KCNC-TV

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KCNC-TV is the CBS owned-and-operated television station (O&O) in Denver, Colorado. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 4 (67.25 MHz video, 71.75 MHz audio) and its digital signal on UHF channel 35 from a transmitter located in Golden, Colorado.

Contents

1 History
2 Newscasts
3 CBS4 Personalities

3.1 CBS4 News Anchors
3.2 CBS4 Anchors/Reporters
3.3 CBS4 Weather Team
3.4 CBS4 Sports Team

4 Past Logos
5 Past NewsCast Titles
6 Quotes
7 See also
8 External links

History

The station first went on the air on December 24, 1953 as NBC affiliate KOA-TV. It was owned by Metropolitan Broadcasting, a company partly owned by famed comedian Bob Hope, along with KOA-AM 850. In 1968, it was sold to General Electric. In 1983, General Electric sold all of its television stations except KOA-TV, which changed its calls the next year to KCNC-TV after the sale of KOA radio to A.H. Belo. General Electric bought NBC in 1986, making KCNC an NBC owned-and-operated station. The station was broadcasting nearly 40 hours of news per week by 1990.

In 1994, CBS and Westinghouse Electric Corporation agreed to a long-term affiliation deal that saw all five of Westinghouse's television stations become CBS affiliates. This switch included KYW-TV in Philadelphia. CBS opted to sell its longtime Philadelphia O&O, WCAU-TV, to NBC This forced NBC to sell off one of its O&Os in order to stay under the FCC's ownership limit at the time, and it opted to sell off KCNC.

On September 10, 1995, KCNC became Denver's CBS affiliate in a move that saw all three of Denver's "Big Three" affiliates switch networks. Denver's longtime CBS affiliate, KMGH-TV, went to ABC because KMGH's owner, McGraw-Hill, had recently struck an affiliation deal with ABC, while longtime ABC affiliate KUSA-TV took the NBC affiliation, probably by default (although KUSA's owners Gannett had already owned a number of NBC affiliates, and today, most of Gannett's stations are still NBC affiliates).

Under the terms of the CBS/Westinghouse deal, the two companies assumed joint ownership of KCNC, with Westinghouse holding controlling interest. Later in 1995, CBS and Westinghouse merged, making KCNC a CBS O&O, the second time in the station's history that channel 4 has been owned by a major network. In 2003, it rebranded as "CBS4" (although it retained the "News4" moniker for its newscasts for another 2 years).

Newscasts

Weekdays

CBS4 News This Morning - 5:00 - 7:00 a.m.
CBS4 News at Noon - 12:00 - 12:30 p.m.
CBS4 News at 5 - 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.
CBS4 News at 6 - 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
CBS4 News at 10 - 10:00 - 10:35 p.m.

Saturday

CBS4 News at 7 a.m. - 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
CBS4 News at 5 - 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
CBS4 News at 6 - '''6:00-6:30 p.m.
The Mike Shanahan Show - 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. (Broncos football coaches' show; only during the NFL season)
CBS4 News at 10 - 10:00 - 10:35 p.m.

Sunday

CBS4 News at 6 a.m. - 6:00 - 7:00 a.m.
CBS4 News at 7 a.m. - 7:00-8:00 a.m.
The Mike Shanahan Show - 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. (only during the NFL season)
Broncos Countdown to Kickoff - 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. (Broncos pregame; only during the NFL season)
CBS4 News at 5 - 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
CBS4 News at 10 - 10:00 - 10:35 p.m.
Broncos All Access - 10:35 - 11:05 p.m. (Broncos postgame; only during the NFL season)

CBS4 Personalities

CBS4 News Anchors

Jim Benemann
Molly Hughes
Tom Mustin
Brooke Wagner

CBS4 Anchors/Reporters

Alan Gionet
Ericka Lewis
Arturo Santiago
Kathy Walsh

CBS4 Weather Team

Dave Aguilera
Jim Thomas
Kristi Carson
Ed Greene
Jennifer Zeppelin

CBS4 Sports Team

Vic Lombardi
Gary Miller
Marcia Neville

Past Logos

Image:koa4.jpg|When KCNC was known as KOA-TV, this logo had been used from 1976 to 1979. Image:KCNC_95-2004_logo.gif|KCNC Logo 1995-2003. Image:KCNC_logo.jpg|Now known as CBS4, this is KCNC's current logo used since 2003.

Past NewsCast Titles

NewsCenter4 (1970's to 1985)
News 4 Colorado (1985 to 2003)
CBS4 News (2003 to Present)

Quotes

"This is Channel 4, Colorado's News Channel!" 1981 to 1985. Used to start 10 p.m. Newscast.
"Colorado's 24 hour News Channel is KCNC-TV Denver!" 1988 to 1993. Used to start noon newscast, accompanied by the NBC signature of Image VII.
"You're watching Channel 4, proud to be owned by NBC!" Station ID used to start a 10 p.m. Newscast from 1988 until no later than the station's sale to CBS.
"Watch CBS4 News for "Coverage You Can Count On." CBS4 is Colorado's news authority. Our top priority is Enterprise reporting driven by original content and great storytelling. We present the news in a to-the-point manner. We share the optimism of the people of Colorado." Current station ID.

External links

Broadcast television in the Denver market [(Nielsen DMA #18)]
KWGN 2 (The WB/The CW) - KCNC 4 (CBS) - KRMA 6 (PBS) - KMGH 7 (ABC) - KUSA 9 (NBC) - KBDI 12 (PBS) - KTNE 13 / KRNE 12 (PBS/NET) - KTVD 20 / KUPN 3 (UPN/MNTV) - KDEN 25 (TMD) - KDVR 31 / KFCT 22 (Fox) - KDVT 36 (TFU) - KRMT 41 (DS) - KCEC 50 (UNI) - KPXC 59 (i)

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Colorado

KCNC 4 () - KREX 5 () - KREZ 6 () - KKTV 11 ()
'''See also: , , , , , and stations in Colorado

CBS Corporation

1Will Become The CW Television Network>The CW Owned and Operated Television Stations on September 18, 2006

2Will become affiliates of Fox Broadcasting Company>Fox's My Network TV in September 2006

3Will become Independent station>independent stations on September 18, 2006 Annual Revenue:

.54 billion USD (2005) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NYSE: [CBS] | Website: [www.cbscorporation.com]

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