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Kris Ketz

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From the South Central riots in Los Angeles to Hurricane Andrew in Louisiana to national political conventions, when it comes to big stories, KMBC 9 News anchor-reporter Kris Ketz has always found himself in the right place at the right time.

Kris is also an Emmy-award winning investigative reporter, having captured a regional honor in 1991 for an in-depth report on the influence of the Ku Klux Klan in the Kansas City area.

Kris joined KMBC-TV on July 4, 1983. He helped anchor and report for all Channel 9 newscasts until the summer of 1994, when he was named weeknight co-anchor of KMBC 9 News at 5 with Kelly Eckerman and chief meteorologist Bryan Busby. Kris' live reports are also seen on weeknight editions of KMBC 9 News at 10. Kris is a graduate of St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. He began his broadcasting career at the age of 18 as a weekend news anchor for radio station WQUA in Moline, Ill. Kris progressed to afternoon and morning anchor, until he became the station's news director.

Kris broke into television four years later with WQAD-TV in Moline in 1981. WQAD-TV was the station where his father had anchored the news for 35 years. Kris rose from weekend co-anchor/producer to weeknight co-anchor at WQAD.

A highlight of Kris' career was the chance to co-anchor a Father's Day edition of KMBC 9 News at 10 with his dad in 1998.

He was named "Best Reporter" in a reader's poll published August 2001 in Kansas City Magazine.

Kris is active in the Hispanic Media Association of Greater Kansas City. He has also been active in raising money on behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy Association through his involvement with the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. Kris has been a co-host of local MDA telethons in Kansas City and the Quad Cities since 1980.

Kris also has his own radio show "Kansas City Today" heard Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Hot Talk 1510/KCTE Radio.

Kris is also a regular contributor on the show "Radio for Grown-Ups" with Woody Cozad on Hot Talk 1510/KCTE Sunday mornings from 9 a.m. until noon.

Kris and his wife Lisa have 3 sons and live in Kansas City, North.

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