KTVD
Encyclopedia
KTVD, virtual channel
20 (digital channel 19) is a MyNetworkTV
-affiliated television station
based in Denver, Colorado
, and is owned by the Gannett Company
. The station is a sister to KUSA
, Denver's NBC
affiliate and is housed and operated out of KUSA's high definition studios. It currently offers a general entertainment format of off-network sitcoms, first-run talk and reality shows, MyNetworkTV prime-time, cartoons, dramas, and news. KTVD's newscasts, which are produced by KUSA, have two weekday and five weekend editions. The station is carried on Comcast
channel 5 in the Denver area.
Digital channels>
Channel
Video
Aspect
Programming
20.1
1080i
16:9
Main KTVD programming / MyNetworkTV
20.2
480i
4:3
Universal Sports
KTVD first went on the air on December 1, 1988 with a general entertainment format featuring classic cartoons and sitcoms, old movies, and religious programming. The station was losing money, and filed for bankruptcy in August 1990. At one point, it only had a few low-budget shows, religious programming, and infomercials. The station began to turn a profit with the paid programming it aired, and gradually added a number of barter syndicated shows, such as cartoons, a few older sitcoms, and talk shows. It was sold to Newsweb Corporation
in March 1994, operating under the name of Channel 20 TV Company (CTTC), and emerged out of bankruptcy.
In 1995, KTVD affiliated with UPN
. CTTC later acquired Sterling, Colorado
station KTVS
in 1999, and made it a satellite station of KTVD, renaming it KUPN in 2002 to reflect its affiliation. In 2003, it became the broadcast home for Colorado Rockies
MLB baseball
, this ended in 2009.
On December 15, 2005, Newsweb Corporation announced the sale of KTVD to Gannett
, despite rumors that Fox (the then-owners KDVR
in Denver, and current owner of former sister Newsweb station WPWR
(Channel 50) in Gary
/Chicago
) would buy the station to make it part of a duopoly
. The transaction was finalized on June 26, 2006. Newsweb retained possession of KUPN, and made it an independent station in June 2006.
On January 24, 2006, it was announced that the UPN and WB
networks would combine to form a new "fifth" television network, known as The CW
. It was then announced that the Tribune
-owned WB affiliate, KWGN-TV
, would become Denver's affiliate of The CW. After Fox announced that it would also start up a new network, known as MyNetworkTV
, Gannett announced on July 12, 2006, that KTVD would become Denver's MyNetworkTV
affiliate. The station officially affiliated with MyNetworkTV, upon the network's launch on September 5, 2006. As is the case with many duopolies between a major network affiliate and a minor network affiliate, KTVD may air NBC
programming when KUSA cannot such as in a news-related emergency.
KTVD is one of the few MyNetworkTV affiliates which broadcast high definition programming from the network in 1080i
, rather than the network's native 720p
format. KTVD's DT2 subchannel began carrying Universal Sports
on January 10, 2011 after it moved from KUSA-DT3 to balance out the bandwidth of both stations. No changes in cable lineups occurred. With Universal Sports transitioning from a digital multicast network into a cable and satellite service in 2012, it is unclear if digital channel 20.2 will affiliate "NBC Non Stop" or another network.
on September 5, 2006, to compete with newscasts on CW affiliate KWGN-TV
and Fox affiliate KDVR
(KWGN lated moved its primetime newscast to 7 p.m. the following year). The newscast utilizes KUSA's on-air staff, including Shawn Patrick and Bazi Kanani as lead anchors. On December 5, 2006, KUSA launched a two-hour extension of its weekday morning newscast on KTVD, using the KUSA morning news team. In addition, KTVD now airs morning newscasts on weekends. From September 2010 to July 2011, the station broadcast 9News Daily Connection
, a newscast that was produced jointly by NBC News
and KUSA.
As is the case with many duopolies between a major network affiliate and a minor network affiliate, KTVD airs KUSA-produced newscasts whenever KUSA cannot do so. For example, KUSA's 5 p.m. newscast airs on KTVD when KUSA airs Football Night in America
.
Weather team
Sports team
Reporters
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
20 (digital channel 19) is a MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
-affiliated television station
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...
based in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
, and is owned by the Gannett Company
Gannett Company
Gannett Company, Inc. is a publicly-traded media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States, near McLean. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend...
. The station is a sister to 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...
