COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – There is a new anchor on the desk for 11 News This Morning.
Blake Sammann joined Sophie Erber and Kevin Bloemberg for his first broadcast on Tuesday morning.
Sammann joined 11 News in February of 2024 as the weekend anchor/multimedia journalist. In his time with the station, he has contributed significantly to the station’s success, playing a major role in the award-winning coverage of the 2024 Mollie Kathleen Mine rescue, as well as winning a regional Edward R. Murrow award for best newscast.
Before moving to Colorado Springs, he worked for almost five years at WGEM, the Gray Media station in Quincy, Illinois, where he worked as a morning anchor after spending three years as the weekend anchor/multimedia journalist.
Sammann graduated from the University of Missouri with honors and a degree in broadcast journalism and held virtually every role at the school’s NBC affiliate…