Zinga has been a radio and television reporter and anchorwoman for all three television stations in the Quad Cities -- WQAD-TV , KWQC-TV ( while it was still WOC-TV ) and WHBF-TV . She also worked for three years at CNN , CNN Headline News and The Airport Channel ( a CNN network provided exclusively to airports ) . While at CNN , Zinga was the first anchor to report the breaking story of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing on July 27 , 1996 . For this she earned a national Emmy . On her way up in the TV News business , Andrea worked at WAFB-TV Channel 9 , the CBS affiliate in Baton Rouge , Louisiana , as well as KBMT in Beaumont , Texas
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
Andrea Zinga