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KTVD (channel 20) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside NBC affiliate KUSA (channel 9). The two stations share studios on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Speer neighborhood; KTVD's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain (near Golden).

Key Information

KTVD began broadcasting as Denver's third major independent station on December 1, 1988. Its initial owner, Twenver Inc., sank under the weight of a weak local advertising market and expensive programming purchases and filed for bankruptcy reorganization within two years of launching the station; Twenver's financial issues caused the station's primary programming attraction, Denver Nuggets basketball, to break ties. In 1993, the station was acquired out of bankruptcy by the Chicago-based Newsweb Corporation, which focused the station on entertainment and sports programming with the new UPN network and broadcasts of the Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and Colorado Rockies.

The station was acquired by Gannett—the predecessor to Tegna—in 2006. KTVD's operations were consolidated with KUSA, and it added morning and evening newscasts to expand that station's market-leading news presence. As a consequence of being bypassed in the merger of UPN and The WB into The CW, the station affiliated with MyNetworkTV. KTVD is the primary preseason broadcaster of Denver Broncos football and airs 20 Nuggets and Avalanche games per year.

History

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Channel 20 had been among the earliest television channel assignments to Denver, and two unsuccessful attempts to activate it preceded KTVD. In 1952, the Mountain States Television Company filed for the channel;[3] while the application was pending at the Federal Communications Commission, theatrical producer and major stakeholder Irving Jacobs died of a heart attack.[4] The permit was awarded on September 18, 1952,[5] after which time Irving's wife Anne also died. The remaining owners—the Sigman family, the brothers of Anne Jacobs—held off on construction in hopes that a national network could form and extend affiliation to the proposed KIRV.[6] Ultimately, Mountain States surrendered the permit in December 1953.[7] The second permit was granted to publishing firm Harcourt, Brace & World in 1966. Harcourt, which had filed for three UHF stations in western states,[8] later sold the permit to The Denver Post.[9]

New interest bubbled around channel 20 beginning in the late 1970s. In 1977, Denver-based American Television & Communications—the pay-television division of Time, Inc.—applied for the channel as a hybrid commercial and subscription television station.[10] A firm headed by John H. Gayer, originally known as Family Television Inc. but later as Colorado Television Inc., applied in 1978, specifying a lineup of religious and family-oriented secular programming.[11] The FCC took these two applications as well as those of Alden Communications of Colorado and Oak Television of Denver and designated them for comparative hearing in October 1980.[12] American Television & Communications had withdrawn by August 1983, when FCC administrative law judge Frederic J. Coufal ruled in favor of Alden's application. He disqualified Colorado Television, finding it lacked access to a suitable transmitter site, and selected Alden over Oak owing to diversification of media ownership policy.[13] A principal reason for the Colorado Television disqualification was the withdrawal by KWGN-TV (channel 2) of permission to set up its transmitter facility at that station's site on Lookout Mountain.[14]

Twenver ownership

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Alden Communications of Colorado sold the channel 20 permit—still unbuilt and then bearing the call sign KTZO-TV—to Twenver, Inc., headed by N. Richard Miller, in January 1988.[15] After the sale to Twenver, activity accelerated. In August, the station—now KTVD—reached a five-year[16] deal with the Denver Nuggets basketball team to air 30 road games a season. The KTVD–Nuggets contract was part of a major shakeup of the club's television rights. They abandoned their longtime broadcaster, KWGN-TV, for a split arrangement between KTVD and KMGH-TV (channel 7), which took on 10 road games; signed a deal with Prime Sports Network, a new regional sports network, for 25 home games on cable; and assumed production duties for all telecasts.[17][18]

After setbacks in construction caused channel 20 to miss airing some of the first Nuggets games in its new deal,[19] KTVD began broadcasting on December 1, 1988. The Nuggets were the anchor of a lineup that included syndicated sitcoms, classic movies, and wrestling. KTVD's backers believed Denver—the 19th-largest television market at the time—could, like other similarly sized markets, support three competing independent TV stations. Its main competitors, KWGN-TV and KDVR, captured less audience share than the three independents in comparable cities.[18][a]

