KTVD

**KTVD** (channel 20) tashar talabijin ce da ke Denver, Colorado, Amurka, wacce ke da alaƙa da MyNetworkTV . Kamfanin Tegna Inc. ne ke da shi tare da kamfanin NBC KUSA (channel 9). Tashoshin biyu suna da gidajen rediyo a East Speer Boulevard a unguwar Speer ta Denver; na'urar watsa shirye-shiryen KTVD tana saman Lookout Mountain (kusa da Golden).

KTVD ta fara watsa shirye-shirye a matsayin babbar tasha ta uku mai zaman kanta a Denver a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1988. Wanda ya mallaki ta, Twenver Inc., ya fada cikin mawuyacin hali na rashin kyawun kasuwar tallan gida da kuma tsadar siyan shirye-shirye, sannan ya shigar da kara don sake tsara fatarar kuɗi cikin shekaru biyu da ƙaddamar da tashar; Matsalolin kuɗi na Twenver sun sa babban abin jan hankalin tashar, ƙwallon kwando ta Denver Nuggets, ya katse hulɗar. A shekarar 1993, kamfanin Newsweb Corporation da ke Chicago ya sayi tashar daga fatarar kuɗi, wanda ya mayar da hankali kan shirye-shiryen nishaɗi da wasanni tare da sabuwar hanyar sadarwa ta UPN da watsa shirye-shiryen Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, da Colorado Rockies .

Gannett - wanda ya gada Tegna - ne ya sayi tashar a shekara ta 2006. An haɗa ayyukan KTVD da KUSA, kuma ta ƙara labarai na safe da yamma don faɗaɗa kasancewar wannan tashar a kasuwa. Sakamakon an kauce mata a cikin haɗakar UPN da The WB zuwa The CW, tashar da ke da alaƙa da MyNetworkTV . KTVD ita ce babbar mai watsa shirye-shiryen ƙwallon ƙafa ta Denver Broncos kafin kakar wasa kuma tana watsa wasanni 20 na Nuggets da Avalanche a kowace shekara.

## Tarihi
Tashar talabijin ta 20 tana cikin farkon ayyukan tashar talabijin zuwa Denver, kuma an yi ƙoƙari biyu da ba su yi nasara ba don kunna ta kafin KTVD. A shekarar 1952, Kamfanin Talabijin na Mountain States ya shigar da ƙara a tashar;  yayin da ake jiran buƙatar a Hukumar Sadarwa ta Tarayya, mai shirya wasan kwaikwayo kuma babban mai ruwa da tsaki Irving Jacobs ya mutu sakamakon bugun zuciya.  An bayar da izinin a ranar 18 ga Satumba, 1952,  bayan haka matar Irving Anne ita ma ta mutu. Sauran masu mallakar - dangin Sigman, 'yan'uwan Anne Jacobs - sun dakatar da ginin da fatan cewa cibiyar sadarwa ta ƙasa za ta iya kafawa da kuma faɗaɗa alaƙa da shirin KIRV.  A ƙarshe, Mountain States ta miƙa izinin a watan Disamba na 1953.  An ba da izini na biyu ga kamfanin buga littattafai na Harcourt, Brace &amp;amp; World a shekarar 1966. Harcourt, wacce ta shigar da ƙara a tashoshin UHF guda uku a jihohin yamma,  daga baya ta sayar da izinin ga *The Denver Post* . 