, Denver's NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate and is housed and operated out of KUSA's high definition studios. It currently offers a general entertainment format of off-network sitcoms, first-run talk and reality shows, MyNetworkTV prime-time, cartoons, dramas, and news. KTVD's newscasts, which are produced by KUSA, have two weekday and five weekend editions. The station is carried on 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...
channel 5 in the Denver area.
Digital programming
Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
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 ...
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
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...
Universal Sports
Universal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:...
History
Years before KTVD signed on, channel 20 in Denver was occupied by the early UHF station KHBC. The station went dark because UHF tuners were not required at the time. A later construction permit for KIRV expired without any station signing on.KTVD first went on the air on December 1, 1988 with a general entertainment format featuring classic cartoons and sitcoms, old movies, and religious programming. The station was losing money, and filed for bankruptcy in August 1990. At one point, it only had a few low-budget shows, religious programming, and infomercials. The station began to turn a profit with the paid programming it aired, and gradually added a number of barter syndicated shows, such as cartoons, a few older sitcoms, and talk shows. It was sold to Newsweb Corporation
Newsweb Corporation
Newsweb Corporation is a publisher of ethnic and alternative newspapers in the United States, based in Chicago, Illinois. The company also owns several radio stations in the Chicago area and a television station in Sterling, Colorado....
in March 1994, operating under the name of Channel 20 TV Company (CTTC), and emerged out of bankruptcy.
In 1995, KTVD 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...
. CTTC later acquired Sterling, Colorado
Sterling, Colorado
The City of Sterling is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Logan County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 14,777 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Sterling is located at...
station KTVS
KCDO
KCDO-TV, channel 3, is a full-service television station licensed to Sterling, Colorado, broadcasting on UHF channel 23 as an independent station...
in 1999, and made it a satellite station of KTVD, renaming it KUPN in 2002 to reflect its affiliation. In 2003, it became the broadcast home 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...
MLB baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, this ended in 2009.
Gannett Company
Gannett Company, Inc. is a publicly-traded media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States, near McLean. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend...
, despite rumors that Fox (the then-owners 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, and current owner of former sister Newsweb station WPWR
WPWR-TV
WPWR-TV, channel 50, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Gary, Indiana, and serving the Chicago, Illinois area. WPWR-TV is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox network outlet WFLD-TV...
(Channel 50) in Gary
Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city is in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area and is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. The population is 80,294 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. It borders Lake Michigan and is known...
/Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
) would buy the station to make it part of a duopoly
Duopoly
A true duopoly is a specific type of oligopoly where only two producers exist in one market. In reality, this definition is generally used where only two firms have dominant control over a market...
. The transaction was finalized on June 26, 2006. Newsweb retained possession of KUPN, and made it an independent station in June 2006.
On January 24, 2006, it was announced that the UPN and WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
networks would combine to form a new "fifth" television network, known as The CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
. It was then announced that the Tribune
Tribune Broadcasting
The Tribune Broadcasting Company is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois and named for the flagship Chicago Tribune newspaper.- History :Tribune Broadcasting...
-owned WB affiliate, KWGN-TV
KWGN-TV
KWGN-TV, virtual channel 2 , is a television station in Denver, Colorado, owned by the Tribune Company and affiliated with the CW Television Network...
, would become Denver's affiliate of The CW. After Fox announced that it would also start up a new network, known as MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
, Gannett announced on July 12, 2006, that KTVD would become Denver's 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. The station officially affiliated with MyNetworkTV, upon the network's launch on September 5, 2006. As is the case with many duopolies between a major network affiliate and a minor network affiliate, KTVD may air NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
programming when KUSA cannot such as in a news-related emergency.
KTVD is one of the few MyNetworkTV affiliates which broadcast high definition programming from the network in 1080i
1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
, rather than the network's native 720p
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...
format. KTVD's DT2 subchannel began carrying Universal Sports
Universal Sports
Universal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:...
on January 10, 2011 after it moved from KUSA-DT3 to balance out the bandwidth of both stations. No changes in cable lineups occurred. With Universal Sports transitioning from a digital multicast network into a cable and satellite service in 2012, it is unclear if digital channel 20.2 will affiliate "NBC Non Stop" or another network.
Newscasts
To correspond with the network switch to MyNetworkTV, KTVD began to air a daily half-hour 9 p.m. newscast produced by KUSA-TVKUSA-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...
on September 5, 2006, to compete with newscasts on CW affiliate KWGN-TV
KWGN-TV
KWGN-TV, virtual channel 2 , is a television station in Denver, Colorado, owned by the Tribune Company and affiliated with the CW Television Network...
and Fox affiliate 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...
