KOAA Colorado Springs

KOAA, the NBC affiliate in Colorado Springs owned by Cordillera Communications, leads the market by a nose — less than 40,000 social media actions as its nearest competitor — in the past six months according to data from audience insight firm Shareablee.

Cordillera Communications-owned KOAA has named Amber Oppeau local sales manager. The move is effective August 8. Oppeau joins the Colorado Springs, Colo., station from Perkin Media’s KSPR in Springfield, Mo., where she led the sales team as national and regional sales manager. She also served as senior AE at Schurz Communications KYTV. “The character, energy […]

He is succeeded at the company’s KOAA Colorado Springs by Ross White who becomes the station’s sales director.

Cordillera Communications’ NBC affiliate KOAA Colorado Springs (DMA 89) has added Laura Foy as special projects director. In her new role, Foy will use her experience and KOAA’s market strength to create promotion opportunities in the community. Foy has more than 16 years of experience in interactive programming, television production and media development. Foy spent […]

NBC affiliate KOAA Colorado Springs (DMA 89) announced that Shellene Cockrell will join Adam Atchison on the anchor desk, weekday mornings, on News5 Today. Cockrell is a former reporter and anchor for KWGN in Denver and is the current long-time host and analyst of the Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge series on NBC. She […]

She is joining the Colorado Springs NBC affiliate on Dec. 2 from KSBW Monterey-Salinas, Calif.

Broadcasters and government officials say that the fact that TV stations did not air an alert during the recent Colorado wildfires exposes some flaws with the Emergency Alert System — a system that has recently come under scrutiny after a hacking incident and subpar national test results earlier this year.