KTVD's debut into the marketplace came at a time when the Denver economy had flatlined. In 1987 and 1988, television ad revenues had posted year-over-year declines, with only minimal increases projected for the years to come.[22] Also during this time, the Nuggets were sold to Bertram Lee and Peter Bynoe; former owner Sidney Shlenker retained the Nuggets' ownership stake in KTVD.[23] Unlike Shlenker, who believed increased television revenue would make up for any shortfalls in attendance, the new Nuggets ownership believed it was overexposed on television, with 67 of 82 games aired in the 1989–90 season, depressing gate revenue.[24]

By April 1990, the station was facing financial difficulties. When Prime Sports Network told its affiliates—in error—that it would carry two late-season road games in light of the station closing, it brought to the fore a payment dispute between KTVD and the Nuggets and the station's financial struggles;[16] the station had lost $7.5 million in 1989 on $6.2 million in gross revenue.[25] That May, Twenver agreed to sell a majority stake in KTVD to Pennsylvania BancShares, Inc., an investment company,[26] but BancShares did not want to advance any funding to Twenver until the FCC approved the transaction amid other disputes. This proved to be a major problem. On June 7, 1990, Chrysler Capital Corporation—a secured creditor—declared Twenver in default on its loan and drew a $1 million line of credit. On top of the station's existing issues with cash flow problems and a large outlay on syndicated programming, this forced Twenver to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on July 11, 1990.[25] Nine of the top twenty creditors were program distributors. Two days later, the Nuggets—owed nearly $1 million—and KTVD terminated their agreement,[27] and before the end of the month, general manager Jack Moffitt was fired as a cost-saving move.[28] During this time, in November 1990, channel 20 rented three hours of prime time on Election Day to KCNC-TV in a first-of-its-kind arrangement to present extended election coverage.[29] The station experimented with local comedy; in 1992, it aired the series Denver Friday Night, similar in format to Saturday Night Live.[30]

Newsweb ownership and UPN affiliation

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KTVD remained in bankruptcy for more than three years until the Chicago-based Newsweb Corporation acquired KTVD and paid $7.5 million to creditors, who received 25 cents on the dollar. Newsweb owned the Chicago market's WPWR-TV, a similarly situated independent with similar programming.[31] Newsweb held the construction permit for channel 14 in Boulder, which it sold to Roberts Broadcasting in order to acquire channel 20.[32] Newsweb programmed the station with talk shows in prime time as a strategy to mitigate the impact of its relatively meager syndicated inventory, particularly compared to KWGN and KDVR, but an upturn in the Colorado economy increased advertising revenue as the station increased its audience share.[33]

In 1995, KTVD debuted two new program packages. One was a network affiliation as UPN started up with channel 20 as its Denver affiliate.[34] The other was the Colorado Avalanche, Denver's new NHL team. In the Avs' first season, KTVD aired 19 games.[35] The Avs, who made the playoffs in their first season, were credited with immediately boosting channel 20's image; general manager Terry Brown noted that KTVD had better ratings in the team's first season than KTXA did in the first season of Dallas Stars hockey.[36] Though the team switched to a six-game over-the-air package with KMGH in 1996–97,[37] KTVD aired playoff road games;[38] it returned to broadcasting Avs regular-season games in 1997–98.[39]

Owner Ascent Sports packaged Avs and Nuggets games with KPXC-TV (channel 59) for the 1998–99 season,[40] but after one season, the package moved to KTVD. The station also experimented with local program production, including a documentary series and a weekly talk show hosted by Denver Broncos players Ed McCaffrey and Rod Smith,[41] as well as high school football telecasts.[42] All rights to the Avalanche and Nuggets moved to Altitude Sports and Entertainment, a new team-owned regional sports network, in 2004.[43] In 2003, KTVD took over from KWGN-TV as the over-the-air broadcaster of the Colorado Rockies, with 75 baseball games a year;[44] Rockies games remained on channel 20 through the 2008 season, by which time telecasts had been restricted to Sunday afternoons.[45]

Newsweb acquired KTVS (channel 3) in Sterling, Colorado, some 120 miles (190 km) north of Denver, from Benedek Broadcasting in 1999. The station switched to rebroadcasting KTVD.[46]

