ShopTalk | TV Biz Former KIMA General Manager Ken Messer Dies By Merrill Knox on Aug. 21, 2012 - 4:05 PM Former KIMA general manager Ken Messer died this morning from lung cancer. He was 70. Messer spent 35 years at KIMA, the CBS-affiliate in Yakima. He joined the station in 1972 in the sales department, eventually working his way up ...