Cindy Aubrey
News Director -Cindy Aubrey is News Director at KOAA-TV News First 5 & 30. Aubrey is a Colorado native and a graduate of Colorado State University who began her TV career in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
June 29, 1953 KCSJ-TV began its first broadcasting day in the Pueblo/Colorado Springs market. The broadcasting “day” lasted between 9 and 10 hours because Channel 5 was limited to only locally-produced programming. A few days later, on July 5, Channel 5 officially became an NBC affiliate.
DTV, or digital television, is a new kind of over-the-air broadcasting that allows TV stations to provide dramatically clearer pictures and better sound quality. DTV represents the most significant advancement of television technology since color TV was introduced.
People who watch over-the-air television signals through antennas on television sets that are not equipped with new digital tuners – and who do not subscribe to cable, satellite or a telephone company television service provider – will be affected by the transition.
A DTV converter box is easy to install; it hooks up to your analog television set and over-the-air antenna. The box converts the digital television signal into analog, making it viewable on your analog TV. Converter Box Coupons
In general, dependable reception of DTV will require the same type of antenna that currently works to provide good quality reception of analog TV signals. However, after June 12, 2009, some TV stations will be moving to a different channel.
KOAA-TV's Colorado Springs / Pueblo coverage is quite extensive and also different than most of the stations in this market. KOAA-DT began broadcasting on channel 5-1 on August 1st 2006. The KOAA-DT signal and programming is free of charge on RF channel 42 or digital tuner channel 5.1.
KOAA is required by the Federal Communications Communication to post a report every three months about efforts to inform the public about the coming transition to digital broadcasts.
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Pueblo, CO 81003
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David Whitaker - General Manager
Cindy Aubrey - News Director
Evie Hudson - Business Manager
Tom Wright - General Sales Manager
Cheryl Morford - Regional Sales Manager
Kerri Blanco - Local Sales Manager
Patricia Cone - Special Projects Direct
Ethan Beute - Creative Services Director
Darin Dawson - Internet Director
Greg Boyce - News Operations Manager
Ron Eccher - Programming Director
Quentin Henry - Director of Engineering
Tom Massmann - Commercial Production
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