KDVR
KDVR / KFCT | |
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KDVR: Denver, Colorado KFCT: Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Branding | Fox 31 |
Slogan | Clear. Credible. Complete. |
Channels | Analog: KDVR: 31 (UHF) KFCT: 22 (UHF) Digital: KDVR: 32 (UHF) KFCT: 21 (UHF) |
Affiliations | Fox |
Owner | Fox Television Stations |
Founded | KDVR: August 10, 1983 KFCT: September 1, 1994 |
Call letters meaning | KDVR: K DenVeR KFCT: K Fort Collins Television |
Former affiliations | KDVR: independent (1983-1986) KFCT: none |
Transmitter Power | KDVR: 5000 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) KFCT: 1860 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
Height | KDVR: 317 m (analog) 314 m (digital) KFCT: 256 m (analog) 233 m (digital) |
Facility ID | KDVR: 126 KFCT: 125 |
Transmitter Coordinates | KDVR: KFCT: |
Website | www.myfoxcolorado.com |
KDVR is a television station on UHF Channel 31 based in Denver, Colorado, USA and owned by Fox Television Stations Group. Its transmitter is located in Golden, Colorado. It is an affiliate of the Fox Network.
KDVR offers prime time programming from Fox; sports programming; talk, reality, and court shows; sitcoms; and nearly 30 hours of local news a week.
KDVR's signal is also relayed on KFCT (analog channel 22, digital channel 21) in Fort Collins. KFCT's signal covers Fort Collins and other areas of North Central Colorado not covered by the main KDVR signal. It is the only full-powered station operating in the area.
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History
KDVR first went on the air on August 10, 1983, as the first television station in Denver to sign on since 1956, and was the first UHF television station in the state of Colorado. TV Guide had actually listed a channel 31 in its Denver edition prior to KDVR, but this was actually a translator of the network feed of the Spanish International Network (as Univision was then called). KDVR started off as a locally owned station, running a lineup of cartoons, old sitcoms, drama shows, movies, and religious programming.
When KWGN-TV turned down the Fox affiliation in 1986, the affiliation went to KDVR by default. The station became known as "FOX31" in the late 1980s. It was subsequently acquired by Chase Broadcasting in 1990, Renaissance Broadcasting in 1992 (as part of a merger), and Fox in 1993, making it a network owned-and-operated station (O&O).
In October 1994, KDVR opened KFCT channel 22, to expand its coverage area north to the Wyoming border.
After it became a Fox O&O, KDVR added first-run talk and reality shows, but it aired no news programming at first. At one point, Fox approached KWGN again with an affiliation, and planned to sell KDVR to Qwest Broadcasting. However, that plan did not materialize. To this day, KDVR remains the only Denver television station never to change its affiliation.
Fox 31 is now using a new website myfoxcolorado.com as of September 19, 2006. It is the same system as the other Fox O&O's.
Logos
KDVR logo from 1999 to 2001. Around this time, the Fox-owned stations (namely, those owned by the network prior to the New World buyout) began using these "box" logos. |
Personalities
Anchors
- Ron Zappolo - Weekday Evenings Anchor
- Libby Weaver - Weekday Evenings Anchor
- Steve Kelley - Weekday Mornings Anchor (5:30-9)
- Shaul Turner - Weekday Mornings Anchor (5-6)
- Heidi Hemmatt - Weekday Mornings Anchor (6-9)
- Ken Clark - Weekday Morning Anchor (5-5:30)
- Deborah Takahara - Weekend Evenings Anchor
Reporters
- Ken Clark - Traffic Reporter
- Julie Hayden - Investigative Reporter
- Charlie Brennan - Investigative Reporter
- Deborah Takahara - Reporter/Weekend Anchor
- Jon Bowman - Reporter
- Tom Martino - Consumer Reporter
- Rob Marshall - SKY Fox Reporter
- Kim Posey - Reporter
- Tammy Vigil - Reporter/Temporary Weekend Anchor For Jeremy Hubbard, Who Left
- Sean Tobin - Good Day Colorado Reporter
- Melissa Mollet - Good Day Colorado Reporter
- Marianne Martinez - Reporter
Weather
- Crystal Egger + Erin Little - Good Day Colorado Meteorologists
- Chris Dunn - Chief Meteorologist, Weekday Evenings Meteorologist
- Chris Tomer - Weekend Evenings Meteorologist
Sports
- Eric Goodman - Weekday Evenings Sports/Sports Director
- Marcia Neville - High School Sports Reporter
- Chris Tanaka - Weekend Evenings Sports
Former Personalities
- Bob Goosmann-Chief Meteorolgist (2000-2004) Now at KDAF-TV In Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
- Pam Davis-Good Day Anchor (2004-2005)
- Justin Farmer-Good Day Anchor (2004-2005) Now at WFAA in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.
- David Treadwell-Sports Director
- Karen Eden-Weekend Meteorolgist (2004-2005)
- Stacey Donaldson-Weekend Meteorolgist(2002-2004),Morning Meteorolgist (2004-2006)
- Ty Ray-Weekend Sports (2000-2005) Now at KVOS-TV in Bellingham, Washington
- Craig Herrera- Fox 31 weather producer (1999-2002); later moved to KFSN (2002-2005) and now at KNTV in San Jose, CA
- Jeremy Hubbard 2004-2007,Anchor/Reporter. (NETWORK REPORTER,Now with ABC News in Chicago)
- Phil Keating-Weekend Anchor
- Charles Leaf-Investigative Reporter. (2005-2006)
News/Station Presentation
Newscast Titles
- FOX31 News (2000-present)
Station Slogans
- Clear. Credible. Complete. (2003-present)
External links
- KDVR MY FOX Website
- The Official Ron Zappolo Fan Site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KDVR
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KFCT
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Local television stations Outlying Areas Local Cable Television Channels |
See also Broadcast television in the Cheyenne market |
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KFQX 4 (Grand Junction) - KXRM 21 (Colorado Springs) - KDVR 31 / KFCT 22 (Denver / Fort Collins) |
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Colorado |