28, 2023 at 9:07 AM PDT. 2. "Some days, theres a ton going on and you might be on set for 12, 14, 16 hours; some days are shorter when youre on set and youre only in one scene, maybe youre in and out pretty quickly," he said. It has dominated the market for as long has records have been kept. We know Roger was so proud of them. Amanda Lanum - 13 News This Morning and Midday in Kansas (noon cast) Chris Fisher - 13 News This Morning and Midday in Kansas (noon cast) Sarah Plake - weekend anchor; reports during weekdays. Lemon was fired after anchoring the show on Monday. As for his most memorable moment covering sports, J.B. says it has to be following KU's run to the 2008 national championship. Since June 2015, just as the Decades network officially launched, Kurtis serves as the lead host of Through the Decades, a daily news magazine that covers historical events from that particular day since the advent of television. By Kevin Eck on Aug. 26, 2022 - 10:21 AM. Hipp has been a WIBW-TV news anchor for 30 years, more than 40% of the nearly 69 years the station been on the air. The game can also be seen on the shelf of a hobby store in the episode "Cock Magic" (2014). I came back for a football game last fall. She joined the Gray Television in January 2022 as a producer. former wibw anchors Kelsie Passolt joined the 10/11 NOW news team in July of 2021 as an evening anchor for the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts. Anchor 5,6,10 Monday-Friday Anchor / Reporter WIBW-TV Apr 2007 - Oct 2009 2 years 7 months. Kurtis also contributed a spoken-word introduction to The Dandy Warhols' 2005 album Odditorium or Warlords of Mars. Daniela is a bilingual investigative producer for InvestigateTV. He criticized network management for not breaking the news to him in person, but CNN disputed that in a dueling tweet. All rights reserved. Oliver will join Melissa Brunner on September 19 when Hipp retires . Anchors. His reporting, along with Ron Yates of the Chicago Tribune, helped persuade President Gerald Ford to pardon her in 1977. I did hundreds of stories on people from 8 to 80 in all kinds of sports and all types of genders who were very successful at what they did," Ewing said. From the bright lights of the 13 NEWS studio to Hollywood, a former WIBW-TV sports director left Topeka to pursue a new passion. in the United States Navy Reserve (Chicago, 19661969).[3]. In September, she was hired as a full-time news producer. Final Red Couch show with Ralph tomorrow afternoon before Melissa is officially the new host!! J.B. Bauersfeld worked at WIBW from 2004 to 2014. The station's studios are located on Commerce Place (next to the interchange of I-70, I-470, US 40, US 75 and K-4) in west-southwestern Topeka, and its transmitter is located on Windy Hill Road in Maple Hill . http://cjonline.com/stories/021409/loc_387794849.shtml, https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101346622&formid=346&fac_num=63160, Query the FCC's TV station database for WIBW-TV, Local television stations in the United States, Local television stations in the state of Kansas, Local television stations in Topeka, Kansas, Television stations broadcasting on channel 13, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Back in May, FTVLive was the FIRST to tell you that KWWL (Waterloo) Weekend Anchor Dani Miskell was arrested on domestic assault charges. It broadcasts a digital signal on VHF channel 13 and its digital translator on UHF channel 44. One viewer commented, "Your ridiculous decision to fire Jared Cerullo, when he apologized. Denver, CO Born October 8 Joined September 2012. Kurtis' co-hosts are reporters Kerry Sayers and Ellee Pai Hong. 132 Following. Rogers favorite interview was getting to talk with Mears in 1990. Lamb worked at WIBW from 1993 to 1997 as a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor. In May 2009, she landed a position as a main anchor, joining the 13 News This Morning team of Dave Johnson and meteorologist Drew Switzer. Contact Ralph, search articles and Tweets, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place. Both operating frequencies are transmitted in Maple Hill. On several occasions starting in 2009, Kurtis appeared on NPR's news quiz show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!, filling in for regular announcer Carl Kasell. Full Profile. "I was working with the best.. Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 3:30 PM PDT TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A former WIBW-TV news anchor is coming home to replace long-time anchorman Ralph Hipp, who is retiring September 2. It resulted in the most sweeping changes to the Illinois penal system in its history. As described in the book, Kurtis gave the keynote address and told a joke: "What's the hardest part about having AIDS? Working alongside President Reagan, they presided over the end of the Soviet Union in the late 80s. 13 News Anchor says goodbye after 10 years, Suspect leads officials on early-morning chase through 6 Kansas counties, Charges remain pending for turkey poachers who violated Kansas, Nebraska laws, Trial against KHP set to begin for alleged unlawful detainment of drivers, Washburn football player receives NFL mini-camp invite, Seaman Show Choir to perform alongside popular 80s band, KU sorority student found deceased in bed identified, Hop 2 It hosts sock drive to make a difference. NEW YORK (AP) CNNs Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins paid a brief tribute Tuesday to their former CNN This Morning co-host,Don Lemon, who was fired from the network the day before. Miami News Anchors Dies Found Dead Death | NBC Fox CBS Reporter, Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB, Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Boyfriend / Engagement. Likes. What happened to Mike Marusarz and Rhiannon Ally? Melissa Brunner - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 p.m. Ralph Hipp - weeknights at 4, 6, 9, and 10 p.m. Amanda Lanum - weekday mornings and noon (also reporter), Drew Switzer (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekday mornings and noon, Rob Peppers (AMS Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; fill-in. Our hearts are heavy losing a great friend. Every single one of us have a funny story or special memory with Roger. While in law school he worked part-time at WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kansas. He also anchored three CBS Reports: The Plane That Fell from the Sky, The Golden Leaf, and The Gift of Life. Topeka is one of the very few markets to carry Jeopardy! WIBW TV 4 years Sports Director Jan 2020 - Jun 20222 years 6 months Topeka, KS, United States Responsible for planning, assigning and executing WIBW-TV's local sports coverage Anchored and. As the only television station in town and one of the few radio stations left undamaged, WIBW became a communications hub for emergency operations. A 1972 report by Bill Kurtis, while a correspondent for CBS News in Los Angeles, was used as the introduction to Dr. Dre's album Compton. Melissa Brunner - weeknights: 13 News at 5, 6 and 10P. And to me thats the big thing about WIBW-TV that separates it from the rest. "I was working with the best. 10 talking about this. The Shrine of Christ's Passion, an interactive half-mile winding pathway of 40 life-size bronze statues depicting the Stations of the Cross that opened in June 2008, features a description of each scene and a short meditation recorded by Kurtis. Both operating frequencies are transmitted in Maple Hill. She. Roger was 66 years old. "I had to live up to the expectations of those that were held by (voice of the Royals) Fred White and (voice of the Jayhawks) Max Falkenstein. "Its unbelievable the veins of alumni that branched out from WIBW across the country that I run into today and everybody speaks so highly of working at Channel 13," he said. On a sunny April evening in Manhattan, fans clad in purple stopped to shake hands with a man wearing red. all secondary ), married, and had two children. Scott Kurtis was known to have suffered from paranoid schizophrenia since his mid-teens. I knew I needed a change, but I was in denial," she said. Published: Apr. Kurtis is currently the scorekeeper/announcer for National Public Radio (NPR)'s news comedy/quiz show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!, as well as serving as the host of Through the Decades, a documentary-style news magazine seen on Decades. The protests against the Vietnam War dominated the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which Kurtis covered. This service ended on January 2, 2009. We just love her! At 7:00p.m., while on the air, a tornado was sighted by WIBW cameraman Ed Rutherford southwest of the city. After passing the Kansas bar examination and accepting a job with a Wichita, Kansas law firm, Kurtis discussed his options with Harry Colmery and Bob McClure of Colmery and Russell and decided not to pursue a career in law. "Going out in what I called the Lamb Chopper; getting in the 13 helicopter and flying all over northeast Kansas from Salina to Hiawatha to B and B Baileyville and Manhattan and just everywhere in between and landing and seeing how the crowds would get so excited to see Channel 13 show up and covering those high school football games - that is still something Im passionate about today," he said. In 1982, Kurtis joined Diane Sawyer on The CBS Morning News, the network broadcast from New York City. a former Associated Press journalist who retired . Rhiannon and Mike were my families favorite. 