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Mike Kemmeter
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Stevens Point, Wis. |
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| Education: |
Communications degree with journalism and broadcasting emphasis, UW-Stevens Point. |
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| Airshift: |
WHBY News, late morning, early afternoon |
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| Family: |
Single. Mike's parents grew up in the Fox Valley before moving to Stevens Point. His brother lives in Plover and his sister is in Brooklyn, N.Y. He has a number of relatives in the Fox Valley. |
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What I like
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I never know what I'm going to be covering throughout the day when I go into work in the morning. I also enjoy the responsibility of passing along stories that impact people, while making sure that I am accurate and objective. |
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| Hobbies, interests: |
I've grown up following baseball and the Milwaukee Brewers, and over a five-year period ending in July 2007, I went to a game at every Major League Baseball stadium. With several more ballparks opening in the coming years, my "stadium tour" will continue. The road trips also give me a chance to see plenty of cities and different sites around the country. I'm also a Packers fan and follow the Badgers basketball, football and hockey teams. |
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| Favorite movies: |
Comedies and sports movies. Singling out one or two is difficult. |
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| Favorite books: |
With my job, I actually read more newspapers than books, like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Wisconsin State Journal. Most of the books I own are sports-related. |
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| Favorite recording artists: |
I'll pretty much listen to anything. |
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| Career: |
Mike moved to Appleton from Madison, where he was the assistant news director and a reporter at a news/talk station for nearly six years. After graduating from college, along with his father, Gene, he helped start a weekly newspaper in Stevens Point, The Portage County Gazette. While in Madison, Mike also helped cover high school sports at the Wisconsin State Journal on a part-time basis. |
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