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. KDVR becomes a Fox affiliate on October 9, 1986.
1988–1992[]
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1992–1993[]
SVG NEEDED
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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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–present[]
2011–2017[]
Designer:
KDVR/KWGN Art Department (Dave Traylor, Eric Candiani, Rodney Pearcey, Nick Carvin, Jeff Cales, Ty Brayton, etc.)
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 (channel 2).
2017–present[]
Designer:
Tribune Creative West (2017-2020) Ty Brayton (2017-2020)
Nashville Design Center (Nexstar graphics hub/Linear Drift) (2020-Present)
1Owns a 75% stake of the network, the other 12.5% stake is co-owned between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery. 2Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%. 3Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. 4Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. 5Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA. 6Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media. 7Predecessor company of LIN Media. 8Nexstar operates this station owned by Londen Media Group.
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