Kathy Brock
Brock at the WLS-TV news desk in September 2006
Born (1959-07-24) July 24, 1959
Pasco, Washington, United States
Alma materWashington State University
OccupationNews Anchor at ABC 7 Chicago
Years active1980–2018
SpouseDouglas P. Regan

Kathy Brock (born July 24, 1959) is a former news anchor at WLS-TV, Chicago's ABC affiliate. She was a co-anchor of the station's 6 pm and 10 pm news broadcasts alongside Alan Krashesky.

Personal life and education

Brock grew up working on the family farm in Pasco, Washington. She graduated from Pasco High School in 1977. Brock later received her bachelor's degree in journalism from Washington State University, where she was president of her sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma and served as Rush Chairman for the Intra Fraternity Council. Brock now resides in Florida with her husband Douglas P. Regan, Co-Chairman and Founding Partner of Cresset. She has two sons, Colton and Matthew Staab, and two step-daughters, Maggie and Katie Regan.[1]

Career

Before joining ABC 7 Chicago, Brock spent six years as an anchor/reporter at KUTV-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also worked at KBCI-TV in Boise, Idaho; KEPR-TV, in Pasco, Washington; and KWSU-TV in Pullman, Washington.

Brock joined WLS-TV in 1990 as a co-anchor of the morning newscast with Alan Krashesky. From 1993 - 1998, she co-anchored the 6 pm newscast with Floyd Kalber. Since 1998, she has co-anchored it with Alan Krashesky.[2] In 2003, after Diann Burns left ABC 7, Brock was promoted to the 10 pm newscast alongside Ron Magers. This is currently the No. 1 rated and most watched newscast in Chicago.[3][4] After 13 years together, Magers retired in May 2016 and Brock teamed up at 10 with Alan Krashesky.

On May 30, 2018, media critic Robert Feder reported that Brock is stepping away from ABC7 after 28 years at the station. In her note to colleagues, she said "I want to explore other passions and see what life's like off the night shift." On June 12, 2018, current 5pm and 7pm anchor and 10pm contributing anchor Cheryl Burton was named Brock's successor on the 10pm show. 11am and 4pm anchor Judy Hsu was named the new 6pm anchor.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Robert Feder, "ABC 7 anchor Kathy Brock retiring", Daily Herald, 2018 May 30. Retrieved 2024-01-04
  2. ↑ "Meet the Team - Alan Krashesky". Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Meet the Team - Ron Magers". Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  4. ↑ Mike Thomas. "Ready for her closeup - Since taking over the 10 o'clock slot on Channel 7 from Diann Burns, Brock has kept the broadcast in a familiar place--first." Chicago Sun-Times. July 10, 2003. 36.
  5. ↑ Robert Feder, "ABC 7 promotes Cheryl Burton to 10 p.m. anchor", Daily Herald, 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2024-01-04.


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