KWGN-TV, channel 2, is a television station in Denver, Colorado, owned by the Tribune Company and affiliated with The CW Television Network. Its studios are located in Downtown Denver along with KDVR, and its transmitter is atop Lookout Mountain near Golden.
The station first went on the air on July 18, 1952 as KFEL-TV, the first television station in Colorado. KFEL was also the first VHF TV station to go on the air after the Federal Communicatio...
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KWGN-TV, channel 2, is a television station in Denver, Colorado, owned by the Tribune Company and affiliated with The CW Television Network. Its studios are located in Downtown Denver along with KDVR, and its transmitter is atop Lookout Mountain near Golden.
The station first went on the air on July 18, 1952 as KFEL-TV, the first television station in Colorado. KFEL was also the first VHF TV station to go on the air after the Federal Communications Commission's freeze on new television station licenses was lifted in 1952. The first owner was Gene O'Fallon, who located the station in a remodeled brick warehouse at 550 Lincoln Street, where the station was housed until moving to suburban Greenwood Village in 1983.
Originally, KFEL was a primary affiliate of the DuMont Television Network, but carried shows from other networks as well. Gotham Broadcasting bought the station in 1955, and the call letters were changed to KTVR. Channel 2 became an independent station after the DuMont network...
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