Meet the WKOW News Team
Francisco Almenara
Francisco Almenara joined WKOW in June 2018 after working in Rochester, Minnesota at the NBC station KTTC. A relative newcomer to the Midwest, Almenara was born
George Smith
George is the co-anchor of 27 News at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. He comes to Madison from Chicago where he worked as a morning news anchor and then a sports anchor at WFLD.
Caroline Bach
Caroline joined the 27 News team in August 2014. She is an executive producer, anchor and reporter. You can catch her Wednesday through Sunday mornings on Wake Up Wisconsin.
Amanda Hari
Amanda Hari joined the 27 News team in February 2018 as a multimedia journalist and weekend producer.
Emilee Fannon
Emilee joins the WKOW as Capital Bureau Chief from Springfield, Illinois where she was a statehouse reporter for three years. Her highlights while covering Illinois politics
Michelle Alfini
Michelle Alfini joined the 27 News team in June of 2018 as a multimedia journalist. She comes from WKOW’s sister station KBJR in Duluth, Minnesota.
Jessica Porter
Jessica Porter is co-anchor for Wake Up Wisconsin Weekend. She also reports for Wake Up Wisconsin during the week. She joined the 27 News team in July 2018. Originally from
Jennifer Kliese
Jennifer Kliese joined WKOW in October 2011 as a multimedia journalist. She also anchors the weekend evening newscasts. Jennifer is a Wisconsin native. She grew
Nick Buffo
Nick Buffo is co-anchor on Wake Up Wisconsin after joining 27 News as a multimedia journalist in July 2016. In November 2017, he became Wake Up Wisconsin
Rebecca Ribley
Rebecca joined the WKOW team in April, 2018 from our sister station in Wausau where she did everything from producing and reporting to anchoring. Originally from
David Johnson
David Johnson comes to WKOW from WGXA in Macon Georgia, where he was a multimedia journalist and weekend anchor. David graduated from California State University,
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Seasonable start to week, much cooler late week
MADISON (WKOW) — Fall is here and so far it’s been quite pleasant, with highs in the upper 60s and
