KJCT News 8

What KJCT News 8 does

KJCT News 8 is a local broadcast television station licensed to Grand Junction, Colorado, serving the Western Slope region including Mesa County, Montrose, and surrounding communities. The station is owned and operated by Scripps Media, Inc., a subsidiary of the publicly traded E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), and operates within the Gray Television digital ecosystem for infrastructure, including CDN services via gray-kjct-prod.gtv-cdn.com and digital advertising sales through Gray Digital Media (gdmgrandjunction.com). Established in 1984, KJCT delivers local news, weather, and sports content across multiple distribution channels: over-the-air broadcast, a live streaming platform at kjct8.com, dedicated iOS and Android mobile applications, and a CW13 network affiliation.

The station's core product portfolio centers on three content franchises: First Alert Weather (featuring interactive radar, 7-day forecasts, weather cameras, and wildfire risk assessments), KJCT News (covering breaking news, state, national, international, and political reporting), and KJCT Sports (highlighting Colorado Mesa University athletics, local high school sports via Friday Night Blitz, and professional team coverage). Technology infrastructure includes NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) broadcasting capabilities, a livestream platform, and push-notification-enabled mobile applications.

KJCT generates revenue primarily through advertising, monetizing both traditional broadcast spot commercials and sponsored segments (such as 'Ask the Doc') plus digital marketing services sold to local businesses through the Gray Digital Media partnership. The station does not employ subscription or paywall monetization; all broadcast and digital content is free to viewers. Customer segments are predominantly the Western Colorado geographic community for content consumption, with Mesa County government and emergency services functioning as institutional stakeholders for emergency alerting and disaster coverage.

Name

KJCT News 8

Legal name

Scripps Media, Inc.

Website

https://kjct8.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KJCT News 8 is a local broadcast television station in Grand Junction, Colorado, owned by Scripps Media, delivering news, weather, and sports content across broadcast, streaming, and mobile platforms to Western Colorado viewers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Television Broadcasting

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612), Television Broadcasting Stations (516120), Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations (5161)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Local News & Weather Stations (MPABACAJ)

Keywords

• Local television news
• Weather forecasting
• Sports broadcasting
• Breaking news coverage
• Community broadcasting

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Junction

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Television Advertising: Local broadcast advertising including spot commercials, sponsored segments, and branded content across news, weather, and sports programming
2. Digital Advertising Services: Digital marketing services through Gray Digital Media partnership targeting local businesses with online advertising solutions

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

KJCT News 8 is a local television broadcast station serving Grand Junction, Colorado, and the surrounding Western Colorado region. The station delivers local, state, national, and international news, comprehensive weather forecasting under the First Alert Weather brand, and sports coverage including Colorado Rockies, Colorado Mesa University athletics, high school sports, and the JUCO World Series. Content is distributed via over-the-air broadcast, website livestream, mobile apps, and CW network affiliation, with revenue generated primarily from advertising.

Product overview

KJCT News 8 is a local television news station serving Grand Junction, Colorado. The station operates as a unified broadcast and digital platform offering news, weather, and sports content through its main broadcast channel, live streaming services, and mobile applications. The core product portfolio includes the main news broadcast, the First Alert Weather service with comprehensive forecasting tools (7-day forecasts, radar, weather cameras), and sports coverage featuring local high school and college sports. The station distributes content across its primary broadcast, live streaming platform, mobile apps for iOS and Android, and a video gallery archive. The station is part of the Gray Television broadcast network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• KJCT News Coverage Local, state, national, and international news reporting covering politics, crime, community events, and breaking news stories for viewers in the Grand Junction area and Western Colorado.
• First Alert Weather Weather forecasting and alerting service providing 7-day forecasts, radar maps, weather cameras, road conditions, river levels, and wildfire risk assessments for Western Colorado.
• KJCT Sports Coverage Sports broadcasting including local high school sports (Friday Night Blitz), Colorado Mesa University sports, professional sports coverage, and Athlete of the Week features.
• KJCT News 8 Live Streaming Live video streaming service broadcasting local news, weather, and sports content in real-time to viewers in Grand Junction, CO and surrounding areas via the station website.
• KJCT News 8 Mobile Apps Dedicated mobile applications for iOS and Android devices enabling on-the-go access to news, weather alerts, and live video content for viewers in Western Colorado.
• Video Gallery On-demand video archive featuring news clips, Daybreak Extra segments, and Weather Extra video content accessible via the station website.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gray Digital MediacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerDigital advertising services partnership providing online marketing solutions for local businesses. The station's digital marketing operations are managed through Gray Digital Media's platform (gdmgrandjunction.com).
• YourCWTV.com (CW13)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork affiliation partnership providing CW broadcast content through thecwtv.com/partners/grandjunction/. Expands reach to CW network viewers in Grand Junction area.
• American Red CrossminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoverage partner during emergency situations. Station reported on Red Cross opening evacuation centers during Snyder Fire, with Red Cross providing emergency shelter services to evacuees.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• KKCO 11 News: Direct in-market competitor operating from the same Grand Junction broadcast market. KKCO is an NBC affiliate covering Western Colorado news, weather, and sports — competing head-to-head with KJCT for the same local audience and regional advertising budgets.
• KREX-TV: Long-established Grand Junction television station and direct in-market competitor to KJCT. KREX provides overlapping local news, weather, and sports coverage of the Western Slope, splitting audience share and advertiser dollars in the same DMA.
• KATC (Lafayette, Louisiana): ABC-affiliated local television station serving a similarly-sized mid-market, comparable in audience scale, product mix, and reliance on local weather/sports to KJCT's Grand Junction operation.

Regional players

• KOAA 5 (Pueblo / Colorado Springs): Regional Colorado television station serving the southern Front Range. Comparable to KJCT as a mid-sized Colorado market local broadcaster with similar news/weather/sports product mix and digital/app distribution, though operating in a different geographic market.
• KKTV 11 News (Colorado Springs): CBS-affiliated local television station in southern Colorado. Comparable in operating model — local news, weather, digital streaming, and mobile apps — to KJCT, providing a useful benchmark for mid-sized Colorado market broadcast economics.

Broad incumbents

• 9News KUSA (Denver): Denver-market powerhouse and Tegna-owned NBC affiliate that competes for regional Colorado advertising and digital audience against KJCT's Western Slope coverage. While much larger, KUSA is the primary source of statewide news for KJCT's audience and competes for ad budgets in adjacent markets.
• WPTV (West Palm Beach): Scripps-owned NBC affiliate in Florida that shares corporate parentage with KJCT. WPTV serves as a portfolio benchmark for Scripps' larger-market station operations, digital infrastructure, and ad-sales approach applicable to KJCT's market.
• WFTS (Tampa): Scripps-owned ABC affiliate in Tampa Bay, comparable as a peer Scripps station with similar NextGen TV and digital product portfolio. Provides portfolio benchmark for station-level economics and product strategy relevant to KJCT.
• Sinclair Broadcast Group: Largest U.S. owner of local television stations and direct corporate competitor to Gray Media/Scripps. Comparable as a portfolio operator of local broadcast stations with overlapping technology, ad-sales, and content syndication strategies.
• Nexstar Media Group: Largest U.S. television station operator and corporate peer to Gray Media. Comparable as a peer broadcast group with similar local-station operating model, national ad-sales scale, and digital distribution strategy relevant to KJCT's parent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KJCTNews8
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCY8jgIH6yD1l0c5i1LVe1PQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/KJCT8
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kjct-news-8
• Instagraminstagram.com/kjct8
• TikToktiktok.com/@kjct8

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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