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{{Short description|Television station in Denver, Colorado}}
{{Distinguish|KOVR|KDRV}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KDVR
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| logo_alt = From top: a red box with a white Fox network logo above a white in a blue box with sublimated searchlights; and the word "DENVER" in all caps, in white, on a red box.
| branding = {{ubl|Fox31 Denver|''Fox31 News''}}
| digital = 36 ([[
| virtual = 31
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''31.1:''' [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]|'''31.2:''' [[Antenna TV]]|'''31.3:''' [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]]}}
| translators =
| owner = [[Nexstar Media Group]]
| licensee = [[Tribune Broadcasting|Tribune Broadcasting Company]] II [[
| location = [[
| country = United States
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1983|08|10|p=y|br=yes}}
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| coordinates = {{Coord|39|43|42.1|N|105|14|15.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:US-CO|name=KDVR}}
| licensing_authority = [[
| website = {{URL|https://kdvr.com/}}
| embed_header = Satellite station
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| affiliations = {{ubl|'''22.1:''' Fox|'''22.2:''' Antenna TV|'''22.3:''' TBD}}
| location = [[Fort Collins, Colorado]]
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1994|09|01|p=y|br=yes}}
| callsign_meaning = "Fort Collins Television"
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'''KDVR''' (channel 31) is a [[television station]] in [[
▲'''KDVR''' (channel 31) is a [[television station]] in [[Denver|Denver, Colorado]], United States, affiliated with the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network. It is simulcast full-time over [[Broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|satellite station]] '''KFCT''' (channel 22) in [[Fort Collins, Colorado|Fort Collins]]. [[Nexstar Media Group]] owns KDVR and KFCT alongside [[The CW|CW]] station [[KWGN-TV]] (channel 2). Studios and offices are located on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's [[Speer, Denver|Speer]] neighborhood. KDVR's transmitter is located atop [[Lookout Mountain Park|Lookout Mountain]], near [[Golden, Colorado|Golden]], while KFCT's transmitter lies atop Horsetooth Mountain just outside Fort Collins, covering [[Northern Colorado]].
Channel 31 went on the air on August 10, 1983, as the first new commercial TV station in Denver in 30 years and the first full-service station on the [[ultra high frequency]] (UHF) band. The original permittee had intended to make channel 31 a Spanish-language station, but when census figures revealed fewer Hispanics lived in Denver than estimated, the group sold the permit. Centennial Broadcasting built the station as Denver's second English-language [[independent station]]. KDVR affiliated with Fox at its launch in 1986 and became competitive with longtime independent KWGN-TV. The station was sold twice in the early 1990s, to Chase Broadcasting in 1989 and to [[Renaissance Broadcasting]] in 1992. These two groups obtained the permit for and built KFCT in Fort Collins in 1994.
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==History==
===Early history===
In 1977, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) received two applications to build new television stations in Denver. One came from a subsidiary of the [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]], while the other was filed by La Unidad Broadcasting Corporation, headed by Denver broadcaster George Sandoval.<ref name="RMN800222">{{Cite news|date=February 22, 1980|first=Walter|last=Saunders|title=Two new TV stations for area|page=54C|work=[[Rocky Mountain News]]}}</ref><ref name="hc">{{Cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/dceacf83-3527-df3e-4b11-1ca2461b3e55|title=FCC History Cards for KDVR|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312003009/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/dceacf83-3527-df3e-4b11-1ca2461b3e55|url-status=live}}</ref> While the commission adjudicated the applications, channel 31 in Denver made television history in February 1980 as the first ever satellite-fed translator with a direct program source, KA2XEG (also known as K31AA), was launched by the [[
