Paul Rasmussen
Paul joined the KDKA news team in December 2006, co-anchoring the Afternoon News with Rose Ryan-Douglas. In January 2012, Paul started waking up early, anchoring newscasts on the Morning News with Larry Richert and John Shumway.
He’s a native of Great Falls, Montana, graduating from Great Falls High School. Paul’s early career included stints as a TV reporter in his hometown and as a disk jockey in Montana, North Dakota and Iowa. He then switched to the sales side of broadcasting working as a rep and in management in Montana, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania and Jackson, Tennessee.
He then returned to college, attending Clear Creek Baptist Bible College in Pineville, Kentucky and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was there that Paul was hired as a news anchor at WWL New Orleans. Before coming to Pittsburgh he hosted a morning news show and was a news director at WOKV and WQIK Jacksonville, Florida.
Paul is the winner of multiple awards including Best Newscast from AP in Louisiana, Florida and Pennsylvania.
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Occupy Wallstreet Protests – The Legal Breakdown
Paul Rasmussen was joined on the NewsRadio1020 KDKA Afternoon News by Dwight Ferguson, real estate attorney for Lynch Weis.
Following Jerry Sandusky Sandusky’s Arrest
KDKA Radio’s Rose and Paul were joined on the Afternoon news by Anne Danahy, Reporter with the Centre Daily Times in State College.
‘The Muppets’ Are Back
Rose and Paul from the Afternoon News are joined by Kristy Lemire, AP’s Movie Critic. She talks with them about the new movie, “The Muppets.”
Study Focuses On Increasing Adoptions In U.S.
The KDKA Afternoon news was joined by Rita Soronen, head of the Dave Thomas Foundation.
ACLU: County Not Providing Basic Legal Defense For Poor
NewsRadio 1020 KDKA’s Rose Ryan-Douglas and Paul Rasmussen talked to Vic Walcazk of the American Civil Liberties Union about Allegheny County not providing basic legal defense for the poor.
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Welcomes 2 New Lion Cubs
wo new lion cubs will make their debut to the public this weekend at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium.
Rose & Paul Talk Big Ben’s Wedding
Rose and Paul were joined today by Mackenzie Carpenter to discuss Ben Roethlisberger’s wedding.
How Safe Are Your Child’s Toys?
No one wants to spend Christmas – or any day for that matter – taking a child to the emergency room; but toy-related injuries sent more than a quarter of a million children to the [...]
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