Steve Savard

{{Short description|American sports announcer}}

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Steve Savard is an American sports anchor and the former "Voice of the St. Louis Rams", serving in that role from 1999 to 2015.[http://www.stlouisrams.com/multimedia/radioshows/ The official site of the St. Louis Rams - Radio Shows] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805110249/http://www.stlouisrams.com/multimedia/radioshows/ |date=2009-08-05 }} He was the lead news anchor and former sportscaster at KMOV in St. Louis, Missouri. Savard, a St. Louis native, attended Parkway North High School and Northwest Missouri State University where he graduated in 1986 with degrees in English and journalism.[http://www.parkwayalumni.org/participate/hof/charter/savard.html Home of the Parkway Alumni Association] Steve has won six Emmy Awards, including best sportscaster.[http://www.kmov.com/about/bios/savard.html Personalities, anchors, reporters, Meteorologists | KMOV-TV News Channel 4 | KMOV.com | St. Louis, MO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917185907/http://www.kmov.com/about/bios/savard.html |date=2008-09-17 }} In February 2013, he made the switch from sports to become a news anchor in which he co-anchors the 10:00 p.m. edition of News 4.{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/columns/joe-holleman/kmov-s-conners-no-longer-at-station/article_eca2b7fc-92a3-5578-b866-914639a3da6c.html|title=KMOV fires anchor Larry Conners after social-media controversy|author=Lee Enterprises|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|accessdate=14 July 2015}} In May 2013, he added the 6:00 p.m. newscast to his duties at KMOV.

Savard succeeded Gary Bender as the "Voice of the Rams" in 1999 (the season in which they won Super Bowl XXXIV), and was succeeded upon the Rams' move back to Los Angeles after 2015 by J. B. Long.{{cite web |url=http://www.therams.com/news-and-events/article-1/Rams-Announce-Radio-Broadcast-Teams/34341f92-1586-4cef-91db-52a7153e9a4e |title=Rams Announce Radio Broadcast Teams |website=www.therams.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510085036/http://www.therams.com/news-and-events/article-1/Rams-Announce-Radio-Broadcast-Teams/34341f92-1586-4cef-91db-52a7153e9a4e |archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}

Savard was among 16 people laid off from KMOV on September 17, 2020; the station cited that the cuts were due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web| url = https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/kmov-layoffs-include-longtime-news-anchor-steve-savard/article_22b9f022-7d42-542d-83e1-075502fd0dbb.html#tracking-source=in-article| title = KMOV layoffs include longtime news anchor Steve Savard {{!}} Local Business {{!}} stltoday.com}} Savard was named Lead Anchor of KOLR10 news in Springfield, Missouri on May 14, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/local-news-local-news/news-anchor-steve-savard-joins-the-kolr10-evening-news-team|title=News anchor Steve Savard joins the KOLR10 evening news team|date=14 May 2021}}

His last appearance on KOLR 10 was Friday, May 16, 2025.