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8811 Olson Memorial Highway Golden Valley, MN 55427

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2012 | Best TV Newscaster

She's smart. She's hip (well, she was spotted once sporting a Pavement shirt while reporting on a local CD-release party, so she's hip for a newscaster). We like KARE 11's Jana Shortal because it's unlikely we'll ever see her behind the anchor desk sporting the Republican-wear outfit of most other female newscasters: the pearls, the buttoned-up suit dresses, the shoulder-length, neatly coiffed, golden blond hair. And it's unlikely we'll ever see her covering a frivolous or sensational thing... More »
2011 | Best TV Weatherperson

Okay. We admit it. Every time KARE 11's weather stud Sven Sundgaard appears on camera with his spiky blond locks standing at attention in Norse-god glory, we want to reach through the TV screen in a moment of virtual ecstasy and just muss the heck out them. It's distracting, really, and it leaves us consumed with guilt. Shouldn't we be admiring his acumen with all those dancing icons and animations on the weather map Shouldn't we be tuning in to see him brave real Minnesota weather Yes, we... More »
2009 | Best TV Weatherperson

Sure, CNN has its silver fox in Anderson Cooper. He's hot. But he knows he's hot, so it makes him semi-hot. But Minneapolis has our own on-camera hottie. His name is Sven Sundgaard. He wears stylish gloves. He uses products in his hair. He takes his reports on the weather into the elements. He likes to run outside, sometimes without his T-shirt. And he owns goats with cool names, like Baroness Abigail von Goat. We know this because we follow his life on his KARE 11 blog, a place where he... More »
2009 | Best Sports Anchor

Okay, readers, you win. For the past two years you've voted Randy Shaver Best Sports Anchor, and, as much as we revel in bucking convention, it's high time we give Shaver his due. (Sorry, Eric Perkins--your two-year run has come to an end. It's not you, it's us). As KARE 11's sports director, Shaver knows his way around the Minnesota sportscape, both collegiate and professional. But it's his encyclopedic knowledge of local high school athletics--on display when he hosts Prep Sports... More »
2008 | BEST TV SPORTS ANCHOR

Yes, we're aware that Perkins has a smugness quotient that sets some people's molars grinding. And we wouldn't blame you for thinking that other sportscasters in town--earnest lug Randy Shaver at KARE, favorite-uncle Mark Rosen at WCCO, or studiously bland Rod Simons at KSTP--might actually know more about sports. But this is television, and encyclopedic knowledge isn't the point. The point is that out of all the local TV sports personalities, Perkins actually has a personality. He... More »
2004 | BEST TV NEWSCASTER

In the wake of last year's tectonic shift--Paul Magers's departure from top-rated KARE-11 to the browner--and also greener--pastures of Los Angeles, local TV stations were left angling to fill the vacuum. WCCO, KSTP, and also-ran KMSP responded by going sensationalistic, with pointless live remotes and "breaking stories" about nothing. KARE largely sidestepped this race to the bottom, instead installing the steady, conscientious veteran Julie Nelson in the anchor seat, with Frank Vascellaro... More »
2004 | BEST TV SPORTS ANCHOR

If Joe Schmit, Mark Rosen, and Randy Shaver are the Three Tenors, then Eric Perkins, KARE's lanky Norm Macdonald body double, is Josh Groban. A big goof, yes, but also kind of endearing in his eagerness to please. Perkins's long-running "Perk at Play" segments, in which he performs stunts like trying out for a high school pep squad or driving in a demolition derby, smack of shtick. Then again, they're usually sort of funny, and Perkins always conducts himself with wry self-deprecation. That... More »

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KARE-TV (Channel 11)

8811 Olson Memorial Highway Golden Valley, MN 55427

763-546-1111

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2012 | Best TV Newscaster

2011 | Best TV Weatherperson

2009 | Best TV Weatherperson

2009 | Best Sports Anchor

2008 | BEST TV SPORTS ANCHOR

2004 | BEST TV NEWSCASTER

2004 | BEST TV SPORTS ANCHOR

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