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90 PHOTOGRAPHS BY DOUG LEVY KIM CARRIGAN Kim Carrigan is one of Boston's most trusted and popular broadcasters. While today she can be heard anchoring Baystate Business on Bloomberg Radio weekdays from 3:00-6:00pm and providing news briefs on News Radio 1030 WBZ, Kim is best known for her long career in television news. Carrigan grew up in Missouri, where she began her broadcast career. After a couple stops in the Midwest, she landed at WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa, where she anchored the evening news and reported from around the world. While there she conducted an exclusive interview with President Bill Clinton and spent a day at the White House where she was invited into the private quarters by First Lady Barbara Bush. Carrigan was recruited to Boston by WHDH, Channel 7. She was a new face in a market that often takes time to warm up to outsiders. She was also coming to a station that was disrupting the market with its fast-paced style. Carrigan's warm and professional approach as the station's evening anchor was quickly embraced by viewers as the station turned into a market leader in record time. One of the segments that Carrigan, who lives in Swampscott with her husband and two children, recalls fondly from her time at Channel 7 was called At Home. "I would go to the homes of well-known people for in-depth interviews," says Carrigan. "I visited with Keith Lockhart, Yo-Yo Ma, Alan Dershowitz, and many others, and I was thrilled to get a call from Senator Ted Kennedy and his wife, Vicki, inviting me to Hyannis. It was very rare that a camera was allowed on the Kennedy compound." Carrigan would have liked to interview Senator Ted Kennedy again. "I would love to get the Senator's view on the state of the world," she says. "In our previous interview, we talked about collaboration and working across the aisle. I think of that conversation frequently because that doesn't happen today." After several years at Channel 7, Kim spent time at WBZ, Channel 4, anchoring alongside legendary newscaster Jack Williams. It was the next stop in her career, however, that would become the most memorable. Carrigan's friend and former Channel 7 colleague, Gene Lavanchy, called her about joining him as co-anchor of the FOX25 Morning News (now known as Boston 25). "I loved the energy of the morning newscast," Carrigan says. "Being part of an ensemble was such a different experience. Working in news you are always part of a team, but an ensemble is different and working on that show was a unique experience." While Carrigan hosts Bloomberg's nationally televised 4th of July celebration from the Esplanade, she isn't on local TV as often as many people would like. When not in a pandemic, however, you can see her out on the North Shore. She is actively involved with several charities, including the Northeast Arc where she has hosted many events since 2007. "It is a very special organization helping people with disabilities and I'm proud to be associated with them." Kim Carrigan