The following weeknight at 6, he announces the results. Gaard Swanson was KIRO 7's sports director from 2002 to 2011, before leaving for an evening anchor job in Orlando. After multiple surgeries for aggressive recurring meningiomas, Goertzen died on August 13, 2012. Former KOMO News anchor Bill Brubaker, who spent over two decades at the station as one of the main on-air talent, died this weekend. Seattle City Council member Jim Compton answers a question during a press conference on Dec. 14, 2005 about his resignation from council. Lewis anchored the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news with Kathi Goertzen (2007-2008), and with Mary Nam (2008-2014). But the corporate executives failed in that first meeting. Like Gauntt before them, staff tried to bury the piece during the 3:30 p.m. broadcast and several began speaking to other media outlets. He never worked for a local TV station, but, then again, they didn't exist when he started out in 1937. Our work was an excellent product.. Cory anchors News 4 at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weeknights. It wasn't until Donald Trump that viewers had ever wondered who Sinclair was. In 2009, former KIRO 7 news anchor Susan Hutchison, pictured in blue, ran for King County Executive and lost to Dow Constantine. Former Louisiana, Mo. Self - Anchor (1982-1985) unknown episodes . "Larry is a respected journalist. Miller and her husband are pictured on June 5, 2014 in Hollywood. The Columbian black-tail deer has become a habitat threat, creating ideal conditions for invasive plants and forest fires. Jessica Grib nearly died giving birth to her daughter, almost becoming a statistic impacting hundreds of women every year. Veteran newsman alleges age, race and other discrimination. He is now retired. ABC News correspondent David Kerley worked for KIRO and KING before making the leap. Meanwhile, a $3.9 billion sale of Tribune Media, which owns Q13, to Sinclair is still pending. " she said. Many employees left feeling, What have we done? hursday offered a fresh start for a Perryville husband and father of four as hes finally able to hear his family fully for the first time. Hattie Kauffman is another famous national journalist with Seattle roots. In spite of the abrupt dismissal, Furia refuses to say anything negative about his former employers, saying he still respects his good friends working there. They somehow say, Fired anchor seems set to sue over dismissal, The headline "Conners is fired from KMOV" (May 23) should be an eye opener to every older person who works for a firm for a long time. Dozens of special tax districts and non-profits are paying close attention to the conversations in Jefferson City surrounding the future of the personal property tax. Stuff started to circulate, stories about Sinclair and how they had handled things,said another longtime senior staff member. He started his career in Lynchburg, Virginia in 2010, and joined NBC12 in 2013. Kent Ehrhardt delivers weekday weathercasts on News 4 This Morning. Washington Democrats are trying to force employers to hire or retain potheads with new legislation. Larry Conners officially replaced in 10 p.m. newscast. Having acquired SeattlePI news partner KOMO-TV in 2013, Sinclair is also working. She's pictured circa 1990. He rose to fame after anchoring CNN's coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, his first first on-air broadcast ever for the network. Conners' Facebook implication that he may have been targeted by the IRS came as political controversy swirled around the agency's targeting of conservative groups that were applying for nonprofit status. Comedian John Oliver ran a scathing segment on the company. In addition to anchoring sports on Saturdays, Brooke serves as a sports reporter during the week while also contributing with news reporting. But for those in TV, it was already well known. The man police say is responsible for the shooting death of a co-worker and wounding a Dupo police officer had a lengthy criminal history spanning more than 20 years. Then the purchase happened in Spring of 2013, days after the conference. "I kept asking, 'Why, why, why?' Matt is part of the First Alert Weather Team. It unnecessarily meddles in the employment practices. Compton died in March of 2014. In that interview, Conners questioned Obama's travel expenditures. A 15-year-old girl died after being shot in the Gravois Park neighborhood on Tuesday night. Hamann, photographed at Fort Lawton, authored "On American Soil," an investigation into the lynching of an Italian prisoner of war at the base during World War II. She was called into the station general manager's office from her Edmonds home on what was supposed to be her day off. December 2 is her final day at KOMO tv and her next stop is duty at FOX 13 KCPQ. Current NBC reporter John Larson was a reporter at KOMO-TV from 1989 to 1994, winning several Emmy Awards. But during the conference in Las Vegas, chatter spread that there was a bidding war going on for the station. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip). Everyone knew the station was for sale, but there had been some hope it would go unsold, as it had once before. A 13-year-old girl was accidentally shot by a younger sibling on Saturday. You have permission to edit this article. Shortly after the purchase was approved, Sinclairexecutive chairman David Smith got on a plane from the headquarters in Maryland, along with a team of about 13 of the companys most senior members. Emily is an investigative journalist with a background in several forms of media and an MBA in business management. KOMO 4 News (TV Series 1953- ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Russell Kinsaul is a reporter for News 4 at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. Brown began teaching journalism around 2007. It appears to be an open legal question on whether the city can ever stop a recreational facility from coming in, at least until November 2024 when voters could decide to ban them. Follow Levi on Twitter at twitter.com/levipulk. Brubaker's daughter . (Photo by Houston Chronicle). Stephanie Boyd, the mother of Bryanna Dentman-Johnson, now lives with an unimaginable pain. They added more newscasts, but not reporters. They also phased in more automation, a move other outlets had already embraced fully, but which nonetheless frustrated the stations veterans. He and Dennis Bounds were longtime anchors who left at around the same time in 2016. Conners came to St. Louis in 1976 as an investigative reporter for KMOV. Mark Wright is another longtime familiar Seattle face. He married Kerry Brock, another KOMO News anchor and reporter in 1992, left the station and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Meteorologist/reporter, Abby Acone jumps into the fray at FOX 13. A left-wing media outlet used a union-backed poll to push a union-backed piece of legislation to push you into offering support. Sinclair, more than any other media conglomerate, was seen as a departure from the local connection KOMO was so proud of. GSBA, Comcast, and other partners are working to address disparities in access to financial resources with the Ready for Business fund. SNC/FSN sold its cable news rights to CNN after a year, and Furness moved on to CNN briefly, and then began working for Boeing Aerospace as the Public Relations Director for the Air and Space Division. He said he had worked out a monthly payment plan that began in the summer of 2011. Mapes enjoyed a notable tenure there, which ended abruptly in 2005 after drawing criticism for a story positing that President George W. Bush's may have joined the National Guard to avoid fighting in the Vietnam War. Come one, come all! More research is being done around a link between Down syndrome and Alzheimers. Please, don't friend or follow this columnist; he knows social media can bite. Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor. He also played baseball at WSU as a pitcher (he says with very limited success). Media attention focused on Conners' Facebook post. Former KMOV anchor will host 9-12 night shift on KTRS. Leah joined the First Alert Weather Team as the weekend morning meteorologist. He moved to KTVI (Channel 2) to become an anchor in 1979, and then rejoined KMOV as an anchor in 1986. Around 8 a.m., ISP Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 6 was requested by the Washington Park Police Department to investigate a reported shooting in the 1200 block of N. 49th Street. Here's Linda Cohn in 1990, when she was a sports anchor and reporter for the KIRO 7. Former KMOV anchors apparently are not pals. From 1987 to 1989, he served in the same capacity at Spokane's KREM 2, then he moved to sister station KGW 8 in Portland, Oregon, where he remained until 1993. 2011--KMOV news anchor Larry Conners and his wife, Janet, on the red carpet at the Peabody Opera House re-opening. Many are contemplating a career change., Others have wondered if there will be some resistance to Sinclair. His program on KING, "The Compton Report," helped make him a household name. Station looking into Conners' Facebook post claiming IRS "pressure" followed interview of Obama. "The current IRS controversy is of serious importance for journalists to report," Pimentel said. [3], On May 21, 2014, Lewis retired from the anchor desk, but he will return from time to time for special projects.