Duopoly with KUSA

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On December 15, 2005, Newsweb announced it would sell KTVD to Gannett, owner of Denver's NBC affiliate, KUSA (channel 9). This would form the second duopoly within Gannett, after the First Coast News stations in Jacksonville, Florida.[47] The agreement required adjustment when, amid final negotiations, UPN announced its merger with The WB into The CW. That network would affiliate with KWGN-TV, which had been the WB affiliate.[48] The deal received FCC approval in June 2006[49] and was shortly followed by an affiliation agreement with MyNetworkTV to replace the closing UPN.[50][51] Few employees moved with KTVD from its offices in Englewood to KUSA.[52] Newsweb retained KUPN, the former KTVS, in the deal.[53]

KTVD, along with KUSA and several other Denver stations, was among the last major-market TV stations to provide high-power digital television. The reason related to myriad siting, permitting, and other challenges that impeded construction of a new digital TV tower on Lookout Mountain for the "Lake Cedar Group" (KCNC, KMGH, KUSA, KTVD) until an act of Congress broke the impasse.[54] KTVD provided high-power digital service before KUSA, by July 2008,[55] and both stations ceased analog broadcasting on April 16, 2009.[56]

Gannett split in two on June 29, 2015, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. KUSA and KTVD were retained by the latter company, named Tegna.[57]

On August 19, 2025, Nexstar Media Group agreed to acquire Tegna for $6.2 billion.[1] In Denver, Nexstar already owns KDVR and KWGN-TV.[58]

Programming

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Newscasts

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Further information: KUSA (TV) § News operation

Within months of Gannett's acquisition, KTVD began airing local news. On September 5, 2006, coinciding with the launch of MyNetworkTV, KTVD debuted a half-hour 9 p.m. newscast from KUSA;[59] three months later, the station added a weekday morning newscast extension from 7 to 9 a.m.[60] The 9 p.m. newscast was expanded to a full hour in 2010.[61]

Sports programming

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With KUSA, KTVD shares rights to the preseason games of the Denver Broncos of the NFL. In some years—such as 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2023—KTVD carried the entire preseason schedule, then comprising four games.[62][63][64][65] In 2024, of three preseason games, one was a national telecast, and the other two were split by KTVD and KUSA.[66]

Beginning with the 2024–25 NBA season and the 2024–25 NHL season, KTVD reached an agreement with Altitude Sports and Entertainment to simulcast 20 Denver Nuggets games and 20 Colorado Avalanche games. Ten games will also be simulcast on KUSA.[67] Altitude had previously distributed two nights of the 2019–20 Nuggets season[68] and two nights of the 2019–20 Avalanche season in light of a near-total blackout of Altitude by pay television providers that caused ratings for the channel to drop by more than 70 percent.[69][70] KTVD agreed to simulcast ten Colorado Rockies games produced by MLB Local Media in the 2025 MLB season, with five of those scheduled for simulcast on KUSA.[71]

Technical information

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Subchannels

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KTVD's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain (near Golden).[2] The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KTVD[72]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
20.1 720p 16:9 KTVD-HD MyNetworkTV
20.2 480i H & I Heroes & Icons
20.3 ShopLC Shop LC
20.4 Quest (soon)
9.4 1080i KUSA-HD NBC (KUSA)
9.7 480i ROAR Roar
  Simulcast of subchannels of another station

Translators

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KTVD is broadcast by translator systems in parts of Colorado. Note that most transmitters listed only broadcast the main subchannel of KTVD, typically on the same transmitter as the main channel of other stations.[72][73]

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KTVD is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Denver, Colorado, United States, broadcasting on virtual channel 20 (UHF digital channel 19). Owned by TEGNA Inc., which is pending acquisition by Nexstar Media Group (expected to close in the second half of 2026), it operates as a sister station to NBC affiliate KUSA-TV in a duopoly known as the Denver duopoly, with studios shared at 500 Speer Boulevard in Denver. The station primarily broadcasts syndicated programming from the network, including popular sitcoms, dramas, reality series, and movies, alongside educational content and lifestyle shows. KTVD also airs newscasts produced by KUSA, such as the 9 p.m. evening news, and serves as an overflow outlet for when needed. A notable aspect of its schedule includes free over-the-air broadcasts of select and games through partnerships with , making professional sports accessible without cable subscription in the market. The station reaches approximately 1.81 million households in the Denver television market (2024–25 estimate) and is available via antenna, cable, satellite, and streaming services.

