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KREX, KFQX Set to Restore Signals in Wake of Blaze
Hoak Media Corp. is optimistic it is about to restore the local signals of CBS-affiliated KREX-TV and Fox-affiliated KFQX-TV in Grand Junction, Colo., little more than a week after a Jan. 20 fire burned the stations' studios, but not their transmitter, to the ground.
"We're cobbling together a plan of attack to get us not only on the air but operating and providing news and weather services," Hoak Media President Eric Van den Branden said late last week.
Hoak owns KREX and operates KFQX for Parker Broadcasting under a local management agreement,
The duopoly's news operation had moved into technical and office space leased from the public broadcasting station KRMJ-TV and Western Colorado Community College. Station vendors had begun delivering replacement equipment within days, an appreciative Mr. Van den Branden said.
"We're beginning to find out exactly what it is that we have and what it is that we need and to piece that equipment back together in temporary facilities next to our tower," he said. Hoak had given permission for cable and satellite operators in Grand Junction...