At the moment, there is no available information in regards to Susans parents or siblings. Bob Pompeani is an American news anchor and sports presenter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has worked at Sirius XM in Washington D.C., WBEN in Buffalo, NY, and for stations in Baltimore, MD. Koeppen said she was living my best life, working weekends as a ski instructor and as a full-time mom to her three children, 12-15. And I bent over her and I looked down. Its a perfect partnership and I jumped at the chance to be part of this new venture.. But we found out there are ways to save, and every little bit helps. Quotation[2] = "'The story first broke on FTVLive.com' - AP"; Koeppen said she likes the 4 p.m. time for its ability to provide news of the day and a look ahead, and shes excited to get back in the swing of things when the new newscast launches on Channel 11 on Sept. 13. In addition, Susan anchors the 5 pm newscast of the Breaking News Desk for WPIX. . With Judge Judy ending the production of new shows, and the strong appetite for local news in Pittsburgh, it was a natural choice to launch a 4 p.m. newscast, said WPXI Vice President and General Manager Kevin Hayes. Static.COOKIE_BANNER_CAPABLE = true; FTVLive was the FIRST to tell you that former Pittsburgh Anchor Wendy Bell was suing her station, after they fired her for a racist Facebook post. "To throw both Andrew and Guy under the bus is unacceptable," said one WTAE staffer to FTVLive. Pittsburgh NBC affiliate WPXI is launching a 4 p.m. newscast starting Monday, Sept. 13. Ill get to dress up after spending a year hanging out in sweatpants and living the life of leisure, she said. 6,505 followers. With prices sky-high, it pays to shop around and look for deals. This is a great opportunity with a great team of people and I could not be more thrilled to help launch the new 4 p.m. newscast at WPXI, Koeppen said in a statement, per the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. "I've seen people get shocked and suddenly come, you know, have a lot more life to them -- and she wasn't," Vanessa explained, "and I was like, I was just deathly afraid for her. Quotation [16] = " 'FTVLive.com a website I go too often for the latest news about the TV business (you should, too!)' Quotation[7] = "'FTVLive Delivers some of the TV World's Biggest Scoops' - Tonawanda News "; Speaker 5: That's exactly what we're doing. Quotation [12] = "'has handed in his resignation, according to FTVLive.com' - TVNewser" | "We jumped out of the rig and pretty much, there wasn't a word spoken, really.". No. More than 30 million people in the United States suffer from heart disease. Soon, shell complete the Pittsburgh broadcast news trifecta by anchoring WPXI-TVs new 4 p.m. newscast launching Sept. 13. Wow. There are some deals in our area that seem just too good to be true. Susan suffered a cardiac arrest in November 2011 when she was out for a run with her friends. Before coming to WPXI-TV, Susan founded Susan Koeppen Media where she works as a motivational speaker, emcee and moderator for local and national events. window._taboola = window._taboola || []; Klein's imminent exit was first reported by FTVLive' - NY Times"; "That whole time frame, I have no idea what's gonna be at the end of it," added Jim. 2023 Cox Media Group. Before WTAE, Kelly served 40/29 News, the Hearst Television station in Fayetteville, Ark. Nope. The wedding ceremony took place at the Carnegie Natural History Museum. 212 following. They were with me, she was cradling me in her arms as I was dying -- that's something she's never gonna forget and she's not gonna get that out of her mind; and my husband ran to the scene and saw me on the ground. This exhibits the amount she really focuses on her loved ones. showQuotation(); She has been. She now has a new little "appliance" in her chest and she's facing heart surgery to repair a faulty cardiac valve. WXPI-TV in Pittsburgh recently announced that Koeppen will lead a new 4 pm daily broadcast, debuting on Sept. 13. I said alright so we kept running. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Of course, that is a bit of semantics, but since she and her lawyer are playing the game, we'll play along as well. The conservative talk show host from Pittsburgh can be seen on Wendy Bell Common Sense airing weekends on Newsmax Media. In Miami, Bill Tejada and the Florida. // To add more quotations, continue with the Some of Susans colleagues at WPIX include: Mary Murphey General Assignment Reporter. Koeppen served as an anchor on weeknight editions of the news at 4, 6 and 11 p.m. She had been working at KDKA-TV since September 2011 and for CBS News since 2004. WTAE weekend morning anchor Chris Lovingood will depart the station by the end of July after a three-year stint at the ABC affiliate. Susan Koeppen: The blast is so intense, it rips the curtains off the window. Soon, she'll complete the Pittsburgh broadcast news trifecta by anchoring WPXI-TV's new 4 p.m. newscast launching Sept. 13. The stations newest newscast will contain what Channel 11 News viewers have come to expect; live coverage of breaking news, local news and of course local weather from Severe Weather Team 11. WXPI-TV in Pittsburgh recently announced that Koeppen will lead a new 4 pm daily broadcast, debuting on Sept. 13. Life was kind of chaotic, but in a good way. In an effort to listen REALLY closely to my cell phone, I dipped my head forward and put my ear right up to the phone which was charging on my desk. So she moved on. In the same press release, WXPIs vice president and general manager Kevin Hayes said the following: With Judge Judy ending the production of new shows, and the strong appetite for local news in Pittsburgh, it was a natural choice to launch a 4 p.m. newscast.. Ask TV questions by email or phone. How does that happen? That both stations had the ability to replace their 4 p.m. programming almost simultaneously is probably coincidence. They can't get it out of their minds, but for me it was just black. The sport has become a bonding activity for the family as well as a personal haven for Ms. Are Susan Koeppen and Wendy Bell related? She just didn't know it would beep. She started at WGAL in 1981 as a reporter and at various times also anchored the morning and weekend news reports. Discovery Exiting Regional Sports Network Business. She has been serving as a journalist for quite some time and is also an entrepreneur. During that time, she broke the story of the largest crib recall in U.S. history. Her height is around 5 feet 7 inches/ 1.7 m tall. Susan Koeppen, a nine-time Emmy Award Winner, and former CBS News Correspondent, is returning to the anchor chair. Follow Rob on Twitter or Facebook. Susan Koeppen was born on April 16, 1972, in Heinz Chapel, Pittsburgh. Susan is a nationally known, award winning journalist. Why did it take WPXI and WTAE 19 years to follow in KDKAs footsteps? 