[4]. Former Church Insider 1 episode Catharyn Campbell . He was 85. Peter Alexander jumped to NBC News after working at KCPQ, aka Q13. Former staff are sympathetic to those who still work at KOMO, largely rejecting the quit or be cast as a stooge binary. Amid a national outcry over Sinclair Broadcasting and its mandate to insert conservative talking points on local TV news, several journalists at KOMO News . Even after the IRS notified him it was cancelling the payment plan, Conners continued to make a monthly payment. But others say their day-to-day wasnt influenced. Hutchison is pictured in 2001. The suspect accused of shooting an officer and killing a person Sunday afternoon in Dupo has died, authorities confirmed to News 4 Monday. Medicare open enrollment is here and SHIBA can help! Doug Vaughn returned home to St Louis in 1988 to join KMOV as sports anchor and reporter. Former KMOV anchor will host 9-12 night shift on KTRS. His reports included stories on a severe snowstorm that struck Washington State in 1996. Sinclair Broadcasting has arrived in a big way, bringing a hard-right slant to left-leaning Seattle's airwaves. The Florissant Parks & Recreation hosted a glow in the dark pickleball tournament Saturday. You keep doing your thing and well leave you alone,he said. "I thought I was being a good employee, so I held my tongue," he said. Shoshana Stahl is a multimedia journalist with KMOV. Its unfortunate that another story like this has surfaced. Current and former KOMO employees, who requested anonymity for fear of retribution,speak with pride about their station, especially in the pre-Sinclair days. He's pictured in 1997. There were also the layoffsin October2013, which corporate made Gauntt carry out, often with tears in her eyes, say some staff. An exterior shot of KOMO News in Seattle, which is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting. Former Seahawk Kenny Mayne is best known for his work at ESPN. KING5's Jeff Renner is another longtime, popular TV journalist. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The four victims who died in an early Sunday morning accident in Midtown St. Louis were identified by police Tuesday. In the coming months, as some staff contracts expire, several former staff members predicted more people would begin leaving the station. KMOV anchor fired because of Facebook post about Obama/IRS flap. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has issued a subpoena for Mayor Tishaura Jones and Comptroller Darlene Green following an ongoing case against Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. St. Louis County Parks hosted a Black History Month expo on Saturday. Becky Bell, a Supply Chain Analyst for Boeing, was grocery shopping with her daughter at her local Fred Meyer on Sunday, Feb. 5. Connable, 39, took the air in October as weekend anchor and reporter for KOMO. Was KOMO just bullied into airing right-wing rhetoric? "I didn't want them to come back and say I wasn't paying," he said. Glenn Beck was born and raised in Washington, but got his start elsewhere. His last broadcast was April 22, 2016. Hattie Kauffman speaks at Elliott Bay Books on Dec. 8, 2013 about her book, "Falling Into Place," a memoir of overcoming an impoverished childhood. "You will not see me supporting your business and I find it intriguing you think that crime is just in Tacoma, said a Tacoma Councilmember. Swanson is pictured in 2002. This is a learning opportunity. He has been encouraged to write "personal observations of news events" and decided to write a Facebook post about his IRS problems, he said. Deion Broxton As crime increases, our safety measures must too, GSBA is closing the disparity gap with Ready for Business Fund. There was a problem saving your notification. In his 25 years at KOMO, Eric has been awarded more than 25 Regional Emmy Awards, and in 2007, he was given the highest prize in local television news, a National Edward R. Murrow Award for best feature story in the country. Molly Martinez rejoined Gray Television in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist in the Washington News Bureau. Keith Jackson, now retired after a long career with ABC Sports, had his start at KOMO in the 1950s. Among the layoffs, the KOMO librarian, a woman known for her ability to dig up both archival footage and documents to push stories forward. Goals: Work in network television and internationally. KOMO TV anchor Joel Connable has died of a suspected diabetic seizure just days after moving to Seattle to resume his TV career. Annie has worked at various news outlets in Washington, D.C., including covering the 2020 and 2022 election cycles for C-SPAN. What she has planned is unknown at this time. Eric Johnson is an American television weeknight news anchor for KOMO 4 in Seattle, Washington. Reporter Tracy Vedder sued in September2017 for age discrimination. Conners maintains he did not consider that the IRS could be exacting some vendetta because of the Obama interview until after national stories about