Steve Kmetko

Steven Kmetko born February 16 1953 is an American entertainment television host and reporter Kmetko was born in Rhinelander Wisconsin His most prominent job was on the E cable network He had previously worked as an entertainment reporter for CBSs Los Angeles affiliate KCBS The television station replaced him with Ted Casablanca Before that he was a news anchor for station WAVETV in Louisville Kentucky and WOTV now WOODTV in Grand Rapids Michigan In 1999 Kmetko gave an official coming out interview to The Advocates Editor In Chief Judy Wieder citing as his reason for doing it Its like what Nathan Lane told you when he came out in The Advocate Its about what happened to Matthew Shepard By making this simple statement maybe people will think twice about other gay people they encounter Hopefully theyll look at me and say Well hes succeeded and come out and has a pretty good life After his interview with The Advocate Kmetko hosted the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Associations Excellence in Journalism Awards on October 4 2005 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles California In May 2007 Kmetko went on the air as a general assignment reporter for Los Angeless KTTV Fox 11 News Kmetko now trains celebrities on the art of being interviewed He works for Media Training company J2 Strategic Communications alongside Bob Goen Jon Kelley and Terry Murphy He also has served as producer and reporter of several video segments on Californias gaymarriage ruling for theadvocatecom the website of the gay news magazine The Advocate Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Kmetko licensed under CCBYSA Full list of contributors on Wikipedia