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. A lot of people here, they worked side-by-side with him on elections and breaking stories and severe weather," Pimentel said. Each weeknight at 10, Steve guarantees tomorrows high temperature. "Larry is a respected journalist. How America's largest local TV owner turned its news anchors into soldiers in Trump's war on the media: https://t.co/iLVtKRQycL pic.twitter.com/dMdSGellH3. 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. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) is investigating the third deadly crash this past week. Lee left for Boston a few years later. Conners says now that he would have liked to have given more context to viewers, but was told he couldn't edit or add to the statement given to him to read on the air. He's pictured ca. Former NBC Nightly News weekend anchor John Seigenthaler Jr. was once a reporter and anchor at KOMO-TV. Lauren is the Chief Investigative Reporter for KMOV. 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. Brenden has covered the Cardinals for KMOV.com since 2016. St. Louis Firefighters confirm one person died in a fire last night on Greer Avenue in the Greater Ville neighborhood. That first meeting was so bad, in fact, Smith returned a short time later to offer, not an apology so much as an explanation. 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He now serves as Supervisor of Videography. Was KOMO just bullied into airing right-wing rhetoric? One person has life threatening injuries after being shot at a St. Peters Schnucks Friday night. Stephanie Boyd, the mother of Bryanna Dentman-Johnson, now lives with an unimaginable pain. During May, prime-time programming finales on the networks -- KOMO is the area's ABC affiliate -- have the potential of boosting ratings for late-evening newscasts. He's pictured in 2002. (In 2006, Eric's Little Heroes was discontinued, until strong viewer support brought the feature back in early 2008). Dan Greenwald is a Digital Content Producer for KMOV. Two Missouri State Representatives have filed two bills to try to seek answers for people who are victims of hazardous and atomic bomb waste in St. Louis and St. Charles Counties. Also pictured are the Lockes' children Emily, left, and Dylan. "This stinks to high heaven," said John Sandifer, executive director of the Seattle local of AFTRA. None of it. The Justice Department has launched a criminal probe into IRS practices, saying it is looking into potential civil rights violations, and the controversy has been the subject of pointed questioning in Congressional hearings. Kathi Goertzen (April 30, 1958 - August 13, 2012) was a longtime co- news anchor of Seattle ABC affiliate KOMO-TV along with Dan Lewis (the 6PM edition) and also the 5PM edition with Eric Johnson. Staff have chafed at the new ownership while also understanding the weak job prospects of a dwindling media landscape. Connable lived with Type I diabetes his entire life and carried an insulin pump with him 24 hours a day. Maurice Drummond co-anchors News 4 This Morning alongside Claire Kellett. St. Louis County Parks hosted a Black History Month expo on Saturday. Employees reached an agreement for a new contract in mid-March, but station management has not signed off on it. 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. The entire KOMO staff filed into a spare studio to see their new bosses sitting in a row, confirming some fears: They were all white men, save for the HR director, who was a white woman. After the demise of KSTW newscasts, Christine Chen joined KCPQ (Q13) in 1999, where she anchored the news until 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. Come one, come all! His career began in radio in Chicago, Illinois after graduating from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It's easy to be accused of fearmongering regarding crime, but Seattle residents might have good reason to be concerned for their safety. 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"I don't know if this is it for me," she said. Linda Cohn was a KIRO-TV reporter and sports anchor before heading to ESPN, where shes worked on SportsCenter since 1992. He is now retired. One employee said KOMO staff started to call its competitor station, Q13, "KOMO North" because so many of their colleagues started working there after leaving. Two barges carrying large amounts of anhydrous ammonia broke free north of Lock and Dam 25 near Winfield, Missouri, Friday evening. Nearly six months after KOMO/4 management fired three veteran reporters, one of them is seeking her day in court. Alexis Zotos is an award-winning reporter who was born and raised in St. Louis. Cast of Ritter's sitcom handles his death with grace and Washington State beats Washington 93-84 for 6th straight win, Ridgway charged in deaths of 3 more Green River victims, No spanks: Sue Bird cancels bet with radio host. ", "Kathi Goertzen dies after long battle with brain tumors", "Dan Lewis announces plans to step away from KOMO anchor desk", "Dan Lewis and daughter share interest in fundraising", "Sports Anchor Tim Lewis Leaving