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KDVR / KFCT
KDVR: Denver, Colorado KFCT: Fort Collins, Colorado
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: 39°43′42.1″N, 105°14′15.7″W KFCT: 40°38′31.6″N, 104°49′6.5″W
Website	www.myfoxcolorado.com

KDVR, channel 31, is the Fox-owned and operated television station based in Denver, Colorado, USA. Its transmitter is located in Golden, Colorado.

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.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Logos 2 Personalities 2.1 Former Personalities 3 News/Station Presentation 3.1 Newscast Titles 3.2 Station Slogans 4 References 5 External links

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 "Fox 31" 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.

KDVR is now using a new website myfoxcolorado.com as of September 19, 2006 as part of Fox O&O's upgrading to the myFox search engine template. In November 2007, KDVR now has Colorado's longest morning newscast by adding an extra hour to the morning news, which now ends at 10 a.m.

KDVR logo from 1993 to 1997.

KDVR logo from 1997 to 1999. Around this time, the Fox-owned stations (namely, those owned by the network prior to the New World buyout) began using these "box" logos.

FOX31's current logo used since 1999. Basically the same as previous logo, the color scheme is inverted.

Anchors

• Ron Zappolo - Weekday Evenings Anchor
• Libby Weaver - Weekday Evenings Anchor
• Steve Kelley - Weekday Mornings Anchor (5:30-10)
• Shaul Turner - Weekday Mornings Anchor (5-6)
• Heidi Hemmatt - Weekday Mornings Anchor (6-10)
• 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

• 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)

• FOX31 News (2000-present)

• Clear. Credible. Complete. (2003-present)

• 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

v • d • e Broadcast Television stations in the Denver market (Nielsen DMA #18)
Local television stations KWGN 2 (The CW) - KCNC 4 (CBS) - KRMA 6 (PBS/RMPBS) - KMGH 7 (ABC) - KUSA 9 (NBC) - KBDI 12 (PBS) - KTFD 14 / KDVT-LP 36 (TFU) - KTVD 20 / KUPN 3 (MNTV) - KDEN 25 (TMD) - KZCO-LP 27 (AZA) - KLPD-LP 28 (TVA) - KDVR 31 / KFCT 22 (Fox) - KDEV-LP 39 (RTN) - KRMT 41 (DS) - KCEC 50 (UNI) - KWHD 53 (LeSEA) - KPXC 59 (ION) Outlying Areas KTNE 13 / KRNE 12 (PBS/NET) - KRMZ 24 (PBS/RMPBS) - K36DB 36 (RSN) - KCXP-LP 40 (A1) - K45IE 45 (RSN) Local Cable Television Channels Altitude - CET - FSN Rocky Mountain - 24/7 Weather Channel
See also Broadcast television in the Cheyenne market

v • d • e Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Colorado
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

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