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"I was an intern in 1986 for Ron Paradis, the sports director, and was there for 10 years doing off and on bits for radio and television and then being the Voice of the Wildcats and jumped completely to the radio side but my first 10 years were with the television side and loved every minute of it," Sharpe recalls of his time in Topeka broadcasting. [11][12] He married his partner of 40 years, former Chicago TV news producer Donna La Pietra, on December 13, 2017. One dates to WIBW-AM's roots as a station in Logansport, Indiana. He had funny stories. Bill Kurtis (born William Horton Kuretich; September 21, 1940), is an American television journalist, television producer, narrator, and news anchor. [10], Kurtis and his wife, Helen, had two children, a daughter and a son. "I started out as a photographer and then I was the weekend sports anchor and sports reporter and then I was the sports director for six years," he recounts. Kurtis's father was a cousin of Frank Kurtis, who is in the Indianapolis 500 Hall of Fame. In the 10 years since she began working at WIBW-TV, Amanda met her husband Tanner (who is a former WIBW sports anchor! J.B. has found some success in his first years in L.A., particularly in commercial work. Owned by Gray Television, the station has studios at Southwest Commerce Place next to the I-70/I-470/U.S. Kurtis's wife Helen died at age 36 of breast cancer on June 11, 1977, in Omaha, Nebraska. [13][14] La Pietra was a partner with Kurtis in his Kurtis Productions company. He replaced Kasell on a permanent basis on May 24, 2014. However, the "W/K" divide for call signs was not always the Mississippi River and Kansas was on the eastern side of the original call divide. Annie has worked at various news outlets in Washington, D.C., including covering the 2020 and 2022 election cycles for C-SPAN. He was the starting quarterback for the fictional Kentucky Buckets football team in a series of KFC ads. (on DT2), WIBW-DT2: Cox Cable 12 13 at 65: Former sports anchor still Sharpe on the call, Suspect leads officials on early-morning chase through 6 Kansas counties, Charges remain pending for turkey poachers who violated Kansas, Nebraska laws, Trial against KHP set to begin for alleged unlawful detainment of drivers, T-Mobile lays off more than 200 Sprint employees in Kansas. Roger started as a camera operator at our KTVH studios in Hutchinson in 1972. "Its better that were not in the same league," Sharpe laughed. You can watch a livestream of Roger's funeral service here. Speaking of the victim, who received a cut on his face, Clemens said it "looked like he was probably . My Network Topeka Ive been watching you on ABC News overnight and Im so amazed at your professionalism and reporting, its a fun news show to watch. As much as he appreciated those, it was the experiences he loved the most. Greg specializes in consumer investigations and stories exposing scams and rip-offs. Former WIBW Anchor Bill Curtis: There are also weather apps for your phone, local apps for weather in your town, television, and of course, you can stay tuned to kofo radio for all the latest updates on weather in our listening area. He also hosted American Justice, produced by Towers Productions. Known on-air asMy Network Topeka, it can also be seen on Cox channel 11. He's held a similar position at WDAF-Fox4 in Kansas City for nearly 17 years. The station carried programming from all four networks at the time but was a primary CBS affiliate. In the early 1980s, he anchored The CBS Morning News in New York City and became especially interested in investigative in-depth reports and documentaries. Updated: Apr. He covered the neighborhood fires that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and again when Robert F. Kennedy was shot. It is now a not-for-profit museum with their grandmother's one-room schoolhouse, a tiny post office from Wayside, Kansas, a homesteader's farmhouse, and attendant farm buildings. His favorite driver was Wichita native Rick Mears. CNNs Harlow, Collins pay tribute to fired colleague Lemon, Suspect leads officials on early-morning chase through 6 Kansas counties, Charges remain pending for turkey poachers who violated Kansas, Nebraska laws, Trial against KHP set to begin for alleged unlawful detainment