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43-524: 1300 AM received its FCC license on September 7, 1961 as KGNS. KGNS was owned by the Southwestern Operating Company and broadcast during the day only with 500 watts; it took its call sign from KGNS-TV channel 8, which had adopted it several years earlier. In 1964, KGNS powered up to 1,000 watts, and in 1967, it began nighttime broadcasts. The station was sold twice in the early 1970s, not long after changing its call letters to KLAR. For most of

86-630: A local marketing agreement by Gray until the closure of the deal, on December 31. On January 24, 2019, Gray announced that the news operations of KGWN-TV and KCWY-DT would be merged under the Wyoming News Now banner by April 9. Under this arrangement, KGWN's 5:30 p.m. newscast became the only Cheyenne-specific newscast (with KCWY airing a Casper-only newscast at 5 p.m.); all other newscasts, while being produced at KGWN, are simulcast on KCWY in Casper and cover both markets. The consolidation came after

129-475: A propaganda campaign in the days leading up to the end of the contract attempting to change Bresnan Cable customers to Dish Network . KGWN refused to post any comments on its site regarding customers who did not wish to see the contract renewed despite news coverage of the dispute having elicited numerous such comments. On May 8, 2009, the stations were restored to the Bresnan system. In December 2011, CW programming

172-724: A simulcast of sister station KNEP in Scottsbluff, Nebraska , while its third subchannel is the market's CW affiliate. KSTF (channel 10) in Scottsbluff operates as a semi-satellite of KGWN; this station maintains studios on 10th Street in Gering , while its transmitter is located along N-71 at the Scotts Bluff – Sioux county line. K19FX-D (channel 19) in Laramie is a low-power translator of KGWN-TV. This translator extends coverage to

215-505: A deal to sell KGNS, along with KGWN-TV in Cheyenne, Wyoming , and KSTF in Scottsbluff, Nebraska , to Yellowstone Holdings, a subsidiary of Frontier Radio Management. On November 4, 2013, Gray Television announced a deal to acquire Yellowstone Holdings for $ 23 million. The sale was completed on December 31. On November 6, 2013, KGNS-TV reached an agreement with the ABC television network to add

258-422: A focus on Northern Colorado. Weekday mornings from 6 to 6:30, KGWN-DT2 simulcast local radio station KXBG (97.9 FM). Following at 6:30, there was a local weather forecast segment which repeats several times during the half-hour. The Colorado-focused station did not simulcast any newscasts from its parent station. "Northern Colorado 5" was discontinued on December 19, 2013. In announcing the closure, KGWN cited

301-476: A new broadcast network called The CW . On September 18, 2006, KGNS-TV rebranded "KTXW" Time Warner Cable channel 19 as The CW Laredo starting its CW programming. With the subsequent sign-on of digital subchannel 8.2, the subchannel began broadcasting "KTXW" bringing the channel over-the-air coverage throughout the market. In 2010, local Spanish language news returned to the station on Telemundo affiliated subchannel 3. In May 2013, SagamoreHill Broadcasting reached

344-455: A number of recent college graduates. According to Nielsen Media Research , KGNS competes closely with Spanish-language station KLDO. In 1990, the station began a Spanish language newscast at 5 p.m. called Noticias en Español with news anchor Hector Lerma. On April 29, 2002, the Spanish news staff resigned from the station forcing them to run a sitcom in that time slot. KGNS eventually replaced

387-522: A primary NBC affiliate since its sign on, but the station initially held secondary affiliations with CBS and ABC . CBS programming moved to KVTV in December 1973 (it went dark in 2015) and ABC programming moved to present-day Univision affiliate KLDO-TV in December 1984, effectively making KGNS an exclusive NBC affiliate. Donrey Media Group (now Stephens Media Group ) bought the station on September 1, 1958. One of its first moves under Donrey ownership

430-458: A secondary CBS affiliation. Wyneco sold the station to Burke Broadcasting in 1983. When KOTA/KDUH switched to ABC in June 1984, KYCU/KSTF switched its primary affiliation to CBS, with ABC and NBC as secondary affiliations. However, as the 1980s wore on, the station began gradually phasing out NBC programming. Burke Broadcasting sold KYCU to Stauffer Communications in 1986, who changed its call sign to

473-623: A secondary set at KGWN's studios in Cheyenne and was no longer outsourced to the Independent News Network. Although the program was still taped in advance, it now featured anchor personnel from KGWN while three reporters based locally in Fort Collins contributed Northern Colorado-specific content to the broadcast. In addition, there were weekday morning local weather cut-ins during CBS This Morning that were taped at KGWN's facility but with

