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| − | '''Kellie Rock''' (née Buchanan) (February 18, 1964 | + | '''Kellie Rock''' (née Buchanan) (born February 18, 1964) is a former [[wikipedia:United States|American]] evening news anchor for NBC affiliate station WVTH-FTV of [[wikipedia:Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes, Indiana]] and CBS affiliate WWCF-FTV of [[wikipedia:Clearwater, Florida|Tampa Bay]]. She is currently a moderator of [[Vote for the Girls (U.S.)|the American version of ''Vote for the Girls'']]. |
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Kellie Rock was born in [[wikipedia:Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie, Pennsylvania]], to an unmarried teenage mother that had the last name of Buchanan. She was the half-sister of [[Robyn Hurd]] (b. 1961 - d. 2012). In an interview, Kellie Rock later said that her and Robyn's conception were due to a single sexual encounter with a woman that had the last name of Buchannan and the couple broke up not long after. Her mother, Vernita Lee (born c. 1935), was a housemaid. Robyn Hurd had believed that her biological father was Tim Hurd (born 1944), a coal miner turned barber who had been in the United States Army when she was born. Decades later, Pennsylvania farmer and World War II veteran Vernon Buchanan (born c. 1935) claimed to be the biological father<ref>??</ref> as a [[wikipedia:genetic test|genetic test]] in 1995 determined that Vernon is the biological father of Kellie Rock and Tim Hurd the biological father of Robyn, yet confirmed Robyn and Kellie's mother was identified as Thelma Preseley, whom then took custody of Kellie. Around this time, Kellie's mother had given birth to Kellie and later placed up for adoption, because by 1962, Tim Hurd was having difficulty raising Robyn, he sent Kellie to live with Thelma in [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] in the hope of easing the financial straits that had led to Tim Hurd's being on [[wikipedia:United States welfare state|welfare]]. | Kellie Rock was born in [[wikipedia:Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie, Pennsylvania]], to an unmarried teenage mother that had the last name of Buchanan. She was the half-sister of [[Robyn Hurd]] (b. 1961 - d. 2012). In an interview, Kellie Rock later said that her and Robyn's conception were due to a single sexual encounter with a woman that had the last name of Buchannan and the couple broke up not long after. Her mother, Vernita Lee (born c. 1935), was a housemaid. Robyn Hurd had believed that her biological father was Tim Hurd (born 1944), a coal miner turned barber who had been in the United States Army when she was born. Decades later, Pennsylvania farmer and World War II veteran Vernon Buchanan (born c. 1935) claimed to be the biological father<ref>??</ref> as a [[wikipedia:genetic test|genetic test]] in 1995 determined that Vernon is the biological father of Kellie Rock and Tim Hurd the biological father of Robyn, yet confirmed Robyn and Kellie's mother was identified as Thelma Preseley, whom then took custody of Kellie. Around this time, Kellie's mother had given birth to Kellie and later placed up for adoption, because by 1962, Tim Hurd was having difficulty raising Robyn, he sent Kellie to live with Thelma in [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] in the hope of easing the financial straits that had led to Tim Hurd's being on [[wikipedia:United States welfare state|welfare]]. | ||
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Prior to accepting the offer for the second half of VFTG USA 2014, Rock was rumored to have turned down the $75,000 offer to join Vote for the Girls in 2012 following the death of Rock's sister, Robyn Hurd. Rock inherited Hurd's only victory of Melanie Amaro. Rock became the fourth moderator on Febraury 18, 2014 and moved to the second moderator seat following the death of Ariel Swaringen. | Prior to accepting the offer for the second half of VFTG USA 2014, Rock was rumored to have turned down the $75,000 offer to join Vote for the Girls in 2012 following the death of Rock's sister, Robyn Hurd. Rock inherited Hurd's only victory of Melanie Amaro. Rock became the fourth moderator on Febraury 18, 2014 and moved to the second moderator seat following the death of Ariel Swaringen. | ||
