Dawn Stensland-Mendte
| Dawn Stensland-Mendte | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Dawn Stensland June 15, 1964 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Television talk show host, news anchor |
| Spouse(s) | Larry Mendte (m. 2000) |
| Children | 4 |
Dawn Stensland Mendte (born June 15, 1964) is an American television talk show host and news anchor working at WMCN in Philadelphia. Stensland-Mendte was also host of CBS Saturday Morning. Stensland-Mendte has anchored the news at several TV stations across the country including WBBM-TV in Chicago, KYW-TV and WTXF-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio.
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, her family moved quite a bit in her school years to Charlotte, North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina and Farmington, Minnesota, where Dawn graduated from Farmington High School. Stensland-Mendte earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Minnesota, where she was president of the schools Society of Professional Journalists chapter. Stensland-Mendte is married to Larry Mendte, a radio talk show host, TV news commentator and news anchor.
Stensland-Mendte started her television career at KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when in 1986 she was awarded the one paid internship that the station awards every year. Stensland-Mendte was hired as a producer and anchor at WREX-TV in Rockford, Illinois in 1987 and at WKOW-TV in Madison, Wisconsin in 1988, where she also hosted the Sunday morning political talk show, Capitol City Sunday. From 1989 to 1992 Stensland-Mendte was the main anchor at WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Florida before being hired by WBBM, the CBS owned and operated station in Chicago, where she covered the Chicago Flood and several championships for the Chicago Bulls. In 1994, Stensland-Mendte was hired by WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio to co-anchor the 6 & 11 o'clock newscast.
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