Ron Zappolo to return in KUSA 9News “experiment”

[Colorado Media Newsroom]

From The Denver Post:


Ron Zappolo, 2013, photo by Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post

9News has hired a big-name Denver anchor, and long-time competitor, out of retirement. Ron Zappolo, who “retired” temporarily last year, will return to TV and to his first love, sports, as a KUSA weekend sports conversationalist. Not an anchor, not a reporter, but a well-known presence injecting a personal style into watercooler stories involving sports.

He’ll be paired with Sam Adams, Denver comedian and sportswriter (for the Rocky Mountain News), to talk sports as a segment within the newscast.

KUSA President and General Manager Mark Cornetta calls the move an “experiment,” as a way to inject talk about sports, sometimes in a debate style, in the weekend newscast. “As with anything, if it is good, there is the possibility it could expand,” Cornetta said.

Zappolo left Fox31 last April with the intention of “reinventing myself one more time.” Zappolo had been considered Denver’s premiere sports anchor in previous stints at Channels 4 and 9, before taking a chance on becoming a news anchor for Channel 31.


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I knew RON couldn't stay retired from the TV scene, he loves being on TV and he loves being on the air apparently! I am glad to have read this, and i look forward to watching this experiment.
Good for Mark for also thinking outside of the box and trying something new.