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Melissa McDermott is a former reporter for CBS News. She is best known for being an anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, Up to the Minute .
Melissa McDermott is the daughter of Country Music Disc Jockey's Hall of Fame member and longtime Wichita, Kansas media personality "Ol' Mike" Oatman. [1] She graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.S. degree in broadcast news from the William Allen White School of Journalism and received her master's degree in Psychology from Pace University in New York. She worked as the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. anchor at KAYS-TV (now KBSH) in Hays, Kansas.
She worked at KSNW-TV in Wichita, Kansas, initially going by the name of Melissa Beck. She and her ex-husband, Todd McDermott, were named co-anchors at KSNW.
McDermott later worked as 6 p.m. anchor and won several awards as an investigative reporter at WJLA-TV in Washington, DC.
From 2000 through March, 2006, Melissa McDermott anchored CBS's overnight newscast, Up to the Minute .
McDermott now lives in the New York City area and is working on a number of documentaries. She has two children. Melissa worked as a clinician at St Christopher.inc in Dobbs Ferry NY, and helping at-risk youth and their families prepare for their lives ahead.
Melissa McDermott has covered presidential campaigns, the Oklahoma City bombing, and other events. She has received many awards; including a national and two regional Edward R. Murrow awards, the SPJ Dateline Award, three Heartland Emmy Awards, an Ohio State Award, a National AP Award, a National Iris Award, and an Emmy Award.
Charles Tracy Rowlett, known professionally as Tracy Rowlett, is an American journalist, formerly anchor and managing editor of the CBS owned and operated station in Dallas-Fort Worth, KTVT.
WCBS-TV, virtual channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, licensed to New York, New York, United States. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of ViacomCBS, as part of a duopoly with Riverhead-licensed independent station WLNY-TV. The two stations share studios within the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan; WCBS-TV's transmitter is located at One World Trade Center.
Kristine Johnson, is a co-anchor at WCBS-TV in New York City on the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Maurice DuBois.
Kaity Tong is a Chinese-born American broadcast journalist. She has been a television news anchor in New York City since 1981.
KSNW, virtual channel 3, is a dual NBC/Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Wichita, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. KSNW's studios are located on North Main Street in northwest Wichita, and its transmitter is located in rural northwestern Sedgwick County.
KWCH-DT, virtual channel 12, is a CBS-affiliated television station serving Wichita, Kansas, United States that is licensed to Hutchinson. The station is owned by Gray Television, as part of a duopoly with Wichita-licensed CW affiliate KSCW-DT ; Gray also operates Derby-licensed Univision affiliate KDCU-DT under joint sales and shared services agreements with owner Entravision Communications. The three stations share studios on 37th Street in northeast Wichita; KWCH and KSCW share transmitter facilities in rural northeastern Reno County.
KSAS-TV, virtual channel 24, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Wichita, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also operates Hutchinson-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KMTW under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with owner Mercury Broadcasting Company. The two stations share studios on North West Street in northwestern Wichita; KSAS-TV's transmitter is located in rural northwestern Sedgwick County.
America This Morning is an American early morning television news program that is broadcast on ABC. As of 2019, the newscast is anchored by Kenneth Moton and Janai Norman, who also serve as anchors of ABC's overnight news program World News Now. It is one of the two early morning news programs that use a two-anchor format, alongside NBC's Early Today. Usually airing following World News Now, it features national and international news headlines, live reports from Washington, D.C., national weather and airport impact forecasts, a short SportsCenter update from the late night Los Angeles-based anchors of the ESPN show to account for West Coast scores, and a regular business news segment called "America's Money".
CBS Overnight News is an American overnight television news program that is broadcast on CBS during the early morning hours each Monday through Friday. The program maintains a hard news format, incorporating national, international and business news headlines; feature reports; interviews; national weather forecasts; sports highlights; and commentary. CBS has carried an overnight news block since 1982; it was known as CBS News Nightwatch until 1992 and then Up to the Minute until September 18, 2015.
