Stations to combine in Denver, St. Louis

A sign of the times: Tribune and Local TV stations in Denver and St. Louis will combine operations — and newsrooms — to cut costs. In Denver, KWGN (Tribune CW affiliate) will move into KDVR (Local TV Fox affiliate). In St. Louis, KTVI (Local TV Fox affiliate) will move into KPLR (Tribune CW affiliate). “These arrangements enable us to create efficiencies between the FOX and CW affiliates in each market to serve the local community like never before,” said Ed Wilson, president of Tribune Broadcast. “On top of that, we can provide advertisers the ease and efficiency of one-stop shopping, delivering even greater reach.” Back in July, the owner of Miami’s WPLG, Post Newsweek, bought WTVJ with possible plans to combine the two operations.

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