KSL-TV welcomes 2 new anchors, new format
Mike Headrick, left, Nadine Wimmer and Dave McCann attend a rehearsal at KSL-TV in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 25, 2012.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — KSL-TV will welcome two new faces to its news team on Tuesday and introduce a new format to its Utah audience.
Dave McCann and Mike Headrick will join Nadine Wimmer as anchors of the station's evening newscasts. Their invitation to join KSL follows the retirement of Bruce Lindsay, who anchored evening newscasts continuously since 1978.
Both men will join Wimmer as anchors during the 10 p.m. newscast, a change in format for KSL, which has traditionally had two anchors behind the desk. The news team also includes chief meteorologist Kevin Eubank and sports director Tom Kirkland.
"The show moves really fast," Wimmer said after the three anchors completed a run-through on Friday. "These guys are both really fun and they're both really engaged in what they're doing."
Tanya Vea, KSL's executive vice president of news, said a three-anchor team adds versatility to the newscast. The anchors, she said, won't be as tied to sitting behind a desk and will more frequently be able to leave the studio and interact with the community.
"It's surprising how adding a third person can change the whole dynamic of a show," Vea said. "This will allow us to better highlight our communities in new, exciting ways."
Speaking of her new team members, Vea had only praise for both McCann and Headrick. She said both men are versatile as anchors and reporters and Utah is lucky to have them.
McCann said he's known Wimmer for years but met Headrick only recently through the process of joining KSL. He said that while filming promotional videos for KSL, it felt like the group had been together for a long time.
"There's a lot of personality in this group," he said. "We're different, we're new and I'm excited to see how it works out. If I was a viewer I wouldn't want to miss it"
McCann, who grew up in Orem, has worked in Las Vegas for the past 20 years on television and radio and is best known to Utahns as the face of BYUtv sports. In addition to anchoring on KSL, McCann will continue in his assignments as an announcer for BYU football and basketball.
"This is a great opportunity," he said. "I think it's the best opportunity in all of television."
