As regional media market grows, NoCo communities come together

Northern Colorado continues to come into its own as a media market.

This publication, launched in October 1995, was among the first to realize that seemingly disparate communities in Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland and elsewhere in Larimer and Weld counties were coalescing into a regional force: Northern Colorado.

That regional approach to media coverage is gaining momentum. KGWN Channel 5, a Cheyenne-based television station, is targeting the Northern Colorado market, with a deal to be carried on US Cable in the region, supplementing its over-the-air broadcasts. It even includes a nightly Northern Colorado newscast. (The station continues its efforts to appear on…