Media

Main article: Media in Denver, Colorado

The Denver Metropolitan Area is served by a variety of media outlets in print, radio, television, and the Internet.

Television stations

Denver is the 16th-largest market in the country for television, according to the 2009–2010 rankings from Nielsen Media Research.

KWGN-TV, channel 2, is a CW affiliate owned by the Tribune Company of Chicago. It is currently run by KDVR (Fox 31) and Local TV LLC via an LMA. It is Colorado's first television station, signing on the air in July 1952. KCNC-TV, channel 4, is a CBS owned and operated station. KRMA-TV, channel 6, is the flagship outlet of Rocky Mountain PBS, a statewide network of Public Broadcasting Service stations. Programming on KRMA is rebroadcast to four other stations throughout Colorado. KMGH-TV, channel 7, is an ABC affiliate owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, previous owned by the McGraw-Hill company from 1972 to January 2012. KUSA-TV, channel 9, is an NBC affiliate, owned by Gannett Company. Gannett also owns KTVD, the My Network TV affiliate on channel 20. KBDI-TV, channel 12, is Denver's secondary PBS affiliate. KDEN-TV, channel 25, is a Telemundo-owned station. KDVR, channel 31, is a Fox affiliate owned by Local TV LLC. KPJR-TV, channel 38, is a Trinity Broadcasting Network-owned station. KCEC-TV, channel 50, is the Univision affiliate. KETD, channel 53, is a Christian station owned by the LeSea Broadcasting group. Radio stations

Denver is also served by over 40 AM and FM radio stations, covering a wide variety of formats and styles. Denver-Boulder radio is the No. 19 market in the United States, according to the Spring 2011 Arbitron ranking (up from No. 20 in Fall 2009). For a list of radio stations, see Radio Stations in Colorado

Print

After a continued rivalry between Denver's two main newspapers, the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News, the papers merged operations in 2001 under a Joint Operating Agreement which formed the Denver Newspaper Agency until February 2009 when E. W. Scripps Company, the owner of the Rocky Mountain News closed the paper. There are also several alternative or localized newspapers published in Denver, including the Westword, The Onion and Out Front Colorado. Denver is home to multiple regional magazines such as 5280, which takes its name from the city's 5280 feet (1609 m) high elevation.