Spokane to Join His Dad at Seattle's KOMO", "Dan Lewis, Tim Lewis share anchor desk for first time", "Winds of change for weather guy Andy Wappler", Bio page for Dan Lewis at KOMO-TV's website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Lewis_(newsreader)&oldid=1114806945, news reporting, breaking news, puns, golf, This page was last edited on 8 October 2022, at 10:39. Joyce Taylor is a well-known face in Seattle TV news. But Conners has been taking hits recently at KMOV, which replaced him in late April with former sportscasterSteve Savard(alongsideSharon Reed) on the marquee 10 p.m. newscast. As one door closes, someone from another station walks in, as they say. Alongside his co-anchor and reporter Kathi Goertzen, weather forecaster Steve Pool and sports reporter Eric Johnson, they were the third longest-running tenure out of any anchor team in the United States west of the Mississippi River. He and Zepeda said they do not know if their union-related actions had anything to do with their dismissals. Newsrooms usually beef up their coverage and extend their resources to maximum capacity. Johnson currently anchors the 5 p.m. newscast with Molly Shen, and the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Mary Nam after his colleague Dan Lewis stepped away from the anchor desk after 27 years in May 2014. Its unfortunate that another story like this has surfaced. We trekked to Teneriffe Falls in North Bend! 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Others have claimed that Choe was already ready to depart KOMO at the time of the video, and recapped the white nationalist rally with the Well Have Our Home Again score as an implicitly flippant curtain call with the media company. Bryan Kennedy is a sports reporter for KMOV. A left-wing media outlet used a union-backed poll to push a union-backed piece of legislation to push you into offering support. A pilot program will use cameras. . Annie has worked at various news outlets in Washington, D.C., including covering the 2020 and 2022 election cycles for C-SPAN. KOMO and Don McCune also produced the "Exploration Northwest" documentary series, which explored many of the places and people of the Pacific Northwest. The former Louisiana, Missouri police chief, William Jones, is out of jail. Early life . A member of the Nez Perce Tribe, Kauffman was the first ever Native American to broadcast on national news. Cable host says he won't have conservative commentator on his show again. Peter Alexander jumped to NBC News after working at KCPQ, aka Q13. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will end mask requirements in hospitals beginning April 3rd. After multiple surgeries for aggressive recurring meningiomas, Goertzen died on August 13, 2012. He married Kerry Brock, another KOMO News anchor and reporter in 1992, left the station and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Russell Kinsaul is a reporter for News 4 at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. Evidence of that past reporting as Choe explains in a recent blog post include his filming of Antifa protests throwing Molotov cocktails at the East Precinct in 2020 as well as simply trying to show whats happening in reference to Proud Boys rallies. A 13-year-old girl was accidentally shot by a younger sibling on Saturday. You keep doing your thing and well leave you alone,he said. Former staff are sympathetic to those who still work at KOMO, largely rejecting the quit or be cast as a stooge binary. He moved to KTVI (Channel 2) to become an anchor in 1979, and then rejoined KMOV as an anchor in 1986. Joshua is a Digital Content Producer for KMOV who has a love of sports. Conners came to St. Louis in 1976 as an investigative reporter for KMOV. Chief Meteorologist Steve Templeton forecasts the weather for News 4 every weekday evening from 4 to 10. He was 54. Eric Johnson is an American television weeknight news anchor for KOMO 4 in Seattle, Washington. In July 1996, Bruce King retired from KOMO-TV after a career spanning more than 30 years, and in his retirement, he named Eric Johnson as the new sports director for all weeknight editions of KOMO News 4. Subscribe with this special offer to keep reading, (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Swanson is pictured in 2002. His last broadcast was April 22, 2016. Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor. Mr. McCune was known to thousands of Seattle-area children who came to know him in the role of "Captain Puget", hosting a children's entertainment program. His first day on air there was Sept. 11, 2001. Freed from a KMOV gag-order Wednesday, Conners said his statements on Facebook were simply questions about the possibility of an Internal Revenue Service vendetta in the wake of national stories about the agency. In 2002, Lewis and several other KOMO-TV staff members made cameo appearances in the movie Life or Something Like It, which starred Angelina Jolie and Edward Burns. He's pictured anchoring a KING broadcast in 1978; you can watch the video here. AFTRA union to investigate abrupt dismissals, By MELANIE MCFARLAND, P-I TELEVISION CRITIC.