(KWGN lated moved its primetime newscast to 7 p.m. the following year). The newscast utilizes KUSA's on-air staff, including Shawn Patrick and Bazi Kanani as lead anchors. On December 5, 2006, KUSA launched a two-hour extension of its weekday morning newscast on KTVD, using the KUSA morning news team. In addition, KTVD now airs morning newscasts on weekends. From September 2010 to July 2011, the station broadcast 9News Daily Connection
Daily Connection
The Daily Connection was a news program produced by NBC News and the affiliates that aired it, it was all pre-produced reports from NBC News Channel, and other platforms of NBC including CNBC, MSNBC, The Weather Channel, & Access Hollywood. Breaking local or national news was also aired. Most of...
, a newscast that was produced jointly by NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
and KUSA.
As is the case with many duopolies between a major network affiliate and a minor network affiliate, KTVD airs KUSA-produced newscasts whenever KUSA cannot do so. For example, KUSA's 5 p.m. newscast airs on KTVD when KUSA airs Football Night in America
Football Night in America
Football Night in America is the studio pregame show usually preceding NBC's broadcasts of Sunday night and Wild Card Saturday National Football League games starting in the 2006 National Football League season...
.
News team
Anchors- Kyle Clark - weekends at 9 p.m.
- Kyle Dyer - weekday mornings (7-9 a.m.)
- Eric Kahnert - weekend mornings (6-7 a.m.)
- Bazi Kanani - weeknights at 9 p.m.
- Gregg Moss - weekdays at 11 a.m.
- Cheryl Preheim - weekend mornings (6-7 a.m.) and weekends at 9 p.m.
- Gary Shiparo - weekday mornings (7-9 a.m.)
Weather team
- Kathy Sabine (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...
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...
Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 9 p.m. - Ashton Altieri (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seals of Approval) - meteorologist; weekend mornings (6-7 a.m.)
- Mary Coniglio (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seals of Approval) - meteorologist; weekends at 9 p.m.
- Becky Ditchfield (AMS Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings (7-9 a.m.) and 11 a.m.
Sports team
- Drew SoicherDrew SoicherDrew Soicher , the evening sports reporter for KUSA-TV, joined KUSA in January 2000. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and has a bobblehead doll museum in his basement. In fact, he owns more than 500 of the spring-loaded figures. He also coaches The Mighty Bobbleheads Little League baseball team. ...
- sports director; weeknights at 9 p.m. - Rod Mackey - sports anchor; weekends at 9 p.m.
- Susie Wargen - sports anchor; weekday mornings (7-9 a.m.)
Reporters
- Anastasiya Bolton - general assignment reporter
- Dave Delozier - general assignment reporter
- Amelia Earhart - weekday morning traffic reporter
- Matt Flener - general assignment reporter
- Nelson Garcia - education and technology reporter
- Jeremy Jojola - investigative reporter ("9 Wants to Know")
- Jace Larson - investigative reporter ("9 Wants to Know")
- Nick McGurk - Northern Newsroom reporter
- Gregg Moss - weekday morning business reporter
- Matt Renoux - Mountain Newsroom reporter
- Will Ripley - general assignment reporter ("9 Wants to Know")
- Corey Rose - general assignment reporter
- Jennifer Ryan - weekday morning reporter
- Deborah Sherman - investigative reporter ("9 Wants to Know")
- Brooke Thacker - weekday morning reporter
- TaRhonda Thomas - general assignment reporter
- Dr. John Torres - medical reporter
- Kevin Torres - general assignment reporter ("Backpack Journalist")
- Chris Vanderveen - general assignment reporter
- Jessica Zartler - weekday morning and evening reporter
Station slogans
- "You're Watching Denver's 20" (1988–1995)
- "Denver's UPN 20, A Part of United Paramount Network" (1995–1997)
- "The Hottest Team Plays Here on UPN 20" (2002–2003; used during the Colorado AvalancheColorado AvalancheThe Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1995–96 and 2000–01. The franchise...
Stanley Cup2003 Stanley Cup FinalsThe 2003 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven playoff series that determined the champion of the National Hockey League for the 2002–03 season...
coverage) - "Turn It Up Denver" (2002–2004)
- "Denver's Entertainment Station" (2004–2011)
- "Channel 20 Everywhere" (2011-Present)