Sean McNamara Joins KDVR Denver As News Director
Sean McNamara is the new news director at KDVR and KWGN, Nexstar’s Fox and CW affiliates in Denver. He joins from WDAF, Nexstar’s Fox in Kansas City where he has been the news director since 2019.
KDVR-KWGN Helping Boulder Wildfire Victims
Nexstar’s CW affiliate KWGN Denver has added anchor Katie Orth as co-anchor for Daybreak effective Monday, May 17. She will team with current anchor Chris Parente from 4:30 to 9 […]
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National Sales Manager Opening In Denver
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an openings for a national sales manager at Nexstar’s Fox and CW affiliates in Denver.
Creative Services And News Openings
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a creative services photographer-editor and a promotions producer and assignment editors for Cox, Nexstar, Capitol Broadcasting and Quincy stations.
The debut on KDVR and KWGN marks the company’s 12th market and 22nd station to roll out ATSC 3.0 in this year. Nexstar plans to convert 32 more stations in 20 additional markets in 2021
Nexstar Names Grandy GM Of Denver Duopoly
Veteran media industry executive Byron Grandy moves from WNCN Raleigh, N.C., to lead KDVR, KWGN and their related websites and mobile applications.
KDVR-KWGN Campaign Supports Police And Their Families
KWGN’s Mike Landess Retiring After 40 Years
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.
KDVR-KWGN Adds Meteorologist Jessica Lebel
Anchor Tom Green Leaving KWGN In Spring
KWGN Denver To Introduce 11 P.M. Newscast
Shake-Up At KWGN-KDVR: Mike Landess Returns
At KWGN Broome Moves On, Makens Joins
Joan Barrett Named GM Of KDVR-KWGN
Tribune brings in the former president of Sunflower Broadcasting to lead the Fox-CW operations in Colorado.
Peter Maroney Retiring As KDVR-KWGN GM
Peter Maroney, a veteran general manager who guided Tribune’s Denver Fox affiliate KDVR and CW affil KWGN to stability after a particularly rough period, will retire effective June 26. “I have decided to do some other things in my life,” Maroney said.
KDVR-KWGN ND Ed Kosowski Leaving
He will leave Tribune’s Fox-CW duopoly in Denver when his contract expires next week after three years as news director.
A certain corner of Denver TV is seeing sudden turnover. Why are they fleeing Fox O&O KDVR and co-owned CW affil KWGN? Either it’s a terrific springboard to bigger things or there’s some malfunction at the sister stations.
New Faces In Denver’s Morning News Battle
Tribune Stations Go Dark On Cablevision
Affected are WPIX New York; WPHL Philadelphia; KWGN Denver; and WCCT Hartford, Conn. The cable operator accuses Tribune of demanding fees that are too high because of its parent company’s financial woes, but Tribune says it’s asking for “less than a penny a day per subscriber.”
Longtime KWGN Anchor Angie Austin Out
KDVR Denver Rises And Shines
Local TV’s Fox affiliate has increased its morning audience significantly and is poised for “rebranding” (new slogan, set, music, graphics) Jan. 1. Now, it’s very much in the race to be No. 2 in Denver TV.
Ed Kosowski, currently executive producer at CNBC.com, has been named VP of news and digital content at Tribune’s Denver duopoly KDVR (Fox) and KWGN (CW).
