Contact [email protected] for further information. Of course, going outside was never without risk even in the roof garden especially when we were attacked by nesting crows who didn't like us around their babies, or maybe they just didn't like our forecasts. According to KING-TV, it is "Seattle's First HD Newscast". Former KING 5 News anchors Jean Enersen, Tony Ventrella, and Jeff Renner star in old KING 5 News commercials from the 1980s. It was a football game between West Seattle and Wenatchee high schools. He also served for 15 years as a forest service meteorologist stationed in the National Weather Service Office at NWAC, KING anchor Dennis Bounds, pictured early in his career. WATCH: Ventrella's favorite memories at KING. On KSTW's 10 p.m. news, Porter joins Larry Schick, former KING-TV weathercaster. I just want to do good work. And that filtered down to everybody in the department, Jones said. Northwest Cable News became the first regional outlet to provide live statewide caucus coverage in 2004. Deidra Dukes.

KING became only the 11th TV station in the United States and the only one west of the Mississippi and north of San Francisco. & GM Resigns Larry Nelson Steps Away From KOMO-AM Morning Show KCPQ Adds New Sports Reporter There Is Hope: More . WATCH: Charles Royer on interviewing for commentator position. In November 1985, KING broadcast the first live town hall between Seattle and the Soviet Union. Rebecca rejoined KING 5 in Seattle, Washington in the year 2019 where she served as a meteorologist for the NBC affiliate. Lori Matsukawa (born 1956) is an American television news journalist who spent thirty-six years as evening news anchor at KING 5, the NBC affiliate in Seattle, Washington.She has won two Emmys and numerous honors from regional and national organizations for her broadcasts, which have covered everything from the imprisonment of Japanese Americans in World War II to the Olympic Games in Salt . She is married to Jim Van Dillen a former News reporter. King Mike was created by Walt Disney in 1948. Founded by a woman with a fascination for technology, KING 5 broadcast its first program on Thanksgiving Day 1948. KING-TV was also the home for Watch This!, a fast-paced Emmy Award-winning show aimed at children and teenagers;[citation needed] the show lasted five years and was hosted by local anchors, Jim Dever and Mimi Gan. The family settled into its new neighborhood, which Grace says has a quiet, small-town feeldespite being 10 minutes from downtown. SEATTLE Former KING 5 news anchor Lori Matsukawa received one of Japan's highest honors on Wednesday. Author . Cram was asked to study up on weather but he decided to move on, sticking to things he loved, like skiing and cartooning. Almost Live a sketch-comedy show began a 15-year stretch in 1984, launching the careers of host John Keister, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and TV actor Joel McHale. Along the way, there were colorful personalities to help bring those events to viewers living rooms. [15][20] The former facilities were sold to Kilroy Realty for nearly $50 million, and were demolished during the summer of 2016, and would be replaced by mixed-use developments. She was an anchor for KING 5 News for several years after moving to Seattle. Viewers of Portlands KGW-TV newscasts may have noticed some new faces, some absent ones, and should be on the lookout for some other changes scheduled to begin this Saturday. Another tidbit: Two prominent Seattle anchors went to the New York market only to return to Seattle soon after. ", "Seattle change; TV start, FM switch set by KING.". Thank you for allowing me to come into your homes each day. [citation needed] For many years, the stations' logo was "King Mike", an anthropomorphized microphone in ermine robes and a crown, drawn by cartoonist Walt Disney[8][9][10] (its sister stations in Portland, Oregon, KGW-AM-FM-TV, used a similar logo, called "Pioneer Mike";[citation needed] the King Mike logo was later brought back for KING's 50th anniversary in 1998 and still appears in promotional announcements to this day). Lou Gellos covered some of the biggest names in Seattle sports in the 1980's, including Brian Bosworth, who once sued the NFL for the right to wear his college number 44 in the pros. There were fewer than 6,000 TV sets in the entire area, and the picture was grainy, but KING 5 founder Dorothy Frances Bullitt was excited about the possibilities. KING was the only TV station that had a live shot of the mountain 24 hours a day leading up to the eruption. Daniels started at Fox 13 from 2000 to 2003 before joining KING 5. The two were blessed with a little boy. KING 5, then KRSC, broadcast the game. Local News and Information for St. Louis, Missouri and surrounding areas. When Tony Ventrella took over in 1982, he spent the next decade redefining the role of sports director at KING. