Leon Liebl

I couldn’t believe it, my brother called today and said, “Hey, I hear Leon Liebl isn’t on TV in Kansas City anymore.”

I about spit my drink out because, the once up on everything Anita Cochran, hadn’t heard that he’d been part of cutbacks at KSHB in Kansas City.   For those of you who say, hummmm, that Leon Liebl name sounds familiar.  That’s because for five of the years you watched me on KSN-TV doing the weekend news, Leon was sitting beside me reading sports, sometimes throwing pens, and always making me laugh.  Love the guy, like the little brother I never wanted.

I love to tell the story of sitting in Hays, Kansas working my tail off as a cub reporter, anchor, producer, the list goes on and on and on.  Somedays working 12 hour days with all that heavy equipment, thinking this is insane!!  The only thing that kept me going was at least I wasn’t Leon Liebl, doing the same sad thing in Garden City.  Then I’d chuckle.

The funny thing is when KSN finally called to bring me home, they didn’t really mean Wichita.  They wanted me to move to GARDEN CITY so LEON LIEBL could move to Wichita.  I took the gig and fell in love with southwest Kansas, and Leon Liebl.  I still consider it home, but then again, all of Kansas fells like my home.

Eventually I replaced Leon as anchor of the morning show, before we finally were paired together on weekends.   We have much in common, and Leon I keep the letter you wrote me when Mom died.  I always will.

So anyway, this is just to say, Leon I’m looking for you, and heard you’re taking some time to decide your next move, Congratulations.   May your new life, be every bit as spectacular as mine, and should we need to, I will be more than happy to work beside you once again.  I’m Anita Cochran, and that’s what I really wanted to say.

 

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