Nucla, CO (January 28, 1984)

[Bluenoser]

from San Miguel Basin Forum

2 KREX-NBC/CBS Grand Junction
3 HBO
5 The Movie Channel
6 ESPN
7 WTBS Atlanta
8 KUTV-CBS Salt Lake City
9 WGN Chicago
10 KUED-PBS Salt Lake City
11 CBN
13 KJCT-ABC Grand Junction

 

[ftballfan]

Two things:
1. KREX has always been a primary CBS station
2. KUTV was an NBC affiliate at this time (CBS was on KSL in Utah; the two would swap affiliations in 1995)

 

[Mr Tony]

Two things:
1. KREX has always been a primary CBS station
2. KUTV was an NBC affiliate at this time (CBS was on KSL in Utah; the two would swap affiliations in 1995)

but it was a NBC secondary affiliation too

 

[itsTheRolyPoly]

So ftballfan was right when he said that KREX has always been a primary CBS affiliate. That's correct.

But Mr. Tony was also correct because KREX was a secondary NBC affiliate until 1996 when KKCO signed on the air.

KREX was really the only game in town until 1979 when KJCT (now KJCT-LP) came aboard, then KKCO in 1996. KREX also carried FOX programs on a secondary basis until 1997 and then the market wouldn't fully gain a primary FOX affiliate until KFQX came on board in 2000.

 

[Bluenoser]

And the Forum's Kentucky based listings provider missed the memo about KREX- they still listed the station as airing all 3 networks, despite KJCT's presence...they also had KUTV listed as independent.