Some reporters became famous without long stints on the anchor desk. "This is not a happy day here. It wasnt until after Donald Trump was elected that what had been long-standing Sinclair practices drew public attention. Joe Holleman is a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 1994, he created a popular segment titled "Eric's Little Heroes", which focuses on the athletic plight of Seattle-area children in Little League games across the area, and is presented in an off-the-wall and humorous fashion. Pimentel said Conners' dismissal was necessary because his comments put the station in a difficult position when reporting on IRS stories. Volunteer to help people understand their Medicare options! Meteorologist/reporter, Abby Acone jumps into the fray at FOX 13. That clearly, obviously was not a pleasant experience for my management team, no doubt.. I put these photos on top of this video.. The point is that news and journalism is unbiased and fair and objective, andI think thats what the individuals at KOMO still strive to do,said the former senior staff member. His reports included stories on a severe snowstorm that struck Washington State in 1996. Mary Mapes, pictured above in 1999, worked for KIRO before moving on to CBS's "60 Minutes." [5][6] Tim is the only child to go into broadcasting school and he was formerly weekend sports anchor for KIMA 29 KEPR 19 in Yakima/Tri-Cities from 2004 to 2006. Were covering the extremes on either side. Eric Slocum, who was part of people's homes for years as a KOMO/4 reporter and anchor and who was a familiar voice to many on KOMO radio, died Saturday. If I could do it all over again, I would add more context, I would add more words, I dont know, maybe I dont do that video montage, Choe continued. 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. "And they just kept answering, 'We're reorganizing.' And when you get in the water, youre in the mud.. The answer may not come as much of a surprise. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) is investigating the third deadly crash this past week. He also played baseball at WSU as a pitcher (he says with very limited success). The complaint we knew was coming has arrived, and in it, Larry Conners makes clear he's not happy about how he was treated in recent years at KMOV. Dan Lothian worked at KING before joining heading to NBC News and CNN, where he served as a White House correspondent. Former KMOV anchors apparently are not pals. Who was competing was only speculation, but one manager at the time told a colleague, Anybody but Sinclair.. "I never said that's what happened, and I'm still not saying it," Conners said. After multiple surgeries for aggressive recurring meningiomas, Goertzen died on August 13, 2012. Subscribe to the podcast here. 1999. 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. "And we tried to work out a new payment plan, but the IRS wouldn't work with me.". "I kept asking, 'Why, why, why?' A lot of people here, they worked side-by-side with him on elections and breaking stories and severe weather," Pimentel said. Former KMOV anchor will host 9-12 night shift on KTRS. 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. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The SHIBA program part of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner is ready to help with your Medicare open enrollment decisions. Lee also works as an Evening News Anchor and Chief Investigative Reporter at WVUE. He said he had worked out a monthly payment plan that began in the summer of 2011. KOMO 4 News (TV Series 1953- ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. She sued the station for discrimination after the station replaced her with a younger Asian American woman. Seattle Times business reporter. It was seen as parroting the new president and disguised as a news segment. 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. He's pictured ca. [5] Tim was formerly also weekend sports anchor for KREM 2 in Spokane from September 2006 December 2008, then sports director from January 2009 May 2012, which Dan's co-worker Eric Johnson held from 1987 to 1989. Eric was born to Jack and Rachell Johnson and raised in the Spokane Valley. The IRS claims Conners and his wife, Janet L. Conners, owe more than $85,000 from 2008, 2009 and 2010. Of the three, only Zepeda was working under a contract that binds her to a non-compete clause, which could potentially bench her for several months before she can appear on another station's local newscast. 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. Reece, who was a weekend anchor for KSTW/11's newscast until it went dark in 1998, has been the face of KOMO's late-breaking news for most of his eight years with the station. Former KIRO 7 weatherman Harry Wappler is pictured in 2002, the year he retired from the station. Former Church Insider 1 episode Catharyn Campbell . Media attention focused on Conners' Facebook post. The four victims who died in an early Sunday morning accident in Midtown St. Louis were identified by police Tuesday. But its muddied waters now. With great sadness we write to tell you of the death of our son Joel. ". The Florissant Parks & Recreation hosted a glow in the dark pickleball tournament Saturday. December 2 is her final day at KOMO tv and her next stop is duty at FOX 13 KCPQ. "I'm blown away by it," said Furia, who has been with KOMO for more than a decade. She now anchors for WJLA in Washington, D.C. She's pictured in 2010. Aaron Brown reported for KING and KIRO before moving to ABC News and then CNN. police chief out on bond . Lewis anchored the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news with Kathi Goertzen (2007-2008), and with Mary Nam (2008-2014). Former KOMO reporter and anchor Emily Langlie, who worked at KOMO during much of the 1980s and 1990s, is the granddaughter of former Washington State governor Arthur B. Langlie. In the coming months, as some staff contracts expire, several former staff members predicted more people would begin leaving the station. Her 18-year-old daughter is dead after a tragic crash early Sunday morning. Seattle native Ari Melber hosts "The Beat with Ari Melber" on MSNBC. Wayne Cody is pictured in 1990, while broadcasting sports news on KIRO Radio. 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. Milt Furness worked at KOMO from 1967 until 1982, serving as the newsdesk manager, reporter, and anchoring the morning news (in the early 1970s) and the evening news (in the later 1970s and early 1980s). Listen to the Jason Rantz Show weekday afternoons from 3 6 p.m. on KTTH 770 AM (or HD Radio 97.3 FM HD-Channel 3). 