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Katy Kiser

"'Katy Kiser'" (born April 25) is an American television broadcaster. Kiser is the co-anchor of the morning show “First Edition” at KIII-TV in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Early Life
Kiser grew up in Dallas, Texas, where she participated in theater. She attended Bishop Lynch High School where she graduated in 1994. Her parents are Sandy and Sherry Kiser. Her father, Sandy Kiser, is a psychiatrist who specializes in chronic pain. Her mother, Sherry Kiser, works at the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas, Texas. Kiser has a younger sister in Baltimore who is an attorney. She also has a step brother who is a student at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and a half brother who is a senior in high school.

Education
Kiser attended Stephens College in Columbia, MO graduating in 1998 with a degree in Mass Communications with an Emphasis in Broadcast Journalism. While completing her degree Kiser studied Political Science at University of Oxford in England as part of a study abroad program. Kiser completed an internship at a radio station in Dallas, Texas. She also completed an internship at [KRCG|KCRG Channel 13]] a CBS affiliate, in Jefferson City, MO.

Broadcasting Career
Kiser chose to pursue a career in journalism her junior year of college after she had the opportunity to ride along with a political reporter. After completing her internship, Kiser began her career at KRCG in Jefferson City, MO. Kiser worked there from June of 1997 to July of 1998 as an editor, teleprompter operator, and live truck operator. Kiser began her on air career reporting at KOSA Channel 7 in Odessa, Texas where she worked from December of 1998 to December of 1999. Kiser continued her on air career as a reporter/anchor at WCTV in Tallahassee, Florida from December 1999 to December 2000. During her time there she covered the 2000 Presidential Election from the Florida State Capitol. Kiser returned to Texas when she got a job as an anchor at KIII-TV in January 2001 where she co-anchored “3 News at Five” alongside Rudy Trevino and Bill Vessey.

Awards
Kiser received the Corpus Christi Caller Times Reader’s Choice Best of the Best News Anchor.

Active Community Involvement
Kiser is a board member of the Women’s Shelter of South Texas.

Kiser is also a part of American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women Campaign and the Early Bird Reader Program Book Drive.

Kiser is a graduate of the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Citizen Police Academy.