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Eyewitness News team of anchors John Marler and Gary Justice, meteorologist Harry Wappler and Wayne Cody (and later joined by Susan Hutchison) overtook KING-TV for supremacy in local news. "I think if they knew the history of Japanese in America, in they knew how many Japanese-Americans were incarcerated during World War II - made their way back in the face of huge discrimination and became successful citizens in their own right - I think the people of Japan would be so proud and so happy that Japanese have done so well," she added. It was very chancy, she reflected decades later, and I was very much afraid of it. Bob Cram cartooned for KING 5 in the 1960's and early 1970's. Hale blazed the weather cartooning trail for a decade accompanied by Ole Sol and Sammy Seagull, to name a few. Sadly, the same is true of Cram's on-air weather work. But nothing caused quite as much commotion as the live broadcast of Almost Live on April Fools Day 1989. Natures fury was constantly in the news, from the sinking of the Interstate 90 floating bridge on November 25, 1990 to the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually earthquake on February 28, 2001 to the horror of the Oso landslide that killed 43 people on March 22, 2014. Enersen was the first woman anchor in the country. Just another site. By Josh Kerns. The driver ran off and was chased and held by photojournalist Don Metcalf, Evening reporter Enrique Cerna, and KING Radio reporter Bob Parker until police arrived and cuffed him. On September 27, 1959, KING-TV became an exclusive NBC station and KOMO-TV affiliated with ABC full-time. A month later, Seattle's doyenne of local TV news - Jean Enersen - announced that she too was stepping down, after 42 years on KING/5's anchor desk. John Keister with Bill Nye the Science Guy.

KING 5 News (TV Series 1970 ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He worked for the station from December 2016 to December 2022. WATCH: A look back at KING 5 Morning News. Thirty-two years and cases of awards later, Evening continues to innovate. Today, the network is gone, but Evening remains. The big boys at NBC would borrow the lens when they needed it for their broadcasts. Share. Our hearts are heavy after the loss of one of our own Tim Morris has been an integral part of our news team. 1 dead, 1 in critical condition after shooting at Roxbury Lanes, suspect arrested, 4 of the teens who escaped Echo Glen Children's Center charged as adults, Starting today, Seattle will have 9 p.m. sunsets until mid-July, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington, Lori Matsukawa looks back on her groundbreaking 36 years at KING 5, State honors women who made history in Washington with new exhibit. And on February 18, 1983, 13 people were robbed and executed at the Wah Mee gambling club in Seattles Chinatown-International District. "It's really a terrific honor," she added. I'm also working alongside two former KING 5 co-workers and friends Alysse Bryson and Libby Sundgren. WATCH: Granddaughter of Dorothy F. Bullitt recalls KING 5's history. His daughter has only two of his weather cartoons. The program celebrated its silver anniversary throughout the 2011 season, while Black ended her "Evening" host run in November 2013. en.wikipedia.org Jordan Wilkerson is an American weather reporter and meteorologist. By 1981, the KING empire had expanded, owning four television stations, several radio stations from San Francisco to St. Louis, cable television stations in California and elsewhere, and its own Washington D.C. news bureau. She was acerbic, she was angry, and the print press really loved her. Seattles age-old top rated news anchor, Jean Enersen, is also a self-admitted lesbian. Produced by Jean Walkinshaw, one of the first female documentary producers in the Northwest, the show focused on the social changes rocking the city. She also anchored the morning news from 4:30 to 10 am. ", "KING 5 puts building up for sale as South Lake Union booms", "Gannett to buy TV station owner Belo for $1.5B", Gannett Completes Its Acquisition of Belo, "Separation of Gannett into two public companies completed | TEGNA", "Gannett to change name to TEGNA amid print unit spinoff", "KING 5 moving to Seattle's SoDo neighborhood", "KING Hits A Grand Slam At Home Plate Center", "Tegna pulls the plug on Northwest Cable News", "Inside Edition's local girl Megan Alexander", "TV Picks for Monday: 'New Year's at The Needle' on KING", "Seattle Seahawks And KING 5 Announce New Multi-Year Partnership", "New graphic look coming to KING 5 on Wednesday", "Gannett Stations Clean Up Their Graphics", "Dennis Bounds, Jeff Renner among KING 5 staffers taking retirement offers", "Ex-journalist says he asks tough questions", "Shot Fired Into Former Seattle News Anchor's Home", "Don Poier, 19512005: Voice of Grizzlies honed his skills in NW", Live Well Net Adds Two More Belo Stations, Congress postpones DTV transition, Seattle may not, http://www.king5.com/business/stories/NW_061209DTV-switchover-complete-JM.72d85dd1.