KREX-TV

KREX-TV, virtual channel 5 (digital channel 2), is the CBS-affiliated television station for most of western Colorado, based in Grand Junction. Owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, it operates its digital signal on VHF channel 2.

Digital channels

Satellite stations

KREG-TV transmits from Sunlight Peak on Channel 3 and digital channel 23; plus 12 analog and one digital translator stations. At present it has no local news inserts but does have a small office in Carbondale, near Glenwood Springs. When launched by a group of investors in 1984, independent KCWS promised the best selection of off-network and first-run syndicated programming available; plus an aggressive regional news operation that pioneered the first long-form morning newscast on Western Slope television. Due to poor demand by the local viewers (it took several months to get the signal on cable in Grand Junction, the largest community in the Western slope) and non-existent ratings, advertising dollars were scarce. It didn't help matters that KWGN-TV in Denver had been available on cable for decades in the area. News was eventually eliminated and, ultimately KCWS went silent following a Taxi rerun on a summer day in 1985. It returned it to the air in 1987 as a satellite of KREX.