Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). She had nine children. I'm Julia Kelleher and I love to celebrate families and empower professional creative women to make a living doing the photographic art they love. Nobody else.. I wanted to give her the same thing.. on Brian Wood Fired In Latest Cuts At KATU, TEGNA Sends Sinclair ND to Greener Pastures, Larry Nelson Steps Away From KOMO-AM Morning Show, Vanessa Misciagna Leaving KING 5 For Denver, Gay Trans New Morning News Producer at KNKX, Salem Reacquires KKOL, KING 5 Loses Craig Herrera & Brit Moorer, KREM Loses One To San Diego. Brian WoodFormer KIRO 7 anchor/reporter, Brian Wood, was one of many disposed of by Sinclair last week. I did check on Brian Woods status? [10], While it was the 25th independent in the United States, from the moment it went on air, speculation swirled that KATU might look to poach a network affiliation from one of the three other commercial stations in Portland. She was also the WSU ambassador. What a great set of portraits , her eyes really pop out of the picture, really cute. While researching post-operative treatments in a medical library, Dunn stumbled on an article about a physicians work in a clinical trial using interleukin-2 and interferon, which at the time was considered experimental therapy. Nikki Torres announced to her social media followers that she was leaving KATU News. retire Steve Dunn and Deb Knapp after 20 years at this station. Why are we still having these debates? Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. 2y Diane Sanders Utah was where she belonged. [13] The news led to speculation that the ABC switch to KATU, in spite of KPTV performance comparable to that of other ABC affiliates, was a countermove by the network to avoid losing Seattle's KOMO-TV, one of the network's few top-rated stations at the time, to a possible move by CBS. Two weeks later, he underwent surgery, but by then the cancer had spread to his lungs and spine, and doctors gave him little hope of survival. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). And she never asked our parents what time they were coming back.. And she did. Steve Dunn, who fought back kidney cancer more than a decade ago and used his experience to launch a website to help others find appropriate treatments for the cancer, died Aug. 19 of. share . Her famous mommy is doing great and the whole family is settling in fabulously. When Janita attended Portlands Humboldt School, Irma and Alton Badons temporary home on Northeast Morgan Street was where all the grandchildren gathered after school let out. He did everything he had done before, and more, his mother said. In the fall of Janita Badon's freshman year at the University of Utah, her father and grandfather both died in the space of two heartrending weeks. Im sure the money went to them.. Thank you Angela! Badon had . [32] That same year, former Oregon governor Tom McCall joined KATU as commentator; prior to becoming governor, he had also worked at KGW. Brian Wood was a very close friend of mine..He deserves alot more respect than you give him on this page..I think Remington you owe me and Wood an apology.I am done! Fire Steve Dunn and Deb Knapp instead of Brian Wood. Since the pandemic, Nikki Torres has covered the weather in Portland, Oregon, and formed a bond with the KATU ABC 2 community. Besides his daughter and Swihart, of Boulder, Colo., and his mother and father, Robert, of Easton, Conn., Dunn is survived by a sister, Susan Dixon of Hadley, Mass., and a brother, Jeremy Dunn of Seattle. Irma and Alton soon moved to Portland, making the drive from Mississippi Youre going to get her arrested if you tell this story, Janita laughs in a station wagon packed with nine of her children and several other relatives. We were packed like sardines, Janita says. In 2020, Torres returned to Oregon and joined Portland's KATU News weather team. In my opinion, KATU is going to have a tough time to plug the holes they have made. When New Columbia reopened in 2005, they moved back to the Portsmouth neighborhood, and into an apartment that was far too small for the Badon family gatherings. Lila is stunning. What an amazing honor it is to get to be the first to record her likenessto keep the memory of her newness alive forever, to let her beginning never end. 3) Steve, on KATUs Deb Knapp and Baby Lila! I will be watching another news channel!!! [18], KATU was Portland's first commercial station to broadcast in digital, doing so in 1998 alongside Oregon Public Broadcasting. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Katu. Brian Wood, a KATU reporter in Portland, had started at KLAS Las Vegas in 1981, moving to KIRO, and then spent 19 years at WMAR, Baltimore, before joining KATU in 2008. In 1996, he completed his goal of reaching 54 peaks in Colorado that are at least 14,000 feet, something I could not have even dreamed of in 1989.. (Win McNamee/Getty Images). New shows such as public affairs program Town Hall, weekend children's program Bumpity, and talk show AM Northwest proved critical to the station's success. Rolf Knapp/Vancouver. Helen Raptis is an American journalist and host. He won the same award in 2004, 2012 and 2014. Steve Dunn KATU and his son Logan were prepping for tonight's broadcast right from the studio. After graduating, Torres started her broadcasting career at Medford, Oregons NBC4 News. Feel free to join the conversation by leaving a comment or writing on my wall. In 2003, the Food and Drug Administration appointed him a patient advocate for kidney cancer clinical trials. 