| Call Letters: | KDVR |
| Station Slogan: | Where News Never Stops |
| Station Branding: | Fox 31 |
| Analog: | 31 (UHF) |
| Digital: | 32 (UHF) |
| Other Chs: | KFCT 22 Fort Collins, CO (see below) |
| Affiliations: | Fox |
| Airdate: | August 10 1983 |
| Location: | Denver, Colorado |
| Callsign Meaning: | Denver |
| Owner: | Local TV |
| Licensee: | Community Television Of Colorado, LLC |
| Sister Stations: | KWGN-TV |
| Former Affiliations: | Independent (1983-1986) |
| Effective Radiated Power: | 5000 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Haat: | 317 m (analog) 314 m (digital) |
| Facility Id: | 126 |
| Homepage: | www.kdvr.com |
| Call Letters: | KFCT |
| Analog: | 22 (UHF) |
| Digital: | 21 (UHF) |
| Affiliations: | Fox |
| Airdate: | September 1 1994 |
| Location: | Ft. Collins, Colorado |
| Callsign Meaning: | Fort Collins Television |
| Owner: | Local TV |
| Licensee: | Community Television Of Colorado, LLC |
| Effective Radiated Power: | 1860 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Haat: | 256 m (analog) 233 m (digital) |
| Facility Id: | 125 |
KDVR, channel 31, is a full-service television station in Denver, Colorado. Owned by Local TV LLC, it broadcasts in analog on UHF channel 31 and in digital on UHF channel 32 from its transmitter 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 operates a satellite station in Fort Collins, Colorado, KFCT, which broadcasts in analog on UHF channel 22 and in digital on UHF channel 21. KFCT covers Fort Collins and other areas of North Central Colorado not covered by the main KDVR signal, and is the only full-power television station operating in the area.
KDVR first went on the air on August 10 1983 as the first commercial television station in Denver to sign on since 1956, and as the first full-service UHF television station in the state of Colorado. TV Guide had listed a channel 31 in its Denver edition prior to 1983, but it was a translator station broadcasting the Spanish International Network (now Univision). KDVR began as a locally owned station, running a lineup of cartoons, old sitcoms, drama shows, movies, and religious programming.
When KWGN-TV declined to affiliate with Fox in 1986, KDVR stepped in, and became known as "Fox 31" in the late 1980s. Chase Broadcasting acquired KDVR in 1990, then merged with Renaissance Broadcasting in 1992. Renaissance then exchanged the station to Fox for that network's KDAF in Dallas-Fort Worth (which was to lose Fox programming to a VHF station in that market) in 1995, making it a network owned-and-operated station (O&O). After becoming a Fox O&O, KDVR added first-run talk and reality shows, but still aired no news programming.
In October 1994, KDVR opened satellite station KFCT, which expanded its coverage area north to the Wyoming border.
KDVR began making plans to produce a primetime newscast to compete with KWGN's 9 PM newcast. The station built an entirely new "news and technology center" in downtown Denver, and on July 16 2000, Fox 31 News at 9 o'clock premiered. Former KUSA-TV sportscaster Ron Zappolo and former WMAQ-TV reporter and Extra host Libby Weaver joined KDVR, and have anchored the newscast since its inception. On Saturdays, KDVR also produces a 5 PM newscast. KDVR began airing Good Day on March 22 2004, to compete with KWGN's News2 This Morning (known then as WB2 Morning News). Initially a 2½-hour newscast beginning at 5:30 AM, Good Day expanded over time into a 5-hour block beginning at 5 AM. As of 2008, the primetime newscast has done very well against its competition, while the morning newscast has lagged behind.
In July, 2007 they launched the MyFox web-layout, they updated the stations logo in February 2008. On January 18,2009 Local TV LLC launched the current website KDVR.COM.
On December 22 2007, Fox entered into an agreement to sell KDVR and seven other Fox O&O stations[1] to Oak Hill Capital Partners' Local TV LLC, adding to the nine stations they had recently acquired from The New York Times Company. The sale was finalized on July 14 2008, with the change taking effect on-air on the 17th.
On September 17, 2008 both Local and Tribune announced that they would merge the operations of both KDVR and KWGN. Both stations will be co-located at KDVR under the management of KDVR GM Dennis Leonard. The move was done to allow both stations to combine news operations and share certain programming. The LMA (local marketing agreement) went into effect on October 1, 2008[2] . On January 12th they launched a 5pm newscast so infact they are the only station in Colorado to have an hour of news at 5pm weeknights.
On March 2nd, they launched an brand new set and weather center in the middle of the newsroom for their newscasts and will be going HD.
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On or before February 17, 2009, KDVR will shut down channel 31 and continue broadcasting on channel 32 to complete its analog to digital conversion. [3] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display its virtual channel as "31".