KCNC (Channel 4) is a CBS TV station in Denver, CO. It first went on air on Christmas Eve 1953 as KOA-TV., as a part of the radio station. It was partially owned by Bob Hope. It began as an NBC affiliated station.
In its early years it played a majority of the national football games. However, the Broncos games were never aired and blacked out because they were never sold out. It also aired highly successful documentary “The Acid Test, LCD”, hosted by Bob Palmer. Bob Palmer was a famous news editor at the time. General Electric bought the station for $10 million. In 1968 Bob Palmer left the station for channel 7.
Roger Ogden was hired as general manager and he brought Marv Rockford and John Haralson with him. George Caldwell, Sam Allred and Ron Zappolo was the “number one news team” under Ogden. In the 70’s they began to air their late night news cast. In 1982 they began their “First News” cast at 4:30 pm.
In 1983, GE sold the station to A.H Belo for $22 million. The station then changed to Colorado’s News Channel. However in 1986, GE bought NBC, making CNC an NBC station.
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