Roger Cornish |
As he celebrates his 35th anniversary at Channel 12, you could understand if Roger Cornish acted liked a big shot.
He's been the lead anchor on the dominant number one newscast in Kansas for more than 25 years. He's the person Kansans turn to when big news is breaking-from tornadoes and terrorist attacks to the capture and sentencing of a serial killer.
But there's no big anchor drama or ego with Roger. He's so humble, he still fills the machines with paper each day before we print the newscast!
Roger is a leader in the newsroom -- the first to get in front of the camera to break-in with a story and the first to offer to post it to the web site.
And where some longtime anchors may balk at learning new technology, most days you'll find Roger writing and editing a story for the six o'clock news
. While Roger may sometimes wonder what kind of career he would have had if he'd left Kansas and worked in other markets, how lucky is our newsroom to have his knowledge of local history and his savant-like recall of important dates?
And he does it all with an un-matchable sense of humor.
Viewers both love and fear his response to complaints and questions. Roger's Answerback segment is the highlight of the Sunday night news.
Congratulations on 35 years Roger! It's been fun to share twenty of those years with you.
He's been the lead anchor on the dominant number one newscast in Kansas for more than 25 years. He's the person Kansans turn to when big news is breaking-from tornadoes and terrorist attacks to the capture and sentencing of a serial killer.
But there's no big anchor drama or ego with Roger. He's so humble, he still fills the machines with paper each day before we print the newscast!
Roger is a leader in the newsroom -- the first to get in front of the camera to break-in with a story and the first to offer to post it to the web site.
And where some longtime anchors may balk at learning new technology, most days you'll find Roger writing and editing a story for the six o'clock news
. While Roger may sometimes wonder what kind of career he would have had if he'd left Kansas and worked in other markets, how lucky is our newsroom to have his knowledge of local history and his savant-like recall of important dates?
And he does it all with an un-matchable sense of humor.
Viewers both love and fear his response to complaints and questions. Roger's Answerback segment is the highlight of the Sunday night news.
Congratulations on 35 years Roger! It's been fun to share twenty of those years with you.