History

Twenver ownership

KTVD signed on the air on December 1, 1988, as an independent television station on UHF channel 20, becoming Denver's third major independent outlet after and KBSC-TV (now ). The station was owned by Twenver Inc., a company formed by a group of local investors, with initial studios located in . Its transmitter was situated on near , providing coverage to the . During its early years under Twenver ownership, KTVD focused on a general entertainment format typical of independent stations, featuring classic movies, reruns of older sitcoms such as and I Love Lucy, and locally produced content including public affairs programs and children's shows. The station also aired limited sports programming, such as select road games during the . Twenver Inc. encountered significant financial challenges shortly after launch, stemming from high operational costs for programming acquisitions and a competitive market intensified by the rise of . These issues prompted the company to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 11, 1990, with nine of the top twenty creditors being program distributors. KTVD continued operations during the proceedings but faced ongoing debt pressures, including a secured claim exceeding $4 million held by Capital Corp. The station emerged from in 1992 under a reorganization plan that reduced its debt load and allowed continued independent operation. This period marked the end of Twenver's direct control, paving the way for a transition to new ownership in 1994.

Newsweb ownership and UPN affiliation

In 1994, KTVD was purchased out of by Newsweb Corporation, a Chicago-based media company owned by , for $7.5 million. The acquisition allowed the station to stabilize its operations and refocus on and programming, leading to a rebranding as "Colorado's 20." Under this ownership, the station achieved financial viability, becoming a substantial community presence by the late after years of independent struggles. KTVD joined the United Paramount Network (UPN) as a charter affiliate on January 16, 1995, aligning with the network's launch. As Denver's outlet, the station aired the network's prime-time lineup, including shows like and , supplemented by syndicated programming such as and movies during off-network hours. This affiliation provided a structured schedule that boosted viewership compared to its prior independent format. During the mid-1990s, KTVD expanded its local sports offerings to capitalize on Denver's growing professional teams, acquiring broadcast rights to games from the Denver Nuggets (NBA) and Colorado Avalanche (NHL), with rights to Colorado Rockies (MLB) games acquired in 2003. The station aired more than 20 Nuggets games per season from 1995 through 2006, along with select Avalanche and Rockies contests, which helped drive audience growth and reinforced its role in regional sports coverage. In 1997, KTVD relocated its operations to new studios on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Speer neighborhood, enhancing production capabilities for both network and local content. Newsweb's tenure brought relative financial stability to KTVD, but challenges arose with UPN's announced merger with to form in January 2006, which excluded non-CBS or Tribune-owned affiliates like KTVD and led to de-affiliation effective September 2006. In response, on December 15, 2005, Newsweb announced the sale of the station to Gannett Company (owner of affiliate KUSA) for an undisclosed amount, a transaction completed in July 2006 following FCC approval.

Tegna ownership and duopoly with KUSA

In 2006, Gannett Company acquired KTVD from NewsWeb Corporation and Channel 20 Television Company for $155 million, as part of a transaction that also included low-power station KUPN and several translators, creating a duopoly with its existing NBC affiliate KUSA (channel 9) in Denver. The deal received FCC approval in June 2006, allowing for integrated operations between the two stations, including shared studios at 9Broadcast Plaza on East Speer Boulevard. Following Gannett's 2015 corporate restructuring, in which its broadcasting and digital media assets were spun off into TEGNA Inc. on June 29, KTVD became part of TEGNA's portfolio, continuing the duopoly structure with KUSA under unified management for news production, sales, and promotion. Coinciding with the UPN and WB networks' merger into The CW, KTVD switched its primary affiliation to MyNetworkTV on September 5, 2006, replacing UPN programming with the new syndication service's two nights of scripted series per week; it has remained Denver's MyNetworkTV affiliate through 2025. This shift enabled KTVD to function as a secondary channel in the duopoly, providing extended local content from KUSA, such as sports broadcasts and additional news segments, while leveraging shared resources to enhance operational efficiency. A key development under Gannett (and later TEGNA) ownership was the launch of joint newscasts on September 5, 2006, when KUSA began producing a half-hour prime-time newscast at 9:00 p.m. for KTVD, marking the start of collaborative programming that expanded to include morning extensions by late 2006. This integration has allowed the duopoly to offer complementary schedules, with KTVD focusing on , , and off-peak news to complement KUSA's main lineup, while shared advertising sales and promotional efforts have supported sustained local coverage in the market. On August 19, 2025, announced a definitive agreement to acquire for $6.2 billion in cash, positioning KTVD and KUSA within a larger portfolio that would make the nation's largest local broadcaster by reach. On November 18, 2025, shareholders approved the merger with approximately 98% of votes cast in favor. Closure is anticipated in the second half of 2026 subject to regulatory approvals, including from the FCC and antitrust authorities. The transaction could reshape the duopoly, as already owns affiliate (channel 31) in the market, potentially requiring divestitures to comply with ownership limits and maintain competitive structure.

