KUSA (TV)
NBC television affiliate in Denver
KUSA (channel 9, branded as 9 News) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the Tegna subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group alongside KTVD (channel 20), an independent station with MyNetworkTV; Nexstar also owns CW station KWGN-TV (channel 2) and Fox affiliate KDVR (channel 31). KUSA and KTVD share studios on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Speer neighborhood; KUSA's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden. In addition to its main studios, the station also operates a secondary studio and news bureau on Canyon Avenue in Fort Collins.
History
Pre-launch (1952)
Following the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s "freeze" on new television station licenses in 1948, Colorado politicians, including Senators Edwin C. Johnson and Eugene Millikin, formally protested the commission's proposed allocations for the state. They argued that limiting Denver to three VHF channels would stifle competition and requested additional allocations. When the FCC lifted the freeze in April 1952, the Colorado Television Corporation—owner of radio station KVOD (630 AM)—applied for the channel 9 license on June 19, 1952. The corporation was capitalized at $1 million and led by W. D. Pyle and T. C. Ekrem; major stockholders included Aksel Nielsen (president of the Denver Chamber of Commerce), oilman Maurice Robineau, and former Colorado Attorney General Gail Ireland.
Initially, the application for channel 9 was contested by the Empire Coil Company of New Rochelle, New York. However, Empire Coil amended its application to seek UHF channel 26 instead, wishing to avoid a lengthy competitive hearing. Consequently, on July 11, 1952, the FCC granted construction permits to the Colorado Television Corporation (channel 9), KFEL-TV (channel 2), and Empire Coil (channel 26).
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