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Is It a Reporter Stand Up If It’s From the Trunk of a Car?

By Kevin Eck on Nov. 4, 2015 - 9:43 AM

The Portland ABC affiliate's reporter emerged from the trunk of a car to demonstrate what happened.

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Oregon Stations Scramble to Cover Campus Shooting

By Kevin Eck on Oct. 1, 2015 - 4:39 PM

The closest local affiliates are about an hour away, in Eugene.

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Driven, not Dishonest: Former KATU Colleagues Remember Bill O’Reilly

By Kevin Eck on Mar. 4, 2015 - 9:35 AM

O'Reilly was brought to the Portland ABC affiliate to boost ratings in 1984. He stayed for a year. At the time, he was one of the highest paid people in the market.

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Oregon Ducks’ Loss is WSYX Morning Show’s Gain

By Kevin Eck on Jan. 13, 2015 - 10:16 AM

The folks at Good Day Columbus are basking in the glow of their hometown university's National Football Championship.

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Oregonian Reporter Accuses KATU of Lifting His Story ‘Without Attribution’

By Mark Joyella on Dec. 4, 2014 - 3:48 PM

A reporter for The Oregonian says an investigative reporter for Portland ABC affiliate KATU lifted a story and reported it–both on air and online–without ever crediting the newspaper. Rob Davis is an investigative repo ...

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Rob Youngblood Joins Portland’s KATU

By Merrill Knox on Jul. 10, 2014 - 3:19 PM

Rob Youngblood was introduced as the new morning anchor at KATU in Portland, Ore. yesterday. Youngblood is a former television actor who has previously anchored at WCSC in Charleston and WISH in Indianapolis. [h/t NewsBlues]

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KOIN on Low Power After Fire Knocks Portland Stations Off-Air

By Kevin Eck on Feb. 11, 2014 - 9:32 AM

Portland CBS affiliate KOIN, along with Sinclair owned ABC affiliate KATU and Tribune owned CW affiliate KRCW were knocked off the air yesterday by a fire. According to KOIN the fire in an electrical room in a building in Tualatin ...

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Portland Reporter Suing Sinclair for Failing to Pay Overtime

By Kevin Eck on Feb. 10, 2014 - 1:02 PM

Attorneys for former KATU investigative reporter Thom Jensen have filed a suit seeking class action status for a federal lawsuit saying Sinclair Broadcasting Group failed to pay overtime to news reporters at its stations in Oregon ...

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Viewers Question Reporter After She Asks If It’s OK for President to Watch Basketball Game

By Kevin Eck on Nov. 20, 2013 - 11:30 AM

KATU reporter Anna Canzano stirred up some negative viewer reaction when she used social media to question whether it was appropriate for President Barack Obama to watch a college basketball game with his family. The reporter for ...

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Layoffs at Sinclair Stations in Seattle, Portland

By Merrill Knox on Oct. 22, 2013 - 1:25 PM

Sinclair Broadcast Group has handed down a round of layoffs at its newly-acquired stations in Seattle and Portland, TVSpy has learned. A source at Seattle ABC affiliate KOMO tells TVSpy that there were 10 layoffs in the station ...

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