FOX 31 – KDVR

January 31, 2016: Still no response, no apology, no explanation. We don’t exist. The club owner does not exist. The pianist does not exist. SILENCE!
January 26^th, 2016: Still no apology. Zero response. It’s obvious serving the public interest is less important than the bottom line. Makes sense why this company is inferior to all the other television stations. I shall contact the CEO that owns 31 for the inconvenience we all had to endure with their broken commitment.
January 22^nd:
No response, no apology, no explanation. SILENCE! I guess their viewers don’t matter and are not important. Sigh.
January 12, 2016
Ms. Holy Gauntt, Vice President and News Director
KWGN-​TV
100 East Speer Blvd.
Denver, CO 80 203
Dear Ms. Gauntt:
The coverage of news and human-​interest stories that channel two broadcasts was the main reason I chose to inquire if your news department would be interested in covering a story idea that I submitted.
Below is the gist of my submission:
(Here in Denver there is an 86-​year-​old internationally known jazz pianist who is plagued with dementia. I pick him up every two weeks and drive him to a restaurant where he sits down at the piano and waits for guests to call out tunes. As soon as he hears the name of the tune, he begins to play it flawlessly. He knows more than four thousand songs, and yet, when I drive him home he has no recollection of having performed.
I am a retired psychologist and love music and thought a story about Mr. Wallace would inspire so many people to witness that there is something mysterious about the human mind, that a man can brilliantly play any song that is requested and yet have no memory of having done that. Would you be interested in doing a story about Mr. Wallace? I believe the impact on so many who have family members suffering memory loss would be inspiring.)
A few days later, Kevin Torres called and said he very much wanted to do a story about Mr. Wallace. So I immediately went to work to see if the restaurant manager, Janet Poth, could accommodate his request. And she did. She went out of her way to rearrange her performance schedule to allow Mr. Wallace to perform so that Kevin could film the event. The date was set for January 5^th, 2016. Ms. Poth then started marketing and spending a considerable amount of time advertising that channel two would be doing a story about the internationally known pianist, Billy Wallace. Many of the guests who attended told me they were there for that reason.
On the morning of January 5, 2016, I phoned Kevin as he had requested to give him instructions where he could meet me and to see if there were any last minute concerns he might have. I also called to let him know when I would pick up Mr. Wallace so that Kevin and his cameraman could film Billy and me in the car talking to one another as I drove him to the restaurant.
But I soon became puzzled when Kevin did not call back. I waited an hour, two hours, called again, left another message and waited, but nothing. I called Janet, the manager, and it was the same story with her, no call, no explanation. Even more perplexing, I never heard from Kevin again, not during or after the performance. And the next day, no return call to explain, perhaps, or to apologize why he did not show or why he did not return my calls. I waited several more days and had no choice but to reluctantly write this letter.
Much to the restaurant manager’s humiliation, and my embarrassment, both of us had to inform all the guests that attended that we had no idea why channel two did not follow through. We were repeatedly asked why and we had no answers other than what I described above. Most of the customers announced they were there to observe the filming and I must say, quite angry. Several said that they would never watch KWGN again. Several also said that they would write on-​line complaints demanding an explanation.
To this day, it remains a puzzle to me why Kevin did not have the professional courtesy to call the manager or me to explain or apologize for not following through especially after I postponed my travel plans to be there for the event.
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Which brings me to my point. When I told attendees at the restaurant that I would write this letter they insisted I demand that channel two management remedy this unprofessional and ethically questionable behavior with more than a verbal or written apology for the trouble they went through to support Billy and KWGN-​TV by being at the restaurant. They asked me to request that someone else on your staff seriously reconsider doing the Billy Wallace story so that the viewers who have family and friends suffering from cognitive impairment can remain hopeful there are ways they can connect with their loved one.
I said that I would and assured them, I was confident you would honor their request.
I am hopeful that is the case.
Sincerely,
Dr. Sydney H. Harriet
cc: Peter Maroney, General Manager or Interim General Manager

You added Shaul Turner who makes personal comments that are NOT news and is biased, You got rid of the best meteorologist Jennifer Broome, you changed the format and no longer sit at the chairs and talk about local things. The tempo and tone and biased format is no longer the quality news show it used to be. Done no more for me. Who ever took over and changed things was a terrible move.

These studios are really lovely, but I don’t have anything to judge them against, so I am not sure how helpful my opinion really is. You can park on the street out front and then buzz yourself in through the glass doors, there you will meet a security guard who will call someone to walk down to get you.
The elevators are pretty, the building is nice, the green room was small. You can sit on the side of the sets and watch the news being broadcast.
2 words, Chris Parente… and then 2 more, Tom Greene. These guys get me through the morning.