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516-438: Is Wyoming's oldest television station. For over 30 years, it was the only commercial station in eastern Wyoming. As such, it carried programming from all four major networks of the time–CBS, NBC , ABC, and DuMont –but was initially a primary ABC affiliate. That may have seemed unusual as Cheyenne has always been a rather small market . In most markets as small as Cheyenne, ABC was usually relegated to secondary status due to being

559-441: Is a television station in Cheyenne, Wyoming , United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus . The station is owned by Marquee Broadcasting , and maintains studios on East Lincolnway /East 14th Street/ I-80 BUS / US 30 in Cheyenne; its transmitter is located in unincorporated Laramie County (west of Cheyenne) between I-80 /US 30 and WYO 225 . KGWN provides NBC programming on its second digital subchannel through

602-546: Is a television station in Laredo, Texas , United States, affiliated with NBC and ABC . It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power dual CBS / CW+ affiliate KYLX-LD (channel 13) and Telemundo affiliate KXNU-LD (channel 10). The three stations share studios on Loop 20 (near SH 359 ) in Laredo; KGNS-TV's transmitter is located northwest of the city. KGNS originally went on air January 7, 1956, as KHAD-TV, it has been

645-571: The Department of Justice (DOJ) blocked Gray's acquisition of the CBS affiliation of Casper's KGWC-TV, which would have given Gray a second revenue stream in that market to cover KCWY's financial losses. On February 1, 2024, Gray Television announced it would swap KGWN-TV and KCWY-DT to Marquee Broadcasting in exchange for Marquee's construction permit for KCBU in Salt Lake City, Utah . The transaction

688-534: The 1970s, KLAR was an English language Top 40 station. In June 1995, Crystal Media Inc. sold KLAR to Faith and Power Communications Inc., a Laredo-based non-profit organization headed by pastor Héctor Manuel Patiño. 27°31′46″N 99°31′16″W  /  27.52944°N 99.52111°W  / 27.52944; -99.52111 This article about a radio station in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . KGNS-TV KGNS-TV (channel 8)

731-539: The ABC affiliation, originally slated to launch February 2014 on channel 8.2. The ABC affiliation began on July 1, 2014, making The CW available in Laredo exclusively on Time Warner Cable via the national feed of The CW Plus ; ABC network programming had been provided on cable via KSAT-TV in San Antonio or KIII in Corpus Christi since KLDO-TV lost its ABC affiliation in 1988. CW programming would not be seen over

774-736: The Colorado border, it provides city-grade coverage of Fort Collins , Loveland , and Greeley , as well as grade B coverage as far south as Longmont and Boulder . It had long been carried on cable systems in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Greeley alongside Denver's CBS affiliate (originally KMGH-TV and now KCNC). Additionally, many cable systems on the Wyoming side of the Denver market long carried both KGWN and KMGH, and continue to carry both KGWN and KCNC. The station tried to lobby Comcast for carriage on its Northern Colorado systems in early 2005, to no avail. KGWN

817-542: The FCC dismissed several objections to the sale, Mark III consummated the agreement to buy the stations on May 31, 2006. On September 18, 2006, KGWN began carrying programming from The CW on a new second digital subchannel. This was dropped in September 2008 in favor of a standard definition simulcast of the main signal targeted towards Northern Colorado. The CW programming continued to be seen on area cable systems . On April 29, 2009,

860-570: The KGWN subchannels. By March 2020, the KGWN-DT3 feed of Cheyenne CW had been upgraded into 720p HD over-the-air ; it had been airing in the 4:3 standard definition picture format, before then; however, the KSTF-DT3 feed of Cheyenne CW continues to be aired in the 480i 4:3 picture format. Meanwhile, the KGWN feed of CBS had been upgraded into 1080i full HD over-the-air; before then, it had been airing in

903-506: The Spanish news broadcast with English language news on March 1 of the following year. In 2010, local Spanish language news returned to the station on Telemundo affiliated subchannel 8.3. Initially, there was a Sunday morning show, Telemundo Laredo...En tu Casa then expanded on November 18, 2010, with a weeknight 10 p.m. show. On June 21, 2008, KGNS-TV began producing a weeknight, 9 p.m. newscast on its CW-affiliated second digital subchannel titled Laredo's First News at 9 . This program

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946-525: The Spanish news staff resigned from their jobs, forcing the station to initially run a sitcom, then replacing it with English language news. In 2004, the station was purchased by SagamoreHill Broadcasting . The sale to SagamoreHill was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on December 1, 2005. On January 24, 2006, The WB and CBS Corporation -owned UPN announced that the two networks would cease broadcasting and merge into

