# Who's your favorite local news babe? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550 "2001-03-19T04:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bazooka\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ebca7d/32.png) [@Bazooka\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bazooka_Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/1 "2001-03-19T04:53:17Z")
Which newscaster or reporter do you find most attractive on your local news? Here in Cleveland OH I’d have to say it’s Denise Dufala on WOIO 19 (CBS). ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/2 "2001-03-19T05:12:30Z")
**Rita Williams of KTVU Channel 2 in San Francisco** \*\* [http://www.bayinsider.com/partners/ktvu/aboutus/williams.html](http://www.bayinsider.com/partners/ktvu/aboutus/williams.html) \*\* Her husband Lindsay Bowen used to work for me, and we’d all go skiing together. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/3 "2001-03-19T06:41:29Z")
I don’t think she is local (Los Angeles) but definitely my pick: Giselle Fernandez ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/4 "2001-03-19T14:35:12Z")
Here in Dallas, the hottest is channel 8’s morning weather lass, Kristine Kahanek. [http://www.wfaa.com/wfaa/department/0,1005,1\_2\_\_0,00.html](http://www.wfaa.com/wfaa/department/0,1005,1_2__0,00.html) Scroll to the bottom of the page. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/5 "2001-03-19T14:37:15Z")
Damnable coding. Preview then post. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/6 "2001-03-19T14:40:56Z")
This link to [Kristine Kahanek](http://www.wfaa.com/weather/kahanek.html)should work. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/7 "2001-03-19T15:15:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bazooka Joe \* > \*\*Which newscaster or reporter do you find most attractive on your local news? Here in Cleveland OH I’d have to say it’s Denise Dufala on WOIO 19 (CBS). \*\* Joe, I’ve got to beg to differ with you. While Denise Dufala is pretty - and according to a friend of mine who goes to her church, very pleasant too - the best looking newsbabe in Cleveland is Ramona Robinson of WKYC (Channel 3 NBC). My rankings would be: 1. Robinson 2. Stacey Bell, Channel 8 (Fox) 3. Angie Lau, Channel 5 (ABC) 4. Dufala 5. Barbara Meek, Channel 5 (ABC) - she was a cheerleader at Kent St. back when I went to school there. My favorite all time weather babe is Maria Genero who used to do the weather in Miami and who had a bit part in the movie “Striptease” as a TV reporter. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/8 "2001-03-19T15:32:21Z")
Here in the Twin Cities, my vote is split between KMSP-9’s [Robyne Robinson](http://www.exhibitart.org/robyne_bio.htm) and Angela Hampton, whose picture I couldn’t find, but trust me, she’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/9 "2001-03-19T15:36:39Z")
I have a bizarre crush on the WEOS weather guy. I have no idea what he looks like, because WEOS is a radio station. I just like they way he reads the weather. His voice cracks. I think it’s sweet. ---
**Author:** ![racerx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@racerx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racerx)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/10 "2001-03-19T15:40:53Z")
I’m gonna vote for a guy cause I’m a girl and I couldn’t help but vote for my crush. . . It’s the dreamy [Paul Magers](http://www.kare11.com/personalities_magers.html) from KARE 11. He used to wear some yummy glasses. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/11 "2001-03-20T00:38:19Z")
Irene O’Connor (NBC News Ch. 30) 😮 ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/12 "2001-03-20T04:07:10Z")
Marlene McClinton on KHOU 11 in Houston… she quit on the air! That is super cool. -fh ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/13 "2001-03-20T04:09:40Z")
I’m long gone from Denver, but I really, really miss [Kathy Sabine](http://9news.com/newsteam/sabine.htm). I once got a totally unsolicited fan letter regarding one of my Web sites from [Maryalice Demler](http://www.wgrz.com/bios/default.asp#demler) of WGRZ in Buffalo. Too bad she’s married. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/14 "2001-03-20T14:13:23Z")
**Bazooka Joe** and **PatrickM** , are either of you familiar with the song “Denise, Denise” by local pop-punkers Beatnik Termites? It was inspired by Dufala. The lyrics are [here](http://www.wildminds.com/termites/lyrics/denise.html). I’m not yet familiar enough with the local news folks here in Northern Va., but when I was in Cleveland, I was always partial to: 1. Amy Hasten, who was at Channel 3, but I believe is no longer there. 2. [Lee Jordan](http://www.newsnet5.com/newschannel5/whoswho/jordan.html) at Channel 5. I had a big crush on her back in high school. 3. Dufala, but as a brunette. I thought she looked awful as a blonde. ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/15 "2001-03-20T15:29:21Z")
[Andrea Cambern](http://www.wbns10tv.com/bios/acambern.shtml) from WBNS 10-TV in Columbus, Ohio is pretty foxy. Although, I am kind of partial to [Terri Sullivan](http://www.wsyx6.com/news/bios/tsullivan.htm) on WSYX-6. I’ve started watching her on FOX-28 in the mornings (she does newscasts on both channels). Her, [Gabe Spiegel](http://www.wsyx6.com/news/bios/gspiegel.htm) and [Chuck Gillespie](http://www.wsyx6.com/news/bios/cgillespie.htm) are all goofballs and play off each other wonderfully in the mornings. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/16 "2001-03-21T04:37:02Z")
[Junko Kubo](http://www.nhk.or.jp/pr/keiei/nhk2000/en/pg006.html) (the woman in the second row of photos, left side), from NHK. Grew up in America before moving back to Japan. As a result, just about every article about her features a photo of her in her Senior Prom dress. –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![Bazooka\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ebca7d/32.png) [@Bazooka\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bazooka_Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/17 "2001-03-21T05:10:21Z")
Pldennison, funny you should mention Lee Jordan. Back when I was in high school (late 80’s) I also had a crush on her. She was on Morning Exchange at the time. Not bad nowadays either, considering her age. BTW; I heard there was a song about Denise Dufala but was unsure of the specifics (title, group etc). Thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![robbaba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a4c791/32.png) [@robbaba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robbaba)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/18 "2001-03-21T19:09:04Z")
Where are all my fellow Chicagoans? Robin Meade of NBC 5 is by far one of the hottest newswoman I have ever seen. Check her out: [http://www.nbc5.com/tvsd/team/meade.shtml](http://www.nbc5.com/tvsd/team/meade.shtml) Only bad thing about her is she is married. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/19 "2001-03-21T22:27:32Z")
[Lin Sue Cooney](http://www.12news.com/About_12/Bios/lin_sue_cooney.html) on Channel 12, by far. The picture in the banner is a better one of her–way too much make-up in the publicity photo. ::Sigh:: She’ll always be Lin Sue _Shepard_ to me. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550/20 "2001-03-21T23:07:30Z")
From the Reuters website: “Claire Leka anchors The Reuters Business Report, a daily wrap-up of market activity and financial news direct from the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to joining Reuters Business Network was national correspondent for Reuters First Business.” She’s a magnificent hot babe. I want her. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-local-news-babe/58550.md?page=2)