KTVI reporter Betsey Bruce is retiring from the St. Louis Fox affiliate on Friday.
Bruce started her career at KMOV (then KMOX) in 1970 as a news writer. She became an on-air reporter in 1971 and started working at KTVI in 1989 as a weekend anchor and a reporter covering government consumer stories.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Bruce’s retirement will bring an end to the longest career in the history of St. Louis TV news.
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While other women had appeared on St. Louis newscasts previous to Bruce — weather reporter Dianne White, anchors Pat Fontaine and Lee Shepherd, and public-affairs show moderator Harriett Woods — Bruce is believed to be the first assigned to daily hard-news reporting.