KREX-TV

KREX-TV
Channels
BrandingKREX 5 News
Programming
Affiliations5.1: CBS
for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
KFQX, KGJT-CD
History
First air date
May 30, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-05-30)
Former call signs
KFXJ-TV (1954–1956)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1954–2009)
  • All secondary:
  • DuMont (1954–1955)
  • ABC (1954–1979)
  • NBC (1954–1996)
  • NTA (1956–1961)
  • Fox (early 1990s–1994)
Call sign meaning
Rex Howell (founder),
Latin word for "king"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID70596
ERP0.8 kW
HAAT−36 m (−118 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°5′17″N 108°34′0″W / 39.08806°N 108.56667°W / 39.08806; -108.56667
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.westernslopenow.com

KREX-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for Colorado's Western Slope region. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to low-power, Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate KGJT-CD, channel 27 (which KREX-TV simulcasts on its third digital subchannel); Nexstar also operates Fox affiliate KFQX (channel 4) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with owner Mission Broadcasting. The three stations share studios on Hillcrest Avenue in Grand Junction, where KREX-TV's transmitter is also located.

KREX-TV can also be seen on KGJT-CD's second digital subchannel (27.2), which allows homes with issues receiving KREX-TV's VHF signal or only a UHF antenna to receive KREX in some form.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KREX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.