Longtime anchor Tim McNiff to return to KARE 11 'Sunrise' on Tuesday

He left the station in 2014 but now is returning to work with longtime co-anchor Kim Insley.

April 29, 2017 at 5:00AM
Longtime morning anchor Tim McNiff is returning to KARE 11's "Sunrise" show starting Tuesday.
Longtime morning anchor Tim McNiff is returning to KARE 11's "Sunrise" show starting Tuesday. (Vince Tuss/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A familiar face is returning to KARE 11's morning news program: Longtime morning anchor Tim McNiff.

McNiff left TV news in 2014 for a marketing job with Media Minefield after 21 years at KARE. He is reteaming with Kim Insley on "Sunrise," starting Tuesday. The two had been the longest running morning show team in the Twin Cities TV market.

"I want people to know that I'm coming back to give them value and I'm coming back to do the absolute best job that I can," McNiff said in a statement.

John Remes, general manager for the NBC affiliate owned by Tegna, said McNiff, Insley and meteorologist Sven Sundgaard will give the show "new purpose and energy."

"They are all trusted news professionals and fun people who will make 'Sunrise' a must-watch morning show," Remes added.

Before anchoring "Sunrise," McNiff worked in the Golden Valley station's sports department for 10 years starting in 1993. "Sunrise" runs from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. Mondays through Fridays.

KARE 11's "Sunrise" team: Kim Insley, Tim McNiff and Sven Sundgaard (Vince Tuss/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Vince Tuss is a producer working on the StarTribune.com home page most evenings. Before that, he was a copy editor and a night police reporter.

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