"Mornings were such a fun day part," said Kim Insley, the former KARE 11 "Sunrise" anchor who was dropped by the station in October after 24 years. "Not a lot of people around, so you can kind of do what you want. I had great freedom to go out and do stories I wanted to do. The hours — as crummy as they were for getting up in the middle of the night — just worked out so great for my family. I don't even know how you can be an evening anchor when you have kids who go to school, and then what? You see them at dinner and then you go back to work?"
Q: What time are you waking up now?
A: It depends on the day, but generally after 6, which is great.
Q: There was a time you were getting up at, what — ?
A: Ten to 2. In fact, this morning I got up, it was about 6 o'clock. I was grumbling because the alarm was going off and thought: What am I talking about? It's four hours later! IT WAS GREAT.
Q: Who's cried more since you left: KARE 11's Tim McNiff, your co-anchor, or Pete Lentine, your husband?
A: [Long laugh] I don't know, I think they were both shocked.
Q: I don't think McNiff would've come back to KARE 11 if he'd known you were leaving. I mean, they dusted off the "Kim & Tim" commercial!