Sabuwar sha'awa ta mamaye tashar talabijin ta 20 tun daga ƙarshen shekarun 1970. A shekarar 1977, American Television & Communications da ke Denver—sashen biyan kuɗi na Time, Inc. —ta nemi tashar a matsayin tashar talabijin ta kasuwanci da biyan kuɗi .  Wani kamfani da John H. Gayer ke jagoranta, wanda aka fi sani da Family Television Inc. amma daga baya aka fi sani da Colorado Television Inc., ya nemi shiga a shekarar 1978, inda ya ƙayyade jerin shirye-shiryen addini da na iyali.  FCC ta ɗauki waɗannan aikace-aikacen guda biyu da na Alden Communications na Colorado da Oak Television na Denver kuma ta naɗa su don sauraron shari'a a watan Oktoban 1980.  American Television & Communications ta janye daga gasar kafin watan Agustan 1983, lokacin da alkalin shari'a na FCC Frederic J. Coufal ya yanke hukunci kan goyon bayan aikace-aikacen Alden. Ya soke Colorado Television, inda ya gano cewa ba shi da damar shiga wurin watsa shirye-shirye mai dacewa, kuma ya zaɓi Alden maimakon Oak saboda bambancin manufofin mallakar kafofin watsa labarai.  Babban dalilin da ya sa aka hana Telebijin na Colorado shiga shine janyewar da KWGN-TV (tashar 2) ta yi na izinin kafa tashar watsa shirye-shiryenta a wurin tashar da ke kan Dutsen Lookout . 

### Mallakar Twenver
Kamfanin Alden Communications na Colorado ya sayar da izinin tashar 20—wanda har yanzu ba a gina shi ba sannan kuma yana ɗauke da alamar kira ta KTZO-TV—ga Twenver, Inc., wanda N. Richard Miller ke jagoranta, a watan Janairun 1988.  Bayan sayar da ita ga Twenver, ayyukanta sun yi sauri. A watan Agusta, tashar—wanda yanzu take KTVD—ta cimma yarjejeniyar shekaru biyar  da ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta Denver Nuggets don watsa wasannin hanya 30 a kakar wasa. Kwantiragin KTVD-Nuggets wani ɓangare ne na babban canjin haƙƙin talabijin na ƙungiyar. Sun yi watsi da dogon mai watsa shirye-shiryensu, KWGN-TV, don raba tsakanin KTVD da KMGH-TV (tashar 7), wanda ya ɗauki wasannin hanya 10; sun sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya da Prime Sports Network, sabuwar hanyar sadarwa ta wasanni ta yanki, don wasannin gida 25 akan kebul; kuma sun ɗauki nauyin samarwa ga duk shirye-shiryen talabijin.  

Bayan koma-baya a fannin gine-gine ya sa tashar 20 ta rasa watsa wasu daga cikin wasannin Nuggets na farko a sabuwar yarjejeniyarta,  KTVD ta fara watsa shirye-shirye a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1988. Nuggets su ne ginshiƙin jerin shirye-shiryen da suka haɗa da sitcoms masu haɗaka, fina-finai na gargajiya, da kokawa. Masu goyon bayan KTVD sun yi imanin cewa Denver—kasuwar talabijin ta 19 mafi girma a wancan lokacin—za ta iya, kamar sauran kasuwanni masu girma iri ɗaya, tallafawa tashoshin talabijin guda uku masu zaman kansu masu fafatawa. Manyan masu fafatawa da ita, KWGN-TV da KDVR, sun sami ƙarancin masu sauraro fiye da ƙungiyoyi uku masu zaman kansu a birane makamancin haka.  

Farkon shigar KTVD kasuwa ya zo ne a lokacin da tattalin arzikin Denver ya faɗi ƙasa. A shekarun 1987 da 1988, kuɗaɗen shiga na tallan talabijin sun nuna raguwar shekara-shekara, tare da ƙaramin ƙaruwa da aka yi hasashen zai faru a shekaru masu zuwa.  Haka kuma a wannan lokacin, an sayar da Nuggets ga Bertram Lee da Peter Bynoe ; tsohon mai shi Sidney Shlenker ya riƙe hannun jarin mallakar Nuggets a KTVD.  Ba kamar Shlenker ba, wanda ya yi imanin cewa karuwar kuɗin shiga na talabijin zai rama duk wani gibin da ke tattare da halarta, sabon mallakar Nuggets ya yi imanin cewa an fallasa shi sosai a talabijin, inda aka watsa wasanni 67 daga cikin 82 a kakar wasa ta 1989-90, wanda hakan ya ɓata wa kuɗin shiga na ƙofa rai. 

