THE KUVO STUDIO AND STAFF
KUVO's headquarters were located in a predominantly African American area north of downtown Denver in the five Points Media Center, a newly refurbished building owned by the Piton Foundation The mayor's office of economic development TCL and the Boettcher Foundation had contributed over $2.6 million for renovations the building was occupied by three public media concerns: Kuvo KBDI Channel 12 television (a Corporation for public Broadcasting affiliate) and Denver Community Access Television a cable studio where community members could produce shows for public broadcast All three organizations provided internship programs to university students The center's executive director Jeff Hirota explained that the center's mission was to use media as a means of positive social change .....where we (can) help women and minorities get jobs in the (media) industry......Our contribution is to give them hands-on experience in broadcast media