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KWGN-TV
Image:KWGNCW2.jpg
Denver, Colorado
BrandingCW 2 Colorado (general)
News 2 (news programming)
SloganColorado's Very Own
Colorado Watches 2
ChannelsAnalog: 2 (VHF)

Digital: 34 (UHF)

AffiliationsThe CW
OwnerTribune Company
(KWGN, Inc. The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property The Tribune Company is a large American Multimedia Corporation based in Chicago Illinois. )
First air dateJuly 18, 1952
Call letters’ meaningWorld's
Greatest
Newspaper
(named after sister station WGN-TV; refers to the owner of both stations, namely the Chicago Tribune)
Former callsignsKFEL-TV (1952-1955)
KTVR (1955-1963)
KCTO (1963-1966)
Former affiliationsDuMont (1952-1955)
independent (1955-1995)
The WB (1995-2006)
Transmitter Power100 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height339 m (analog)
318 m (digital)
Facility ID35883
Transmitter Coordinates39°43′57.9″N, 105°14′9.7″W
Websitecw2.trb.com

KWGN-TV, channel 2, is a television station in Denver, Colorado, owned by the Tribune Company and affiliated with the CW Television Network. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise WGN-TV, channel 9 is a Television station in Chicago Illinois. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States The Tribune Company is a large American Multimedia Corporation based in Chicago Illinois. The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. Its studios are located in Greenwood Village, just outside of Denver, and its transmitter is located on Lookout Mountain near Golden. The City of Greenwood Village is a prominent suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area and a Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe County Lookout Mountain Park is a Denver Mountain Park located around west of downtown Denver overlooking Golden Colorado. The historic City of Golden is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.

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History

The station first went on the air on July 18, 1952 as KFEL-TV, the first television station in Colorado. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The station was originally owned by Gene O'Fallon. It was a DuMont affiliate, but carried shows from other networks as well. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 KFEL became an independent station after the DuMont network's collapse. Independent station is a term for a broadcast radio or Television station which is more independent in some way compared to other "dependent" When Gotham Broadcasting bought the station in 1955, the call letters were changed to KTVR. In 1963, the call letters changed to KCTO.

Tribune Broadcasting, then known as WGN Continental Broadcasting, acquired the station in 1966, and changed its call letters to KWGN-TV after its sister station, WGN-TV in Chicago. Tribune Broadcasting is a group of Radio and Television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company WGN-TV, channel 9 is a Television station in Chicago Illinois. KWGN was Tribune's fourth television station property after WGN-TV, WPIX in New York, and KDAL-TV (now KDLH) in Duluth, Minnesota, which Tribune sold in 1978. WPIX, channel 11 is a television station in New York City. It has been owned by the Tribune Company since its inception and is currently an affiliate of the The City of New York KDLH, channel 3 is the CBS -affiliated Television station for Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin. Duluth is a Port City in the US state of Minnesota and the County seat of St Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)

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KWGN's TV-2 Eyewitness News logo from around 1981.

From 1976 to 1983, KWGN-TV identified on air as Frequency 2 KWGN-TV, which inspired the name of a Peruvian television station. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. From 1983 to 1995, it called itself "Denver's 2. "

As an independent station, KWGN offered a general entertainment format consisting of cartoons, off-network sitcoms, old movies, and dramas. It also aired a 9pm newscast (and still does to this day). In the 1970s, KWGN became a superstation available on many cable systems in the West. For the UK radio overnight sustaining service see The Superstation. It is still available on nearly every cable system in Colorado and Wyoming, as well as several cable systems in Nebraska and Kansas. The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " It is also carried on Dish Network's superstation package, and has substantial over-the-air viewership in Colorado Springs. Not be confused with Indian Service Dish TV DISH Network is a Direct broadcast satellite (DBS service that provides Satellite television The City of Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, It was the only independent station in the market until 1983, when KDVR signed on. KDVR is a full-service Television station in Denver Colorado.

KWGN turned down the Fox affiliation in 1986, which instead went to KDVR. KWGN affiliated with The WB in early 1995, as did most of Tribune's independent stations. Since the WB only provided a few hours of network programming a day, KWGN's existing lineup was largely unaffected.

KWGN launched a weekday morning newscast in the late 1990s, titled "WB2day" (later renamed "WB2 Morning News", now known as "News2 This Morning"), which originally aired from 6-9 AM. A few years later, it began airing at 5 AM. It was accompanied with an 11 AM newscast, which began airing in the late 1990's, but was canceled in 2000, and never returned until September 11, 2006.

On January 24, 2006, the WB and UPN networks announced they would merge into a new network, The CW, the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. United Paramount Network ( UPN) was a Television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. The new network signed a 10-year affiliation deal with most of Tribune's WB stations, including KWGN. The CW debuted on September 18, 2006. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Former UPN station KTVD, owned by the Gannett Company, joined My Network TV, when that network began two weeks earlier. KTVD, channel 20 is a MyNetworkTV affiliated Television station based in Denver Colorado, and owned by the Gannett Company. Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyNet or MNT) is a Television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company Its news programming, which was previously branded as "WB2 News", was renamed "News2" in August 2006 as a result of the merger.

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