{"id":657057,"date":"2026-04-01T17:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657057\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:23:18","slug":"rockies-home-opener-to-air-on-9news-and-ktvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657057\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies home opener to air on 9NEWS and KTVD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Rockies&#8217; home opener will air for free on 9NEWS and KTVD, marking a return of MLB to local TV in Colorado, with ten games broadcast in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>DENVER \u2014 The Colorado Rockies&#8217; home opener on Friday at Coors Field against the Philadelphia Phillies will air for free on 9NEWS and KTVD.<\/p>\n<p>9NEWS will be covering the Rockies&#8217; home opener live from Coors Field on Friday from 4:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. First pitch is at 2:10 p.m. on 9NEWS.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2026 season, the Rockies and 9NEWS will continue their partnership that brings Major League Baseball back to local television in Colorado. Ten Rockies games to be broadcast on KTVD Channel 20. Five of the games will also simulcast on 9NEWS KUSA.<\/p>\n<p>Those living in the Denver metro and surrounding areas of Colorado will be able to watch the Rockies games on 9NEWS and KTVD for free over-the-air with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/entertainment\/television\/ktvd-tv-station-denver\/73-de3d843d-b890-4c21-abe1-07907e7187fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">digital antenna, as well as on Xfinity, DirectTV, Dish Network, Fubo, and DirectTV Stream.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHow to watch the Rockies&#8217; 2026 home openerFriday, April 3                    <\/p>\n<p>Live from Coors Field in DenverTV: 9NEWS and KTVD in Colorado9NEWS coverage: 4:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.Rockies pregame coverage: 1:45 p.m.Phillies vs. Rockies first pitch: 2:10 p.m.\u00a0                    <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bf31d64b-a67e-4ac2-b832-bee92ce5721c_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nColorado Rockies games on 9NEWS and KTVD                    <\/p>\n<p>Friday, April 3: Philadelphia Phillies9NEWS and KTVD Channel 20Friday, April 17: Los Angeles DodgersFriday, May 29: San Francisco Giants9NEWS and KTVD Channel 20Friday, June 5: Milwaukee BrewersFriday, June 19: Pittsburgh Pirates9NEWS and KTVD Channel 20Friday, July 3: San Francisco GiantsFriday, July 17: Cincinnati Reds9NEWS and KTVD Channel 20Saturday, Aug. 1: Kansas City Royals9NEWS and KTVD Channel 20Friday, Aug. 21: Cleveland GuardiansFriday, Sept. 18: Seattle Mariners                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHow to watch Colorado Rockies on KTVD                    <\/p>\n<p>KTVD channel 20.1 free over-the-air with an antennaXfinity channel 5 or 657DirecTV channel 20Dish Network channel 20<a href=\"http:\/\/article\/about-us\/ktvd-directv-stream-nuggets-avalanche\/73-1b4f2382-a795-4a6f-aa58-1002f35c79d6\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/article\/about-us\/ktvd-directv-stream-nuggets-avalanche\/73-1b4f2382-a795-4a6f-aa58-1002f35c79d6\">DirecTV Stream<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/article\/tech\/personal-tech\/ktvd-fubo-tegna-agreement-nuggets-avalanche\/73-fa1c747e-d752-4acc-926d-a56278066e58\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/article\/tech\/personal-tech\/ktvd-fubo-tegna-agreement-nuggets-avalanche\/73-fa1c747e-d752-4acc-926d-a56278066e58\">Fubo<\/a>\u00a0                    <\/p>\n<p>For information on how to watch all of the Rockies games, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/rockies\/schedule\/programming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Rockies.com\/watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c354dc45-1c41-467b-8039-27f9f4181feb_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Rockies&#8217; home opener will air for free on 9NEWS and KTVD, marking a return of MLB&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2405],"tags":[5,167,52,4316,4,168],"class_list":{"0":"post-657057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-rockies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-rockies","11":"tag-coloradorockies","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-rockies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116330615269022656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}