the IRS broke. Here's why, Human Elements: Reviving Indigenous methods of habitat restoration, How life changed at KOMO when Sinclair came to Seattle, Kirkland vigil marks one year of war in Ukraine, Pacific Science Center plans to transform its iconic pools, Oh deer: Thriving herds are overcrowding the San Juan Islands, Sign up for the Crosscut Weekly newsletter, This WA bill could make it easier and safer to change your name, WA's government transparency committee is ready to call it quits, WA lawmakers work to keep public records from the public again, At Seattle Opera, A Thousand Splendid Suns burns brightly, ArtSEA: Comedy, dance and bankruptcy, now showing on Seattle stages, Seattle's Third Avenue Project takes a new approach to old problems, Some farmers question WA state's plan to pay workers overtime, Seattle has a Green Lake-sized hole in its tree canopy, study shows, Planting the seeds for Washington's forest restoration efforts, As crypto mines aim for climate action, critics call greenwashing. Because if you actually listened to the video, you can hear car horns, the pattern of feet, I was weaving in and out of this march, and you could hear this music blasting from a speaker. Every Sunday morning, Crosscut's weekly email sums up the best stories of the week. She went on to work for CBS in a variety of capacities. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Anybody but Sinclair: Issues with the controlling owners are nothing new for KOMO journalists. It would cost $10-15 million to renovate it. Reporters frequently come and go at local news operations, but firing three in one stroke during May is unusual. The worst I had seen.. The answer may not come as much of a surprise. In September, 1995, longtime KOMO sports director Bruce King retired from broadcasting the eleven o'clock evening sportscasts, leading the way for Eric Johnson to assume the role of KOMO sports director. He's not exactly a local TV personality -- he got his start doing political work for Sen. Maria Cantwell -- but readers seem pretty proud of him. Aaron Brown reported for KING and KIRO before moving to ABC News and then CNN. Bill Strothman, a longtime KOMO photojournalist, was killed when a KOMO news helicopter crashed near Seattle Center, March 18, 2014 . He's pictured in 1990. Brendan Cullerton joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist after spending four years covering state, local, and federal politics for the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee. (Cohn is pictured on May 28, 2014, at the Paley Prize Gala in New York City). Connable, who hailed from Long Island, New York, was also a former private pilot and paramedic. In September a lien was placed on their Clayton home. Kyle Rogers is the News Director for 'Local News Live'. Former KOMO 4 news anchor, Dan Lewis, has turned to photography since his retirement. The ambitious Brickline Greenway project is set to connect St. Louis City from the north to the south and the east to the west, and design elements are taking shape. Resources were tight, made even more lean by management hoping to appeal to potential suitors. Former KOMO News reporter Jonathan Choe admits that he made a series of mistakes that led up to his termination from the Sinclair-owned media company, but he hopes second chances and the. When they cut jobs and automate production, it frees up temporary cash so they can then over-leverage their content farms,said one former reporter. The state is looking for assistance to close that gap through a summer food service program. Lee left for Boston a few years later. Amid growing questions about how cases are being handled at the St. Louis Circuit Attorneys Office, a woman fears her sexual assault case slipped through the cracks letting her accused attacker off the hook. Mona Lee Locke was a reporter for KIN/5 in the early '90s before marrying Gary Locke and quitting her job to join his successful campaign for Washington governor. Bier on the Pier takes place on October 7th and 8th and features local ciders, food trucks and live music - not to mention the beautiful views of the Guemes Channel and backdrop of downtown Anacortes. Bruce King was a long time sportscaster with KOMO-TV for 31 years, starting in 1968 and retiring in 1999. Conners, 66, spent 37 years in St. Louis televisionthe last 27 as an anchor at KMOVand won numerous local Emmy Awards. Early life . "I thought they were happy with my work, and I had no reason to believe otherwise. Paris spent the last seven years at KOMO. When Steves forecast is within 4 degrees of the actual high, KMOV awards $50 to our 4 Degree charity of the month. Cable host says he won't have conservative commentator on his show again. We trekked to Teneriffe Falls in North Bend! We were left with the dismay of, these people have no