[86][87], Abrupt changes to KJRH's newscasts took place in the fall of 1994. But the move seemed fitting. ", Karen Keith Then: Anchor and reporter on KTUL Channel 8; reporter and host of Oklahoma Living on KJRH News Channel 2 Now: Director of partnership development at Tulsa Convention & Visitors Bureau in Tulsa, While Karen Keith was in news, she "worked every shift you can imagine.". She traded the TV life to be an entrepreneur. (RECAP). During that time, Walls was also freelancing for ESPN, ESPN II and Prime Sports Network. I came here with every intention of staying for two years and leaving," White said.

(The station's initial slogan, "The Eyes of Oklahoma," was an extension of the "Voice of Oklahoma" slogan originated by KVOO radio. In 1970, the station lured Jack Morris – one of the original anchors and the founding news director at KTUL – to anchor KTEW's evening newscasts. I wasn't sleeping," she said, laughing. KJRH management opted to rebroadcast the episode following its late newscast on April 1, preempting that night's episode of The Tonight Show.[65][66][67][68]. She found her way to the Tulsa Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2 W. Second St., Ste.
Chera Kimiko, former news anchor at KOKI and KOTV, will join the KJRH news staff Nov. 28 and be on air starting Dec. 5. Denise Brewer was promoted to female co-anchor at 6:00 p.m., co-anchoring with Jay Rickerts, while remaining partnered with Webber on the 10:00 late news.

"I got to where I was enjoying doing this more than I was the meteorology thing," Anderson said, "especially at two in the morning when the alarm clock went off.".

KVOO-TV officially commenced regular programming three weeks later on December 5, with a 39-minute special presentation at 3:00 p.m. that afternoon, respectively featuring speeches from Skelly, Kerr and McGee and a film from NBC dedicating the station's launch; following that dedication program was the first NBC network program aired by channel 2, Meet the Press. The set was also revamped and included a large video monitor, which was prominently featured during sports segments (with game clips and full-screen graphics being shown behind either Al Jerkens or weekend sports anchor Keith Isbell, who sat in a director's chair), in a concept borrowed by and developed with the help of news management at WTSP in Tampa, Florida. "I thought, 'real estate?'" Syndicated programs broadcast by KJRH (as of September 2019[update]) include The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Right This Minute, 25 Words or Less, The List, and Live with Kelly and Ryan. You can cancel at any time. The season is ramping up: It's time for the judges to get serious, and two stars will depart next week. KJRH-TV, virtual channel 2 (VHF digital channel 8), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. children's program Big Bill & Oom-A-Gog, a series that aired from 1959 to 1964, which cartoons and live wraparound segments conducted in front of an audience of local children; host William "Big Bill" Blair was often accompanied by a robot named Oom-A-Gog, who lumbered into the studio through a rolling steel door. Enjoy more articles by logging in or creating a free account. Only one month prior to the revamp, Shore decided to resign over his displeasure of the reduction in airtime allotted to weather segments within the newscasts from three minutes to 1¾ minutes (this move, which was made up for by having weather segments air every six minutes during its newscasts, was fairly unusual as Oklahoma television stations traditionally place an emphasis on weather, in part because of the state's location within the climatological peak region of Tornado Alley). ", From helping employers with job fairs, events and referral programs, McCaskey said she loves "getting to know more people on a business level. On April 26, 1991, a KJRH storm chasing unit led by meteorologist Gary Shore observed the touchdown of what became a violent 3⁄4-mile wide (1.2 km), F4 tornado near Red Rock. "So, if you have children, it gets harder and harder to say, 'I'll be there to take you to cheerleading practice.'. Former KJRH anchor Karen Keith: Big Al always entertained coworkers. When Kathy Taylor succeeded Lafortune, Keith looked ways to continue her work with downtown revitalizations efforts.

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