Programming

Newscasts

Since the formation of the duopoly between KTVD and KUSA in , all local newscasts on KTVD have been produced by KUSA's news team under the 9NEWS banner, allowing KTVD to air extended editions of programming that do not fit into KUSA's NBC-affiliated schedule. The partnership began with the launch of a prime-time newscast in September , branded as 9NEWS at 9 p.m., which provided Denver viewers with a dedicated evening news option on KTVD's MyNetworkTV feed. This was followed by morning expansions; by 2009, KTVD began carrying extensions of KUSA's morning show, evolving into a full weekday block from 4:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. These additions capitalized on the duopoly's shared resources, leading to ratings growth, such as a 13% increase at 7 a.m. and 45% at 8 a.m. in February 2017 compared to the prior year. As of 2025, KTVD's newscast schedule includes a 60-minute weeknight edition of 9NEWS at 9 p.m., a 30-minute weekend edition at the same time, and weekday morning extensions of 9NEWS Mornings from 4:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., with occasional overflow into later slots. The format emphasizes local Denver-area coverage, including breaking news, weather updates, and traffic reports, leveraging KUSA's shared assets such as news helicopters, reporters, and production facilities at the joint studios in Denver, Colorado. Production remains fully integrated with 9NEWS, with no standalone KTVD news team; anchors, meteorologists, and reporters are drawn from KUSA's staff to ensure consistency across the duopoly. This model has supported efficiencies like expanded coverage without additional staffing, contributing to sustained audience growth in key time slots, including a 21% year-over-year rating increase for the weekday 9 p.m. newscast in 2015. Unique to KTVD's newscasts are occasional sports segments aligned with the station's broader programming, enhancing local relevance while maintaining a focus on general news delivery.

Sports programming

KTVD's sports programming centers on broadcasts of professional teams from the metro area, with rights inherited and maintained from earlier ownership periods into the TEGNA era through periodic renewals. Under a renewed agreement with and for the 2025-26 season, KTVD will air 20 games and 20 games, marking the second consecutive year of this over-the-air extension. These broadcasts occur exclusively within the market on KTVD's main channel (20.1), with five Nuggets games and five Avalanche games also simulcast on sister station KUSA (channel 9.1) for broader statewide reach. Pre-game and post-game shows accompany each telecast, enhancing viewer engagement with analysis from local sports anchors. In , KTVD holds rights to 10 Colorado Rockies games during the 2025 regular season, all airing on channel 20.1 and five simulcast on KUSA to extend coverage across . These Friday evening matchups, produced in partnership with MLB, provide free over-the-air access and include integrated commentary from 9NEWS sports teams. KTVD, alongside KUSA, carries all Denver Broncos NFL preseason games as part of the duopoly's longstanding local rights package. For the 2025 preseason, the three games aired across the stations, with the finale against the New Orleans Saints broadcast on KTVD at 11:00 a.m. MT. This arrangement ensures comprehensive coverage, including pre-game previews and post-game breakdowns, for Broncos fans without cable subscriptions. The station's role gained prominence amid Altitude Sports' multi-year carriage disputes with providers like Comcast, which restricted access to Nuggets and games until a resolution in February 2025. KTVD's over-the-air telecasts offer an alternative for approximately 3.5 million viewers in the metro, bypassing pay-TV blackouts and promoting regional sports equity. Following Nexstar Media Group's announced acquisition of TEGNA, approved by shareholders in November 2025 and expected to close in the second half of 2026 pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions, KTVD's rights remain unchanged, positioning the enlarged entity as a stronger contender in local sports broadcasting without confirmed alterations as of November 2025.

