Denver, Colorado United States |
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Branding | Denver 7 (general) Denver 7 News (newscasts) |
Slogan |
Start Here (general) Always Investigating (newscasts) |
Channels |
Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7 () |
Translators | KZCO-LD 7 Denver |
Affiliations | |
Owner |
E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
First air date | November 1, 1952 |
Call letters' meaning |
K McGraw-Hill (former owner) |
Former callsigns | KLZ-TV (1952–1972) |
Former channel number(s) |
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Former affiliations | |
Transmitter power | 54 kW |
Height | 359 m (1,178 ft) |
Facility ID | 40875 |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′51″N 105°13′54″W / 39.73083°N 105.23167°WCoordinates: 39°43′51″N 105°13′54″W / 39.73083°N 105.23167°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www |
KMGH-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 7, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Denver, Colorado, United States. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, and is a sister station to Azteca affiliate KZCO-LD (channel 27), whose digital signal also serves as a fill-in translator of KMGH. The two stations share studio facilities located on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Speer neighborhood, to the immediate north of the studios shared by KDVR (channel 31) and KWGN-TV (channel 2); KMGH maintains transmitter facilities located atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden. On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity in standard definition on channel 7, and in high definition on digital channel 652. It is also carried on CenturyLink Prism channels 7 and 1007.
The station first signed on the air on November 1, 1952 as KLZ-TV. It was founded by the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Publishing Company (operated by Edward K. Gaylord), which also owned KLZ radio (560 AM and 106.7 FM, now KBPI). KLZ-TV immediately took the CBS affiliation from KBTV (channel 9, now KUSA), owing to KLZ radio's longtime affiliation with the CBS Radio Network. In 1954, Gaylord sold the KLZ television and radio stations to Time-Life. The station's original studio facilities were housed in a renovated former auto dealership on the east side of the block at East 6th Avenue and Sherman Street.