Longtime home of Rocky Mountain PBS demolished on Bannock Street

Known for colorful murals, meandering hallways and the infamous Mrs. Bird, Bannock—as it was often referred to by Rocky Mountain Public Media staff—was full of television history. Rock Mountain PBS moved into Bannock in 1992. Before that, it was the original home of 9News (KUSA). Channel 9 started broadcasting from Bannock in the early 1950s, back when the station's call letters were KBTV and it broadcasted a mixture of local news, ABC and CBS programming (photos below).

Demolition crews told Rocky Mountain PBS the project of tearing down the building would take about three weeks. One of the workers said Bannock, with its layers and layers of walls, was one of the oddest-built buildings they’d have ever worked on.

But the workers probably don’t know many of the building's little-known secrets. For example: deep in the basement, a massive walk-in safe dates back to the building's use as a Packard car dealership. And, in one of the conference rooms, a large mirror above a fire place conceals a secret storage space that is rumored to have held the previous tenant's libations.