KCDO-TV

callsign	KCDO-TV
city	Sterling, Colorado
branding	The Spot Denver 3
digital	23 (UHF)
virtual	3
translators	see
affiliations	3.1: Independent 7.1: ABC for others, see
owner	E. W. Scripps Company
licensee	Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC
location	Sterling–Denver, Colorado
country	United States
airdate	December 28, 1963
callsign meaning	Colorado
sister stations	KMGH-TV, KZCO-LD, KOAA-TV
former callsigns	KTVS (1963–2002) KUPN (2002–2008)
former channel numbers	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1963–2009)
former affiliations	CBS (1963–1999) UPN (1999–2006) America One (2006–2009) RTV (2009–2010) Independent (2010–2020) Grit (2020–2021)‡R1R‡
erp	1,000 kW
haat	402 m
facility id	63158
coordinates	40.03367°N, -103.93858°W
licensing authority	FCC
website	https://www.denver7.com/the-spot-denver-3

KCDO-TV (channel 3), branded The Spot – Denver 3, is an independent television station licensed to Sterling, Colorado, United States, serving the Denver area. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (channel 7). The two stations share studios on Delgany Street in Denver's River North Art District; KCDO-TV's transmitter is located in rural southwestern Morgan County, east of Frederick.

History

The McCracken family, owners of CBS affiliate KFBC-TV (channel 5, now KGWN-TV) in Cheyenne, Wyoming, applied for a construction permit in February 1962 to build a television station on channel 3 in Sterling. The permit was granted a year later, and channel 3 came to air on December 28, 1963,[2] as KTVS, operating it as a satellite station of KFBC.

In September 1999,

KCDO-TV

History

Sale to Scripps

Programming

Technical information

Subchannels

Translators

Analog-to-digital conversion

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