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Anchors from CBS O&Os to Guest Host ‘The Talk’

Merrill Knox — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:46:26 +0000

Anchors from CBS O&Os across the country will fill in as guest-hosts on “The Talk,” CBS’ daytime talk show, next week.

Anchors from stations in New York, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Boston and Los Angeles will join the show’s co-hosts Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Aisha Tyler for one day each. This is the third time a round of guest-hosts have been selected from the CBS O&Os.

Kristine Johnson from WCBS will host Monday, Amelia Santaniello and Frank Vascellaro from WCCO will host Tuesday, Susan Barnett from KYW will host Wednesday, Lisa Hughes from WBZ will host Thursday and Pat Harvey from KCBS will host Friday.

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KCBS Anchor Pat Harvey Shows Off Dancing Skills

Andrew Gauthier — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:04:37 +0000

“Pat Harvey, I have new respect for you,” Julie Chen told the longtime KCAL-KCBS anchor after she showed off some dance moves during a recent guest hosting stint on “The Talk” (video above).

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CBS O&O Anchors to fill in for Julie Chen on “The Talk”

Chris Ariens — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:29:46 +0000

KYW anchor Susan Barnett (left) is one of five CBS O&O anchors who’ll be guest co-hosting CBS’s “The Talk” this week. She’ll be in on Friday.

On Monday, Pat Harvey from KCBS in Los Angeles will be in; Karen Borta from KTVT in Dallas-Fort Worth joins the show Tuesday; on Wednesday, Lisa Hughes from WBZ in Boston sits in and on Thursday former MSNBC/NBC anchor Kristine Johnson from WCBS in New York will co-host.

All the anchors will be sitting in for Julie Chen who’s on vacation this week. “The Talk” airs weekdays on CBS at 2pmET/1pmCT.

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KCBS/KCAL tech ops staffer James Kang found dead after leaving work

Chris Ariens — Mon, 30 May 2011 12:32:44 +0000

Friday afternoon, 42-year-old James Kang who worked in technical operations at KCBS/KCAL in Los Angeles left work complaining of a headache. He was found dead in his car in the station’s parking structure sometime later. Kang’s death was reported on both of the duopoly’s ate local newscasts Friday night.

All weekend, colleagues — current and former — have been sharing their memories of Kang on the CBS O&O website and other memorial sites, including this one written by a friend, Paul Skolnick.

He also became a social-media beacon for many newsies taking their first stab at new platforms. He often engaged KCBS anchor Pat Harvey on Twitter, helping to draw out and add an online dimension to one of the great personalities in TV news today. As Suraya Fadel, a KCBS/KCAL reporter, found her social-media voice and became one of the great Los Angeles reporters to use Twitter, James gave her the nickname #TwitterPrincess, which is now widespread.

Former KCBS/KCAL anchor Suzanna Rico writes about Kang on her blog:

James and I worked together on the KCBS morning show for several years, and each time I walked in the security doors in the pre-dawn hours, exhausted and sometimes grumpy, James would greet me as if I was the most special person in the world. James always remembered my birthday–although I never remembered his. But that didn’t matter. James was a giving, not a receiving, kind of guy.

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Serene Branson Returns to TV, Sitting Down with KCBS’s Pat Harvey

Andrew Gauthier — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:50:36 +0000

Serene Branson returned to TV on Thursday night, appearing on KCBS‘s 11 p.m. newscast in a special interview with anchor Pat Harvey.

“My head was definitely pounding and I was very uncomfortable and I knew something wasn’t right,” Branson told Harvey about her troubling appearance during the CBS-affiliate’s Grammys coverage last Sunday. “I was terrified and confused… What had just happened?”

What had happened was, according to Branson’s doctor, a severe migraine. Although the symptoms mimic those of a stroke, Branson did not suffer from a stroke or seizure, as many have speculated.

Branson is eager to get back to work and is looking forward to covering the upcoming Oscars ceremony.

“I’m ready to be telling the story and not be the story,” Branson told Harvey. Video inside… continued…

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