KFQX

KFQX
Grand Junction, Colorado United States

Branding	Fox 4
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF)
Subchannels	4.1 Fox 4.2 CBS 4.3 Escape 4.4 Grit
Owner	Parker Broadcasting (sale to Mission Broadcasting pending) (Parker Broadcasting of Colorado, LLC)
Operator	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Founded	February 10, 1993
First air date	June 17, 2000
Call letters' meaning	FQX translates to FOX
Sister station(s)	KREX-TV
Former channel number(s)	4 (VHF analog, 2000–2009)
Transmitter power	71.5 kW
Height	407 m
Facility ID	31597
Transmitter coordinates	39°3′57.5″N 108°44′47.1″W / 39.065972°N 108.746417°W / 39.065972; -108.746417
Website	www.westernslopenow.com

KFQX is a television station in Grand Junction, Colorado, broadcasting digitally on UHF channel 15 as an affiliate of Fox. Founded February 10, 1993, the station is owned by Parker Broadcasting of Colorado, LLC.

KFQX is operated under a LMA by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, which also owns co-located KREX-TV.

For its first few years, KFQX offered delayed rebroadcasts of KREX's newscasts. In 2005, the station began simulcasting news programming from former Fox owned-and-operated KDVR in Denver. Today, the simulcasts include a three-hour weekday morning newscast (Good Day Colorado from 6-9 a.m.), a weeknight newscast at 5:30 and a nightly primetime newscast from 9-10 p.m. It also offers simulcasts some of KREX's weekday newscasts at noon, 5 and 10 p.m.^[1]

On November 20, 2013, Gray Television announced it would purchase Hoak Media and Parker Broadcasting in a $335 million deal. KFQX will be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting; however, Gray will sell KREX and Excalibur will sell KFQX due to ownership limits; Gray already owns KKCO and operates Excalibur-owned KJCT.^[2]^[3] On December 19, Gray announced that KREX and its satellites will be sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group, while KFQX will be sold to Mission Broadcasting, for $37.5 million.^[4] The sale of KREX was completed on June 13. Nexstar will provide services to KFQX, while it awaits FCC approval.^[5]

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming ^[6]
4.1	720p	16:9	KFQX-HD	Main KFQX programming / Fox
4.2	480i	16:9	KREY-SD	Simulcast of KREX-TV
4.3		4:3		Escape
4.4		4:3		Grit

KREX-TV studio fire

Further information: KREX-TV § Studio Fire

A fire knocked KREX, KFQX and KGJT-LP off the air on Sunday January 20, 2008 at approximately 8:45 AM local time. The station's building and 50 years worth of archives are a total loss.

References

↑ KREX at TitanTV
↑ "Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
↑ Malone, Michael (November 20, 2013). "Gray TV/Excalibur To Acquire Hoak Media, Parker Broadcasting Stations For $335 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
↑ Gray Sell Grand Junction Duop To Nexstar, TVNewsCheck, 19 December 2013
↑ Nexstar Completes Purchase Of Gray Stations, TVNewsCheck, Retrieved 13 June 2014.
↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KFQX#station

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Television stations in Western Colorado, including Grand Junction

Stations	KFQX (4.1 Fox, 4.2 CBS, 4.3 Escape, 4.4 Grit) KREX-TV (5.1 CBS, 5.2 Laff, 5.3 MNTV, 5.4 Bounce TV) KJCT-LP / K39AF (8.1 ABC, 8.2 CW) KKCO (11.1 NBC, 11.2 MeTV, 11.3 Telemundo) KRMJ / K32CW (18.1 PBS/RMPBS, 18.2 V-me, 18.3 Create, 18.5 Radio reading service) KGBY (20.1/.2 Cozi TV, 20.3 QVC, 20.4 ANT) K22JN-D (22.1 Movies!) KGJT-CD (27.1 MNTV)

Out of market channels	KREG-TV (5.1 CBS, 5.2 MyNetworkTV) KDVR (31.1 Fox, 31.2 Antenna TV)

See also Denver TV

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Colorado

KFQX 4 (Grand Junction) KXRM 21 (Colorado Springs) KDVR 31 / KFCT 22 (Denver / Fort Collins)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Colorado

Nexstar Broadcasting Group

ABC	KAMC² KCAU KMID KODE² KQTV KSVI KTVX WATN WAWV² WDHN WEHT WIVT WJET WMBB WOI WSYR WTVO² WUTR² WVNY² WWTI

CBS	KGPE KLAS KLBK KLST KOLR² KREX / KREG / KREY KTAB KXMB / KXMC / KXMD / KXMA WCIA WFRV WHBF WJMN WMBD WROC WTAJ WYOU²

The CW	KASN² KASW KCWI KGCW KGET¹ KUCW KXMB / KXMC / KXMD / KXMA WBRL WCWJ WLMT WTVW² WWCW WWTI¹

Fox	KADN KARD KCIT² KHMT² KFQX KFTA³ KFXK⁶ KJTL² KLJB⁵ KLRT² KMSS⁵ KPEJ⁵ KWKT WFFF WFFT WFXP² WFXR WFXV WGMB WJKT WLAX / WEUX WNTZ WQRF WYZZ⁴ WZDX

MyNetworkTV	KARZ KCPN² KGJT KJBO² KADN¹ KOZL KSHV⁶ KTPN / KLPN⁶ KYLE WZDX¹ WCIX WLMT¹ WNTZ WPNY WTVO¹ ²

NBC	KADN¹ KAMR KARK KETK KFDX KGET KLAF KNWA KRBC² KSAN² KSEE KSNF KTAL KTSM KTVE² KVEO WBGH WBRE WETM WTWO WVLA⁶

Other	Telemundo KKEY - KTAB¹ Independent station KZUP Independent station/Heroes & Icons WHAG TV CMS company Lakana Online ad company Yashi

Acquisitions	Communications Corporation of America Grant Broadcasting Newport Television West Virginia Media Holdings

¹ These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. ² Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. ³ Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station. ⁴ Nexstar operates WYZZ owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. ⁵ Nexstar operates this station owned by Marshall Broadcasting. ⁶ Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting.

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