(Editor's Note: Due to Patrick's current employment status with KFOR, we felt it would be better to have a different, and much nicer, TLO Contributor cover Linda Cavanaugh's final KFOR broadcast. Here's Peter...)
Linda Cavanaugh retired after 40 years at Channel 4 on Friday night.
Her final show kind of snuck up in spite of a couple of months of constant promos. I didn’t realize Friday was the day until I saw her mention it on Twitter. Considering that wasn’t just a regular Friday night but also when about 90 percent of the people in OKC decided to throw their holiday parties, it was a weirdly quiet time for her to sign off. They probably should have consulted with News 9 and moved the final broadcast to a Thursday.
Maybe that was intentional. After all, Linda Cavanaugh has always been the anchor you could rely on to give the news without too many gimmicks. She had her own voice, but it rarely overpowered the story. And on Friday night she sailed into retirement with as much professionalism and polish as you’d expect. Here are some things you might have missed.
There was a very long montage.