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KING-TV&oldid=1156449557, Television channels and stations established in 1948, 1948 establishments in Washington (state), Articles with dead external links from December 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, All articles with bare URLs for citations, Articles with bare URLs for citations from March 2022, Articles with image file bare URLs for citations, Articles with dead external links from February 2020, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles using infobox television station, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2012, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2013, Articles needing additional references from May 2010, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 22 May 2023, at 22:37. Gary Ridgway, the so called Green River Killer, was convicted of murdering 49 women in the early 80s. #1. [1] The first broadcast on channel 5 was a live remote of a Thanksgiving Day high school football game the telecast was plagued with technical difficulties, but local viewers reported being impressed nonetheless. Breaking News, Latest News and Current News from FOXNews.com.

The writers decided to open the program with a fake news report that the Space Needle had fallen over. Deidra Dukes is a reporter and anchor for the weekend editions of FOX 5 News at 6 p.m., 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Four veteran members of the KING 5 newsroom, including anchor Dennis Bounds, and a number of other staffers have accepted voluntary retirement offers. News anchor Mike James covered the Republican National Convention in Dallas in 1984, where President Ronald Reagan was re-nominated for a second term. KSTW anchor Charles Johnson will move to weekends to make room for Porter. She's pictured in 1999. Our conversation aired today on @kuow. KINGs president at the time, Stimson Bullitt, stood firm that programming should be a community service. Seattle Reporter Leaving TV to Work for Amazon. Joyce Taylor. Her last day is Sunday, Oct. 30. Example video title will go here for this video. (Photo: Courtesy of Museum of History and Industry), The transmitter control room at KRSC television. [23][24], On January 6, 2017, NWCN was shut down due to declining viewership, the free online streaming of KING and KONG's newscasts, and the reluctance of local cable systems to pay more for the channel to keep it operating. and many former television meteorologists, have presented themselves in a variety of ways. After changes in her schedule last year, Danahey was laid off in September 2020. Host Margaret Larson, brings her experience as a former NBC News correspondent, Today Show news anchor and Dateline NBC reporter, back to KING 5. 0:02. He was the first advertising symbol for KING TV. Meet the anchors, reporters and meteorologists of KING5 in Seattle, Washington She has worked across a number of American states and currently works as a weather reporter at KING 5, in Seattle. And I am so grateful that KING TV has given that gift to me., WATCH: Our stories have to be 'bullet proof,' Frame says. It was able to prerecord and air live shows directly from computer hard drives. WATCH: The biggest news events KING covered. KING 5 News! went mute. Dec. 2011. During a helicopter tour days later, Renner saw their camp area had been totally destroyed. (Right) The KING 5 Weather birdhouse. KING-TV has been the official television partner of the Seattle Seahawks since 2022, airing preseason games and team-focused shows; previous stints with the team were held from 1981 to 2000 and again from 2004 to 2011 (sister station KONG carried Seahawks preseason games in 2003 and 2004). Matsukawa served as the president of the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington, a gathering place to share and promote Japanese and Japanese-American culture and heritage. She was a nerd when it came to technology, the younger Bullitt said. NBC moved a few months later to KOMO-TV (channel 4), which went on the air in December. KENS5.com is the official website for KENS-TV, your trusted source