KUSA-TV, 9NEWS
Freddi Solano is an accomplished professional in media sales and enablement, currently serving as an Account Executive at KUSA-TV, 9NEWS since October 2024. Prior experience includes a significant tenure at TEGNA from February 2010 to October 2024, where Freddi held multiple roles including Sales Enablement Manager, responsible for launching TEGNA’s inaugural SDR Academy, and developing sales enablement strategies across 64 stations. Freddi also excelled as an Operations Analyst, leading the design of sales dashboards using Tableau and Salesforce. Earlier career highlights include programming for Gannett Broadcasting and reporting for Clear Channel Radio across multiple markets. Freddi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications with an emphasis in Media Studies from Colorado State University.
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KUSA-TV, 9NEWS
On October 12th 1952 KBTV Channel 9 began broadcasting a mixture of ABC and CBS network programs as well as local news and other programming, the beginning of a legacy that continues well into a new century. After initially sharing programming from a variety of networks, Channel 9 became an ABC affiliate for more than 40 years until switching to our current NBC partnership in 1995. Channel 9’s call letters changed from KBTV to KUSA in 1984. Max Goldberg is widely considered the “father” of Channel 9 for organizing the original group of investors and lobbying for an FCC license, the key ingredient for all radio and television broadcasters. In 1955, John Mullins bought the station, which he owned until his death in 1969. In 1971, a company called Combined Communications Corporation bought the station, making it part of a group that would eventually merge with Gannett, one of the largest media companies in the country. In 2015, Gannett spun its publishing properties from its broadcast and digital properties, making 9NEWS a part of TEGNA Media, which remains one of the country’s largest, most geographically diverse broadcasters. In the beginning, Channel 9 was merely a single TV channel. Today, we broadcast programming on KUSA Channel 9 as well as KTVD Channel 20 (since 2006) and digital channels 9.2 (24 hour weather programming) and 20.2 (Me TV). In addition, 9NEWS is now very much 9NEWS.com. Launched in the 1990s and now a vital news source for Coloradoans that updates news, weather and sports 24 hours a day. Our community efforts have defined 9NEWS for decades. Programs like the 9Health Fair, 9Cares Colorado Shares, 9Who Care and 9Teachers Who Care are all aimed at making our community better, stronger and healthier. The story of 9NEWS is an evolution of people and technology. Film to videotape. Black and white to color. Analog to digital. But one thing that hasn’t changed since 1952 is our commitment to bring Colorado the best programming possible.