On February 24, 1981, the FCC granted the [[construction permit]] to La Unidad Broadcasting.{{r|hc}} Two months later, however, their plans for a Spanish-language television station would prove unviable. The [[1980 United States Census]] reported that 92,000 Hispanics lived in the Denver city limits. While Sandoval suspected that was an undercount of what he estimated were 125,000 Hispanics, the reliance of advertisers and other groups on census figures convinced the company that there was no market at the time for a Spanish-language station in Denver.{{r|DBW811116}} As a result, La Unidad opted to pivot its plans for what was originally designated KTMX-TV. In late 1981, it sold 80 percent<ref name="Creek830506">{{Cite news|title=New Station Airs this Summer|date=May 6, 1983|work=Up the Creek|first=Mike|last=Shay|page=9}}</ref> of the construction permit to Centennial Broadcasting Corporation, a subsidiary of [[KTXL|Camellia City Telecasters]] and majority-owned by [[Business Men's Assurance Company]] (BMA) of [[Kansas City, Missouri]] (with Sandoval staying as manager). The reorganized ownership shifted its plan to operate a full-service English-language [[independent station]] incorporating programming for Hispanics in Denver. At that time, work was already underway on constructing a new tower atop Lookout Mountain and remodeling the former studios of [[KWGN-TV]] at 550 Lincoln Street.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1981/BC-1981-12-14.pdf|access-date=June 26, 2020|date=December 14, 1981|work=Broadcasting|page=74|id={{ProQuest|962773711}}|title=Ownership Changes|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308040525/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1981/BC-1981-12-14.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DBW811116">{{Cite news|first=Roxann|last=Bilger|title=Census Report Changes Plans for Channel 31|date=November 16, 1981|page=11|work=Denver Business World}}</ref>
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BMA put its Denver and Sacramento television stations on the market in October 1988.{{efn|KPDX in Portland was sold in late 1986 to a minority investor in Camellia City in exchange for full ownership of KTXL.<ref name="Sacr861107">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120645563/owners-shift-at-tv-40/|date=November 7, 1986|page=B11, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120645672/tv/ B12]|first=Larry|last=Hicks|title=Owners shift at TV 40|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312011732/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120645563/owners-shift-at-tv-40/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri -->}} It was the second time the company had done so; in 1985, all three had been on the market and attracted bids from such major players as [[Taft Broadcasting]] and [[Gaylord Broadcasting]], but the startup KDVR and KPDX weighed down the value of the highly profitable KTXL.<ref name="Sacr851203">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120645295/talks-lukewarm-in-channel-40-sale/|date=December 3, 1985|page=C3|first=Bob|last=Wisehart|title=Talks 'lukewarm' in Channel 40 sale|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312003143/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120645295/talks-lukewarm-in-channel-40-sale/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> While a buyer was found for KTXL in December 1988,<ref name="Sacr881221">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108363387/ny-firm-buys-channel-40-for-56-million/|date=December 21, 1988|page=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108363413/channel/ A24]|first=Joyce|last=Terhaar|title=NY firm buys Channel 40 for $56 million|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312011733/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108363387/ny-firm-buys-channel-40-for-56-million/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed --> KDVR was sold to Chase Communications of [[Hartford, Connecticut]], in March 1989 as the company's third television station.<ref name="Hart890316">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120647218/chase-communications-to-buy-denver/|date=March 16, 1989|pages=D1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120647245/chase-to-buy-tv-station-in-denver-market/ D5]|title=Chase Communications to buy Denver station|newspaper=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, Connecticut|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312003141/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120647218/chase-communications-to-buy-denver/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> The sale announcement came days before founder Sandoval was killed in a car accident at the age of 57;<ref>{{Cite news|title=KDVR-Founder Sandoval Killed in Car Crash at 57|page=B1|work=[[The Denver Post]]|first=Jennifer|last=Gavin|date=March 19, 1989|id={{ProQuest|410381152}} }}</ref> when KDVR moved from 550 Lincoln to a building at 5th and Wazee streets later that year, it was dedicated in his honor.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 18, 1989|work=The Denver Post|title=It's musical chairs time as fall TV season nears}}</ref> The former studio building was then demolished three years later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mama Murphy returns tonight: CBS may draw record ratings|page=Entertainment/Weekend 47|date=September 21, 1992|first=Dusty|last=Saunders|work=Rocky Mountain News}}</ref> The new facility, however, soon proved inadequate for the station's long-term goals. It was cramped, isolated, and suffered from cellular interference issues.<ref name="RMN950630">{{Cite news|title=Change is in the air at KDVR as Fox talks news and location|page=44D|first=Dusty|last=Saunders|work=Rocky Mountain News|date=June 30, 1995}}</ref>