of drivers, Police identify 2 suspects in Texarkana ball park shooting, 3 killed in Southern California small plane crash, Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84. WIBW-TV. Now, its not so bad. The station is also down a morning Anchor after Olivia Schmitt decided to leave the station and TV news completely. Jill is an investigative producer with decades of experience reporting on health, safety and corruption. Check the full bio for relationship details. Beginning on September 18, 2006, its second digital subchannel signed-on with programming from MyNetworkTV (a network launched by Fox parent News Corporation) and a secondary affiliation with Colours TV which was eventually dropped. We have not seen Rhiannon Alley and her husband on the 41 KSHB news for quite some time nowWhere are they? J.B. now lives in Los Angeles, where he's pursuing a different career in front of the camera - as an actor. Emily is an investigative journalist with a background in several forms of media and an MBA in business management. Kurtis and his sister, Jean Schodorf, inherited the historic site of the Little House on the Prairie as designated by the State of Kansas. Ewing, who served as WIBW's sports director from 1998 to 2008, worked many years producing local sports for Cox Communications and is now a financial adviser with Edward Jones in Manhattan. All of us who have sat in that chair over the years have realized that really we have to live up to those.". Syndicated programming on WIBW-DT2 includes: Scrubs, America's Funniest Home Videos, George Lopez, and The People's Court. At age 16, Kurtis began working as an announcer for KIND, a radio station in Independence. Tweets. WIBW-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Topeka, Kansas. With your moderator K McIntyre of KPR. Married. In his final days, Roger was still himself. In 1986, Kurtis hosted a four-part science series on PBS called The Miracle Planet as well as a four-part series in 1987 on the Central Intelligence Agency. "I thought I could manage it all, but no matter how I tried, I was always coming up short somewhere. A former WIBW-TV news anchor is coming home to replace long-time anchorman Ralph Hipp, who is retiring September 2. WIBW-TV was among the properties sold by the Stauffer family to Morris Communications on July 7, 1994. It was originally owned by the family of the late Senator Arthur Capper along with the Topeka Daily Capital and WIBW-AM 580. It wasn't an easy decision, because all those things are extremely important to me. He also covered the murder trials of Angela Davis and Juan Corona and the Pentagon Papers trial of Daniel Ellsberg. After Cindys retirement in 2016, Melissa Scheffler joined Roger on the anchor desk. "For the past two decades, I have considered WIS and the greater. 101-year old Holocaust survivors dies in Colorado, Ralph Hipp announces retirement after 30 years at WIBW. From the Red Couch Show today: don't forget you can Zoom chat with author Faye Kellerman, "The Hunt" tonight at 7 in Marvin Auditorium at Topeka Shawnee County Public Library enjoy! Where are Rhiannon and Mike? His last day will be Friday. He aired a report on WBBM-TV, Chicago, and produced a documentary for A&E Network that shocked the nation. We're getting reports former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev has died. Our priority is you, the viewer. Flo Jonic Providence, RI. TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A former WIBW-TV news anchor is coming home to replace long-time anchorman Ralph Hipp, who is retiring September 2. Roger was an avid (ok, truly fanatical) Indy Car fan and could recite details about specific races and drivers like no other. Stetson Miller joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in February 2023 as a multimedia journalist after working at WTOP, WJZ in Baltimore and WCBD in Charleston, SC. Man killed in Over-the-Rhine Shooting. Kurtis narrated nearly 1,000 documentaries, and Kurtis Productions produced nearly 500 documentaries for series like The New Explorers on PBS; Investigative Reports and Cold Case Files for the A&E; and Investigating History for the History Channel. Wake up with your favorite morning news team 7 days a week! Managing weekend anchor and producer General assignment reporter Education Western Kentucky University . [12], In 2005, Kurtis founded Tallgrass Beef Company, which raised and distributed grass-fed, hormone-free organic beef. On July 8, 2013, Kurtis was named the Voice of Illinois Tourism.