Bowman frequently discussed the jet stream while drawing large arcs over a map of the continental United States. The Big News was also known for its meteorologist, Ed Bowman (known as Weatherman Bowman), who came to KWGN from KOA-TV-AM. The final segment of the newscast was titled 'Speak Out' and was often devoted to phone calls from viewers. In the late 1960s up until 1975, The Big News had two regular commentators to provide news analysis, George Salem and Gene Amole. If a major national story occurred, anchor Ron Voigt would read the wire copy while the camera would show black-and-white wire photos supplied by the Associated Press. Titled The Big News, the program was heavy on local news because filmed national and international news reports were not available during that period to stations that lacked a network affiliation to provide news feeds. In 1966, the newscast expanded to one hour – becoming the longest newscast in the Denver market in terms of runtime at that point. newscast, which debuted shortly after the station signed on, remained a constant through several ownership changes. Unlike most Tribune-owned stations that produce local newscasts, KWGN does not air any locally-produced news programming on weekend evenings or weekend mornings.Ĭhannel 2 was the first station in Denver with a locally-produced nightly primetime newscast. KWGN-TV currently broadcasts a total of 25 hours of locally-produced newscasts each week (with five hours every weekday).

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