KATU

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KATU is a television station in Portland, Oregon, USA. It began operation on March 15, 1962 and is an affiliate of the American Broadcasting Company. Its transmitter is located in Portland. It is currently owned by Fisher Communications of Seattle, Washington, owner of fellow ABC affiliate KOMO-TV.

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Former personalities

Bill O'Reilly, one of the original anchors of Inside Edition and now of Fox News, was an anchor and reporter at KATU in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He left the station in 1986 to join ABC News, and was replaced by reporter Jeff Giannola. At the time of his departure, KATU's "Channel 2 News" held the top spot in the Portland TV ratings market.

Microsoft spokesman and communications director Lou Gellos was a former Sports Director at KATU in the early 1990s. Prior to joining KATU, he also held that position briefly at Seattle's KING-TV.

KATU's "Channel 2 News" was also the highest-rated news program in Portland under the anchor team of Jeff Giannola and Julie Emry. Julie Emry left in the mid-1990s for family reasons, and Jeff Giannola left in 1997 after being suspended for apparently getting into an argument with a female reporter. Incidentally, Giannola and Emry were back anchoring the news together on rival TV station KOIN-TV Channel 6 from September 2002 until late 2005, when she left the station (also for family reasons).

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