Media

Denver’s sprawling media market covers over 100,000 square miles and 66 counties in four states. The Denver television Designated Market Area (DMA) ranks 17th with 3.6 million people, but don’t let the breadth of the coverage fool you – 7 out of 10 of those people live in one place … the Denver region!

There are seemingly thousands of television channels out there, but when it comes to sports, the focus locally is on the four major affiliates, three local sport-specific cable network channels and the largest cable provider in the area:

• KUSA, NBC affiliate
• KMGH, ABC affiliate
• KCNC, CBS affiliate
• KDVR, FOX affiliate
• Comcast
• Altitude Sports & Entertainment
• Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain
• Root

In addition to TV, the Denver radio DMA ranks 22nd in the U.S. Clear Channel, Entercom, CBS and Lincoln Financial Media are four national conglomerates that dominate the Denver radio market, with Clear Channel owning eight stations.

Print-wise, Denver has one compelling daily newspapers. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, The Denver Post the 15th largest daily paper with daily circulation of 324,970, and is the nation’s ninth largest Sunday newspaper, with average circulation of 519,838