| − | On April 30, 2014 Kellie Rock initially announced that she will be taking a hiatus on Vote for the Girls and made a suggestion that the moderator panel be rotated for the fall and spring cycles. It was announced a month later that she will be replacing Holly Everman as the chief moderator after Everman accepted the co-hosting duties. It was also announced that Rock's former co-anchor at WVTH (now going by [[Julia Passalt]]) would be joining the panel for the fall cycle, thus reuniting with Passalt after 29 years after Passalt left WVTH | + | On April 30, 2014 Kellie Rock initially announced that she will be taking a hiatus on Vote for the Girls and made a suggestion that the moderator panel be rotated for the fall and spring cycles. It was announced a month later that she will be replacing Holly Everman as the chief moderator after Everman accepted the co-hosting duties. It was also announced that Rock's former co-anchor at WVTH (now going by [[Julia Passalt]]) would be joining the panel for the fall cycle, thus reuniting with Passalt after 29 years after Passalt left WVTH. |
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On July 14, 2014, Rock was suspended from the moderator panel after posting a racist remark on her Facebook page. | On July 14, 2014, Rock was suspended from the moderator panel after posting a racist remark on her Facebook page. | ||
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On August 17, 2014, Rock took the Male Moderator's $3.3 million cash offer to walk away from the Rising Star season 1 competition, she then earned an advantage since her Vote for the Worst pick, Joshua Peavy, was eliminated in the semi-finals of ''Rising Star'' and was not required to participate in ''Dancing with the Stars'' make-up competition (that show's 19th season). Nearly three months later on November 25, 2014, upon Julia Passalt taking the $1.25 million cash offer from the Male moderator, Kellie Rock earned her first Vote for the Girls victory as a moderator following the eliminations of Reagan James and Anita Antoinette were both eliminated, leaving Rock's fellow Pennsylvanian, [[DaNica Shirey]], as the remaining female on the seventh season of ''The Voice'' and resulted in Rock's fellow moderators--namely Ava Zinn, Holly Everman, Julia Passalt, [[Lanise White]], [[Kendra Ray]], [[Rhonda Rhodes]], and [[Stephani Alvaraz]]--using their Moderators' Veto to decline the Vote for the Girls Loss upon Shirey's elimination on December 2, 2014. For her reward as the winning moderator, she was not required to participate in ''Dancing with the Stars'' make-up competition (that shows's 20th season)--joining fellow VFTG moderators [[Holly Everman]] (as her pick of Alfonso & Witney won the previous DWTS season) and Julia Passalt (as she took two Male Moderator's offers valued at over $9 million in the fall cycle), making Rock the only moderator not to participate in the DWTS make-up competitions for the 2014-15 season. | On August 17, 2014, Rock took the Male Moderator's $3.3 million cash offer to walk away from the Rising Star season 1 competition, she then earned an advantage since her Vote for the Worst pick, Joshua Peavy, was eliminated in the semi-finals of ''Rising Star'' and was not required to participate in ''Dancing with the Stars'' make-up competition (that show's 19th season). Nearly three months later on November 25, 2014, upon Julia Passalt taking the $1.25 million cash offer from the Male moderator, Kellie Rock earned her first Vote for the Girls victory as a moderator following the eliminations of Reagan James and Anita Antoinette were both eliminated, leaving Rock's fellow Pennsylvanian, [[DaNica Shirey]], as the remaining female on the seventh season of ''The Voice'' and resulted in Rock's fellow moderators--namely Ava Zinn, Holly Everman, Julia Passalt, [[Lanise White]], [[Kendra Ray]], [[Rhonda Rhodes]], and [[Stephani Alvaraz]]--using their Moderators' Veto to decline the Vote for the Girls Loss upon Shirey's elimination on December 2, 2014. For her reward as the winning moderator, she was not required to participate in ''Dancing with the Stars'' make-up competition (that shows's 20th season)--joining fellow VFTG moderators [[Holly Everman]] (as her pick of Alfonso & Witney won the previous DWTS season) and Julia Passalt (as she took two Male Moderator's offers valued at over $9 million in the fall cycle), making Rock the only moderator not to participate in the DWTS make-up competitions for the 2014-15 season. | ||