for breaking news, weather and sports in San Antonio, TX. Renner said the counterfeits were reportedly pretty good, though the cafeteria manager thought they looked suspicious. And as it marks its 70th anniversary, it continues to be Western Washingtons trailblazer and storyteller. Former KING-5 journalist Michelle Li, who is now an anchor at KSDK in St. Louis, was reporting a story about New Year's foods and added that she had eaten the soup for New Year's, because. New KING-5 morning traffic anchor KING-5 News Dept updates KING-5 meteorologist Ben Dery departs KING-5 announces Margaret Larson's departure date KING-5 News Director Cheryl Carson quits TEGNA Seattle . SEATTLE Two news anchors, a morning show host and a weatherperson walk into New Day's studio this isn't the beginning of a well-written joke, it's the line up for a riveting round of Seattle trivia! The station is also carried on several cable providers in southeastern Alaska and northwestern Oregon, as well as in the Yakima DMA cities of Cle Elum[50] and Ellensburg,[51] with NBC programming and some syndicated shows blacked out due to FCC regulations. [46] As the "analog nightlight" station for the SeattleTacoma market, it aired a loop reminding viewers to get a digital converter box on analog channel 5 until June 26, 2009. 325k. Born into a wealthy timber family in 1892, Dorothy Frances Bullitt would become the nations first female owner in the startup industry known as television. TV industry news and gossip site FT Live is reporting that WEWS morning news anchor Jackie Fernandez and weather anchor Somara Theodore were fired Former KING 5 reporter, Joe Fryer and Peter Alexander, formerly with KCPQ 13, join Kristen Welker on Black Friday at NBC's Today show. [21][22], The choice of a smaller location was in response to concerns that the large size of its previous facility inhibited collaboration. During Ambassador Koji Tomita's visit to Seattle, Lori Matsukawa received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays. So keep an eye on his social media for the next update. It moved to its current location on First Avenue South in Seattles SODO neighborhood in 2016. The same year we introduced the SchoolNet automated weather stations located at schools in neighborhoods where people live, not out at the few airports around the region. Cheering them on was KINGs charismatic president for 16 years, Ancil Payne. [12][13][14], Dissatisfied with Stimson Bullitt's management style, Dorothy Bullitt, and Mr. Bullitt's sisters, arranged for his voluntary resignation from King Broadcasting in 1972. As more residents began buying televisions, Bullitt realized local news was a community service with huge revenue potential. KING didnt ignore the thriving performing arts community. "This is a true honor and thrill for me because for the last several years, I've been really working hard to connect people in Japan and people in the United States on a person-to-person basis," Matsukawa told KING 5. It's a big jump up for KOMO. Both KING-TV and KONG served as official television broadcasters of the city's Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC from 2009 to 2013, in which KONG aired a weekly magazine program on Sunday nights during the season called Sounders FC Weekly, and was rebroadcast Mondays on sister cable channel Northwest Cable News. (Left) Former KING 5 Meteorologist Jeff Renner and Meteorologist Rich Marriott report from the roof of KING's former building on Dexter Avenue. He was elected to the Seattle City Council in 1999. Search. Wrong place at the wrong time, he said as medics rolled him out of the lobby, littered with glass and broken paneling. This morning, while the anchors were giving her an Community. . Seattle is abuzz with a rumor that one of its longtime anchors is leaving KING 5. Politics was a major focus for KING. Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with, sorted by primary channel network affiliations, "KRSC-TV; Seattle station planning new program formula. Almost Live! In 1979, KING programmed the first early morning newscast in Western Washington at 6:30am with Don Madsen (news anchor) and Larry Schick (weather). On September 3, 1986, a man drove his Porsche through the front doors of KING TV on Dexter Avenue North. Director Steve Wilson said almost immediately the phones in the control booth started lighting up. The KING 5 News Team provides the latest on the major news events of the day impacting western Washington along with the latest weather, traffic and sports updates. The 1962 Worlds Fair gave KING a chance to show off its technical chops. Mobile 82 5 Things to do This Weekend for the Weekend of July 30th August 1st Video.