I love these guys! I watch no other news channel in Denver!
I find a typo almost every night in their news and email them letting them know I should be their editor! LOL!

I really enjoy the morning newscast miss peggy bunker but I absolutely love lobby weaver I think she is themost professional and clearly the most beautiful newswoman on denver news keep up the good work fox 31

I have lived in Colorado for 23 years and lived in North Dakota for the prior 25– to hear Chris Tanaka «slam» North Dakota on last nights Rockies segment was gut wrenching. Don’t kid yourself Chris– there are plenty of beautiful areas in ND as well as Colorado – some of the most amazing scenery is located in the Badlands .I would ask you to try it you might like it– but we’d rather not see your type there so take that detour you recommended– we won’t mind in the least!
I encourage you to get to know the state before you slam it publically. I have always enjoyed Fox 31– but unfortunately you have lost a viewer forever and I will be sure to let all the ND friends in this state to do the same. Soooo long 31—

Man I almost hate to write this review.
On one hand I cannot stand Ron Zappolo or whatever his name is along with his smiling, ever-​agreeable partner Libby Weaver.
On the other, they had the best local election coverage in Colorado. CBS 4 seemed to want to cut away to network programming whenever they could, KUSA/​9 had bumbling idiots on (I remember Adelle from Chicago days and she hasn’t improved much since then) and the ABC affiliate had a desk that looked so old you could see chips in the Formica.
While I may not like the anchors on Fox 31 they do an excellent job on Election Night of covering the local races. Of course, Ronnie takes that night off too. Coincidence?
I’ll give them a solid 3.

I have not watched the news much on this channel but I do know that FOX has always had programming that had more flair, bite, polish and verve than the other free channels out there. The Simpsons still hold a high place in people’s hearts and therefore shows why it has such longevity. There are plenty of other shows out there too on FOX that just have an edge over everybody else. In some cases these shows give some of the cable shows a run for their money. If you get a signal in CO hope you get FOX as far as TV shows go.

Fox 31 has it’s ups and downs as far as their news goes. I mean there is only so much I can take of Ron Zappolo and Libby Weaver chatting as if they’re at some boring dinner party instead of actually reporting the news. I don’t wish to hear your opinions after every single news story!
The sports department is horrible, Zubin and Josina just don’t do sports they way it should be done. Though they’re not as bad as a couple of other stations in the area of who I wont mention names (2 and 9) or should I say channel numbers.
Where Fox 31 has it going on is in the mornings. Peggy Bunker and Crystal Egger are definite eye candy and though I’m not a Fox 31 loyalist, they do make my mornings a little easier to get through before heading out to work. But this is of course after 7am and CBS4 has turned itself over to national morning shows. The entire morning cast, Ken, Shaul, Chris, etc on Fox 31 seem to be pretty down to earth and I like that. And let’s not leave out that Dan Daru, he cracks me up!

Vince, Carrie, jello wrestling at ten paces, go!
My review may be a little biased because I dislike television in general; however, now that Family Guy has moved to the new CW2, there isn’t a reason in the world to ever turn on the Fox network. The following amusing satire exemplifies the marketing strategy of Fox:
«SOMETHING YOU ARE STARING AT RIGHT NOW MAY KILL YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN INSTANTLY!»
(pause)
«Details after the break.»
It’s funny how conservatives are convinced that the ‘liberal news media’ is poisoning the minds of TV audiences, while liberals are convinced the conservative bias in media is turning us all into grunting cavepersons. I lean towards blaming a conservative bias for media’s evils, but whatever the case may be, just turn off the stupid TV and read a book.
Today I recommend ‘Joey the Hit Man,’ for an unusual perspective on the legislation of human vice.

As much as I despise Rupert Murdoch and his media monopoly, I’ve got to say this is the local station I watch the most.
Why? Two Seinfelds a day, Family Guy and American Dad on the weekends, football in the fall and summer and the occasional Rockies game in the summer.

Fox 31 News is the epitome of bad reporting. Fear mongering, xenophobic teasers followed by b.s. stories that don’t even address the anxiety-​inducing intros.
«Why you might die from the measles, and what you can do to prevent it, after the break.» 20 minutes later, «So and so got the measles and got really sick.» Filler filler filler, images of sick measle patient. «This could happen to you.» No mention of how to prevent your own *imminent* death by measles.
I wonder how they sleep at night. Do they really think they’re doing the people of Colorado a service by constantly instilling fear in our hearts?
I won’t even mention their treatment of politics: Bush, foreign policy, events abroad. Let’s just say their coverage is lacking in all these regards.