4/17/2021. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). If he joins another Portland news team, I will join him. As for comments from other folks, maybe they are not obsessed about Brian Wood, as you seem to be. KATU went on the air as the fourth commercial station in Portland in 1962. Now I dont care who or what shows up here to tell people their bulls__t! Stuffs been boring as hell so there is not a helluva lot to report! It felt like it was fit for a queen., On Christmas morning, Janita called around and told everyone in the family to meet her at the Northeast Portland address because she had a big announcement to make: They thought I was getting married. What time is it on the moon? She also worked 4 p.m and 5 p.m newscasts at KENS as the anchor. So find out what Nikki Torres said about her departure from KATU ABC 2 here. [6], KATU began broadcasting on March 15, 1962, originally operating as an independent station; Portland native and actress Jane Powell was the master of ceremonies. [4] The full commission began drafting paperwork in support of this decision in December 1960,[5] and Fisher received the permit on February 23, 1961. Wish you had one with your son in it also. The change in his. What great photos. Abcarian: Mask mandates? Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 (KATU, File) PORTLAND, Ore. Last year, after vaccines rolled out but before the variants, there was a brief stint of normalcy. Soon this station is going to tank! Irma Badon grew up in Picayune, Miss., miraculously surviving kidney failure in her 30s. Lincoln Graves departure Sinclair has a more serious problem. Calamity struck when KATU News reporter Dan Cassuto had a precarious chalkboard that would not stay up. Shes so kind, she would roll her eyes and scoff at me if I said those words to her face! Four applications were initially received, from The Oregon Journal, owner of KPOJ (1330 AM); Fisher Broadcasting Company, which owned KOMO-AM-KOMO-TV in Seattle; Tribune Publishing Company, owner of KTNT-TV in Tacoma, Washington; and KPTV (channel 12), which wanted to move to channel 2. 4,250 likes. Rolf Knapp, Well Guys Im just checking in here to update you on what is going on? YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Lincoln Graves Net Worth He has worked as a journalist for many years. Steve Dunn, who fought back kidney cancer more than a decade ago and used his experience to launch a website to help others find appropriate treatments for the cancer, died Aug. 19 of complications from bacterial meningitis. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. [36], News hires at KATU in the 1980s included Jeff Gianola, who initially joined as a weekend weather presenter in 1983[37] and became evening anchor before defecting to KOIN in 1998,[38] and Bill O'Reilly, the future Fox News Channel anchor whose tenure in Portland lasted less than a year due to family reasons. The weather anchor has not stated where she is going and if she has a new job pipeline. All rights reserved (About Us). He did a lot of the day to day dirty work for the King and Queen anchors, Steve Dunn and Deb Knapp. Miss you! Steve Duin | For The Oregonian/OregonLive Two sources are telling me that the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the new owners of KATU in Portland and KOMO in Seattle, is cutting costs and personnel. 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Steve Dunn - anchor Rhonda Shelby - weather anchor Joe Becker - sports anchor Lincoln Graves Salary He works as an anchor at KATU, he, therefore, receives a satisfactory salary. Joe English would be a good No. But someone needed to remain strong, confident that no one she loved had been abandoned. It was built by Fisher Broadcasting Company, later Fisher Communications, and originally served as an independent station before joining ABC in 1964. I would guess she was hurting more than I was, Janita says. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. So dont miss her last #NikkiNeedsToKnow segment on KATU News This Morning in Portland on Saturday with Wesleigh Ogle. [8] The station originally was assigned the call letters KOXO, but in line with its "K-2" brand, the station adopted the KATU designation that month. LOL. When I asked her what she made of all this, she said, I know what happened. KATU is still cutting long-time staff and hiring new, cheaper paid people to replace them. However, her online statement hints that she is saying goodbye to Portland. He and I go back to the day when I lived in Port Orchard and he was on KIRO, Seattle. I could just eat her cheeks! Good Music Returns To KXA; Lan Roberts Cuts Back Schedule. The station works under the ownership of Sinclair Broadcast Group and serves Portland/Salem, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. I cant even begin to say how proud I am of her and all that she has accomplished, not to mention her gorgeous family! KATU's Deb Knapp and Baby Lila! In November 1970, reporter Paul Linnman, who worked at KATU from 1967 to 1972 before returning to the station in 1984[28] and retiring from TV news in 2004,[29] traveled to Florence, Oregon, where a sperm whale washed ashore; its carcass was exploded unsuccessfully. [40] By 1985, what had once been a five-person staff in the early days had become a 60-person news department. [20], On April 10, 2013, KATU and Fisher Communications' other holdings were acquired by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. [39] O'Reilly's time with the station was marked by remarks about Portland being a "vacation" compared to