KFQX


KFQX, virtual channel 4, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Grand Junction, Colorado, United States and serving Colorado's Western Slope region. The station is owned by Mission Broadcasting; Nexstar Media Group, which owns CBS affiliate KREX-TV and low-powered, Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate KGJT-CD, operates KFQX under a shared services agreement. The three stations share studios on Hillcrest Avenue in downtown Grand Junction; KFQX's transmitter is located at the Black Ridge Electronics Site at the Colorado National Monument west of the city.

History

For its first few years, KFQX offered delayed rebroadcasts of KREX's newscasts. In 2005, the station began simulcasting news programming from former Fox owned-and-operated station KDVR in Denver. Today, the simulcasts include a three-hour weekday morning newscast, a weeknight newscast at 5:30 and a nightly primetime newscast from 9–10 p.m. It also offers simulcasts some of KREX's weekday newscasts at noon, 5 and 10 p.m. KREX produces a 6:30pm newscast for KFQX titled “Fox 4 Local News at 6:30.”
On November 20, 2013, Gray Television announced it would purchase Hoak Media and Parker Broadcasting in a $335 million deal. KFQX will be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting; however, Gray will sell KREX and Excalibur will sell KFQX due to ownership limits; Gray already owns KKCO and operates Excalibur-owned KJCT. On December 19, Gray announced that KREX and its satellites will be sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group, while KFQX will be sold to Mission Broadcasting, for $37.5 million. The sale of KREX was completed on June 13. Nexstar will provide services to KFQX, while it awaits FCC approval. The sale was approved on February 27, 2017. The sale was finalized on March 31.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP short nameProgramming
4.1720pKFQX-HDMain KFQX programming / Fox
4.2480iKREY-SDSimulcast of KREX-TV / CBS
4.3480iMysteryCourt TV Mystery
4.4480iGritGrit

KREX-TV studio fire

A fire knocked KREX, KFQX and KGJT-LP off the air on January 20, 2008 at approximately 8:45 a.m. local time. The station's building and 50 years worth of archives are a total loss.