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After departing from King 5, David is currently working on WFLA Channel 8 in Tampa, Florida. By the time the Bullitt family donated KING FM to the arts community in 1994, it was easily worth $25 million and had a worldwide audience, thanks to the internet. Today, all television stations run this way. We were out there pursuing truth, and we think thats a pretty high calling., WATCH: Dowd describes tension of videotaping refugees in Kosovo. She is an American journalist currently working at King 5 television in Seattle, Washington in the Columbian district as an anchor and news reporter. Self - Anchor unknown episodes. News, once a male-only proposition, would change. 1 dead, 1 in critical condition after shooting at Roxbury Lanes, suspect arrested, 4 of the teens who escaped Echo Glen Children's Center charged as adults, Starting today, Seattle will have 9 p.m. sunsets until mid-July. Jean Enersen Seattle's first female news anchor (19722016, now retired) Joe Fryer general assignment/special projects reporter (20102013) (Now with NBC News as a Los Angeles-based correspondent) Grant Goodeve Northwest Backroads host; Jack Hamann reporter; David Kerley (was at KIRO-TV; currently at ABC News) She also spent time as a reporter before her most notable role, anchoring KDKAs 6 and 11 p.m. news slots. It turns out it may be the only surviving piece of Hale's on-air artwork. There were times when KING not only covered the news but became the news. He departed from KING and founded Steve Bunin Communications, which has been up and running since February 2023. His last broadcast was April 22, 2016. Bonneville International Corporation purchased KING (AM) in 1994. A hijacker known only as D.B. By the end of the year, KING-TV was left with poor-performing ABC and DuMont, the latter of which ceased operations in 1956. They roughly fell into three categories: nature, human nature, and our global nature. Steve isnt the only former KING 5 employee to come back for New Day Northwest. By the 1970s and 1980s, KING-TV was the flagship of a growing regional media empire which at various times included ventures in publishing, the film industry, cable television systems (under the name of King Videocable, the assets of which have by now been absorbed into Comcast) and even various timber assets in the Far East. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Everett-licensed independent station KONG (channel 16). Personal Life, Parents and Family Details : KING weekend morning anchor and reporter Meg Coyle is leaving the Seattle NBC affiliate. What Happened to the Co-Host on The Bert Show? Working here has been an amazing experience, especially considering this is my hometown. ABC10 5 and 11 pm Anchor & Multi-skilled. Jordan Wilkerson has been bringing Seattle and Tacoma residents the latest weather updates on KING 5 since 2017. Riots during the November 1999 WTO meeting put several world leaders, including then President Bill Clinton, at risk. (Photo: Courtesy of Museum of History and Industry), A headstone marks where cable television was invented, transmitting a football game on Thanksgiving Day 1948. The ground floor contains two studios: a street-side studio for KING-TV's news programming, and the other for local productions such as New Day Northwest. He did mention that he will continue to reside and work in Seattle. She did the weather report at 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Jordan Wilkerson is a native of Florida who has worked in multiple markets thanks to her husbands job. Its a chance to discover unexplored avenues, learn new things, and encounter challenges and opportunities along the way. November 8, 2012 at 10:12 am. The documentary won the team and Daniels an Emmy in June 2022. For the 2007 and 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, however, KING-TV aired NBC's Saturday night telecasts, while KONG aired the other NBC telecasts. KING-TV is one of a few handful of stations in the country to have held a primary affiliation with all of the "Big Three" networks. . He then received control of the family's real estate interests. Meteorologists still had trouble seeing the details of Washington's complex microclimates, but that all changed in 1994 when KING 5 installed the first operational Doppler radar in Puget Sound at Sea-Tac.