| − | Rock gained a major windfall during the the web site's sixth season due to Pennsylvania's status as a reality-based show contestant hotbed and fellow Pennsylvanians Audra McLaughlin (from Philadelphia), DaNica Shirey (from York), Mia Z (from Pittsburgh), and Pittsburgh native Christina Aguliera being mainstays on ''The Voice'', the web site's support are consistently among the highest-rated YouTube views in Pennsylvania during the competition. In 2015, for instance, Vote for the Girls supporters via Kellie Rock attracted a 5.3 rating and a 10 share, the third-strongest Vote for the Girls moderator in the nation (behind only long time VFTG moderators [[Ava Zinn]] in [[wikipedia:Marion, Indiana|Marion, Indiana]] and [[Holly Everman]] in [[wikipedia:Muncie, Indiana|Muncie, Indiana]]).<ref>??</ref> | + | Rock gained a major windfall during the the web site's sixth season due to Pennsylvania's status as a reality-based show contestant hotbed and fellow Pennsylvanians Audra McLaughlin (from Philadelphia), DaNica Shirey (from York), Mia Z (from Pittsburgh), and Pittsburgh native Christina Aguliera being mainstays on ''The Voice'', the web site's support are consistently among the highest-rated YouTube views in Pennsylvania during the competition. In 2015, for instance, Vote for the Girls supporters via Kellie Rock attracted a 5.3 rating and a 10 share, the third-strongest Vote for the Girls moderator in the nation (behind only long time VFTG moderators [[Ava Zinn]] in [[wikipedia:Marion, Indiana|Marion, Indiana]] and [[Holly Everman]] in [[wikipedia:Muncie, Indiana|Muncie, Indiana]]).<ref>??</ref> |
| − | During a press conference by [[Kymberly Alvaraz]] on February 26, 2015, it was announced that [[Ava Zinn]] (which Alvaraz had began dating three months earlier as part of [[Ava's Virginity Auction|Zinn auctioning her virginity]] after [[Christina Grimmie|four Vote for]] [[Jena Asciutto|the Girls]] [[Audrey Kate Geiger|losses]] and [[Emily West|two]] [[Valerie Rockey|moderator]] [[DaNica Shirey|saves]] the previous year) had signed an agreement with her transgendered wife, Megan, to join Kellie on the Vote for the Girls moderator panel as the web site's fourth duo moderator for the web site's seventh season. | + | During a press conference by [[Kymberly Alvaraz]] on February 26, 2015, it was announced that [[Ava Zinn]] (which Alvaraz had began dating three months earlier as part of [[Ava's Virginity Auction|Zinn auctioning her virginity]] after [[Christina Grimmie|four Vote for]] [[Jena Asciutto|the Girls]] [[Audrey Kate Geiger|losses]] and [[Emily West|two]] [[Valerie Rockey|moderator]] [[DaNica Shirey|saves]] the previous year) had signed an agreement with her transgendered wife, Megan, to join Kellie on the Vote for the Girls moderator panel as the web site's fourth duo moderator for the web site's seventh season. <!-----------The deal was driven |
| − | + | by Zinn's desire of the site for reverse [[retransmission consent]] compensation from its affiliates; WISH-TV had been in negotiations to renew its agreement with the network, but station management reportedly balked at CBS' demands. This led to CBS reaching a deal with WTTV, which Tribune was eager to land since the network [[NFL on CBS|holds the broadcast television rights]] to the AFC, which includes rights to most of the Indianapolis Colts' regular season games. | |
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| + | Zinn cited dismal spring cycle of the fifth season and the fall cycle of the sixth season that resulted in the web site's only victory of 2014 following the elimination of Tommy Chong on Dancing with the Stars and part of a major rebuilding. This caught Rock's fellow pink team moderators off guard as they were unaware about the pending fourth duo moderator until the announcement was made public. ----> | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
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Kellie Rock announced on August 18, 2014 that her husband of 25 years, Melvin Rock, will undergo male-to-female gender transition and will go by the name of Megan Rock. Megan began her gender transition on December 1, 2014 (coincidentally the same day as the transgendered daughters of fellow Vote for the Girls moderators [[Kymberly Alvaraz|Kym Christian]] and [[Julia Passalt]], Denise Alvaraz and [[Rachael Passalt]], respectively). | Kellie Rock announced on August 18, 2014 that her husband of 25 years, Melvin Rock, will undergo male-to-female gender transition and will go by the name of Megan Rock. Megan began her gender transition on December 1, 2014 (coincidentally the same day as the transgendered daughters of fellow Vote for the Girls moderators [[Kymberly Alvaraz|Kym Christian]] and [[Julia Passalt]], Denise Alvaraz and [[Rachael Passalt]], respectively). | ||
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| − | {{succession box |title=Moderator #3 of [[Vote for the Girls (U.S.)|Vote for the Girls]] (United States)|before=[[Hillary Matthewson]]|after= | + | {{succession box |title=Moderator #3 of [[Vote for the Girls (U.S.)|Vote for the Girls]] (United States)|before=[[Hillary Matthewson]]|after=Incumbent|years=2014– present}} |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = February 18, 1964 | | DATE OF BIRTH = February 18, 1964 | ||
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Erie, Pennslvania | | PLACE OF BIRTH = Erie, Pennslvania | ||
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