Chase closed on its purchase of KDVR in March 1990. Between Hartford's [[WTIC-TV]], KDVR, its acquisition of two stations owned by [[Outlet Communications]], and the affiliation of Chase-owned [[
Chase was approved by the FCC in 1992 for a construction permit to build channel 22 in Fort Collins (located {{convert|63.5|mi|km}} north of Denver) as a satellite of KDVR.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1992/BC-1992-08-24.pdf|work=Broadcasting|page=32|title=Colorado OK|id={{ProQuest|1014752695}}|date=August 24, 1992|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=January 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131023849/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1992/BC-1992-08-24.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 1994, the station signed on the air as KFCT, expanding coverage to parts of northern Colorado and far southern Wyoming.<ref name="Fort941119">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54173161/tv-tower-gives-region-access-to-fox/|date=November 19, 1994|page=48|title=TV tower gives region access to Fox shows|newspaper=Fort Collins Coloradoan|location=Fort Collins, Colorado|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312003014/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54173161/tv-tower-gives-region-access-to-fox/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat -->
===Fox Television Stations ownership===
Renaissance sold KDVR and KFCT to [[Fox Television Stations]] for $70 million on November 15, 1994, in exchange for acquiring that network's [[owned-and-operated station]] in [[
As part of a series of attempts to prevent [[
In July 1995, when the FCC granted Fox approval to buy KDVR and two additional stations in [[Boston]] and Memphis, the foreign-ownership issue was resolved, removing a roadblock to purchases by the company.<ref>{{Cite news|title=FCC approves 3 Fox deals|date=July 10, 1995|first=Laureen|last=Miles|work=Mediaweek|id={{Gale|A17226532}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=2 TV Stations Bought by Fox|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/10/business/2-tv-stations-bought-by-fox.html|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 10, 1995|access-date=August 11, 2014|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306021339/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/10/business/2-tv-stations-bought-by-fox.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Even then, Fox's desire for a lower channel number in Denver was the subject of rumors; one October 1995 article in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' suggested that Fox wanted to sell KDVR to Qwest Broadcasting, a company backed by [[Quincy Jones]] and Tribune, and move its affiliation to KWGN-TV, leaving KDVR with [[The WB]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/qwest-s-station-quest-99128821/|title=Qwest's Station Quest|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=October 16, 1995|magazine=Variety|access-date=April 4, 2013|archive-date=July 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729164624/http://variety.com/1995/tv/features/qwest-s-station-quest-99128821/|url-status=live}}</ref> That possibility was floated again in July 1996.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Electronic Media|date=July 15, 1996|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_televisionweek_1996-07-15_15_29/page/n29/mode/2up?q=KDVR|page=31|title=Tribune, Fox eye deal}}</ref> A February 1997 article in ''Mediaweek'' floated that KDVR could have been part of a trade with [[Belo Corporation]] to acquire [[KIRO-TV|a station]] in [[Seattle]].<ref>{{cite news|date=February 10, 1997|work=Mediaweek|title=Belo weighing offers for KIRO in Seattle|id={{Gale|A19110717}} }}</ref>
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===Local TV and Tribune ownership===
On December 22, 2007, Fox Television Stations agreed to sell KDVR and seven other Fox owned-and-operated stations to [[Local TV LLC]], a holding company operated by [[private equity firm]] [[Oak Hill Capital Partners]]), adding to the nine stations that the group had acquired that May from [[The New York Times Company]]. The sale was finalized on July 14, 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/oak-hill-wraps-buy-fox-tv-stations-32775|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=July 14, 2008|title=Oak Hill Wraps Buy of Fox TV Stations|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812214929/https://www.nexttv.com/news/oak-hill-wraps-buy-fox-tv-stations-32775|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 17, Tribune Broadcasting announced that Local TV would begin managing KWGN-TV under a [[local marketing agreement]] and consolidate its operations with KDVR effective October 1. It was one of two markets where Local TV-owned Fox stations and Tribune-owned CW affiliates would share resources, alongside [[KTVI]]–[[KPLR-TV]] in [[St. Louis]], and built on an existing management relationship between the companies.<ref name=tvnc-duops>{{cite news|title=Denver, St. Louis To Get Fox-CW Duops|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/denver-st-louis-to-get-fox-cw-duops/|first=Harry A.|last=Jessell|work=TVNewsCheck|access-date=July 20, 2012|archive-date=March 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312003024/https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/denver-st-louis-to-get-fox-cw-duops/|url-status=live}}</ref> KWGN vacated its longtime studios in [[
