He’s a doctor and he plays one on TV.
Dr. John Torres spent a few years at Fox 31 as the in-house medicine man, but he wasn’t feeling or getting the love. So he recently flipped to KUSA-Channel 9, where he’s making house calls on the 4 p.m. news Wednesdays and Thursdays.
He maintains a practice in Monument, seeing patients daily.
“I went to Channel 9, and they really want to stay involved with heath and their health platform,” Torres says. “And they have the resources to do it.”
I worked with Torres at Fox 31 — and mooched medical advice from him. He’s a good doc, a good guy — and a score for KUSA-Ch. 9.
“Everyone wants medical news,” says KUSA-Ch. 9 news director Patti Dennis. “To have it presented by a professional makes it all the more reliable and credible. John is just really good, personable and warm.”
Showtime.
The Denver Press Club will announce the next Damon Runyon Award recipient at its Hall of Fame Induction Dinner Oct. 2. Entering the HOF: Dick Kreck, Marilyn Robinson, Paula Woodward — and the late Red Fenwick and Harry Rhoads.
The club will also present its annual Gridiron Show Oct. 23 at Marriott City Center. The surprise guest is a DVD appearance by Bob Kendrick, the high-profile KUSA-Ch. 9 anchor who was a victim of cost-cutting last year. Kendrick has since landed a reporter/anchor job at CHEK News in Vancouver. His DVD will screen at the end of a song by Gregg Moss and Steve Saunders on the plight of the modern TV anchor.
Also in the show that pokes fun at the press, politics and current events: Mayor John Hickenlooper and his band (members include Neil Westergaard and Andrew Hudson). Add Cynthia Hessin, Mike Landess, Reggie Rivers, TaRhonda Thomas, Fred Brown, Bruce Goldberg, Bill Owens, Chris Romer.
Tattered.
Big names coming to the Tattered Covers in October: Ralph Nader, Oct 1; Karl Mecklenburg, Oct. 3; Peter Yarrow, Oct. 12; Michael Chabon, Oct. 19; Jeannette Walls, Oct. 20; James Ellroy, Oct. 22.
City Spirit.
Adoption Alliance is bringing in author Alison Larkin to make you laugh, 7 p.m. Saturday at the Anschutz Theater at Kent Denver School, tix at . . . Hey guys! OutFront Colorado magazine holding a party for the top six finalists in its cover model search 7-10 p.m. Thursday at Mo’s (1037 Broadway) . . . DeVotchKa’s Annual Halloween Show scares us Oct. 30 and 31 at the Boulder Theater . . . Cherry Creek High grad Billy Kanaly is taking a break from CU-Boulder. He’s been signed to join the cast of “Riverdance” that’ll kick it up at the Buell November 24-29 . . . Sightem: Jane Seymour at Rioja Friday night . . . Tom Arnold comes to Comedy Works South Oct. 9 and 10 . . . Former CBS newsman Mark McEwen kicks off the Town Hall of Denver Lecture Series 10 a.m. Sept. 29 at Bethany Lutheran Church at East Hampden Avenue and South Dahlia Street. Call Jean Hodges at 303-698-0230. Mention The Denver Post and you get a season ticket discount! . . . Sez who: “Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.” Homer Simpson
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