A Brief History of KMGH-TV, Denver's Channel 7

The legacy of KMGH began in the 1920s when KLZ Radio became a powerhouse in Denver broadcasting. KLZ was a pioneer in FM radio in the 1940s and added KLZ-TV in 1953. This article focuses primarily on the history of the television station.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/denvers7/415541/detail.html

Don Mueller's YouTube Channel

BPC member Don Mueller has collected hundreds of historic TV clips over the years and has posted excerpts of them on his YouTube Channel. Featured are a number of classic clips from the 1950s through the 70s from variety shows, game shows and late-night talk shows.

Featured Clip:

BPC Hall of Fame members Fred n' Fae

Don Bishop's Home Page

Former Denver radio personality Don Bishop has created a website summarizing his broadcasting history, including number of links to pages outlining the history of a number of Denver radio stations. There are numerous pictures, promo materials, rate cards and playlists on these pages.

Some of the stations with tribute pages are:

KLZ-FM One of the first FM Stations in the country and a pioneer in FM rock radio.

KFML-FM

KBTR

KTLK

KDKO

A Test Pattern from KFEL-TV, Denver's First Television Station

KFEL is now KWGN-TV Channel 2. To see more test patterns from the early days of television, check out this YouTube video.

From Fred Hobbs:

The Radio Historical Association Of Colorado has a collection of old-time radio programs, news resports and John Dunning interviews of personalities from the glory days of radio. The shows are available in mp3 format for online listening. Check them out at http://www.rhac.libsyn.com/

From Merwin Smith:

Want to know more about historic transmitters, especially the 50,000 watt variety, check out these links. Featured is WLW in Cincinnati's monster 500,000 watt transmitter that operated in the 1930s.
http://www.hawkins.pair.com/wlw.shtml

http://www.ominous-valve.com/wlw.html

http://www.oldradio.com/archives/stations/cinc/wlwpix.htm

From Don Mueller:

In my usual surfing the Internet, I stumbled across a website of a radioman who did some Denver work at KTLN in the 50s and 60s -- his airname was Johnny Rowe, his real name John Rook. At his website he talks about working with Ray Durkee, Joe Finan, Arch Andrews, tells some stories and there's some interesting pictures.

Radio In Colorado

In the 1920s, radio moved from being a passion of hobbyists who built their own receivers to the first true mass medium with the power to bring news, sports and entertainment from the largest cities to the smallest towns. Stations sprang up all over Colorado, and many of today's current stations trace their roots back to the earliest days of industry.

Denver Radio: 80 Years Of Change - by Tom Mulvey

Television In Colorado

Television came to Colorado in the early 1950s. It was the era of live programming, black and white pictures on small screens and fascinating characters in a young and rapidly changing business. Many longtime radio broadcasters moved over to this new medium and a number of new personalities came along as the industry matured in the 1960s and 70s.

A History Of Television In Denver: By Ken Custer and Tom Mulvey

More on the early history of television in Pueblo - KDZA-TV by Ed Taylor.

KCSJ-TV Pueblo - In The Beginning: By Bill Baker