Tribune sold the KDVR–KWGN studio to Urban Renaissance Group, a real estate firm from Seattle, in 2017, continuing to lease it back under a long-term agreement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/27/seattle-firm-buys-home-of-2-denver-tv-stations-for.html|date=January 27, 2017|first=Molly|last=Armbrister|title=Seattle firm buys home of 2 Denver TV stations for $23 million|work=Denver Business Journal|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204230236/http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/27/seattle-firm-buys-home-of-2-denver-tv-stations-for.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{{Further|Attempted acquisition of Tribune Media by Sinclair Broadcast Group}}
In May 2017, [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] announced its intention to buy Tribune Media.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy Tribune Media for $3.9 billion plus debt|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-tribune-sinclair-20170508-story.html|first=Stephen|last=Battaglio|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 8, 2017|access-date=June 6, 2017|archive-date=June 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606151425/http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-tribune-sinclair-20170508-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> KDVR was then identified as one of 23 stations that Sinclair would divest to obtain regulatory approval for the merger,<ref name="tvnc-kdvrsale">{{cite web|title=Sinclair Unveils Tribune Merger Spin-Off Plan|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/111389/sinclair-to-spin-off-trib-tvs-in-ny-chicago|first=Harry A.|last=Jessell|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=February 21, 2018|access-date=April 9, 2018|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165041/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/111389/sinclair-to-spin-off-trib-tvs-in-ny-chicago|url-status=live}}</ref> with Fox Television Stations agreeing to a repurchase as part of a $910 million deal.<ref name="foxsinclairdeal2">{{cite news|title=21st Century Fox Buys Seven Local TV Stations From Sinclair For $910 Million|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/21st-century-fox-buys-seven-local-tv-stations-from-sinclair-for-910-million-1202386066/|last=Hayes|first=Dade|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=May 9, 2018|access-date=May 9, 2018|archive-date=May 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514012204/http://deadline.com/2018/05/21st-century-fox-buys-seven-local-tv-stations-from-sinclair-for-910-million-1202386066/|url-status=live}}</ref> Both transactions were nullified on August 9, 2018, following Tribune Media's termination of the merger agreement<ref>{{cite news|title=Tribune Terminates $3.9 Billion Sinclair Merger, Sues Broadcast Rival|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/tribune-media-terminates-merger-agreement-with-sinclair-broadcast-group-1533810907|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|publisher=[[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp.]]|date=August 9, 2018|access-date=August 9, 2018|archive-date=April 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405150030/https://www.wsj.com/articles/tribune-media-terminates-merger-agreement-with-sinclair-broadcast-group-1533810907|url-status=live}}</ref> and FCC chairman [[Ajit Pai]]'s public rejection of the deal.<ref>{{cite news|title=FCC chair rejects Sinclair-Tribune merger|url=
[[Nexstar Media Group]] announced it would acquire the assets of Tribune Media on December 3, 2018, for $6.4 billion in cash and debt.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Buying Tribune Media For $6.4 Billion|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/226264/nexstar-buying-tribune-media-6-4-billion/|first=Mark K.|last=Miller|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=December 6, 2018|archive-date=December 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204005800/https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/226264/nexstar-buying-tribune-media-6-4-billion/|url-status=live}}</ref> The deal closed on September 19, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=September 19, 2019|title=Nexstar Completes Tribune Acquisition, Sean Compton to Head Programming|url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/nexstar-tribune-fcc-deal-complete-compton-1203334923/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920090225/https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/nexstar-tribune-fcc-deal-complete-compton-1203334923/|archive-date=September 20, 2019|access-date=September 19, 2019|work=Variety}}</ref>
