KUSA-TV, 9NEWS | 4,444 followers on LinkedIn. Dedicated to: Outstanding journalism. Making Colorado better. Sincere, authentic connection with our fellow Coloradans. | 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.