Lionel Bienvenu to host daily show, “The Now,” on KMGH

[Colorado Media Newsroom]

From The Denver Post:



Longtime 7News sports anchor Lionel Bienvenu will take on a new role as host of “The Now,” a 4 p.m. soft news hour in the works from the E.W. Scripps Company, owner of KMGH, in tandem with the local station. The soft launch is Monday; “Dr. Oz” moves to 3 p.m. in place of the cancelled Katie Couric hour.

The station has been in rehearsals as part of the wider project, with local content supplemented by a national news desk, based in Denver, providing inserts to Scripps stations.

Consider the addition part of the move toward what used to be called “news you can use,” or as they say in the biz now, “utilitarian content.” The fact that most of it is homemade, or within the corporate family, makes it much cheaper than a syndicated show like “Oz” or “Katie.”

Bienvenu, at 7News since 2001, would seem to be a versatile enough player for the new gig. He’s handled hosting duties before, notably on “Monday Night Live” with Broncos receiver Ed McCaffrey.



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