989-517: The air in Laredo area until October 2015, as KYLX-LP picked up the affiliation. On November 11, 2023, KGNS moved its operations from its studios on Del Mar Boulevard to a building located at Loop 20, which was previously used by Entravision -owned KLDO-TV . Since CBS affiliate KVTV shut down its news department in 2006, KGNS has operated the only English-language news department in the market. It currently airs three hours of newscasts every weekday and one hour per day on weekends. The station employs

1032-520: The area in the mid-1950s. In 1965, channel 5 took on an unusual "joint primary" affiliation with CBS and ABC, while continuing to slightly favor ABC. In 1972, the McCrackens were forced to break up their media empire due to an FCC rule that barred one person from owning the sole newspaper, radio station and television station in a city. They sold their television stations to Wyneco Communications, owned by Toledo -based attorney Edward Lamb , which changed

1075-595: The broadcast was recorded in advance from INN's production facility on Tremont Avenue in Davenport, Iowa . The news anchor, meteorologist , and sports anchor were provided by the centralized news operation and other personnel from INN filled-in as necessary. By September 2008, KGWN began broadcasting a separate CBS feed, identified as Northern Colorado 5 or NoCo 5 in short, on its second digital subchannel that specifically focused on Northern Colorado . At some point in time, production of Northern Colorado 5 News at 10 moved to

1118-618: The call letters of the flagship station to KYCU-TV. The new owners took on a primary affiliation with CBS, relegating ABC to secondary status. However, on July 11, 1976, it switched its primary affiliation to ABC and dropped all NBC programming. KEVN-TV signed on in Rapid City, South Dakota , that day as a full-time ABC affiliate, and KYCU/KSTF felt obliged to fill the ABC void in Scottsbluff, as KOTA-TV in Rapid City and its Scottsbluff satellite, KDUH-TV (now KNEP), were primary NBC affiliates with

1161-399: The carriage contract of KGWN and "Cheyenne CW" expired. This led to SagamoreHill Broadcasting demanding that Bresnan Cable remove the two channels, resulting in approximately 30,000 customers (reported as 80% of their viewership) losing access to local CBS and CW programming. The dispute hinged on the amount SagamoreHill wanted to charge Bresnan for the rights to carry the stations. KGWN waged

1204-461: The current KGWN-TV on New Year's Day 1987. Later in 1987, channel 5 dropped NBC altogether when KKTU (now KQCK ) signed on as a satellite of KTWO-TV in Casper . The station had been one of the few in the country that still "cherry-picked" programming from all three networks. ABC programming disappeared from the schedule by 1988. When Stauffer merged with Morris Communications in 1996, KGWN and most of

1247-674: The duplication problem. However, in 1970, KDUH, along with KOTA, dropped CBS for NBC. On December 28, 1963, KTVS (channel 3) in Sterling, Colorado , signed on as another semi-satellite serving Northeastern Colorado. In September 1999, Benedek sold that station to the Newsweb Corporation which made it a satellite of Denver's KTVD . Channel 3 now operates as KCDO-TV , an independent station targeting Denver. The stations' signals are multiplexed : KGWN turned off its analog signal on channel 5 ( VHF ), and transitioned to digital on UHF 30 on

1290-688: The few areas of Laramie who are unable to receive KGWN over the air; most Cheyenne television signals are unable to reach Laramie due to the Laramie Mountains . The translator is located on Forest Road southeast of Laramie. The station signed on the air on March 22, 1954, as KFBC-TV airing an analog signal on VHF channel 5. It was owned by the McCraken family along with the Wyoming State Leader-Tribune and Wyoming Eagle (later merged as Wyoming Tribune Eagle ) and KFBC radio (1240 AM). It

1333-544: The first television station in the Laredo market to operate a digital broadcast television signal. KGNS-TV discontinued Its analog signal and began broadcasting exclusively on a digital-only signal on June 12, 2009. The station vacated its pre-transition digital channel 15, and moved its digital channel allocation to its former analog VHF channel 8. KGNS-TV began broadcasting high-definition programming on its digital signal in October 2008. KGWN-TV KGWN-TV (channel 5)

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1376-596: The inability to make the service "a viable long-term operation." KSTF signed on August 7, 1955, as a semi-satellite of KFBC-TV. In 1958, KOTA-TV in Rapid City, South Dakota, put its own satellite station on-the-air in Scottsbluff, KDUH-TV (now KNEP). During the next twelve years, there was a great amount of confusion among Scottsbluff viewers especially when the two stations aired the same program simultaneously. Both had unusual "joint primary" affiliations with ABC and CBS from 1965 onwards. Although KFBC/KSTF slightly favored ABC and KOTA/KDUH slightly favored CBS, it did not help

