It's almost as if we take her for granted--and, come to think of it we do:
Catherine Heenan, the veteran
KRON anchor who has been at
1001 Van Ness since seemingly the beginning of time, is the most
underrated anchor in the
Bay Area TV News scene.
Heenan just shows up to work and does her job, effortlessly, gracefully, no matter the extraordinary circumstances that exist at the unpredictable environment called the KRON studios.
We've
acknowledged that element recently.
Heenan is especially effective and no-nonsense on screen as she prepares for a personal milestone: she will turn 60 this October, usually a minefield for women TV news anchors. Not the case for Heenan whose presence on the SF TV airwaves goes back to the days of Evan White, Pete Wilson, and Bob Jimenez.
What I most admire about Heenan is that she's never changed. She's always been the same which in the news business is your greatest compliment. While some
other anchors subliminally try to inject phony nuances into their presentation, Heenan has always been Heenan which is just right. And to KRON's benefit too we appreciate seeing her work particularly if there's a legitimate breaking news story--when her ad-libbing helps and when her news acumen is in full force, thank God.
NOTES From the Weekend--
*The
Giants executive broadcast brass won't say so publically but many were none-to-happy over
Mike Krukow missing Sunday's game in Miami where the team was playing the
Marlins. Turns out Krukow missed a flight from Reno. He's scheduled to be back on the air Monday night in Philly where the Giants play the Phillies.
EXTRA Note: Have you too noticed, lately, the amount of absences from the team's broadcasters? It began in early July with
Duane Kuiper who missed a week's worth of broadcasts due to an illness--not Kuiper's fault, but the Giant's front office felt Kuiper could have returned much sooner. He missed nearly seven games.
Soon after, both
Jon Miller and
Dave Flemming also missed games--Flemming, due to illness and Miller, who took some time off as he's done in recent years. No issues there due to the length of the baseball season, everyone needs a break, but combined with all the others absences, Giant's broadcasts have seen notable cracks in the routine and a few team officials are a bit annoyed.
*
KPIX unveils its youth-oriented
Bay Area Night Beat on its
CW sister station tonight--this could either be truly ground-breaking or a monumental joke. PIX wants to try to gain some younger viewers with a newscast that's supposed to look unconventional --they'll be the usual news conduits like weather and sports but heavy emphasis on "
social media" entities like
Twitter and
Facebook. I can only imagine the possibilities: "
We'll get back to the scene of the fire at 4th and Market momentarily but we see once again, Justin Bieber trending heavily on Twitter..." Don't laugh and dismiss --that's the early speculation from the
855 Battery boys.
*This whole
Drakes Bay Oyster Company story is beginning to reach to the depth of
enough already! Granted, the idea of the Feds trying to dislodge the famous eatery and its oyster farm is important enough to warrant the attention of Bay Area media but there comes a point where
saturation coverage has entered in to the equation--we've reached that here and then some.
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KGO-TV has contacted veteran KTVU weeknight sports anchor, Mark Ibanez, about possibly joining the SF ABC O and O, (owned/operated), according to a reliable station source who asked for anonymity.
