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WEBVTT RHEYA: A MAJOR CHAPTER CLOSES HERE AT ����vlog TODAY. AFTER ALMOST 40 YEARS, THE MAN AT THE HELM OF THIS NEWSROOM, DAVE BUSIEK, WILL RETIRE. >> PRESIDENT REAGAN ALREADY HAS ARRIVED AT VETS AUDITORIUM AND DAVE BUSIEK IS STANDING BY LIVE TO TELL US WHAT’S HAPPENING. DAVE? >> PAUL, PRESIDENT REAGAN HAS JUST BEEN INTRODUCED. THERE IS DAMAGE INSIDE THE PRISON. NOTHING SERIOUS. >> DAVE BUSIEK. A WORKING ANCHORMAN WHO WORKS HARD KEEPING THE NEWS AT 10:00, THE MOST WATCHED IN CENTRAL IOWA. ERIC: DAVE WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS OF ����vlog IN THE LATE 1970’S AS A REPORTER. HE SPENT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS REPORTING A WIDE RANGE OF STORIES, LIKE THE FORT MADISON PRISON RIOTS, THE POPE’S VISIT TO DES MOINES AND POLITICS. IN 1983, HE MOVED TO THE ANCHOR DESK AND ANCHORED THE 10:00 P.M. NEWS WITH KEVIN COONEY, UNTIL 1988. IN 1990, DAVE WAS NAMED ����vlog NEWS DIRECTOR AND HE’S BEEN THE BOSS EVER SINCE. ACROSS AMERICA, MOST PEOPLE IN THAT JOB LAST LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. IT’S A HARD ONE. DAVE’S BEEN IN CHARGE FOR 29 YEARS. BUT TODAY, HE’S RETIRING. >> I THINK I WAS SMART ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT IT’S A PRETTY GOOD THING HERE. I LIKE THE DAILY HANDS-ON JOURNALISM AND THIS IS A GREAT STATION AND A GREAT COMMUNITY TO DO THAT IN. >> QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS PLUS IN A NEWSROOM THAT’S UNHEARD OF FOR A , TELEVISION NEWS STATION. >> I KNOW PEOPLE COME AND THINK THEY’RE JUST GOING TO BE HERE A FEW YEARS AND THEY GET HOOKED IN WITH THE ����vlog FAMILY. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO FIND THAT IN VERY MANY NEWSROOMS. ERIC: THE TRANSITION IS ALREADY HAPPENING TODAY. OUR NEW NEWS DIRECTOR, ALLISON SMITH, IS HERE IN TOWN AND READY TO START A NEW CHAPTER FOR KCC SHE KNOWS THIS PLACE. SHE’S ACTUALLY A FORMER PRODUCER HERE AND DRAKE GRADUATE. SO, SHE’S NOW COMING BACK TO DES MOINES. WE ARE EXCITED SHE IS ON BOARD, BUT WE HAVE TO SAY THANKS TO DAVE FOR EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE. ALYX: HE IS A LEGEND AND H