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John Durkee

News Director & Morning Edition anchor

John Durkee is the News Director for KWGS. He has over 35-years of experience in radio news and has served as News Director of radio stations in Tulsa, Missouri and Kansas.  He was also a reporter in Oklahoma City, early in his career. He is a Tulsa native and served as the City of Tulsa Communications Director prior to joining the staff at KWGS.

Durkee has won countless awards for his work as a broadcaster, including awards from the Radio and Television News Directors Association, the Associated Press, United Press International, The Society of Professional Journalists and the Oklahoma and Missouri Association of Broadcasters.

He is a past board member of the Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters, the Kansas Association of News Broadcasters and the former Tulsa Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He resides in Bixby with his wife, Carol.

 

 

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Local & Regional
6:57 am
Fri July 20, 2012

Friday Morning's Local News from KWGS

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Topping Our Local News this Morning:

·       Three people are in custody in connection with the Best Buy Shootings.

·       The Mayor moves to shore-up City pensions.

·       Porter Peaches are plentiful, but smaller.

Local & Regional
6:42 am
Wed July 18, 2012

Wednesday Morning's First News from KWGS

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Topping the Local News this morning:

·       The Tulsa Central Library remains closed after bed bugs are found in a chair.

·       A preliminary hearing is set for today in the Tulsa Good Friday shooting spree.

·       Are you living in a Food Desert?

Local & Regional
6:41 am
Tue July 17, 2012

Tulsa's First News on KWGS for Tuesday Morning:

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Topping Our Local News This Morning:

·       Republican candidates for Congress in the second district square off in a TV debate.

·       Tulsa’s new trash carts are arriving on door-steps.

·       Authorities say a Mexican Drug Cartel’s back is broken in Oklahoma.

Local & Regional
6:49 am
Mon July 16, 2012

Monday Morning's First News from KWGS

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Topping our local news:

·       The investigation continues into the weekend Best Buy shootings.

·       Tulsa’s traffic construction is having an impact of mass transit.

·       The new trash carts are being delivered starting today in Tulsa.

Local & Regional
6:39 am
Fri July 13, 2012

Friday morning's Top Local News from KWGS

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Topping Our Local News:

·       The City of Owasso will fight the reinstatement of an officer suspected of police brutality.

·       West Nile is confirmed in Tulsa County.

·       A  Federal Grand Jury indicts eight members of a Tulsa gang.

Local & Regional
6:40 am
Thu July 12, 2012

Thursday morning's First Newscast from KWGS

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Topping our local news this morning:

·       Tulsa’s new trash carts will be delivered starting Monday.

·       The American Airlines union mulls over the proposed new contract.

·       Pearl District Zoning becomes an issue before the Tulsa Planning Commission.

Local & Regional
6:41 am
Wed July 11, 2012

Wednesday Morning's First News from KWGS

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Topping Our Local News This Morning:

·       American Airlines and its Tulsa Union reach a tentative agreement.

·       Tulsa’s aerospace future could be on the ballot this fall.

·       The Tulsa Club could soon be on the auction block at a Sheriff’s Sale

Local & Regional
6:41 am
Tue July 10, 2012

Tuesday Morning's First News from KWGS

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Topping Our Local News:

  • A Belgium company is bringing new jobs to Stillwater.
  • Another Tulsa School official has announced plans to leave.
  • The City of Tulsa collects 19-million in Sales Taxes last month
Local & Regional
6:43 am
Fri July 6, 2012

Friday Morning's Local News from KWGS

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In the local news this morning:

  • Drug abuse skyrockets in Oklahoma.
  • A burn ban is issued for Creek County.
  • Oklahoma ends FY-12 in the black.
Local & Regional
6:48 am
Thu July 5, 2012

Morning LOCAL News from KWGS

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Topping our local news this morning:

·       Numerous fires across the region are being blamed this morning on fireworks.

·       Cracking down on under-aged drinking in Oklahoma….

·       A missing Tulsa woman----- subject of a Silver Alert yesterday---- is found---in the hospital.

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