November, 2020 [12] In Seattle, channel 5 shared NBC and ABC with KOMO-TV for most of the 195859 television season. January 13, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly ST. LOUIS (AP) Michelle Li, who formerly anchored mornings on KING 5 in Seattle, received an outpouring of support from around the world after a viewer criticized her for "being very Asian" and told her to "keep her Korean to herself." Matsukawa is the recipientof the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays in "recognition of her contributions in promoting friendly relations between Japan and the United States." A funeral service will be held at a later date. Local News and Information for San Antonio, Texas and surrounding areas. The programming had to be locally produced, since transporting filmed performances was cumbersome and prohibitively expensive. When the Mariners arrived in 1977, KING partnered with the team to broadcast games during the Mariners first years in the majors. (Photo: Courtesy of Museum of History and Industry), A worker sits at the table of monitor screens at KRSC television. . In fact, Jean reported this material herself, live on-air, to millions of viewers all across Puget Sound a few decades ago. Seattleites. Her granddaughter, Dorothy C. Bullitt, recalled Mamie (as she called her grandmother) had first seen television at a Worlds Fair in the 1920s. The KING 5 News Team provides the latest on the major news events of the day impacting western Washington along with the latest weather, traffic and sports updates. Long-time station-owner Dorothy Bullitt died in June 1989. [45] Justice Network replaced Live Well Network on 5.2 in January 2015. Weve got lots of money. We hope you enjoy these stories of KING 5 through the years and the recollections of some of the people who made KING 5 the company you can count on. Watch KPIX 5 News, CBS This Morning, 60 Minutes, NFL football and your favorite CBS shows. It helped people get involved more., WATCH: James on covering 1984 Republican National Convention. Long before Fred Rogers sang about his neighborhood, Ruth Prins as Wunda Wunda used music and puppets to engage children and earn a prestigious Peabody Award. [citation needed] Stimson sold his company shares to his sisters, Harriet and Patsy. The town hall was motivated by a desire to break down the fear and animosity of the Cold War and seek common ground. By the time they hit the first commercial break, the 911 lines were being overwhelmed. On December 18, 1995, King Broadcasting launched Northwest Cable News (NWCN), which was a 24-hour regional cable news channel available primarily to cable providers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with lesser cable coverage in Alaska, Montana and California. The book marks the Former FOX 26 KRIV executive producer Christy Moreno joins KING 5 Seattle as president and general manager. KING also had broadcast partnerships with the Sonics and Seahawks, airing the Mike Holmgren show and the Pete Carroll show, which gave fans an exclusive look at the Hawks during prime time on Sunday nights. They really do encourage you to be really innovative, said Evening co-host Jim Dever, whos been at KING since 1991. The chief photographer gave meteorologist Jeff Renner, photojournalist Mark Anderson, and engineer Mike Carter the weekend off, because it was Carters wedding anniversary. Dennis will no longer be seen on KING-TV, after 25 years with the station. A former aide to President Clinton, Stephanopoulos earns $15 million annually as the co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America" and as a regular anchor at the network's "ABC World News Where Is Anna Kooiman Fox News Rising Anna Kooiman is going to Fox News in New York, NY. She had been delivering the news for 42 years. But broadcasting the weather isn't all science even today; being out in the weather is one of our favorite things to do. She was a morning show anchor and co-created and hosted the show Take 5, a daily, hour-long, interactive news show before it sunsetted in 2019. He pointed to Chris. Starting August 17, Relerford will anchor solo from 4 to 5 a.m. weekdays and report from the news update desk from 5 to 7 a.m. while Sambolin anchors. Jackie Bange Bio, Wiki, Age, Husband, Family, WGN-TV, Net Worth, Salary and Twitter. The whole time I was CEO, the Bullitts never talked to me about profits. SEATTLE Former KING 5 news anchor Lori Matsukawa received one of Japan's highest honors on Wednesday. Over her career Matsukawa has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Journalists Association (2005), induction to the University of Washington Communication Departments Alumni Hall of Fame (2012), the NATAS Northwest Silver Circle Award for lifetime achievement (2014) and a regional Emmy Award in 2018 for her series Prisoners in Their Own Land about Japanese American wartime incarceration. [23] After broadcasting its final newscast from the North Dexter Avenue studio on February 12, 2016, KING quietly transitioned its master control to Home Plate Center during that night's broadcast of Late Night with Seth Meyers, and began broadcasting newscasts from the new facility the following morning.