states branding newschannel 13 hd slogan where the news comes first general always tracking . always alerting . weather channels digital 24 uhf virtual 13 psip subchannels 13.1 abc 13.2 telemundo 13.3 news channel 13 affiliations abc 1960 present owner news press & gazette company pikes peak television inc. first air date september 21 1953 ; 63 years ago 1953 09 21 call letters meaning kolorado s sic radio dynamic outlet former channel number s analog 13 vhf 1953 2009 former affiliations nbc 1953 1960 transmitter power 200 kw height 675 m facility id 52579 transmitter coordinates 38 44 45.2 n 104 51 37.2 w 38.745889 n 104.860333 w 38.745889 ; 104.860333 coordinates 38 44 45.2 n 104 51 37.2 w 38.745889 n 104.860333 w 38.745889 ; 104.860333 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website krdo.com krdo tv virtual channel 13 is the abc affiliated television station in colorado springs colorado usa . the station broadcasts its digital signal on uhf channel 24 . the station is owned by pikes peak television a subsidiary of the news press & gazette company npg of st. joseph missouri and is sister station to krdo am and krdo fm . krdo tv is carried on channel 12 on colorado springs comcast cable ; comcast channel 13 is instead occupied by telemundo affiliate ktlo which is on virtual channel 13.2 over the air . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 news operation 3.1 former on air staff 4 references 5 external links history edit krdo tv first went on the air on september 21 1953 as an nbc affiliate . at that time kktv channel 11 was a primary cbs affiliate with a secondary affiliation with abc and kcsj tv now koaa channel 5 was the nbc affiliate for nearby pueblo . as such during much of the 1950s southern colorado was served by two full time nbc affiliates and a cbs affiliate that also carried abc programming . by 1960 the formerly separate colorado springs and pueblo tv markets melded into one single market serving the pikes peak region and surrounding areas . at that point each of the three commercial tv stations became exclusive network affiliates with kktv 11 retaining cbs kcsj tv 5 now koaa tv continuing with nbc and krdo tv 13 becoming a full time abc affiliate . krdo was one of the few abc affiliates that didn t clear the dick cavett show during the late 1960s and early 1970s . krdo tv had been locally owned by pikes peak broadcasting company since the station signed on . in april 2006 the company announced that it was selling krdo tv along with krdo am and kjct in grand junction to the news press & gazette company . news press & gazette officially took over operations of krdo tv on june 26 2006 ; in honor of pikes peak broadcasting it changed the name of its colorado broadcast group to pikes peak television . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 13.1 720p 16 9 krdo hd main krdo tv programming abc 13.2 480i 4 3 klto telemundo 13.3 480i 16 9 now news channel 13 analog to digital conversion edit krdo tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 13 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 24 . 2 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 13 . news operation edit krdo tv s news operation was rebranded from news 13 to newschannel 13 on the same day that npg took over the station s operations . under npg krdo expanded its newscasts starting with 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts replacing the single early evening 5 30 p.m. newscasts . it added weekend morning newscasts currently airing from 6 7 a.m. & 8 9 a.m. both on saturdays and sundays that started in the final week of december 2006 . in june 2007 it started a midday newscast that airs from noon 1 p.m. both were first anchored by former kktv anchor eric singer who now anchors krdo s 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts . on july 23 2008 krdo tv began broadcasting southern colorado s first local newscasts in high definition hd beginning with newschannel 13 at noon . on october 10 2011 krdo tv added an early evening newscast at 4 30 p.m. the early evening newscast was moved up to 4 00 p.m. during september 2012 . krdo has been very competitive with kktv and koaa in the local news ratings since news press & gazette bought the station in 2006 . former on air staff edit david brody news director now serves as a correspondent for the cbn news segment on the 700 club john gurtler sports anchor now serves as the play by play voice of the buffalo bandits 3 giselle fern ndez began her broadcasting career as the pueblo colorado reporter for krdo tv in 1983 . she later worked for cbs and nbc among other prominent national broadcast positions . 4 this film television or video related list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions . stephen clark anchored and reported in 1979 80 . now primary evening anchor of wxyz tv detroit . formerly main anchor at wcbs tv new york and correspondent with cbs network . references edit rabbitears tv query for krdo dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . john gurtler . retrieved 11 january 2014 . telgen diane ; kamp jim 1993 . notable hispanic american women . verlag f r die deutsche wirtschaft ag . p. 156 . isbn 0 8103 7578 8 . external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for krdo biafn s media web database information on krdo tv v t e television stations in southern colorado including colorado springs and pueblo english language stations koaa tv 5 k30jm d 30 xx .1 nbc xx .2 newsfirst now ktsc 8.1 pbs 8.3 create 8.5 audio information network of colorado kktv 11.1 cbs 11.2 mntv metv krdo tv 13.1 abc 13.2 telemundo kxrm tv 21.1 fox 21.2 cw 21.3 ion kspk lp 28.1 a1 amgtv k31km d 31 12.1 12.2 simulcast of kbdi tv pbs 12.3 mhz worldview kjcs ld ewtn on 38.1 torah tv on 38.3 the walk tv on 38.6 kwhs ld 51.1 lesea 51.2 cozi tv kxtu ld 57.1 cw also on kxrm 21.2 spanish language stations ktsc 8.2 v me krdo tv 13.2 telemundo kzcs lp 23 azteca ktlp 34 ktlo 45 telemundo also on krdo 13.2 kjcs ld 38.4 vidavision 38.5 fuente de vida kvsn dt univision on 48.1 unim s on 48.2 latv on 48.3 kxtu ld 57.2 mundomax see also media in colorado springs colorado denver tv albuquerque tv v t e abc network affiliates in the state of colorado kmgh 7 denver kjct lp 8 grand junction krdo 13 colorado springs see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in colorado v t e news press & gazette company newspapers the daily star journal osawatomie graphic st. joseph news press television stations abc network affiliates kecy dt2 kesq tv keyt tv kifi tv kmiz krdo tv kvia tv cbs network affiliates kcoy tv 1 kidk 1 kion tv kpsp cd kswt 2 cw network affiliates kbjo ld 3 kcwq lp kecy dt3 kifi dt3 kion dt2 ktvz dt2 fox network affiliates kdfx cd kecy tv kfxo ld kkfx cd knpn ld 3 kqfx ld kxpi ld 1 mynetworktv affiliates kecy tv 4 keyt dt2 5 kmiz dt2 4 kxpi ld 1 4 telemundo affiliates kecy dt4 kese lp kifi dt2 kmuv lp kqre lp knpg ld knpn ld4 3 kuna lp other affiliations aza k42dj 6 nbc ktvz kyma dt 2 cable news press 3 now 7 radio stations kesq krdo krdo fm kuna fm 1 owned by vistawest media llc npg operates this station under a ssa . 2 owned by northwest broadcasting npg operates this station under an ssa . 3 this station was built and signed on by npg . 4 this station carries a secondary mynetworktv affiliation on its primary channel . 5 this station carries a secondary retro television network affiliation on its second digital subchannel . 6 this station is owned by hubbard broadcasting but is operated by npg . 7 originally operating as a cable only channel news press 3 now is also relayed on a second digital subchannel of knpn ld . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title krdo tv & oldid 729485544 categories abc network affiliatestelevision stations in colorado springs coloradotelevision channels and stations established in 1953news press & gazette company1953 establishments in coloradohidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 july 2016 at 14 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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