is the
ABC television affiliate in
Denver, Colorado . It broadcasts its analog signal on
VHF channel 7 and its digital signal on UHF channel 17 from a transmitter located in
Golden, Colorado . The station is owned by
McGraw-Hill .
The station first went on the air on
November 1 ,
1953 as KLZ-TV. It was owned by
Edward K. Gaylord and his Oklahoma Publishing Company along with KLZ radio (
560 AM and 106.7 FM, now
KBPI ). The station was a
CBS affiliate, owing to KLZ-AM's long affiliation with CBS Radio. In
1954 , Gaylord sold KLZ-AM-FM-TV to Time-Life. McGraw-Hill bought the station in
1972 , changing the calls to the present KMGH-TV.
KMGH had been one of CBS' stronger affiliates. However, as a result of CBS's partnership (and later merger) with
Westinghouse in the mid-1990s, the network had to divest its owned-and-operated station (
O&O ) in
Philadelphia ,
WCAU-TV (since Westinghouse already owned
KYW-TV in that city). In a three-way trade, WCAU was sold to NBC while Denver's longtime NBC affiliate and O&O,
KCNC-TV was sold to a partnership of CBS and Westinghouse, taking the CBS affiliation.
At the same time, McGraw-Hill had recently struck its own affiliation deal with ABC (due in part to having its stations in
San Diego and
Indianapolis aligned with the network). (
KERO-TV in
Bakersfield was also part of the deal between McGraw-Hill and ABC; however, it had to wait for ABC's affiliation contract with rival station
KBAK-TV to expire in March
1996 before it could finally switch networks.) In keeping with all of this, on
September 10 ,
1995 , KMGH became an ABC affiliate while
KUSA-TV , Denver's longtime ABC affiliate, took on the NBC affiliation.
Shortly afterwards, KMGH aired programming on low-power station
K49AY-LP in
Cheyenne, Wyoming to bring ABC programming to
Wyoming 's state capital, which was one of the few areas remaining in the U.S. not to have an ABC affiliate. This arrangement continued until 2004, when
KKTU picked up the ABC affiliation and filled the void in the market.
In 1999, KMGH re-introduced the "Circle 7" logo, which is a variation of those seen on other ABC O&O stations on channel 7. In 2006, KMGH aligned itself with other ABC stations, including
KABC in
Los Angeles , by using the same news package by
Gari Communications , specifically designed for ABC O&O's. KMGH is not, however, owned by ABC. Although still branding as "7 News", KMGH has been using the "Denver's 7" moniker since the re-introduction of the Circle 7 logo.
- Christine Chang: weekend morning
- Mitch Jelniker: weekend evening
- Mike Landess: weekday evening
- Bertha Lynn: weekday morning/midday
- Theresa Marchetta: weekend evening
- Steve Saunders: weekend morning
- Anne Trujillo: weekday evening
- Jim Hooley: weekday morning/midday
- Jaclyn Allen - General Assignment Reporter
- Dayle Cedars - General Assignment Reporter
- Christine Chang - General Assignment Reporter/weekend anchor
- Bill Clarke - Consumer Reporter
- John Ferrugia - Investigative Reporter
- Russell Haythorn - General Assignment Reporter
- Lance Hernandez - General Assignment Reporter
- Mitch Jelniker - General Assignment Reporter/weekend anchor
- Tony Kovaleski - Investigative Reporter
- Tyler Lopez - General Assignment Reporter
- Jayson Luber - Traffic Reporter
- Lane Lyon - General Assignment Reporter
- Theresa Marchetta - General Assignment Reporter/weekend anchor
- Steve Saunders - General Assignment Reporter/weekend anchor
- Jane Slater - General Assignment Reporter
- Hendrik Sybrandy - General Assignment Reporter
- Lionel Bienvenu: weekdays
- Steve Gottsgen: weekends
- Phil Aldridge: reporter
- Scott Mace: weekday mornings
- Mike Nelson: weekday evenings
- Lisa Hidalgo: weekend mornings
- Richard Ortner: weekend evenings
- Chris Spears: weather producer
- Brien Allen, meteorologist, now with WDJT Milwaukee
- Ron Allen, meteorologist, now with WPLG Miami
- Tom Bearden, reporter (1978-84), anchor (1984-85); now Correspondent, ''"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer''."
- Ernie Bjorkman, anchor,(1982-84 and 1988-98), now with KWGN
- David Crabtree, anchor/reporter, now with WRAL-TV in Raleigh (1985-88)
- Larry Green, weather anchor (1977-82); went to KCNC before retiring
- Ed Greene, weather anchor (1976-81), now with KCNC
- Jeff Passolt, sports anchor (1994-96)
- Jim Redmond, reporter (1975-1984), Anchor (1984-1988), Documentary reporter/Producer (1988-1992); now Journalism Department Chair, Univ. of Memphis
- Harry Smith, reporter/anchor (1982-85); now anchor, CBS ''Early Show''.
- Bill Stuart, anchor (1978-81); went to KCNC, now retired.
- Bill O'Reilly , reporter, currently with Fox News
- Bob Palmer - anchor (1968-1982)
KMGH operates the on
Comcast Digital Cable, channel 247. The station replays all newscasts of the day (with the 10pm news running until the next morning), with weather updates and real-time weather information on screen.
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- ''News 7'' (1980s)
- ''Colorado's 7 News'' (1987-1991 and 1991-1995)
- ''Real Life, Real News'' (1991)
- ''7News'' (1995-present)
- ''Colorado Style'' (1984-87; Used music based on Frank Gari's ''Turn To...'' series)
- ''KMGH-TV, Colorado's 7'' (1990s; as CBS affiliate)
- ''Denver's 7'' (1995-present)
