Michael Pomeranz
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Michael Pomeranz is a TV news anchor on KARE-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota
. Pomeranz has anchored the 5, 6, and 10pm newscasts on KARE since January 2006.
Prior to KARE, he anchored at WCBS-TV
New York. He held various positions there, spending most of his tenure at CBS 2 News This Morning and CBS 2 News at Noon, but also anchoring 6pm and the weekend evening newscasts. Pomeranz was on the air during the September 11, 2001 attacks
, and his station was the only network affiliate not knocked off the air due to the collapse of the World Trade Center
. He began his television career in 1994, also working as a reporter and anchor in Chicago
, Knoxville, Tennessee
, and Colorado Springs, Colorado
.
Pomeranz graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University
. He has received an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for his reporting.
Before his news career, Pomeranz was a minor league baseball
pitcher from 1989 until a shoulder injury in 1992 ended his career with a record of 9 wins and 18 losses, 4.72 ERA, in 88 games played.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
. Pomeranz has anchored the 5, 6, and 10pm newscasts on KARE since January 2006.
Prior to KARE, he anchored at WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....
New York. He held various positions there, spending most of his tenure at CBS 2 News This Morning and CBS 2 News at Noon, but also anchoring 6pm and the weekend evening newscasts. Pomeranz was on the air during the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
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, and his station was the only network affiliate not knocked off the air due to the collapse of the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
. He began his television career in 1994, also working as a reporter and anchor in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
, and Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
.
Pomeranz graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
. He has received an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for his reporting.
Before his news career, Pomeranz was a minor league baseball
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
pitcher from 1989 until a shoulder injury in 1992 ended his career with a record of 9 wins and 18 losses, 4.72 ERA, in 88 games played.