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Minneapolis anchor to take job at CBS 4

Leigh to join Benemann in HD format

By Dusty Saunders , Special to the Rocky

Published February 27, 2008 at 9:53 a.m.
Updated February 27, 2008 at 11:33 p.m.

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Karen Leigh, the morning show anchor for WCCO in Minneapolis since 2004, will join CBS 4 as co-anchor with Jim Benemann.

Karen Leigh, the morning show anchor for WCCO in Minneapolis since 2004, will join CBS 4 as co-anchor with Jim Benemann.

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CBS 4 will introduce a new anchor and a new on-screen look April 27.

Karen Leigh, most recently a morning news personality on WCCO- TV in Minneapolis, will team with Jim Benemann on the 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. weekday newscasts. She replaces Molly Hughes, who will work on special news projects.

The new look will be an HD format that will be featured on the station's nearly 30 hours of weekly newscasts. CBS will become the second Denver outlet to produce local newscasts in high definition; 9News made the switch in April of 2004.

Leigh's move to CBS 4, rumored earlier this month, will end her 31/2-year association with WCCO, which, like CBS 4, is owned by CBS.

Prior to joining WCCO, Leigh anchored newscasts in her hometown, Little Rock, Ark., and worked as a reporter in Nashville, Tenn., where she won two regional Emmys.

Leigh holds a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from Arkansas State University.

Leigh, who was unavailable for comment, said in prepared statement: "It's been a great 31/2 years for me at WCCO . . . yet I'm so excited to be going to CBS 4."

Comments

  • February 27, 2008

    1:28 p.m.

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    dano writes:

    She's way too hot to work in Denver. Send her here. We'll take her gladly, y'all.

  • February 27, 2008

    1:44 p.m.

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    Brockage writes:

    What!?!?!? -- not a blonde? Shocking. There must be some mistake -- don't they have to be blonde -- all the others seem to be.

  • February 27, 2008

    5:39 p.m.

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    SteveC writes:

    So where is Molly Hughes going?

  • February 28, 2008

    8:05 a.m.

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    BlueSled writes:

    "All the better to brainwash you, my dear!" said the Big Bad Wolf...

  • February 28, 2008

    11:56 a.m.

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    cyns writes:

    Just in case you don't watch the other channels (7 & 9), they are all brunettes!

  • February 28, 2008

    11:56 a.m.

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    buffsblg writes:

    Brainwash implies some actual plan and purpose, the current attitude is more about brain numbing. Britany gets more coverage than the economy and political coverage consists mainly of fashion commentary and who cries best. She is cute though.

  • February 28, 2008

    1:39 p.m.

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    BlueSled writes:

    Why would we be subjected to "brain numbing" without a pupose? Should we just go on with our lives saying,"Yeah, my brain is numb, but that's ok." Or should we be asking, "Why is my brain numb?"

  • February 28, 2008

    2:10 p.m.

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    ItsJustme writes:

    Wow! The new look is HD! Welcome to the 21st century. 9News has been in HD for years. CBS4 is just trying to get in step before the drop dead date early next year. It's about time. Now, Denver Channel 7....

  • February 28, 2008

    5:03 p.m.

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    Diff writes:

    could you not have found a better quality Photo?
    and not this pulled from video lined and blury pic?

    Oh wait that was the TV effect you were going for?

    sorry!

  • February 28, 2008

    8:43 p.m.

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    R8R_H8R writes:

    i love turning on the weekend a.m. news, there's always an asian, an 'african american, a female, and/or a hispanic.......gosh,........ are these news teams being hired for their ABILITY which is how it is supposed to be, or are they being hired based on ethnicity? I think the answer is obvious here. Wouldn't it be a hell of a coincidence that the 4 best qualified at a news desk also happen to be all different ethnicity? Yah, I dont think so. If you are a white male, you need not apply.

  • February 28, 2008

    11:09 p.m.

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    AC writes:

    Great, another import who knows nothing about Denver and will take 10 years to learn the difference between 17th Street and 17th Avenue, that Wheat Ridge is two words and that it isn't Westminister.

    Is there anyone on Denver TV news who grew up in Denver and knows what life was like here before DIA, the 16th Street Mall or Pepsi Center?

  • February 29, 2008

    8:38 a.m.

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    BroncoDan writes:

    good point, AC...and that it's not Arawda...;-D

    she's hot, though...'course Molly wasn't all that bad!