He passed away following complications from hip surgery in January.ĮDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to clarify that Dana spent his entire career in Phoenix. Kent was in real trouble," he said laughing.ĭana retired in 2011 after a 30 year news career. They'd have to go to a commercial break because he just kept laughing he'd have this look on his face and we all do. Every now and then, something would make them laugh, but if he got the giggles he literally could not stop. "While he was really straight on the air, if he got the giggles on television, he was in trouble. Local 12 WKRC-TV is the local station for breaking news, weather forecasts, traffic alerts. "We actually landscaped our yards together, we raised our kids together," he said fondly.ĭeBruhl says Dana was an everyday guy who never talked down to others and was willing to help. But Dana was more than just DeBruhl’s colleague: The two were neighbors. He eventually joined Channel 12, and later went to Channel 5. And he really set the tone for the newsroom. He really set the tone for the newsroom - from the moment he started to the moment he left."ĭana got his start at what is now FOX 10 news. He was just such a low key, pleasant, nice guy.
"Kent came in, and he was exactly the opposite. "Our previous anchor man was kind of like the anchorman, a traditional big ego kind of guy," said DeBruhl. Rick DeBruhl worked with Kent Dana at Channel 12 and was there the day Dana arrived.
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My mom worked for Airborne and DHL express, and my dad did freight and now he's a terminal manager.Longtime TV news anchor Kent Dana is being remembered as a gracious, down-to-earth guy. Both my parents were actually truck drivers. He's my best friend and he's super supportive. My younger brother just graduated from George Washington University. Once you do that, you realize anything can happen in this industry. news that I was also anchoring and producing. One time there was a shooting and I grabbed my camera gear and got that on the 11 p.m. On the weekends in San Diego, I would be the only one in the newsroom, following any breaking news that I'd posted to the web. Six months in, I went from MMJ to weekend evening anchor, then after two years, went to a station in San Diego, and after two years there went to New Haven and WTNH.Ī multimedia journalist - I was a one-man band. I graduated college at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and then like most journalists applied everywhere - to over 90 stations, in Mississippi, Kentucky, anywhere I thought would let a recent graduate start her career, and ended up going to Washington state and the Tri-Cities NBC affiliate there. They work so hard out there and could have sold their land, but the fact is, most of them don't. That's how the program started 25 years ago. I love the fact that people want to preserve their history and honor where they live and I've always wanted to spotlight, primarily, the farms. The farms out there are what all of Long Island once was, and it's almost like a living museum. Yes, and I'll always have a special place in my heart for the East End.
Will you continue producing your weekend show, "The East End?" There will be news, but we're also trying to inject some calmer, on-the-lighter-side, more human elements.ĭoug Geed will be anchoring the 5 and 10 p.m. Long Islanders are stressed - it's so hard to live here, to afford to live here, and with just the world in general. What editorial tweaks will you make at either 5 or 10? By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy.
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