his previous job in Boston, which displeased management, and an incident in which he left his paycheck in a copy machine, unwittingly divulging a six-figure salary that irked underpaid colleagues. I love all of these pictures. Longer Name of the News -Known as "KATU Channel Two News" with a Explosion of Mount Saint Helens, when Robin Anderson, A sports anchor named Bill Boaz and a Meteorologist named Fred Jenkins leaves the studio when Stan Wilson reading the News, The theme music is from ABC World News Tonight. To Remington: You seem to have a problem getting comments on this website besides mine? In 2016 Steve won the Emmy Award for the top News Anchor in the Northwest. KATU in Portland is still cranking out their daily broadcast like Who Cares. xoxo. That second one is a masterpiece! She returned to Washington after two years to work as a reporter and producer at Spokanes KXLY. Snow Ball Fight on Live TV with the News Anchors (KATU News) (Jan 11, 2017) - YouTube During a live shot, Lincoln Graves, ask Steve Dunn to bring in some snow balls. Graves has announced that, after 10 years. As always, Irma Badon rose to the challenge for one of her 22 grandchildren. In 2020, Torres returned to Oregon and joined Portlands KATU News weather team. She started her career in. Her grandparents lived on N.E. Her career trajectory is on the way up, and now her time at KATU ABC 2 is coming to a close. Thought he would show up on another station by now? Thats when realtor Jackie Haddon received a call from Anthony Levrets, the vice president of strategic development at Directors Mortgage and Janitas old basketball coach at Utah. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Naturally, regular viewers of #NikkiNeedsToKnow want to know where she is going next and if she will remain in Portland. Oooo! Credit Janita Badon, once again, with the assist. He also married, divorced and in 1999 rekindled his relationship with Kristin Swihart, with whom he had a daughter, Shasta Rose, 5. I could just eat her cheeks! It was not her grandmothers faith alone that consoled Janita. Next to go should be Mr Weathermaker Dave Saleski. That pledge had much to do with the familys history in Portland. She did the weathercasts and also some general reporting. [19] KATU shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. It is time to I was (and am) outraged by what I had to go through to get highly promising, lifesaving treatment, Dunn wrote on www.cancerguide.org, which he created to document his experiences and help others find assistance. For me, it calls into question the independence and fairness of our local KATU reporting. Helen reported on the "fun and quirky" side . [35] McCall's commentaries continued appearing despite his battle with cancer leading up to his January 1983 death. [21][22] The Federal Communications Commission granted its approval of the deal on August 7,[23] and the sale was completed the following day. For over a year I have not seen anybody else leave a line or comment? Steve came to Portland from KGUN-TV in Tucson, Arizona. But I do know this; you dropped any follow-up on how or where Brian Wood is after he got axed by KATU in Portland? You guys are so blessed. [14] KPTVwhich had been ABC's Portland affiliate since 1959sued, alleging that Fisher coerced ABC into affiliating with KATU by threatening to defect in Seattle. Not yet., When Momo came up the driveway with her walker, she was met by a red bow above the front door and quite a few tears. I think her and my grandfather figured theyd buy another house, but that didnt happen, Janita says. A memorial will be held in October in Boulder. . Hello and welcome to my Facebook page. Steve Duin | For The Oregonian/OregonLive. He had resumed hiking and climbing. OMG these are SOOO stunning! She currently works as a KATU-TV ( ABC affiliate) as the station's anchor. Before joining KATU-TV, Debora Kapp served at KSAR-TV as a station weekend weather anchor and a media reporter stint. Well here we are in April 2020. [60], KATU is additionally rebroadcast over a network of sixteen low-power digital translator stations:[59]. Are you getting prego brain yet??? These cost-cutting measures affected 5% of the Sinclair workforce, according to company figures, with pink slips handed out across all departments. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. She is one of the kindest, most generous and patient people I have ever met. Sixteen or 17 of us, all together, Irma admits. That action spurred activity on the valuable frequency. Dunn gave this assessment of himself on his website: I am not a leader type, and I am not charismatic in any way. KATU's Steve Dunn spoke with Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty. Katu most often refers to: Katu people, an ethnic group from Laos and Vietnam. You guys have a great 4th of July! Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Badon had a full basketball ride at Utah; shed led Jefferson through an undefeated season to the 2008 state title as a senior. | Portland Portrait Photographer. [27], One Oregon news event covered by KATU cameras in the station's first decade on air acquired lasting notoriety. A Northwest native, Deb grew up in Tacoma, Washington and attended Eastern Washington University. Graves was very much under-appreciated for his work for that station! Steve. