Summary: Jeremy
Hubbard, a rising star at KMBC-TV9 and rumored at one time to be taking over the
anchor spot held by Larry Moore when he left for the Fox station in Denver, will
assume duties as a Chicago-based correspondent for ABC News. His wife,
Taunia Hottman, was a reporter for KSHB-TV41, the NBC affiliate in KC and the
host of their sister station, KMCI - The Spot.
Hubbard, his eye-in-the-sky wife, off to
Chicago
By Dick Kreck
Denver Post Staff Columnist (3/12/07)
They
arrived together and they'll leave together.
KDVR-Channel 31 reporter/weekend anchor Jeremy Hubbard is movin' on up to a job
as a Chicago-based correspondent for ABC News, covering Middle America.
And he's taking his fly-by-day wife, Taunia Hottman, KUSA-Channel 9
eye-in-the-sky reporter, with him. The ink's not dry on his ABC contract,
but Hubbard expects he'll be gone from Fox by mid-April. Hottman says her last
day at 9News is April 13.
Husband-and-wife teams in the TV biz are not unheard-of but landing jobs
together isn't easy, which makes their electronic odyssey unusual. The two fell
in love in college, worked together in Wichita, Kan., then moved to Kansas City
before arriving in Denver three years ago.
Leaving won't be easy either, says Hubbard. "I was born in Glenwood Springs and
lived in Leadville. Being back here was a huge thing. We talked about (leaving)
for a long time." Ultimately, it was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. "I
watched Peter Jennings all the time as a kid. Now, here I am working at the same
place he worked. It's a dream come true. I was afraid if I didn't do it now it
wouldn't present itself again."
Hottman's going without a job but she's looking forward to the Chicago move too.
"I'm just thrilled beyond anything for him. I know it's a large freelancing
market so I'm hopeful something will turn up. We loved living here. It's really
difficult to be leaving."
What I found out too late about Hubbard: He's a rabid fan of Neil Diamond. "I
have every song he's ever recorded." I have no comment.
Hubbard averted a horrible tragedy recently when someone stole his iPod that
contained his entire Diamond collection. That must have been one disappointed
thief. Luckily, Hubbard had his Diamond treasure trove saved elsewhere.
Taunia disavows any connection with Jeremy's Diamond madness. "I have nothing to
do with that."
Jeremy Hubbard
is the weekend co-anchor/reporter for FOX 31 News. Prior to joining KDVR FOX
31, Jeremy worked at KMBC-TV (ABC) in
Kansas City,
Missouri as the weekend
co-anchor. Before that, he was a reporter for KWCH-TV (CBS) in
Wichita,
Kansas.
Jeremy won the Emmy award for "Best Anchor" in
the Mid-America region. He's also an Emmy award winning reporter, and a 14
time Emmy nominee. His reporting has also garnered two regional Edward R.
Murrow awards, and he was part of a team that won both the national Edward R.
Murrow award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association, and the
national Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Jeremy is a
Colorado native. He was born in
Glenwood Springs and spent part of his childhood in Leadville. He is a
graduate of
Wichita
State
University where he
earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications.
