off the air on Sunday January 20, 2008 at approximately 8:45 AM local time. The station's building and 50 years worth of archives are a total loss.