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ELY – Smile Ely, you are on TV! KBJR 6 television station from Duluth stopped in Ely last Thursday as part of their Great Summer Getaway series. The KBJR 6 on-air news team is taking the …
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ELY – Smile Ely, you are on TV! KBJR 6 television station from Duluth stopped in Ely last Thursday as part of their Great Summer Getaway series.
The KBJR 6 on-air news team is taking the Thursday 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts on the road this summer to Hayward, Wis., Ashland, Wis., and other Minnesota communities including Grand Rapids, Grand Marais, and Hibbing. Ely is their fourth stop in the series.
They descended on Ely just in time to preview the 39th annual Blueberry/ Art Festival, with live broadcasts from Whiteside Park.
But KBJR 6 also highlighted Ely’s other attractions, including the International Wolf Center and the Dorothy Molter Museum. “And we went canoeing and highlighted the Birch Bark Canoe Project at the Ely Folk School,” said KBJR News Director Kevin Jacobson.
“We also did some live interviews with Ellen Cashman, the driving force behind the Blueberry/ Art/Festival, and B.J. Kobierski, who helps organize the production of 500-plus blueberry pies for the festival.”
Despite some spotty cellular phone service that hindered communication with the Duluth production studio, the KBJR 6 news team pulled off the news show and put Ely in the spotlight during the biggest weekend of the year. “Ely is such a wonderful little town, Slater said. “I know we all had a great time here and hope to come back soon.”