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KCCI meteorologist Metinka Slater is back. After leaving the local CBS affiliate in March 2022, Slater is joining WHO 13 as a part-time contributor.She is keeping her full-time job as the ...
KCCI meteorologist Trey Fulbright will no longer be providing central Iowans their weather news. Fulbright is departing from the news station to join KDKA-TV, also a CBS affiliate, in Pittsburgh ...
Former WHO morning anchor Jodi Long is joining KCCI after taking a yearlong break from TV news to work for a maternal health organization.
KCCI broadcasts 34 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays and four hours on Sundays).. Although it was the last Big Three station to sign on in the area, channel 8 has been the highest-rated station in Des Moines for most of its history, mainly due to its roots in the Register.
The newscasts relied on one-person photojournalist-reporters and straightforward presentation. On-air personalities received lower salaries than at KCCI or WHO. Mark Baden, a former meteorologist, noted that the station lacked the sort of community and advertising presence that its competitors had cultivated. [127]
In the May 2011 ratings period, WHO-TV surged ahead as central Iowa's news leader, claiming a ratings victory in the majority of weekday newscasts (morning, 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.) KCCI retained a narrow lead at 10 p.m. [31] WHO-TV held the lead in most timeslots until February 2013, when KCCI beat WHO-TV by a decisive margin in every timeslot. [32]
Benjamin Abell; Derek Brockway; Jim Cantore; Suzanne Charlton; Spencer Christian; Barbara Edwards; Elise Finch; Michael Fish; Gregory S. Forbes; Gary England; Bill Giles
Former WHO morning anchor Jodi Long is joining KCCI after taking a yearlong break from TV news to work for a maternal health organization. Former WHO anchor Jodi Long joins KCCI, switches teams ...