Heather Kovar

This video still shows news anchor Heather Kovar, who was suspended by CBS6 Albany (WRGB-TV) after slurring her words on the station's Saturday, July 9, 2022, ...

I was sleep-deprived and exhausted,” she said. The Times Union reports Heather Kovar was suspended by CBS6 Albany (WRGB-TV) on Sunday, a day after she appeared disoriented during the TV station’s Saturday evening broadcast. Saturday I was scheduled to work the early morning 6 a.m. shift and the evening shift.

CBS6 anchor Heather Kovar was suspended by the network on Sunday after struggling through a Saturday broadcast, slurring her words and appearing ...

Saturday I was scheduled to work the early morning 6 a.m. shift and the evening shift. I was sleep-deprived and exhausted," she said in a statement to the Times Union. The "feels like" temperature in Little Rock, Arkansas, was forecasted to reach 115 degrees. "Evacuations have been ordered for the town of Medford, Oklahoma, with unknown fatalities and injuries…injuries are unknown in this situation. Then at 6 and 11. And it is, it's just hitting everywhere.

"I was sleep-deprived and exhausted," WRGB weekend anchor Kovar told the Times Union following Saturday's broadcast.

"The station has graciously allowed me to take some time off to be with my family in Texas. "Thank you to everyone who has reached out with concerns. I thank all of my colleagues who are helping to fill my shifts during this time." Later on Sunday, Kovar released a statement to Albany's Times Union, explaining that she had "returned early from family leave following my dad's death. I was sleep-deprived and exhausted." A CBS anchor in Albany, New York, has shared her side of the story after her erratic and slurred delivery during a Saturday broadcast led to her suspension.

Heather Kovar, an anchor with CBS6 Albany, appeared on a live broadcast on Saturday at 6pm in which her speech was slurred and in which she seemed to go off- ...

I was sleep-deprived and exhausted.” In a statement to the Times Union later on Sunday, Kovar stated that she had “returned early from family leave following my dad’s death. You don’t need us telling you that its bad, like people are being told to like stay inside and drink a lot of water and we’re just lucky. And so, a great time for outdoor music.” “I mean, let me tell you about that, these areas are reaching such areas, I mean, its Houston, Austin, San Antonio. I mean, they’re not expected, it has happened. I just spoke with my mother as for what she’s dealing with, it’s a major heatwave and it’s, it’s just hitting everywhere, we’re so lucky, its only 80 degrees here.