The Good Life – January-February 2021

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HAVING A BEER WITH | MIKE MORKEN HAVING A BEER (WATER) WITH MIKE MORKEN WRITTEN BY: MEGHAN FEIR PHOTOS BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA For 42 years, Mike Morken has been working in the world of broadcast television, but his love for the profession actually began as a kid. Originally from Rolla, N.D., Morken lived only a few moose tracks away from the Canadian border, where he only had access to four TV stations. While watching sports, he’d turn down the volume and talk into a pen to provide commentary. 26 / THE GOOD LIFE / urbantoadmedia.com When high school was in the rearview mirror, Morken attended Minot State University to study broadcasting and drove his 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 from Rolla to Minot and back. As a college student, he started working as a studio camera operator at KXMC-TV and worked his way up to news director and anchor (using real mics this time). After 10 years at KXMC, Morken and his family moved to Fargo in 1989 to work for KXJB, which later joined forces with KVLY, and 32 years later, he’s still keeping his job fresh. On an abnormally mild day in December, Morken and I paid Brewhalla a visit and chatted about aliens, audacious gym rats and more. Read on to learn some lesser-known facts about the well-seasoned news anchor.
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