Denver's independent source of local news and culture. Michael Roberts August 23, AM. Visit NBCNews. Join the Westword community and help support independent local journalism in Denver. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. Support Us Denver's independent source of local news and culture. Longtime 9News morning personality Kyle Dyer has announced that she's leaving the station on September 7 after twenty years on the job, joining what by now is a sizable crowd of venerable talents to have exited from Denver's perpetual news-ratings leader in recent years.
Those who've left include entertainment reporter Kirk Montgomery , sportscaster Susie Wargin , evening anchor Mark Koebrich and, most recently, self-described business boy Gregg Moss. The reasons for these departures have differed, but they've all taken place during a period when traditional media, including TV stations, are facing more competition than ever from digital-age news, information and entertainment purveyors, resulting in the sort of revenue struggles that can make high-salaried veterans vulnerable.
Viewers seldom learn definitively whether old favorites jumped or were pushed, but they're certainly leaving local outlets across the country at a quickening pace — and they tend to be replaced by fresh faces with more manageable contracts.
Dyer, for her part, was a major reason that 9News's morning news block became an audience juggernaut — one of the most popular and successful programs of its type in the U. Her warm personality and easy rapport with cast-mates such as Gary Shapiro, who remains on the program, made the show the equivalent of comfort food for early risers in Denver and beyond. Support the independent voice of Denver and help keep the future of Westword free. Support Us. Keep Westword Free. Since we started Westword , it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we'd like to keep it that way.
With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism. You can help by participating in our "I Support" program, allowing us to keep offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food and culture with no paywalls. Moving here. I knew nobody. Meeting my husband and getting married here.
After 22 years, all my life is here. Most of my projects are nonprofits, and I often fall in love with them. I was always a people person. I loved writing and talking and talking. And people seemed to like and share those stories on line.
I found I was more excited about the people I was meeting than the headlines. I finished working at 9News on a Wednesday and started my storytelling business on that Thursday. I am good because I listen to people. I have a conversation and when people feel listened to, it generates more conversation. I help people tell more than what they do, I help people discover why they do what they do and then tell that story.
I love the connection and that makes the story better. I appreciate every story with as much passion as the next. I keep in touch with most of my subjects still.
I feel that every person I do a story on impacts me in some way. Storytelling is so much more than the written word. It is artists, singers, dancers and painters like my mom. Everybody is a storyteller. The sky is the limit. Every business has a story. The family ranch that has been around for generations has a story. The store on the corner has a story. I want to tell them all. It spreads the good and the bad everywhere.
You can tell people get connected to the story. Even friends on Facebook share their stories and get connective information out.
Storytelling will always be there and connect it. You speak often about the dog attack. What is the strongest lesson you took away from that event? There were many. Yes, I learned a lesson not to get too close to an unknown dog.
But more than that, I was forced to not talk and forced to listen and reflect. Then when I was able to talk, and people listened to my story, I felt so connected. And in some ways, I learned to slow down. I knew this community very well and I have felt connected. Channel 9 was such a great family for me.
They really embraced me, as did Colorado. Now I want to generate news to build community. People know my work and style as well and trust me and that helps. My first day on the air was the day Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were driven to the federal courthouse.
And my last day, was so special because I felt so loved. Love what you do, and then get connected with your community. Get to know the heart of the people around you. Go to coffee shops and gyms and charities. I like to watch all channels. You have to be careful what you hear and you have to tell the other side.
I can filter a lot of things out, especially now that I am out of the news room.
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