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. He came to KOMO-TV in 1987 after working for two years as a co-anchor and reporter at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C.. Dan Greenwald is a Digital Content Producer for KMOV. Larry Conners said he has had a tax accountant prepare his statements for years and that he and his wife had paid taxes for 2008-2010, but the IRS disagreed with the Conners over some deductions. KMOV announced Conners' firing witha statement posted about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on its website. From May 2012 to June 2016, Tim was the weekend sports anchor/weekday reporter for KOMO-TV, which made him and his dad Dan the second father/son duo on the same TV station, after rival station KIRO-TV former chief meteorologists Harry and Andy Wappler, before Dan retired from the KOMO 4 anchor desk in May 2014. Current NBC reporter John Larson was a reporter at KOMO-TV from 1989 to 1994, winning several Emmy Awards. Seattle Times business reporter More than a dozen employees were laid off at KOMO-TV last week as part of national cuts at Sinclair, the broadcast giant that owns the Seattle station and others. 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. There were also the layoffsin October2013, which corporate made Gauntt carry out, often with tears in her eyes, say some staff. Lou Dobbs on Jan. 8, 2014 in New York City. Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor. When Steves forecast is within 4 degrees of the actual high, KMOV awards $50 to our 4 Degree charity of the month. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will end mask requirements in hospitals beginning April 3rd. We trekked to Teneriffe Falls in North Bend! Lake Washington Windows and Doors is a local window dealer offering the exclusive Leak Armor installation. The SHIBA program part of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner is ready to help with your Medicare open enrollment decisions. An effort is underway in Jefferson City to re-imagine policing across the St. Louis region. 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. He looks forward to continuing his growth as a broadcast journalist, working alongside some of our industrys best. One person was shot in a confrontation between a motorist and two pedestrians, police said. "Those lines might have been unintentionally crossed by my post," he said. Also laid off: the operations manager, who kept things running smoothly. He was 54. One person has life threatening injuries after being shot at a St. Peters Schnucks Friday night. Leslie Miller anchored the news at Q13 for six years, starting in 2004 (year of this photo). 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. Paris graduated Bellarmine Prep in Tacoma and Washington State University's Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. Chief Meteorologist Steve Templeton forecasts the weather for News 4 every weekday evening from 4 to 10. More than that, they were known as formulaic, unconcerned with the nuances of local markets. Dan has three children: Dan Jr., Kristian, and Tim. 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. One left shortly after the KOMO news helicopter crashed in 2014, killing two, a stark reminder of this persons own mortality. Amid a national outcry over Sinclair Broadcasting and its mandate to insert conservative talking points on local TV news, several journalists at KOMO News . Most famously, there was the swift-boat story, but there were editorials from a Sinclair executive, Mark Hyman, who liked calling college students snowflakes.. Born in North Carolina, Murrow was raised in Skagit County and graduated from Washington State University. Lauren is the Chief Investigative Reporter for KMOV. His son, Ian Furness, himself a former sports producer at KOMO TV, now hosts a sports radio program on KJR 950 AM in Seattle. One employee said KOMO staff started to call its competitor station, Q13, KOMO Northbecause so many of their colleagues started working there after leaving. Veteran newsman alleges age, race and other discrimination. her start at KING before landing a reporting job with Good Morning America. Nicole Neuman joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2021. She's pictured in Pakistan on Dec. 20, 2001. I want to continue to do the good journalism that is needed in this town, Choe added. But the must-runsthat have become so notorious in the last year pre-produced, heavily partisan content Sinclair stations are required to run were already well-known within the broadcast world. Former Seahawk Kenny Mayne is best known for his work at ESPN. A 13-year-old girl was accidentally shot by a younger sibling on Saturday. One comment to KMOV: Really? Conners, 66, spent 37 years in St. Louis televisionthe last 27 as an anchor at KMOVand won numerous local Emmy Awards. Julia Avery was born and raised in St. Charles, she is a die-hard Cardinals fan and loves reporting in her hometown. Conners concluded the statement by saying he respects the importance of journalists keeping personal issues separate from professional ones. References Larry Conners officially replaced in 10 p.m. newscast. She covered the Mariners, Seahawks and Sonics. Photo by Jon Gitchoff. Glenn Beck was born and raised in Washington, but got his start elsewhere. [4][7][8][9], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Dan Lewis looks back on season with White Sox as former batboy", "I had a great time hiking with my dad Dan Lewis News yesterday on his birthday. 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. failures of government agencies, product flaws and other transparency issues. Greg specializes in consumer investigations and stories exposing scams and rip-offs. She's pictured with former co-anchor Sam Shane. Among the layoffs, the KOMO librarian, a woman known for her ability to dig up both archival footage and documents to push stories forward. Kauffman anchored the news at KING5 in the early '80s, before moving to the ABC and CBS networks in the late '80s. Cory anchors News 4 at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weeknights. KMOV (Channel 4) firedLarry Connersafter a social-media controversy, prompting St. Louis' longest-tenured anchorman to defend his claim that IRS "pressure" followed his 2012 interview of President Barack Obama. Seattle Public Utilities has launched a new program aimed at curbing illegal dumping in the city. Sinclair, more than any other media conglomerate, was seen as a departure from the local connection KOMO was so proud of. AFTRA union to investigate abrupt dismissals, By MELANIE MCFARLAND, P-I TELEVISION CRITIC. "I thought they were happy with my work, and I had no reason to believe otherwise. Aaron Brown is pictured on Oct. 9, 2001 on the CNN anchor desk. Hours of rain Friday resulted in many streets in the Metro East flooded. The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set a June execution date for man convicted of killing two Missouri jailers during a botched attempt to free an inmate. His first day on air there was Sept. 11, 2001. Lee leads Gray Televisions National Investigative Team. A city in the Metro East is increasing efforts to rid the city of dilapidated properties. 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. Food, Drink, and Coastal Christmas Anacortes has it all. 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.