KDVR originally signed on the air on August 10, 1983 as Denver's first UHF television station on channel 31 and was owned-and-operated by the Centennial Broadcasting Corporation.
1988–1993
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1993–1995
Renaissance sold KDVR to the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of News Corporation on November 15, 1994 in exchange for its O&O KDAF (UHF channel 33) in Dallas–Fort Worth, which was set to lose the affiliation to then-CBS affiliate KDFW (channel 4), as a result of an affiliation deal with New World Communications.
1995–2011
1995–1997
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"Cool Like FOX 31"
1997–1999
1999–2008
Fox Television Stations sold KDVR and seven other stations to Local TV (operated by Oak Hill Capital Partners) on December 22, 2007, which the sale was finalized on July 14, 2008.
2008–2011
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2011–2017
Tribune Broadcasting purchased KDVR outright on July 1, 2013, as part of its $2.75 billion acquisition of Local TV; the sale was finalized on December 27, forming a legal duopoly between KDVR and CW affiliate KWGN-TV.
1Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. 2Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. 3Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA. 4Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media. 5Predecessor company of LIN Media. 6Currently a repeater for WWLP. 7Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%.