Karen Armstrong (19 June 1969 – 21 June 2019),[1] known professionally as Karen Petch, was an English broadcaster and journalist, best known for her work with ITV Yorkshire.

Petch was a presenter for 96.9 Viking FM in Hull before moving to Leeds to become a continuity announcer for Yorkshire Television during the 1990s. Whilst working in continuity, Petch also worked as a relief in-vision announcer on Tyne Tees Television.[2]

She later switched from YTV's Presentation department to the newsroom, as a reporter and presenter for the regional news programme Calendar, fronting many of the short Calendar News bulletins, including the opt-out service for the East of the region.[3] She was also a presenter for short-lived digital lifestyle channel Wellbeing in 2001.

Petch died in June 2019 at the age of 50 after a battle with breast cancer.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Karen Armstrong". Legacy. July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Transdiffusion: City Road - Tyne Tees announcers: other Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ The TV Room Plus - Yorkshire TV announcers' profiles Archived 16 December 2010 at WebCite
  4. ↑ Tributes to Calendar presenter Karen Armstrong, itv.com, 26 June 2019


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