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| On ], ], the WB and ] networks announced they would merge. The newly combined network would be called ''']''', the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents ] (the parent company of UPN) and the ] unit of ]. The merger would take effect on-the-air in September 2006, and KWGN-TV was announced as the Denver affiliate. Current UPN station ], owned by the ], will likely revert to independent status. | |||
| On January 24th, 2006, it was announced that UPN and WB would be combining to form a new fifth television network, ], in September and that KWGN will become one of the first affiliates of The CW. | |||
| == Newscasts == | == Newscasts == | ||
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KWGN-TV is the WB Television Network affiliate in Denver, Colorado, USA. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 2 (55.25 MHz video / 59.75 MHz audio) and its digital signal on UHF channel 34 from a transmitter located in Golden, Colorado. The station is owned by the Tribune Company.
The station airs first-run WB shows, cartoons from Kids' WB, sitcoms, news, first-run talk and reality shows, court shows, and movies.
History
The station first went on the air on July 18, 1952 as KFEL-TV. It was a DuMont affiliate, and became an independent station after the network's collapse.
Tribune Broadcasting acquired the station in 1966, and changed its call letters to KWGN-TV. From 1976 to 1983, KWGN-TV identified on air as Frequency 2 KWGN-TV, which inspired the name of a Peruvian television station.
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). It was the only independent station in the market until 1983. KWGN turned down the Fox affiliation in 1986, which instead went to KDVR channel 31.
KWGN affiliated with WB in early 1995. Since the WB only provided a few hours of network programming a day, KWGN's existing lineup was largely unaffected.
Fox approached Tribune in 1996 for an affiliation with KWGN. Even though Fox already owned KDVR (which it had planned to sell off), KWGN was still a more desirable option as an affiliate, given its longer history and its news department (both of which KDVR lacked). That plan did not materialize, and KWGN remained a WB affiliate.
KWGN launched a weekday morning newscast in the late 1990s, titled "WB2day" (later renamed "WB2 Morning News").
On January 24, 2006, the WB and UPN networks announced they would merge. The newly combined network would be called 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. The merger would take effect on-the-air in September 2006, and KWGN-TV was announced as the Denver affiliate. Current UPN station KTVD, owned by the Gannett Company, will likely revert to independent status.
Newscasts
Weekdays
- WB2 Morning News - 5:30 - 9:00AM
- WB2 News at 9:00 - 9:00 - 10:00PM
Weekends
- WB2 News at 9:00 - 9:00 - 10:00PM
Old logos
- KWGN-TV logo from 1996 to 2003 KWGN-TV logo from 1996 to 2003
- KWGN-TV logo from 2003 to 2005 KWGN-TV logo from 2003 to 2005
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