Ken Slats -

Email: Slats@wsav.com

Ken Slats
Sports Director/Anchor
WSAV News3
slats@wsav.com


Ken Slats is Sports Director/Anchor at WSAV-TV, WSAV.com and MyTV. Slats anchors and reports on local sports throughout the year. He brings nearly two decades of sports anchoring and reporting experience to News 3 On Your Side.

As a native Cleveland, Ohioan, Ken moved to South Carolina to take his first sports anchor/reporter job at the ABC affiliate in Florence in 1992. After three years in the Southeast he moved on to the CBS affiliate in Cleveland covering the Browns, Cavs, Indians and Crunch soccer. But his passion for covering the local stories and features is what really keeps him in the business. Stops at television stations in Reno, Nevada, Rochester, New York, and Youngstown, Ohio have given him a taste of the sports world in all market sizes.

Ken has received the following awards from the Georgia Associated Press Association:

2008 Best Sports Report
2007 Best Sportscast
2006 Best Sports Program - Highlight Zone
2005 Best Sportscast - Honorable Mention

Ken spends his "free" time trying to keep up with his 9-year-old daughter, Megan. Ken is also an avid golfer and huge John Daly Fan!