60 Years Of WCCO: Station Alumni
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Amy Marsalis
Amy Marsalis worked as a weekend anchor at WCCO until 1996, when she left for a job as 10 p.m. anchor for Nashville's WTVF-TV.
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Ann Rubenstein
After Ann Rubenstein worked at WCCO-TV, she went on to serve as a national correspondent at NBC Network News and served as a substitute anchor on "The Today Show" and "NBC at Sunrise."
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Brian Gotter
Brian Gotter was at WCCO from 2002-2006 as a morning meteorologist. Brian is now Milwaukee at TMJ4 as the midday and early evening meteorologist.
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Bud Kraehling
Bud Kraehling, longtime weatherman for WCCO 4 News, used to delight passersby at the Weather Window by drawing forecasts directly onto glass. He began working for WCCO in 1949 (when it was still WTCN) and retired in 1996.
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Chandra Michaels
Chandra Michaels worked as the weekend weather anchor, Sunday morning anchor, and weekday morning reporter from 1999-2002. She is currently a field editor for Better Homes and Gardens and Special Interest Media.
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Colleen Needles
Colleen Needles joined WCCO-TV in 1982 and served as 10 p.m. anchor for nine years. She left the station in 1997 and joined KSTP-TV before eventually founding Tremendous! Entertainment in 1994.
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Darian Ward
Darian Ward was on air at WCCO from 1989 to 1991. She's currently a public relations specialist for the Houston Airport System and hosts a show called "Houston Airport Today." She has also produced and developed a reality show for BET called "Centric."
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Dave Huddleston
Dave Huddleston went from reporter to morning anchor from 1993 to 2002. He is currently the anchor of Eyewitness News at 10 on The CW in Philadelphia as well as co-anchor of the Sunday evening edition of CBS 3's Eyewitness News.
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David Schechter
David Schechter was an investigative reporter from 1999-2006. He is now a senior reporter at WFAA-TV in Dallas.
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Ed Heil
Ed Heil was at WCCO from 2000-2005 first as a sports reporter and then as a morning reporter. He now owns a production company called StoryTeller Media and Communications.
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Jim King and Cathy Wurzer
Cathy Wurzer (pictured with Jim King) anchored and reported at WCCO for four years, leaving in 2000. Cathy is the host of "Morning Edition" on Minnesota Public Radio and "Almanac" on Twin Cities Public Television.
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John Reger
John Reger was a weekend anchor for WCCO from 1999 to 2008. He is currently anchoring in California near Monterey-Pebble Beach at the Salinas-based KION and KCBA-TV.
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Jonathan Elias
Jonathan Elias worked as an anchor and reporter from 1992 to 1997. After stops at KCBS in Los Angeles and KNXV in Phoenix, Elias landed at WBZ in Boston, where he's been anchoring and reporting for the last two years.
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Kevyn Burger
Following her work as a reporter at WCCO-TV, Kevyn Burger joined FM 107 in March 2003, where she's served as a mid-morning host since.
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Lori Fink
Lori Fink Garelick wore many hats while working at WCCO-TV. She was a field producer, an executive producer and eventually program director. In 1997, she left to start her own company: Lori Fink Productions.
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Marcia Fleur
Marcia Fleur was a reporter and anchor for "Newsday" in the mid-1980s.
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Matt Baylow
Matt Baylow was a weekend meteorologist for WCCO for a decade. In 1998, he left for San Diego and a position at KFMB-TV.
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Mike Strand
Mike Strand worked at WCCO from 1982-89 as a Dimension reporter, earning several awards for a series of profiles of young Minnesotans training to become Marines, as well as a producer for the Moore Report. He is currently a real estate agent for Edina Realty with his wife, Lindsay.
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Nancy Nelson
Nancy Nelson, future wife to WCCO anchor Bill Carlson, is remembered by many as the weather reporter who used to walk on a giant map of Minnesota. She's currently running the Our Little Secret store in south Minneapolis.
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Pat Miles
Pat Miles joined WCCO-TV in 1978 as a reporter and weekend anchor, and eventually moved to anchoring the 5 & 10 p.m. news. She retired from TV broadcasting in 2001 after working at KARE 11 for a decade, but has since filed a few special reports for WCCO.
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Randi Kaye
Randi Kaye was a reporter and also an anchor of the 5 and 10 p.m. newscast on WCCO. While at WCCO she also created and hosted "4 Stories," a weekly segment highlighting Minnesotans making a difference in the community. Since leaving in 2004, Randi has been reporter for CNN covering breaking news in addition to providing in-depth reports for Anderson Cooper 360°.
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Ralph Jon ("R.J.") Fritz
Ralph Jon ("R.J.") Fritz was a long-time sports reporter and anchor for WCCO. He started in 1967. Since leaving, RJ hosts "Out and About", a program exploring the outdoors in Minnesota.
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Ron Handberg
Ron Handberg worked at 'CCO for 30 years as a news writer, reporter, associate news director, director of news and public affairs, and as the station's vice-president and general manager. Since leaving Channel 4 in 1989, Ron worked at TPT's "News Night" and wrote four newsroom-based mysteries, including "Savage Justice."
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Shirly Hutton, Bill Carlson and Jon Ester
Bill Carlson, shown with Shirly Hutton and Jon Ester on "Midday," began working for WCCO-TV as a CBS page in 1951. Over the course of some five decades, he endeared himself to Minnesota viewers as a constant presence on WCCO. He died in March 2008 at the age of 73.
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Terri Gruca
Terri Gruca was a consumer reporter and weekend anchor at WCCO from 2003 to 2008. Terri now anchors in Austin, Texas for KVUE's 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. She also continues to report on the latest consumer news and writes a blog to help people find the best deals.
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Tony Berlin
Tony Berlin was a reporter at WCCO and now resides in New York.
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Tony Saffold
Tony Saffold came to WCCO-TV in 1978 as a reporter. Starting in 1984, he anchored the noon show with Bill Carlson.
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Trish Van Pilsum
Trish Van Pilsum worked her way up from part-time researcher to investigative reporter for both the I-TEAM and Dimension units. She left WCCO for KMSP-TV, where she works in the investigative and special projects unit.
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Ben Tracy
Ben Tracy is the old "Good Question" guy. Ben has been a CBS News correspondent since January 2008. He is based in Los Angeles and covers the western United States, primarily for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and The Early Show.
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Julie Kramer
Former senior investigative producer Julie Kramer worked at WCCO-TV for nearly 20 years, leading the award-winning I-TEAM. She left in 2001 to spend time with her family and start a new career as a novelist. Her first book, "Stalking Susan," won the Minnesota Book Award for genre fiction. A sequel, "Missing Mark," will be released this month. She also freelances for NBC News on occasion.
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