[7]. Until we meet tons of KISSES to you from your Zeus N.E.P. The Friday night lights and the athletes who toiled outside the spotlight are tops in the minds of Mark Ewing and Jason Lamb as they recount their favorite moments covering sports at WIBW-TV. More:. There are two explanations for this anomaly. Although Topeka was originally part of the Kansas City market, the Cappers persuaded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make Topeka its own market. You can watch a livestream of Rogers funeral service here. NEW YORK (AP) CNN's Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins paid a brief tribute Tuesday to their former "CNN This Morning" co . 2014 - 2023 Marathi.TV - All Rights Reserved. 40/U.S. "I started out as a photographer and then I was the weekend sports anchor and sports reporter and then I was the sports director for six. However, area viewers did not have to worry about missing their favorite shows since the Kansas City stations all decently cover Topeka and started appearing on cable in the rest of the market in the 1960s. . 13 News (newscasts) Our KWCH family is thinking of Rogers wife, his children and grandchildren during this time. 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. Jamie Bittner joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in December 2021. See all of the 7 News reporters, anchors and meteorologists. A story Kurtis wrote for The New York Times Magazine was instrumental in obtaining special status for the children to enter the United States, where they live today.[6]. For CNBC, the company has produced nearly 100 episodes of American Greed. Jeopardy!, on the other hand, airs on rival ABC affiliate KTKA. 21 talking about this. Thank you and keep up the great job! "People who work here put an immense amount of passion into what they do," Ewing said. Digital: Kurtis hosted or produced a number of crime and news documentary shows, including Investigative Reports, American Justice, and Cold Case Files. After all, Greg Sharpe spent years as one of the Kansas State Wildcats biggest cheerleaders. Roger started as a camera operator at our. Jamie is InvestigateTV's managing editor. After a dramatic screening of the documentary in Washington, D.C., the Veterans Administration issued guidelines to diagnose and compensate those veterans affected by Agent Orange. Longtime KWCH anchor Roger Cornish died Wednesday. Longtime KWCH anchor Roger Cornish died Wednesday of liver disease. Longtime KWCH anchor Roger Cornish dies at 66. At the heart of it all, though, Sharpe credits his time at WIBW. Roger retired in 2018. WIBW is one of the few stations west of the Mississippi River whose call sign begins with the letter "W". WIBW-TV News Director Jon Janes announced Thursday that David Oliver will return to Northeast Kansas, where he will team up with Melissa Brunner, starting September 19. Joce is a national investigative reporter focused on accountability reporting on the Nicole Neuman joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2021. WIBW-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Gray Television. [1][2] But since the transition, some viewers in the urban areas are having difficulty receiving their signal over-the-air on channel 13. Those are sore spots at CNN,where network head Chris Lichthas been trying to get Republicans to set aside their suspicion of the network and appear for interviews. J.B. says his time at WIBW, where everyone has varied responsibilities and multi-tasks, prepared him well for a career where self-motivation is a necessity. Liz Lewin: The former WKBW-TV anchor-reporter, who left the station last summer to become the weekend morning anchor and reporter at WILX-TV in Lansing, Mich., is back in Buffalo. Simpson" and did a sketch for Jimmy Kimmel. WIBW, along with co-owned Wichita ABC affiliate KAKE-TV and Cox Communications, were one of two partners in "Kansas Now 22", a cable channel that aired throughout Kansas. David Oliver will replace the soon-to-be retired Ralph Hipp at WIBW in Topeka, Kansas. Those of us who worked with Roger will miss his witty comments and his talent for remembering dates and details. Harlow addressed the absence on Tuesday by reading a statement from Licht about Lemon. "Its a legacy station and and its something that Im super proud of - to say that I worked there," Lamb said. Mary Kristen was born in 1966, and Scott in 1970. Kaitlan and I are really proud of this show, she said. ABC (1953-1983) WIBW Anchor: Melissa Brunner WIBW Anchor: Jeremy Goodwin WIBW Meteorologist * Russ Ptacek WIBW Reporter * No longer with Network. Peter Zampa joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2015 as a multimedia journalist.

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