{"id":10704,"date":"2016-03-08T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=10704"},"modified":"2016-03-08T06:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T12:00:17","slug":"fox-32s-new-anchor-lets-just-call-her-kristen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/03\/08\/fox-32s-new-anchor-lets-just-call-her-kristen\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox 32\u2019s new anchor? Let\u2019s just call her 'Kristen'"},"content":{"rendered":"
\""Kristen<\/a>

<\/a> \"Kristen Nicole\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Joining WFLD-Channel 32<\/a> these days is a lot like entering the Witness Protection Program. Sometimes you even change your name.<\/p>\n

The Fox-owned station this week announced the hiring of \u201cKristen Nicole\u201d to anchor the Saturday and Sunday editions of \u201cGood Day Chicago,\u201d starting March 28.\u00a0The seat has been occupied by a revolving cast since the two-hour weekend show debuted<\/a> January 30.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

A Google search revealed a Kristen Nicole as a Playboy Playmate (Miss May 2013, <\/a>to be precise), but I couldn\u2019t find any TV anchors or reporters who matched that name.<\/p>\n

\"Kristen<\/a>

Kristen Pflum<\/p><\/div>\n

It turns out that this<\/em> Kristen Nicole is actually Kristen Pflum,<\/a> 33, an anchor and reporter at WLEX, the NBC affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky. Nicole is her middle name, but she\u2019s never used it as a last name before.<\/p>\n

I guess we should consider her arrival a parting gift to Chicago from Tom Doerr, who\u2019s on his way out<\/a> after three miserable years as news director at Fox 32.<\/p>\n

\u201cKristen\u2019s strong storytelling abilities and passion for journalism will be a tremendous asset to our morning newscast,\u201d Doerr said in a statement Monday. Knowing Doerr\u2019s track record<\/a>, I\u2019m sure it had to be Kristen's strong storytelling abilities and passion for journalism that led him to hire her.<\/p>\n

A native of Indianapolis and graduate of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, Kristen began as an intern at WBBH, the NBC affiliate in Ft. Myers, Florida, and later worked as a reporter at WISE, the NBC affiliate in Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t get an answer when I asked Kristen for clarification about her name change. But in response to a viewer welcoming her to Chicago, she tweeted:<\/a> \u201cCan\u2019t wait to get up there!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joining WFLD-Channel 32 these days is a lot like entering the Witness Protection Program. Sometimes you even change your name. The Fox-owned station this week announced the hiring of \u201cKristen Nicole\u201d to anchor the Saturday and Sunday editions of \u201cGood Day Chicago,\u201d starting March 28.\u00a0The seat has been occupied by a revolving cast since the... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10704"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10724,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10704\/revisions\/10724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}