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. She previously anchored newscasts for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. Ryan Hedrick serves as the Assistant Program Director and Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. // Copyright 2004 by CodeLifter.com Kristine SorensenMarty Griffin / Spouse (m. 2003), Wendy Bell now has her own program on national television. Prior to coming to Pittsburgh, she was consumer correspondent for CBS News The Early Show. When she was contacted by WPXI fairly recently; this hasnt been a year in the making about anchoring at 4 p.m., it was the right job for her. She was also honored with a Golden Quill award for her story about the Wi-Fi dangers. Turkey prices are the highest they have ever been. Tony Cartagena. Bell has taken to writing sappy stories to Facebook that her supporters just eat up. Bob is one of the great men in Pittsburgh, Your email address will not be published. Robert Jacquemin, Former Buena Vista and DreamWorks TV President, Passes Away, Jerry OConnell Nearing Deal to Join CBS The Talk as Co-Host, Dagen McDowell Is Ready For A New Adventure With Fox Business, Airing The Tyre Nichols Video Was A Necessity. We have lots of TV screens and wires and monitors and cameras so it seemed to make sense that the sound was coming from the television station. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Did your wife go to Canevin also? Its what so many of us are talking about every day: Your trip to the grocery store is costing you more than probably ever before. But then Friday rolled around and I heard the beeping noise again. When my parents were alive they used to watch KDKA in the 60s. Susan was born in Albany, NY, and graduated from Syracuse Universitys Newhouse School of Public Communications. Its a perfect partnership and I jumped at the chance to be part of this new venture.. Award-winning journalist Susan Koeppen will join the Channel 11 News team to anchor the new broadcast. Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against CNN in October; now, over a month later, the cable news channel is asking a judge in Florida to toss the case (h/tThe Hill). She celebrates her birthday on April 16 every year. Prior to joining KDKA-TV, Susan worked at CBS News for seven years as a correspondent who specialized in consumer issues. 540 posts. He estimated that Susan's heart had stopped or been short-circuiting for about six minutes. What are we going to do? Almost to the point of being annoying.. Standing in the makeup room at work, I heard it. PITTSBURGH (KDKA-TV) -- A few short months ago, the odds were heavily stacked against her survival and her chances of resuming a normal life; but as KDKA-TV News Anchor Susan Koeppen returns to work at the anchor desk for the first time since November, she's sharing her story in the hopes that it may inspire more people to learn what to do to save a life. On Friday night, I was sitting at my desk at work and BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. Her husbands family lives in Pittsburgh (she and WTAE anchor Wendy Bell are married to brothers) and she still owns a home here. Soon, she'll complete the Pittsburgh broadcast news trifecta by anchoring WPXI-TV's new 4 p.m. newscast launching Sept. 13. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. It later turned out that she had a heart abnormality, which she already knew about, and was now required to have a defibrillator on her chest. Made in America, the tree features a patriotic theme of red, white, and blue decorations.After a busy year in America, its nice to, lets just take a step back and celebrate traditions like this and remember how important it is to come together and focus on what truly matters, said co-host Dana Perino. "[She] put her hands on her knees and kind of bent over like she was trying to catch her breath, then she put her right hand back and kind of sat herself back down on the ground and lay down. 2012 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Susans career journey began at WNYT-TV, where she worked from July 1994 to February 1995. Ms. Sorensen will continue to anchor KDKA-TV newscasts at noon and 5 p.m. No word if the lawyer will charge for the bus he used to run over her former co-workers. / CBS Pittsburgh. As Koeppen's post- op echocardiogram shows, once repaired, her life expectancy returned completely to normal. It didn't give me a lot of time to track the source and investigate the beeps which seemed to come every 6 hours. She previously spent 13 years working in the Pittsburgh market. She is married to her husband, Jim OToole who is a plastic surgeon. Koeppen started as the "Call 4 Action" consumer reporter and was later a weekend anchor. She didn't know she was in the hospital or what had happened to put her there. It just does not seem like a logical choice for Susan to go and Stacy to stay. And thats at the core of my decision to retire. Remember that story KDKA did a couple years ago about a loud beeping coming from inside a Ross Township home every day for 13 years? Glad Pete told me it was time for a new one. var Quotation=new Array() // do not change this! In the days after my near death experience, doctors implanted a defibrillator in my chest to shock my heart back-to-life in case it every tried to stop working again. This was not a typical heart attack due to blocked arteries or an unhealthy lifestyle. She has been honored with 9 Emmys throughout her accomplished career, along with many other awards. Staffers that supported Bell at WTAE, now say they can not do so. Koeppen reported live for 11 p.m newscasts where she worked hand in hand with the area police departments. Contractual obligations likely prevented both stations from adding a 4 p.m. newscast sooner, and in the case of WPXI, Judge Judy served as a strong news lead-in, delivering eyeballs to Channel 11s 5 p.m. newscast. Are you ready for this? When she was contacted by WPXI "fairly recently; this. Hmmmm, stumped again. The news was first reported on February 1, 2020, by KDKA-TV. Now fully recovered, Susan is a national spokesperson for the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. 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