On April 11, 2008, a blizzard swept through the area. Molly Martinez rejoined Gray Television in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist in the Washington News Bureau. Slater, who has been with KBJR since January 2017, currently anchors weekend newscasts and has covered the Duluth City Council and Duluth School Board. Serve as the Senior Pastor for 24 years at a church within the Baptist General Conference that has Communication Associate at University of Minnesota Duluth, Co-owner at Harbor Hops, Communication Associate at University of Minnesota Duluth | Co-owner of Harbor Hops. That service would be a similar operation to The WB 100+. Slater joined the KBJR 6 team in January 2017 and is a graduate of Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vt. WAST was owned by a separate entity from KBJR. Traffic. Laura Langemo has become KBJR's morning anchor, replacing Dan Hanger, who left the station. Larissa Milles is a weekend anchor, producer, and multi-media journalist at Northern News Now. Jeopardy! Please enable javascript and refresh the page to continue reading local news. More recently, the news teams of both stations have been downsized. 'Losing Josh will never go away, ever,' says wife of slain Pope County deputy, 'A senseless act': 3 law enforcement officers shot Saturday in west-central Minnesota, one fatally, Avian flu tops Willmar roundtable discussion, but ag producers have many other concerns, New generation, denomination takes over Duluth church, Best Bets: Kara Goucher tells her story at Fitger's, The beginning of the rest of their lives: Powwow recognizes Fond du Lac graduates and more, Lake Superior Medical Equipment relocates to West Duluth after fire. Paul Brown - CBS3Duluth Bonney was born on January 9, in Chicago, Illinois, the United States. KBJR-TV - Wikipedia He called working for KBJR "the best time of my life. It also aired some ABC programs, sharing them with KDAL, until WDIO-TV signed-on in 1966. They decided to make Duluth their home. The heavy accumulation of ice severely damaged KBJR's transmitting tower and, as the melting ice started falling off the tower, large ice chunks broke through the roof of the transmitter building flooding it with water and damaging much of the equipment inside. Quinn graduated from Biola University with a B.A. Send this article to anyone, no subscription is necessary to view it, Anyone can read, no subscription required, See Northern News Now | Duluth, MN Edward had an innate ability to ask good questions and then listen to the answers. On December 14, 1997, KBJR's studios were destroyed in a fire late that evening. When it comes to Duluth City Council and School Board, she is the lead reporter at KBJR 6. Kathleen Shannon. In recent years, the parade also has been replayed numerous times in the weeks and days before Christmas. KBJR operates the area's CBS affiliate on a second digital subchannel, known on-air as CBS 3 in reference to the Twin Ports' longtime CBS affiliate, KDLH, and because it is carried on Charter Spectrum cable channel 3. Lake Superior was a significant draw for her in Duluth, and its one of the reasons shes staying. Please enable javascript and refresh the page to continue reading local news. KBJR also operates a primary Heroes & Icons/secondary MyNetworkTV-affiliated third subchannel, branded as My 9 (also in reference to its cable position) which airs programming from Heroes & Icons outside of the MyNetworkTV lineup.[1][2]. Lee, who has been at KAAL-TV for 13 years, will become the main anchor at KBJR-TV, the NBC affiliate in Duluth in June. Mitchell moved to Duluth from the Valley of the Sun in Arizona and is already loving the cooler weather! [8], Quincy acquired KDLH in 2018, asserting that the station was 5th in the market in November 2017 sweeps numbers (thus satisfying the requirement for duopolies to not involve two of the top four stations in a market).[9][10]. It began local color broadcasts in November 1965. She joined the News7 Broadcast Team after graduating from Lyndon State Colleges Electronic Journalism Arts program in May 2016. Bonney stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (Approx 1.65 m). Neal Justin Larissa Milles joined Northern News Now as a multimedia journalist in November 2021. "He has a great storytelling ability in his anchoring and his writing. The stations' digital signals are multiplexed: KBJR-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 6, on February 17, 2009, to conclude the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The two stations share studios on South Lake Avenue in Canal Park, downtown Duluth; KDLH's transmitter . Higher wind gusts possible.. Wind increasing. David was promoted to VP/General Manager in 2004. City Hall has put local tourism promotion up for bid. Partly to mostly cloudy and windy. At times, he and meteorologist Shannon Murphy were in the dark but were able to broadcast audio. Dan Wolfe started at Northern News Now in June 2016, but he is no stranger to Minnesota. Previously, she served as a news anchor and reporter at WLNS. "Local television viewing . [7], These changes took effect on-air on August 1, 2016, with the launch of KBJR's new "CBS 3" subchannel (named in reference to its continued carriage on Charter cable channel 3) and re-launched news programming. Professional Background CheckInformation on professionals, their work history and resumes. "Bonney is an experienced news anchor and reporter with a passion and commitment for journalism and community. Brian Yocono. Jane joined the Northern News Now team in August 2022 and serves as one of the morning news producers! To come back to Duluth to where I started and to basically do the only thing I know how to do for a living, I'm a very fortunate person.". KBJR-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Superior, Wisconsin, United States, serving the Duluth, Minnesota, area as an affiliate of NBC and CBS.