Zuwa watan Afrilun 1990, tashar tana fuskantar matsalolin kuɗi. Lokacin da Prime Sports Network ta shaida wa rassanta—a kuskure—cewa za ta gudanar da wasannin tituna biyu a ƙarshen kakar wasa saboda rufe tashar, ta kawo takaddamar biyan kuɗi tsakanin KTVD da Nuggets da kuma matsalolin kuɗi na tashar;  tashar ta rasa dala miliyan 7.5 a shekarar 1989 kan jimillar kuɗin shiga na dala miliyan 6.2.  A watan Mayu, Twenver ta amince ta sayar da mafi yawan hannun jari a KTVD ga Pennsylvania BancShares, Inc., wani kamfanin saka hannun jari,  amma BancShares ba ta son ci gaba da wani tallafi ga Twenver ba har sai da FCC ta amince da cinikin a tsakanin wasu takaddama. Wannan ya zama babbar matsala. A ranar 7 ga Yuni, 1990, Chrysler Capital Corporation—wani mai ba da bashi mai tsaro—ya ayyana Twenver a matsayin wanda bai cika ka'idojin bashin ba kuma ya zana layin bashi na dala miliyan 1. Baya ga matsalolin da tashar ke fuskanta game da matsalolin kwararar kuɗi da kuma babban kuɗaɗen da ake kashewa kan shirye-shiryen da aka haɗa, wannan ya tilasta wa Twenver shigar da ƙara don sake tsara tsarin fatarar kuɗi na Babi na 11 a ranar 11 ga Yuli, 1990.  Tara daga cikin manyan masu ba da bashi ashirin masu rarraba shirye-shirye ne. Kwanaki biyu bayan haka, Nuggets—sun ci bashin kusan dala miliyan 1—kuma KTVD ta soke yarjejeniyarsu,  kuma kafin ƙarshen watan, an kori babban manaja Jack Moffitt a matsayin wani mataki na rage farashi.  A wannan lokacin, a watan Nuwamba 1990, tashar 20 ta yi hayar sa'o'i uku na lokacin aiki a ranar zaɓe ga KCNC-TV a cikin wani shiri na farko don gabatar da tsawaita lokacin zaɓe.  Tashar ta yi gwaji da barkwanci na gida; a shekarar 1992, ta watsa shirin *Denver Friday Night*, wanda yayi kama da na *Saturday Night Live* . 

### Mallakar Newsweb da alaƙar UPN
KTVD ta ci gaba da zama cikin fatara fiye da shekaru uku har sai da Kamfanin Newsweb da ke Chicago ya sami KTVD kuma ya biya dala miliyan 7.5 ga masu ba da bashi, waɗanda suka sami 25 senti akan dala. Newsweb ta mallaki WPWR-TV na kasuwar Chicago, wani kamfani mai zaman kansa mai irin wannan tsarin tare da shirye-shirye iri ɗaya.  Newsweb ta riƙe izinin gina tashar 14 a Boulder, wanda ta sayar wa Roberts Broadcasting don samun tashar 20.  Newsweb ta shirya tashar da shirye-shiryen tattaunawa a lokacin farko a matsayin dabarar rage tasirin ƙaramin kayanta, musamman idan aka kwatanta da KWGN da KDVR, amma koma-baya a tattalin arzikin Colorado ya ƙara yawan kuɗin shiga na talla yayin da tashar ta ƙara yawan masu sauraro. 

A shekarar 1995, KTVD ta fitar da sabbin shirye-shirye guda biyu. Ɗaya daga cikinsu shine haɗin gwiwa a hanyar sadarwa yayin da UPN ta fara da tashar 20 a matsayin reshenta na Denver.  Ɗayan kuma shine Colorado Avalanche, sabuwar ƙungiyar NHL ta Denver. A kakar wasa ta farko ta Avs, KTVD ta watsa wasanni 19.  Avs, waɗanda suka shiga gasar share fagen shiga a kakar wasa ta farko, an yaba musu da haɓaka hoton tashar 20 nan take; babban manaja Terry Brown ya lura cewa KTVD ta sami mafi kyawun ƙima a kakar wasa ta farko ta ƙungiyar fiye da KTXA a kakar wasa ta farko ta wasan hockey ta Dallas Stars .    koma shirin wasanni shida a sararin samaniya tare da KMGH a 1996–97,  KTVD ta watsa wasannin share fagen shiga gasar ...

