Jackson: More questions than answers about former KSDK personalities Janet Y. Jackson Nov 2, 2025 Nov 2, 2025 0 KSDK (Channel 5) morning news anchor Rene Knott in May 2021. Hillary Levin, Post-Dispatch SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Janet Y. Jackson I cannot remember a time when my family and I were not addicted to television, even before it was colorized in the 1960s.kAmqJ E96 E:>6 x H2D `_[ H6 925 2 E6=6G:D:@? ?@E @?=J :? E96 =:G:?8 C@@> 2?5 72>:=J C@@>[ 3FE 2=D@ :? 6G6CJ 365C@@>[ E96 32D6>6?E[ E96 <:E496?[ 2?5 6G6? 2 ?:?6\:?49 32EE6CJ\A@H6C65 @?6 @? 2 A=2?E DE2?5 :? E96 32E9C@@>]k^AmkAm%96 =2EE6C H2D A2CE:4F=2C=J FD67F= H96? E96 6=64EC:4 4@>A2?J D4965F=65 C@==:?8 EH@\9@FC 4:EJH:56 3C@H?@FED :? E96 DF>>6C E@ 2G@:5 @G6CE2I:?8 E96 8C:5] ~? 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