{"id":472793,"date":"2022-07-11T01:59:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T22:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/albany-anchor-heather-kovar-suspended-after-bizarre-broadcast\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T01:59:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T22:59:02","slug":"albany-anchor-heather-kovar-suspended-after-bizarre-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/albany-anchor-heather-kovar-suspended-after-bizarre-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"#Albany anchor Heather Kovar suspended after bizarre broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28c1220a930\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28c1220a930\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/albany-anchor-heather-kovar-suspended-after-bizarre-broadcast\/#%E2%80%9CAlbany_anchor_Heather_Kovar_suspended_after_bizarre_broadcast%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Albany anchor Heather Kovar suspended after bizarre broadcast&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAlbany_anchor_Heather_Kovar_suspended_after_bizarre_broadcast%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Albany anchor Heather Kovar suspended after bizarre broadcast&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Albany TV <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> anchor Heather Kovar shocked viewers over the weekend when she slurred her words and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared disheveled during an evening broadcast \u2014 and the station told The Post on Sunday that she has been suspended from her job. <\/p>\n<p>The CBS 6 anchor was jittery and wide-eyed during her Saturday segments and at times incoherent.<\/p>\n<p>At one point while trying to pivot between segments, Kovar said, \u201cAnd so, moving on tonight, is we have to tell you also, you know, like other news that\u2019s happening in the area, and across the area, in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also began having trouble while discussing an explosion at a natural-gas plant in Oklahoma,  stumbling on her words. <\/p>\n<p>She quickly changed subjects during the report, too, saying bizarrely, \u201cWell, hello! Good afternoon! <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Viewers expressing concern over train wreck of local evening newscast out of Albany. Anchor Heather Kovar appeared disheveled, misspoke, and slurred her words for the entire newscast. Here, she tries to set up the weather and toss to the meteorologist, who\u2019s name she gets wrong. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/70jwwvykKt\">pic.twitter.com\/70jwwvykKt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Sington (@MikeSington) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeSington\/status\/1546171489346412545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLike, I was telling you this morning, if you watched us this morning starting at 6 a.m., 7 a.m., I told you, you know what? Today, what a beautiful day outside! It is just amazing. And so, a great time for outdoor music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was clearly also having some technical issues during the segment and seen holding a wire at one point during the broadcast. She was ultimately cut off from speaking mid-sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The news anchor could not be reached by The Post on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The station said she was suspended pending further investigation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/anchor_Heather_Kovar2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Heather Kovar\" class=\"wp-image-22996951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/anchor_Heather_Kovar2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/anchor_Heather_Kovar2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/anchor_Heather_Kovar2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kovar recently returned from leave, during which she was tending to her father before his passing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Heather Kovar\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kovar had <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBS6Heather\/status\/1545721766030589952\">said on Twitter on Saturday <\/a>that she would be back on the air Sunday morning, but she did not appear on the station\u2019s broadcast and instead was replaced by Emma Quinn, who did not return a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CBS 6, also referred to as WRGB, is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Company. Kovar has been an anchor for the network since July 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Online, some local viewers expressed their concerns for the newscaster. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope heather ok\u2026she looks a wreck and she is slurring,\u201d someone <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TammyFkTweeter\/status\/1545895209225097218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">wrote on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Posters worried she might have been having a medical issue.<\/p>\n<p>Kovar recently returned from leave, during which she was tending to her father before his passing, according to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/kristi\/article\/Heather-Kovar-to-return-to-CBS6-this-weekend-17241134.php\">Times Union of Albany<\/a>. She wrote in a May Facebook post that \u201cthe station has graciously allowed me to take some time off to be with my family in Texas.\u201d He passed away that month, according to her social media.\u00a0\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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