Doug Lund
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As a child, Doug Lund dreamed of being on television. He reported that the personalities at KELO-TVKELO-TV
KELO is the CBS affiliate television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, broadcasting on digital channel 11. South Dakotans pronounce its call letters as a homonym of "hello"...
were idols of his; and, years later, they became his colleagues.
In 1974, Doug Lund started his career at KELO-TV as a commercial announcer. In 1975, he joined the Keloland news team; and, he and Steve Hemmingsen
Steve Hemmingsen
Steve Hemmingsen served as co-anchor of "Keloland News" at television station, KELO-TV, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He most recently served as co-anchor with Angela Kennecke. In May of 2000, he entered semi-retirement....
co-anchored of the 10pm newscast. In 1977, Lund and Hemmingsen co-anchored the 6pm newscast for the next twenty-five years. Later, Lund was moved from the 10pm newscast to the new 5pm newscast.
Doug Lund's last newscast was broadcast on December 29, 2006. KELO-TV aired a special on Doug Lund's career entitled, Doug Lund: 32 Years at Large.