KUSA (TV)

KUSA

Denver, Colorado United States
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 9
Branding	Channel 9; 9 News
Programming
Affiliations	9.1: NBC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Tegna Inc. (Multimedia Holdings Corporation)
Sister stations	KTVD
History
First air date	October 12, 1952 (72 years ago) (1952-10-12)
Former call signs	KBTV (1952–1984) KUSA-TV (1984–2009)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 9 (VHF, 1952–2009) Digital: 16 (UHF, 1997–2009)
Former affiliations	CBS (1952–1953) NBC (secondary, 1952–1953) DuMont (1953–1956) ABC (secondary 1953–1956, primary 1956–1995)
Call sign meaning	United States of America USA Today (owned by Gannett, KUSA's former owner)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	23074
ERP	45 kW
HAAT	352.4 m (1,156 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°43′50.6″N 105°13′55.6″W / 39.730722°N 105.232111°W / 39.730722; -105.232111
Translator(s)	KTVD 9.4 Denver for others, see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.9news.com

KUSA (channel 9) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KTVD (channel 20). The two stations share studios on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Speer neighborhood; KUSA's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden. In addition to its main studios, the station also operates a secondary studio and news bureau on Canyon Avenue in Fort Collins.