KSNK, virtual channel 8, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to McCook, Nebraska, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. KSNK's advertising sales office is located on US 36 in northwestern Oberlin, Kansas, and its transmitter is located along U.S. 36 in rural northwestern Decatur County.
KSNT, virtual and UHF digital channel 27, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Topeka, Kansas, United States. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to low-powered, Class A Fox affiliate KTMJ-CD, channel 43 ; Nexstar also operates dual ABC/CW+ affiliate KTKA-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements with owner Vaughan Media, LLC.
KSNF, virtual channel 16, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Joplin, Missouri, United States and also serving Pittsburg, Kansas. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which also operates ABC affiliate KODE-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements with owner Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on South Cleveland Avenue in Joplin.
Meg Oliver is an award winning Network Television Correspondent and Anchor. She returned to CBS News in 2015. She currently reports for CBS This Morning, the CBS Evening News weekend and fills in anchoring for their 24-hour digital network by CBSN On CBSN she has covered extensive live breaking news from the San Bernardino shootings to the murders of WDBJ's Allison Parker and Adam Ward. In March 2006, she became anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, Up to the Minute and remained in that position for three years. She was also a correspondent for The Early Show, and fill in anchor. She left CBS in 2009 and worked at ABC News as a correspondent. She reported for Good Morning America Weekend Edition and ABC World News with David Muir. She also filled in anchoring on World News Now.
KSNC, virtual channel 2, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Great Bend, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. KSNC's news bureau, advertising sales office and transmitter are located along US 281, three miles (5 km) north of Great Bend.
Sukanya Krishnan is an American news anchor. She was the morning news anchor on Good Day Wake Up, the early addition before Good Day New York on Fox 5 NY WNYW in New York City, alongside with Jennifer Lahmers from 2017-2019. She previously anchored for the PIX Morning News on WPIX in New York City, paired with Scott Stanford. She originally joined WPIX on August 8, 2001, left in late 2003 to become one of the four hosts of the syndicated TV show Home Delivery and returned to the WB11 Morning News anchor chair in 2005.
Linda Yu is an Asian-American former news anchor and author. Yu is best known as co-anchor on the Eyewitness newscast for WLS-TV in Chicago, Illinois from April 1984 until November 2016. Yu became Chicago's first Asian–American broadcast journalist when she began her news career in Chicago at WMAQ-TV in 1979. For her broadcasting work, Yu has received a total of five local Emmy Awards including one for her report examining the aftermath of 9/11 in 2001. In 1984, Yu was honored with a National Gold Medal from the National Conference of Community and Justice for her documentary, "The Scars of Belfast".
Patricia "Pat" Harper was an American television news anchor and reporter, and a fixture for nearly two decades on two New York City television stations. In 1975, she became the first woman to anchor a television news program in New York.
Todd McDermott is a multi-Emmy Award winning television journalist who has worked in several top television markets . McDermott is a Buffalo, New York native, and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Canisius College in Buffalo.
Kevin Bowman Ogle is an American television news anchor. He currently serves as a lead anchor for KFOR-TV, an NBC-affiliated television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Kevin anchors the station's weeknight 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts with Joleen Chaney, does occasional reports including the "Bottom Line" financial segments seen during the station's 6:30 p.m. newscast, and occasionally fills in as anchor of the 9 p.m. newscast on Independent station KAUT-TV. Ogle also serves as moderator of the locally produced Sunday morning political affairs talk show Flashpoint, alongside panelists Mike Turpen and former Oklahoma City mayor Kirk Humphreys.
Troy Roberts is an American television news reporter and correspondent for 48 Hours Mystery.
He is survived by his wife, Pegi of Wichita; three children, all in the broadcast business: Daughter Melissa (Beck) McDermott, New York City; Andy Oatman, Tulsa; and Richard Oatman, Kansas City; and seven grandchildren.
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