Shirah Matsuzawa anchored tonight’s newscast, appearing breathless and struggling to read her lines, while over-emphasizing words for dramatic effect.
RATING: Embarrassing
Bio on KCPQ site: Shirah joins FOX 13 Seattle from her hometown of Boise, Idaho, where depending on the day she anchored the News at Noon, 4, 6 and 10, as well as reported and produced-sometimes performing all three job duties in one show!
Shirah began her television news career at NBC Los Angeles, when she was selected out of thousands to become the station’s very first News Associate. There, she quickly worked her way up to Content Producer, producing the weekend morning newscasts and regularly filling in on ‘Today in LA.’ In her nearly seven years at NBCLA, Shirah also assisted on special events like the “Golden Globe” red carpet specials and hosted the NBCLA.com online series “The LA You May Not Know.”
News anchor cringe.
Steve • April 7, 2026
Perhaps she should be sent to Butte, MT. It was rumoured that J. Edgar Hoover used to send bothersome FBI agents there for punishment and “re-education.”
Training grounds
Jason Remington • April 7, 2026
Butte might be a good place for the likes of a few, such as Abby Acone. Abby has been making Tik-Tok nonsense videos from the KCPQ 13 newsroom. Management should have a discussion with her and others who have been playing that game. Professionalism and credibility are called into question when such games are being played.
Boise??
Steve • March 30, 2026
My son lives near Boise and its local news is worse than Spokane and Seattle; if that’s possible.
Next stop: Yakima
Jason Remington • March 29, 2026
This anchor has small market potential. Billings (DMA #165), maybe Yakima (DMA #114).