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KDVR expanded news programming to mornings on March 22, 2004, with the debut of ''Good Day Colorado'', which was created to compete with KWGN's weekday morning newscast, ''WB2 Morning News''.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Dick|last=Kreck|work=The Denver Post|title=Fox 31 jumps in to morning rush with 'Good Day'|date=March 24, 2004|page=F2}}</ref> The new morning show was promoted with a custom song performed by Denver singer [[Wendy Woo]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Denver Station Targets Mornings: Fox-Owned KDVR-TV Readying News Show|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_televisionweek_2004-01-26_23_4/page/n33/mode/2up?q=KDVR|date=January 26, 2004|work=[[TelevisionWeek]]|first=Daisy|last=Whitney|pages=28–29}}</ref> ''Good Day Colorado'' was initially a 2½-hour newscast beginning at 5:30 a.m.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fox's Channel 31 prepares to enter morning-news fray|page=F8|date=January 25, 2004|first=Joanne|last=Ostrow|work=The Denver Post}}</ref> but expanded to four hours (5–9 a.m.) by May 2006, when founding news director Bill Dallman departed.<ref>{{cite news|page=2D|date=May 22, 2006|title=Movie series trivia bound|first=Dusty|last=Saunders|work=Rocky Mountain News}}</ref> The station's first weeknight early evening newscast debuted in August 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Biz Report|work=Greeley Tribune|date=August 1, 2008}}</ref>
After entering into the local marketing agreement, major changes were made to KDVR and KWGN's evening news programming that reduced overlap between the stations. KWGN discontinued its 5:30 p.m. newscast on January 12, 2009, while KDVR expanded its early evening newscast to an hour at 5
News expansions continued in the 2010s. On June 28, 2010, KDVR added a half-hour 10
On January 9, 2024, approximately 75 part- and full-time employees of KDVR and KWGN voted to [[unionize]] with [[NABET]]-[[Communications Workers of America|CWA]], including production technicians, newsroom staff, and workers at a [[master control]] hub for multiple Nexstar-owned stations also based at the KDVR facilities. Employees cited a lack of [[pay equity]] and transparency as the basis for their vote; in particular, salaries for part-time production staff started at $17.29 per hour, slightly above the state [[Minimum wage in the United States|minimum wage]] of $14.42 per hour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Lanie Lee |date=January 9, 2024 |title=Nexstar workers in Denver declare intent to unionize |url=https://kdvr.com/news/local/nexstar-workers-in-denver-declare-intent-to-unionize/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110035919/https://kdvr.com/news/local/nexstar-workers-in-denver-declare-intent-to-unionize/ |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=FOX31 Denver |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garrison |first=Robert |date=December 30, 2023 |title=A pay increase for minimum wage workers and several new Colorado laws to take effect Monday |url=https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/a-pay-increase-for-minimum-wage-workers-and-several-new-colorado-laws-to-take-effect-monday |access-date=January 10, 2024 |website=Denver 7 Colorado News (KMGH) |language=en}}</ref>
===Sports programming===
On August 7, 2014, KDVR entered into a partnership with the Denver Broncos to broadcast the team's weekly coaches show, ''Broncos Zone'', which was known as ''Fox on Fox'' when [[John Fox (American football)|John Fox]] was the head coach; it airs during the season on Friday evenings, replacing half of the 9 p.m. newscast, and is hosted by
===Other programming===
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==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
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===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KDVR shut down its analog signal, over [[
===Translators===
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* [[Anton, Colorado|Anton]]: K15MH-D
* [[Basalt, Colorado|Basalt]]: K33HY-D
* [[
* [[Holyoke, Colorado|Holyoke]]: K29GI-D
* [[Idalia, Colorado|Idalia]]: K14LB-D
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* [[Pleasant Valley, Colorado|Pleasant Valley]]: K14KL-D
* [[Redstone, Colorado|Redstone]]: K18GD-D
* [[
* [[Sterling, Colorado|Sterling]], Southern [[Logan County, Colorado|Logan County]]: K34OS-D
* [[Thomasville, Colorado|Thomasville]]: K12QM-D
* [[Wray, Colorado|Wray]]: K15MD-D
* [[Yuma, Colorado|Yuma]]: K31PC-D
* [[Big Laramie,
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