Micah D. Ohlman (born May 4, 1972) is an American

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. He has co-anchored the weekday editions of the

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News @ 5pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 10pm and 11pm. A

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native, Ohlman was born in Torrance, graduated from William S. Hart High School in Newhall, and earned a degree in communication studies from The

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. While attending UNLV, Ohlman earned a spot on the nationally ranked 1992–93

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basketball team as a walk-on. He is married and has three children.

Early career

The nephew of veteran Los Angeles television anchor

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, Ohlman began his career as a weekday evening co-anchor for NBC affiliate

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from 1998 to 2000. He went on to anchor and report at

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, the NBC-owned television station in

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. Two years later, Ohlman returned as a co-anchor for ABC's west coast flagship,

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. In April, 2009, Ohlman left KABC-TV. Ohlman signed on with

in September 2009 as the stations new anchor alongside

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, taking over the station's ''KTLA News at 6'' and 6:30, and signature broadcast, the ''KTLA News at 10''. Emmett Farr, who had held the main anchor post following the death of

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, was moved to the ''

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'', clearing the way for Ohlman.

Later career

Ohlman has anchored extensive live coverage of several of the major stories Southern California has seen over the past several years. He was also live on the air in the anchor chair as the magnitude 5.5 Chino earthquake struck in July 2008. In 2005, Ohlman traveled to

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, following two

residents who were among several

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-American adoptees returning to their homeland for the first time since the fall of Saigon in 1975. His three-part series on the emotional homecoming earned Ohlman an

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nomination. He also reported live from the scene outside Washington, D.C. for several weeks during the "

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s" killing spree in October 2002. Micah also reported live from the nation's capital during the state funeral of former

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and provided extensive coverage of the collapse of the nation's economy in 2008.

References

External links

ktla.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ohlman, Micah 1972 births Living people American television news anchors Journalists from California People from Billings, Montana Journalists from Miami People from Torrance, California University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni Journalists from Montana William S. Hart High School alumni