KREG-TV channel 3 in Glenwood Springs. KREZ had made several attempts at regional news programs over its 30 years as a semi-satellite of KREX. Eventually, the cost of supplying a microwave link to Durango plus the relatively small revenue base led to the sale of KREZ in 1995. It is now a satellite of Albuquerque, New Mexico's KRQE. KREG had previously operated as standalone independent station KCWS for five months in 1984; after going dark for two years, it returned to the air as a satellite of KREX in 1987. In 2017, following the merger of Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Media General, KREG, which is considered to be within the Denver television market, was spun off to Marquee Broadcasting, then to Weigel Broadcasting in early 2020. Translators In addition to KREY, KREX is seen on a series of low-power translators in western Colorado: References External links CBS network affiliates Laff (TV network) affiliates Bounce TV affiliates Grit (TV network) affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1954 1954 establishments in Colorado REX-TV Nexstar Media Group