Reporters embedded throughout Colorado dig up stories other stations may miss. Pictured: KCNC Denver reporter Dillon Thomas is embedded in Northern Colorado (KCNC).
KCNC Denver (CBS Colorado) says it has secured an exclusive commitment from new University of Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders, aka “Coach Prime,” to appear in a weekly half-hour […]
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KCNC Follows Methodical Plan To Grow Its A.M. News Ratings
KCNC, the CBS O&O in Denver, grew its weekday 5-7 a.m. news viewership in July 2022. “We did a deep dive into what we could do to reboot morning news,” says Tim Wieland, KCNC’s general manager.
KCNC, the CBS-owned station in Denver, said it will be adding 10 hours of local news per week and shifting to a community journalism approach. The new newscast will air on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. starting September 12.
CBS O&O KCNC Denver news anchor Jim Benemann announced his decision to retire at the end of this year following 44 years in the TV news business and 36 years […]
CBS-owned KCNC Denver said today that Anna Alejo is returning to the station as the executive producer of community impact. In this role, she will lead the station’s community journalism […]
Award-winning journalist Kristine Strain has been named news director of CBS News and Television Stations’ local businesses in Denver, including KCNC (CBS), CBSN Denver and CBSDenver.com. Strain is assuming her new […]
CBS taps him to succeed Walt DeHaven, promoting Wieland from news director.
The longest serving general manager in the CBS Stations group is retiring at the end of the month. Walt DeHaven, vice president and general manager of the CBS Denver O&O KCNC, is retiring on July 30 after what he called a “long and wonderful career in broadcasting.”
Walt DeHaven, VP and general manager of KCNC Denver, marks his last day on the job July 30. He has spent 20 years atop the CBS O&O, and 14 more with other stations in the CBS group, including ones in Chicago and Boston. The longest-serving general manager in the CBS Stations group, DeHaven has spent 34 years with the Viacom and CBS groups. His successor has not yet been named.
FCC Votes to Approve La Plata Market Mod
The FCC commissioners signaled Wednesday (June 12) that they have voted in favor of a proposal to modify the satellite markets of KDVR, KCNC, KMGH and KUSA, all Denver, to include a so-called orphan county in Colorado that had been receiving out-of-state TV station signals from Dish Network and DirecTV due to the way the Nielsen market was drawn up.
KCNC Sits Atop Social In The Mile High City
CBS O&O KCNC Denver has just over 9 million actions on social, 27% of the market’s 34 million total actions in that same period,according to data from audience insight firm Shareablee. Why? Tim Weiland, KCNC’s news director, lays the credit for KCNC’s winning performance on Facebook to an increased strategic emphasis on how it uses Facebook Live. In particular, Weiland points to the station’s mobile weather lab that is used to chase storms all over Colorado.
These days, staying competitive means more than just refreshing the faces reading the news. That has forced not only television stations but all news media to experiment with digital formats and other types of engagement as viewers — particularly younger ones — melt away from traditional delivery methods and turn toward mobile and online consumption.
KCNC Forecaster Ed Greene Out After 40 Years
Dominic Garcia To Anchor KCNC Newscast
KCNC Creative Dir. Arrested For Internet Luring Of Child
Police-TV ‘Partnership’ In Manhunt Questioned
Boulder police used a helicopter shared by four Denver stations to help catch a shooting suspect during a manhunt. Some say the arrangement falls into a grey area of media ethics.
KCNC’s Lauren Whitney On Weather, Science And Being Blonde
KCNC Denver Explains New Promos On Its Website
The CBS O&O is going to air 10 Broncos games and five locally produced programs a week. CBS’s Thursday night deal with the NFL is expected to be a ratings boon.
