That pledge had much to do with the familys history in Portland. Credit Janita Badon, once again, with the assist. We were packed like sardines, Janita says. news & info. I actually liked him when he was in Seattle. She is BEAUTIFUL just like her Mommy! 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. [24] However, in 2018, the FCC designated the deal for hearing by an administrative law judge;[25] the deal was then terminated by Tribune. I could just eat her cheeks! [40] By 1985, what had once been a five-person staff in the early days had become a 60-person news department. Your email address will not be published. You can also send story ideas or news tips to. They found a grand old house in the Boise neighborhood. WW reporter Nigel Jaquiss joined KATU's Steve Dunn on Wednesday . People headed outdoors, packed venues,. [18], KATU was Portland's first commercial station to broadcast in digital, doing so in 1998 alongside Oregon Public Broadcasting. | Portland Portrait Photographer. He also married, divorced and in 1999 rekindled his relationship with Kristin Swihart, with whom he had a daughter, Shasta Rose, 5. KATU is still cutting long-time staff and hiring new, cheaper paid people to replace them. [11] Rumors intensified in June 1963 as KATU began construction of a transmitter in Portland's West Hills, which would improve its signal coverage and co-site channel 2 with the other major stations. KATU in Portland is still cranking out their daily broadcast like Who Cares. So dont miss her last #NikkiNeedsToKnow segment on KATU News This Morning in Portland on Saturday with Wesleigh Ogle. QZVX.com Broadcast History & Current Affairs. I would guess she was hurting more than I was, Janita says. 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. [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. Graves has announced that, after 10 years. He did everything he had done before, and more, his mother said. Miss you! She currently serves as a host of AM Northwest at KATU in Portland. She was married to my grandfather for 50 years. Just wanted to drop off a couple of comments 1) KATU is kicking around their TV people, forcing them to work odd shifts, weekends and days theyre not used to, trying to get somebody to quit? Badon had a full basketball ride at Utah; shed led Jefferson through an undefeated season to the 2008 state title as a senior. Nobody else.. So Steve did and. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. After his death, many who had been in contact with Dunn through his website posted memorials. Katu may also refer to: Katu (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character. I cant wait for you to shoot mine . [60], KATU is additionally rebroadcast over a network of sixteen low-power digital translator stations:[59]. It was not her grandmothers faith alone that consoled Janita. Recently, she announced that she would be leaving the station. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Katu. Her grandparents lived on N.E. In 2016 Steve won the Emmy Award for the top News Anchor in the Northwest. 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. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 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. [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. Irma remembers a cash offer of $30,000. Naturally, regular viewers of #NikkiNeedsToKnow want to know where she is going next and if she will remain in Portland. I know exactly what happened: God won. Lincoln's average salary is $67,234 per year. xoxo. Nikki Torres received an Associate of Arts (AA) in General Studies from Highline College in 2013 and enrolled at Washington State University. PORTLAND, Ore. Homelessness, gun violence and the coronavirus pandemic are just a few of the issues Portland is facing right now. The headquarters of the Sinclair Broadcast Group is shown April 3, 2018 in Hunt Valley, Maryland. She looks like a little jewel on the purple chair. Oh how sweet this little one is! Prior to that, he served WPBN-TV in Traverse City, Michigan, and at WILX-TV in Lansing, Michigan. . Fire Steve Dunn and Deb Knapp instead of Brian Wood. Dunn eventually received several grants that enabled him to pursue his work on the websites full time. So find out what Nikki Torres said about her departure from KATU ABC 2 here. Dunn had been hospitalized with the disease for 10 months and died in a hospice in Denver, said his mother, Nancy Dunn. Stuffs been boring as hell so there is not a helluva lot to report! She did the weathercasts and also some general reporting. 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. 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. Beautiful. Hello and welcome to my Facebook page. Channel 2 was not initially assigned to Portland, being allocated in 1957. Sinclair would have been required to sell one of KATU or KRCW-TV if the deal were to be approved. Vancouver 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. [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. She also worked 4 p.m and 5 p.m newscasts at KENS as the anchor. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Her career trajectory is on the way up, and now her time at KATU ABC 2 is coming to a close. The Journal quotes Michael Copps, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, as saying, "This is a shell game and an end run around the media-ownership rules." I did check on Brian Woods status? [15] (It was the second time KPTV had lost an affiliation to a group owner in five years; King Broadcasting Company's KGW-TV displaced KPTV as the NBC television affiliate in Portland in 1959, and its KING-TV in Seattle replaced KOMO in the network lineup. 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[31], In 1975, Richard Ross left KGW-TV after 19 years to become the news director at channel 2. Thank you for sharing. I, for one, will be changing the channel. Next to go should be Mr Weathermaker Dave Saleski. [17] AM Northwest continues to air, while other shows, such as Faces & Places and Two at Four, ended in the 1980s. Joe English would be a good No. He had resumed hiking and climbing. Abcarian: Mask mandates? Will miss Brian. She did the weathercasts and also some general reporting. Steve is the host of "You Paid For It" segments, which highlight. 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.. Rolf Knapp, Well Guys Im just checking in here to update you on what is going on? 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. Debora Knapp began serving in March of 2002 in Portland, Oregon at KATU. Why are we still having these debates? The promise: Steve Duin column. [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. Since the pandemic, Nikki Torres has covered the weather in Portland, Oregon, and formed a bond with the KATU ABC 2 community. View Steve Dunn's business profile as News Anchor II at Katu. These cost-cutting measures affected 5% of the Sinclair workforce, according to company figures, with pink slips handed out across all departments. Deb has been such a wonderful client and friend. Steve came to Portland from KGUN-TV in Tucson, Arizona. We call bulls__t on that excuse! [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. he is a first-class PRO. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. [1], On May 8, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group entered into an agreement to acquire Tribune Mediaowner of CW affiliate KRCW-TV (channel 32)for $3.9 billion, plus the assumption of $2.7 billion in debt held by Tribune, pending regulatory approval by the FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. 169,901 talking about this. [12] The news came in early December when ABC announced it would drop KPTV (channel 12), Oregon's oldest television station, and move to KATU on March 1, 1964. Im sure the money went to them.. Currently, he serves at KATU in Portland since 1986. KATU (channel 2) is a television station in Portland, Oregon, United States, affiliated with ABC. 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). In the fall of Janita Badons freshman year at the University of Utah, her father and grandfather both died in the space of two heartrending weeks. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. 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A Northwest native, Deb grew up in Tacoma, Washington and attended Eastern Washington University. 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 currently works as a KATU-TV ( ABC affiliate) as the station's anchor. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. As always, Irma Badon rose to the challenge for one of her 22 grandchildren. 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. 2) Where in the hell is Brian Wood? [20], On April 10, 2013, KATU and Fisher Communications' other holdings were acquired by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Also worked 4 p.m and 5 p.m newscasts at KENS as the.... 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