Julie Cornell, Bill Randby Honored as Latest “Face on the Barroom Floor”

Two of Omaha’s most prominent TV personalities – Julie Cornell and Bill Randby of KETV Newswatch 7 – were honored as the new Face on the Barroom Floor at the Omaha Press Club on November 17.

The husband-wife team has been a key part of Omaha’s media fabric for the past 25 years. Cornell is anchor of the 6 and10 p.m. newscasts, while Randby is chief meteorologist on the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts.

Rob McCartney, longtime anchor at KETV and the 128th Face on the Barroom Floor in March 2011, emceed the roast. He was joined by three KETV colleagues – Rose Ann Shannon, news director, Vonn Jones, assistant news director, and Melissa Fry, anchor – as well as Paul Tranisi, former creative services director at KETV and KMBC in Kansas City. Rounding out the roasting slate were the three children of Cornell and Randby – Will, 16, a student at Creighton Prep, and Maddie and JoJo, 14-year-old twins at Marian High School. The trio delivered – very appropriately – a video roast of their parents.

The Face caricature was drawn by Omaha artist Jim Horan, who has drawn all but two of the 155 Faces on the Barroom Floor.