Zappolo, Adams hired to beef up 9News newscast

April 16, 2014

Is Denver ratings war leader 9News afraid of losing its longtime No. 1 ranking?

Channel 9 has hired former Fox 31 news anchor Ron Zappolo and ex-Rocky Mountain News sports columnist Sam Adams for an “experiment” in a segment of its newscast, The Denver Post reported.

Zappolo retired a year ago after five years in the anchor chair at Fox 31 and stints as a sports anchor for KCNC-Channel 4 and then 9News.

According to The Post story,  Zappolo and Adams (now a comedian who has worked for several Denver TV stations) to talk sports within the weekend newscast.

Sam Adams, above, and Ron Zappolo.

Ron Zappolo, above, and Sam Adams.

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