Mai kamfanin Ascent Sports ya shirya wasannin Avs da Nuggets tare da KPXC-TV (tashar 59) don kakar wasa ta 1998-99,  amma bayan kakar wasa guda, kunshin ya koma KTVD. Tashar ta kuma gwada shirye-shiryen gida, ciki har da shirin gaskiya da kuma shirin tattaunawa na mako-mako wanda 'yan wasan Denver Broncos Ed McCaffrey da Rod Smith,  da kuma shirye-shiryen kwallon kafa na makarantar sakandare suka shirya.  Duk haƙƙoƙin Avalanche da Nuggets sun koma Altitude Sports and Entertainment, sabuwar hanyar sadarwa ta wasanni ta yanki mallakar ƙungiya, a cikin 2004.  A shekara ta 2003, KTVD ta karɓi ragamar daga KWGN-TV a matsayin mai watsa shirye-shiryen Colorado Rockies ta iska, tare da wasannin baseball 75 a shekara;  Wasannin Rockies sun kasance a kan tashar 20 har zuwa kakar wasa ta 2008, wanda a lokacin aka takaita watsa shirye-shiryen zuwa Lahadi da rana. 

Newsweb ta sayi KTVS (tashar 3) a Sterling, Colorado, kimanin  a arewacin Denver, daga Benedek Broadcasting a shekarar 1999. Tashar ta koma sake watsa shirye-shiryen KTVD. 

### Duopoly tare da KUSA
A ranar 15 ga Disamba, 2005, Newsweb ta sanar da cewa za ta sayar da KTVD ga Gannett, mamallakin reshen NBC na Denver, KUSA (tashar 9). Wannan zai zama ƙungiya ta biyu a cikin Gannett, bayan tashoshin First Coast News a Jacksonville, Florida .  Yarjejeniyar ta buƙaci gyara lokacin da, a tsakiyar tattaunawar ƙarshe, UPN ta sanar da haɗakarta da The WB zuwa The CW . Wannan cibiyar sadarwa za ta haɗa kai da KWGN-TV, wanda shine reshen WB.  Yarjejeniyar ta sami amincewar FCC a watan Yunin 2006  kuma ba da daɗewa ba aka biyo bayan yarjejeniyar haɗin gwiwa da MyNetworkTV don maye gurbin UPN da aka rufe.   Ma'aikata kaɗan ne suka ƙaura tare da KTVD daga ofisoshinta da ke Englewood zuwa KUSA.  Newsweb ta riƙe KUPN, tsohuwar KTVS, a cikin yarjejeniyar. 

KTVD, tare da KUSA da wasu tashoshin Denver da dama, suna daga cikin manyan tashoshin talabijin na ƙarshe da suka samar da talabijin mai ƙarfi na dijital. Dalilin hakan ya shafi wurare da dama, ba da izini, da sauran ƙalubalen da suka kawo cikas ga gina sabuwar hasumiyar talabijin ta dijital a kan Dutsen Lookout don "Lake Cedar Group" (KCNC, KMGH, KUSA, KTVD) har sai da Majalisar Dokoki ta soke rikicin.  KTVD ta samar da sabis na dijital mai ƙarfi kafin KUSA, kafin Yuli 2008,  kuma duka tashoshin biyu sun dakatar da watsa shirye-shiryen analog a ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 2009. 

Gannett ya rabu gida biyu a ranar 29 ga Yuni, 2015, inda ɓangare ɗaya ya ƙware a fannin kafofin watsa labarai na bugawa, ɗayan kuma ya ƙware a fannin watsa labarai da kafofin watsa labarai na dijital. Kamfanin na ƙarshe, mai suna Tegna, ya riƙe KUSA da KTVD. 

A ranar 19 ga Agusta, 2025, Nexstar Media Group ta amince ta sayi Tegna akan dala biliyan 6.2.  A Denver, Nexstar ta riga ta mallaki KDVR da KWGN-TV. 

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