KSDK Newschannel Five

Show me St Louis!!!
This is Caliente for the Cure’s fifth year getting great coverage for our annual event! Somehow, every year, they get us on the Show Me St Louis window, or a small segment on the show! The crew is always welcoming of our crazies (Zumba Fitness fanatics) coming there, blasting the music and let us dance away while we announce our annual event.
Always courteous, and always helpful in us getting the word out for our fundraiser!
If you have a group promoting an event do not hesitate in putting in your info on their website (
) and getting your word out!

A fantastic news team!

Well, we took a field trip to a radio station, so the next logical place was to a TV station. Heidi gave a somewhat concise tour of the station (this place is probably always busy) showing us many facets of what goes into running it from day to day. We even got to witness a live newscast! It’s crazy to me how perfectly smooth these guys nail it on the first try. Granted, they have many years of experience on me, but it takes skill to deliver script with that much confidence.
They were compiling people to spray paint their hair blue to show SLU support while we were touring, so I decided to volunteer (I’m ALL about crazy hair colours). They had one woman «filming» with her phone while a man took his can of hair paint and attempted to colour my hair blue. In the end, it didn’t really work because my hair was too dark, but it was fun nonetheless.
The guided tour was quite the learning experience… some of these people have to get to the studio at 2 in the morning! What’s more, they’ve been doing it for years… one woman in particular had been living that lifestyle for 20! That’s some serious dedication.

This station constantly preempts network programming for watever whim. They’ve preempted prime time season finalies for infomercials!
Latest trick was preempting Stanly Cup playoffs!

Local news stations slipped into their own versions of ‘Storm Mode’ yet again this morning… because of rain. I particularly liked KSDK’s ‘Winter Blast’ mode… the designer went above and beyone with this one, using crazy Rudolph inspired font and all. I think I get the deal now… they were expecting a big storm all week, had prepped for a big storm, the producers of the news had it all mapped out and ready to go… and then it just rains. «CRAP! What do we do now? Well, let’s just stick with the plan. We’ll still send reporters out to the roadways and have them inform the viewers that traffic is moving along just fine but to ‘be cautious.’ We’ll still send the intern to the salt piles to make sure that the city has enough and we’ll also make sure to have them dress like they’re in the arctic circle. It’ll be fine… no one will even notice that it’s not snowing… we’ll still make them paranoid. Alright… let’s fire this up! Get ready for a WINTER BLAST, St. Louis!!»

Great review, Steve-​O.
I also liked when Heidi demonstrated sledding on said .25 inches of snow. I think the sled only moved about .25 inches as well.
That said, I am fairly confident I would have met my immediate demise on the streets this morning had I not watched KSDK news. Without their hard hitting storm coverage and sweet ‘80s graphics, I would not have known to just drive exactly how I always drive every single other day.
Thank you, KSDK, for saving my life. And also thank you for not having anyone on your staff as annoying as Tim Ezell from channel 2.

KSDK is such a classy news station, and is affiliated with NBC. KSDK was the first to go to HD a year or so back, and that first broadcast was like candy to the eyes. The set design and the lighting are wonderful, and there really isn’t a city in the United States — and I’ve been to most of them — that comes close our out does them.
The newscasters have a real sense of personality, and truly seem to get along very well. My favorites are Art and Jennifer in the morning, especially when Scott is doing the weather. There is a great sense of camaraderie. A new feature that I appreciate is that they are making the effort to show heart warming stories, things that are going well in St. Louis and those who ‘make a difference’. KSDK has the hit show ‘Show Me St. Louis’ which has been on the air for years, and features stories around St. Louis such as new places to go or new things to do. I also really appreciate the fact that they don’t report things until they have double and triple checked their sources. It just makes them a lot easier to trust. …not that I ever blindly trust anything or anyone.