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. They should have cut the Washington DC reporters. KATU (channel 2) is a television station in Portland, Oregon, United States, affiliated with ABC. In August 1989 at age 32, Dunn, a computer programmer and avid outdoorsman, was diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer. [44] Within a month of the highly publicized debut of the second helicopter, the leased helicopter, "JetRanger II", crashed and burned in November while harvesting Christmas trees. She was already feeling lonely and out of sorts in Salt Lake City, and she called her grandmother, Irma, worried that so much in her life was coming apart, asking if she should come home. Because the family didnt have health insurance, Irma remembers being all but abandoned by doctors one night in a dark room at a Mississippi hospital and offering up this prayer: I have nine children, God, and I want to raise them.. | Portland Portrait Photographer. Teriyaki restaurants blame COVID for the cutbacks in the amount of beef served in their rice bowls. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Now the young journalist is moving on to the next step of her career. Sinclair would have been required to sell one of KATU or KRCW-TV if the deal were to be approved. Like too many Black families, they sold the home before property values in the area soared. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Covid is the catch-all excuse every company uses to cover their ass for any change they make. Shes been promising me a house since she was 8 years old, Irma, 83, tells me. Connect With Deb Knapp Debora Knapp joined KATU in March of 2002. [6], Work began to build facilities in the former Crystal Laundry on NE Sandy Boulevard in June;[7] the two-story building was refitted to contain two production studios. NEW! The bedroom? news & info. Sinclair Broadcasting, the owner of KATU News, is creating that question in the minds of viewers by mandating that news anchors in more than 200 local markets read messages supporting a pro-Trump agenda. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: The 32.1 subchannel for KRCW-TV is broadcast by KATU as part of Portland's ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) deployment plan; in exchange, KRCW-TV broadcasts KATU in that format. he is a first-class PRO. Morgan during the renovation of Columbia Villa, which began in 2003. Nikki Torres received an Associate of Arts (AA) in General Studies from Highline College in 2013 and enrolled at Washington State University. One more thing: Get rid of their weather guy, Dave Salesky! The station continued to receive requests for footage years after the event and has since commemorated anniversaries of the exploding whale, including a news special in 1995[30] and a remaster of the original newsfilm in 2020. For 10 years he did an outstanding job as a street reporter and newsroom anchor for KATU. Prior to that, he served WPBN-TV in Traverse City, Michigan, and at WILX-TV in Lansing, Michigan. Two sources are telling me that the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the new owners of KATU in Portland and KOMO in Seattle, is cutting costs and personnel at the two television stations, laying off nine employees at KATU and another 18 at KOMO.In an eventful day for Sinclair -- which began with the Wall Street Journal's extensive look at Sinclair's controversial expansion -- media sources indicate that K-2 has said goodbye to three editors, a writer, a producer, two truck operators and two folks who work with KATU's web operation, including an executive producer.Sinclair picked up the sister stations in April as part of its $373 million purchase of Fisher Communications. 6 Comments on KATU's Deb Knapp and Baby Lila! Deb has been such a wonderful client and friend. Well thats my opinion, whats yours? They found a grand old house in the Boise neighborhood. Rolf Knapp Layoffs, as TV veterans know, are all too common when stations change hands. After his death, many who had been in contact with Dunn through his website posted memorials. Lets just get to the images! By: Caroline John - Published: January 20, 2023 at 6:18 am. Late last summer, Janita who works in child protective services for the states Department of Human Services decided she needed to follow through on her childhood promise. The headquarters of the Sinclair Broadcast Group is shown April 3, 2018 in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Feel free to join the conversation by leaving a comment or. No more stuff from me that plasters my name all over the media, online or anywhere else for free advertising! Precious. [2] KPTV later withdrew, and KPOJ dropped its application in March,[3] but it was not until the end of 1959 that an FCC hearing examiner recommended Fisher over the Tribune Publishing Company for the channel 2 construction permit. For other uses, see, Formerly separately licensed as WCGV-TV and merged with WVTV's spectrum, but remains on its former channel number as a separate station, U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, "Sinclair Broadcast Group Closes On Fisher Communications Acquisition", "Fisher favored by FCC for Portland ch. KATU (TV), an American television station in Oregon. Irma remembers a cash offer of $30,000. [45][46], By 2021, KATU had returned to first place in early and late evening news in total viewership, though Fox affiliate KPTV beat it out in morning news. Required fields are marked *, Copyright 2023 QZVX.com Broadcast History & Current Affairs. To share breaking news, email us at newstips@katu.com or call 1-503-231-4264. She not only meant it, but she did it. Her career trajectory is on the way up, and now her time at KATU ABC 2 is coming to a close. 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