Donald Douglas Jorgensen is the co-anchor of
Keloland News at 10:00 at television station,
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in
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.
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Biography
As the youngest of seven sons, Don Jorgensen grew up in
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. After graduating from high school in 1982, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from
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in 1986.
Jorgensen started his broadcast career in radio as news and farm director at Country 1260 AM and at FM Magic 93 (
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) in
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. Then, he did the newscast at KSOO in
Sioux Falls, South DakotaSioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...
. In April 1990, Jorgensen joined the news team at
KELO-TVKELO is the CBS affiliate television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, broadcasting on digital channel 11. South Dakotans pronounce its call letters as a homonym of "hello"...
in
Sioux Falls, South DakotaSioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...
, where he initially anchored "Good Morning Keloland." Later, Jorgensen anchored "Midday in Keloland." He and Angela Kennecke now co-anchor
Keloland News at 10:00.
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