Technical information

Subchannels

KTVD operates as a full-power UHF station on physical channel 31 (formerly channel 19 pre-2019 ), mapping to 20. The station's digital multiplex, shared with KUSA on physical channel 31, carries four primary subchannels dedicated to specific network affiliations and 24-hour programming blocks.
SubchannelResolutionAspect ratioAffiliationProgramming focus
20.1Prime-time scripted series, syndicated sitcoms and talk shows
20.2Classic TV series and movies
20.3Shop LCShopping and lifestyle programming
20.4QuestFactual entertainment on , , and real-world adventures
The main channel on 20.1 serves as KTVD's primary MyNetworkTV feed, delivering a mix of network-provided prime-time entertainment and daytime syndicated content such as off-network comedies and reality series. Subchannel 20.2 carries Heroes & Icons, featuring classic action, crime, and drama series. Subchannel 20.3 airs Shop LC, a 24/7 home shopping network. Subchannel 20.4 carries Quest, which joined Tegna stations around 2021, emphasizing educational and exploratory shows on topics ranging from space exploration to historical engineering feats. Note that KUSA's subchannels (including NBC simulcast on 9.4 at 1080i and True Crime Network on 9.3 at 480i) are also broadcast on the shared multiplex but under virtual channels 9.x. Some sources suggest a possible 20.7 for additional crime programming, but it is not confirmed on the primary lineup as of November 2025. All subchannels deliver automated, continuous national feeds with no provisions for local advertising or promotional insertions, ensuring seamless 24/7 availability across the Denver market. This setup aligns with Tegna's broader strategy to maximize spectrum use for niche audiences. The current configuration evolved from earlier iterations; for instance, subchannels previously hosted Grit (westerns and action films) and TBD (youth-oriented digital content) until around 2018-2019, when Tegna restructured its diginet portfolio. was briefly on KTVD subchannels post-2019 launch but has since moved primarily to KUSA's lineup.

Analog-to-digital conversion and translators

KTVD operated its analog signal on UHF channel 20 from its sign-on in 1988 until the digital transition in 2009, broadcasting at an (ERP) of up to 5,000 kW from a at a of 1,257 feet above average terrain, providing primary coverage to the Front Range region of . The station's analog signal reached most of the Denver designated market area (DMA), serving urban and suburban viewers along the eastern plains and . The station initiated in 2002 on UHF channel 19 at low power, in compliance with the FCC's phased transition requirements, while maintaining simultaneous analog operations. Following the DTV Delay Act of 2009, which postponed the national analog shutdown from February 17 to June 12, KTVD elected an early transition and ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009, ahead of the federal deadline to allow for full-power digital operations. This conversion aligned with FCC mandates for full-power stations to broadcast exclusively in digital format using the ATSC 1.0 standard. KTVD currently operates under ATSC 1.0, with no implementation as of November 2025. After the analog shutdown, KTVD increased its digital ERP to 200 kW initially on channel 19, later relocating to physical channel 31 following the 2017 broadcast incentive auction repack, with a current ERP of 960 kW from a directional antenna. The station maps its primary subchannel to virtual 20.1 via PSIP, ensuring continuity with its legacy channel number. Its transmitter is co-located with sister station KUSA on Lookout Mountain near Golden, Colorado, at coordinates 39° 43' 50.6" N, 105° 13' 55.6" W, at an above mean sea level elevation of 7,821 feet. To extend coverage beyond the main signal's 60.6-mile contour, which reaches an estimated 3,947,483 viewers or approximately 78% of the DMA's population, KTVD relies on a network of low-power translators serving rural and mountainous areas. The primary active translator is K16NH-D on channel 16 in , for northeastern plains coverage. Additional translators in areas like , Eagle, and Counties may exist but are not currently listed as active in FCC records.
TranslatorChannelLocationPurpose
K16NH-D16Wray, CONortheastern plains extension

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