clue about Seattle, they have no clue about the size of the market, they have no clue about what we do here,said the former senior staff member. Margaret Larson worked at KIRO 7, Dateline NBC, the Today show, and as an evening news anchor for KING 5 from 1999 to 2002. An execution-style shooting captured on camera by witnesses in downtown St. Louis is going viral. Dan Lewis (born December 19, 1949)[2] is a former long-time co-anchor and reporter for KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington. A letter from KING 5's John Sharify, former KOMO reporter. News Director Holly Gauntt declined to comment beyond saying the station does not discuss personnel issues. He and Zepeda said they do not know if their union-related actions had anything to do with their dismissals. He's pictured in 1976. Joce is a national investigative reporter focused on accountability reporting on the KING anchor Dennis Bounds, pictured early in his career. St. Louis, Missouri breaking and local news updates from KMOV News 4. Breaking news reporters Kevin Reece and Joe Furia and North Puget Sound reporter April Zepeda were let go without warning and, curiously, in the middle of the May ratings-sweep period. Wappler died in 2010. Larry Conners seeks a judge's ruling on whether he can seek other broadcasting work in St. Louis. At this time, no. In the statement,Conners appears to back off his initial claim of IRS interference and reveals that his problems with the IRS date to 2008, something he didn't say in the Facebook post. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. She's now a regular contributor on FOX News. Former KIRO meteorologist Harry Wappler, left, is pictured with former KIRO anchors Susan Hutchison and Gary Justice in 1990. 2023 Bonneville International. Sinclair wanted KOMO staff to fall in line with its broader pay and vacation policies, which were far less flexible and generous than what employees had grown used to under Fisher. Meanwhile, Sinclairs relationship with the broadcasters and photographers unions were strained, with contract negotiations dragging out for years. One of the buildings, a historic mansion, was built in 1903. Samantha Jones anchors News 4 weeknights at 4, 5, 6 and 10. Self - Anchor (1982-1986) unknown episodes Tritia Toyota . Tuesday morning a group rallied around St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on the steps of the Circuit Court House downtown. Scotty is an investigative photojournalist based in Washington DC. In a contentious vote last year, the photographers union eventually agreed to a new contract for fear of losing their jobs permanently. He married Kerry Brock, another KOMO News anchor and reporter in 1992, left the station and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. former broadcaster at KAMT/Tacoma, KRPM FM/Tacoma, KJUN/Puyallup, KASY/Auburn, KTAC AM/Tacoma, KBRD FM/Tacoma, KMTT FM . Upon retirement, many look forward to traveling, spending time with loved ones and exploring new hobbies. "I'm only asking that question. President and CEO Colleen Brown arrived in 2005 and named Jim Clayton, a former executive with Fox's New York owned-and-operated station, vice president and general manager in July 2006. Following first a CNN report on the mandate and then a viral video, showing hundreds of anchors speaking the same words, suddenly the reporters were the villains. Choe admits that it was a mistake to present the video without context such that his video could be interpreted as a tacit endorsement of the Proud Boys messaging and rhetoric latent in the song. Aaron Brown is pictured on Oct. 9, 2001 on the CNN anchor desk. She's pictured in 1999. In the second half of 2006, Johnson began anchoring the news for the first time. In fact, managers were using the line to calm a nervous staff. Reporter Steve Osunsami of ABC News was a reporter with KOMO-TV in the mid 1990s. "To be fair, I should disclose that my issues with the IRS preceded that interview (with Obama) by several years," Conners said in the statement. Anchor Mary Nam tweeted at President Trump, When media giants gobble up local news stations, there are repercussions.According to one person at KOMO, she joked with colleagues: Well, it was nice working with you all., Actually, this isn't funny at all. Former KOMO television and radio news anchor Eric Slocum has died at 54. He is also co-host and co-producer of News 4 Great Day. Others reportedly share the same worry that the connection will impact their day-to-day work. Check out the gallery above for a look at some of the local television talent that has "gone national.". One person was shot in a confrontation between a motorist and two pedestrians, police said. All Rights Reserved. Photo by Jon Gitchoff. Priscilla Huff is the Managing Editor for the Washington, DC Bureau.