1419-475: The mandatory June 12, 2009, conversion date at 3 p.m. local time. KGWN's semi-satellite KSTF did not offer any subchannels until upgrades to the microwave link connecting the stations were made in the mid-2010s; additionally, as the link used analog equipment, KSTF could only broadcast in standard definition . However, KGWN's high definition feed was carried in Scottsbluff on Charter digital channel 785. As of 2015 , KSTF broadcasts in high definition and carries

1462-539: The mid-1990s, the station served the area and has made other current moves to serve the area. Comcast finally caved and added KGWN on three systems. In June 2008, the station suspended its Northern Colorado operations only to restart them on September 15, 2008. On September 15, 2008, this operation was expanded after KGWN-DT2 launched a weeknight 35 minute newscast in partnership with the Independent News Network (INN). Known as Northern Colorado 5 News at 10 ,

1505-722: The rest of Stauffer's television holdings went to Benedek Broadcasting . That company went bankrupt in 2001 (it merged with Gray Television a year later) and KGWN was sold to Chelsey Broadcasting. In 2003, the station was acquired by SagamoreHill Broadcasting . In 2000, Benedek ended most local operations at KGWC-TV in Casper and its two satellites: KGWR-TV (in Rock Springs ) and KGWL-TV (in Lander ). The three stations became semi-satellites of KGWN. In 2003, Chelsey Broadcasting agreed to sell all three to Mark III Media (a group that included former KTWO-TV General Manager Mark Nalbone). After

1548-538: The smallest and weakest network. However, KFBC radio had been an ABC Radio affiliate for many years. Additionally, there had been some speculation Cheyenne would eventually be collapsed into the Denver market since the area is only a few miles from the Colorado border. However, Cheyenne viewers were still able to view the full schedules of all the three major networks via cable–then as now, all but essential for acceptable television in much of this market. The Denver stations have been available on cable since cable arrived in

1591-597: The station began a Spanish language newscast. By 1998, KGNS gained a secondary affiliation with the United Paramount Network ( UPN ) lasting at least until 2000 while definitively off the station by 2004. then move to cable only on Time Warner Cable Channel 16. In 2000, the WB affiliate in the market was cable-only KTXW, and its successor network, the CW was carried on the .2 subchannel, which now carries ABC. In April 2002,

1634-413: Was added to subchannel 5.3 and NOCO 5 programming on subchannel 5.2 was improved to 720p . In May 2013, SagamoreHill Broadcasting reached a deal to sell KGWN and KSTF, along with KGNS-TV in Laredo, Texas , to Yellowstone Holdings, a subsidiary of Frontier Radio Management. On November 4, 2013, Gray Television announced a deal to acquire Yellowstone Holdings for $ 23 million. KGWN-TV was operated under

1677-433: Was broadcast via Channel 5's Cheyenne transmitter. In 2005, KGWN established a Northern Colorado Bureau in Fort Collins, which produced its first newscast in June 2006. This provided another source of local news coverage in the area besides stations based in Denver. In early March 2007, the station filed a case with the FCC to have the local market changed to included Larimer and Weld counties. As prior to cable's dominance in

1720-535: Was completed on July 1, 2024. After having been dropped from the cable system in Northern Colorado by the time KCNC-TV became a CBS owned-and-operated station in 1995, KGWN took action to entice cable systems to carry the station in 2005. Although Northern Colorado is part of the Denver market, KGWN has long claimed Northern Colorado as part of its primary coverage area. Due to its transmitter's location close to

1763-599: Was talking in August to the owner of the Colorado Eagles hockey team owner about broadcasting their games. By October, the station had opened a bureau in Fort Collins with two sale representatives and a reporter. US Cable agreed to carry the station beginning on November 1. The Eagles team and the station agreed to its first carriage deal for a single playoff game with the Oklahoma City Blazers on April 2, 2006, which

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1806-495: Was the only prime time newscast in the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo market until Fox affiliate KXOF-CA launched a competing 9 p.m. newscast on April 9, 2012. The half-hour newscast is anchored by Brenda Medina and Ryan Bailey. This newscast was targeted at young adults between the ages of 21 and 34 years old. The station's signal is multiplexed : On April 8, 2004, KGNS-TV launched its digital signal on UHF channel 15, becoming

1849-530: Was to change the station's call letters, Donrey management held a contest in which elementary and middle school students from both the United States and Mexico sides of the Rio Grande region to choose a new callsign; the winning entry resulted in the station changing its callsign to the current KGNS-TV (standing for "Good Neighbor Station"). In 1985, KGNS was purchased by Century Development Corporation. In 1990

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