WICHITA – Well known KWCH-TV 12 anchor Kim Setty died Wednesday night from breast cancer at age 47, according to the television stations website.

Setty, a native of Hutchinson, started her career in broadcasting running the control board for Hutchinson Bronc’s baseball on Eagle Radio Station KHUT. She also did some work for sister station KWBW according to staff.

She worked 24-years at KWCH, starting in May 1987 as a bureau reporter in Hutchinson. By the next year, she’d moved up the ranks to become anchor and producer of Eyewitness News at Noon, a newscast that earned high ratings under her command. Before working at KWCH, Kim reported for WIBW TV 13 in Topeka.

The television station says Kim’s reporting career ranged from working the medical beat and analyzing elections, to covering Hutchinson’s natural gas explosions and interviewing First Lady Barbara Bush. She’s best known for her series of consumer stories called, Does It Work?

Trying to help viewers not waste money, she searched for products with hard-to-believe claims and recruited everyday people to test them. She concluded each story by asking testers for a verdict with her familiar question, “does it work?”

The Kansas Association of Broadcasters recognized Kim with accolades for Does It Work? as well as the Noon newscast she anchored. She also won awards for reporting on homeless children in Kansas and a story about Girl Scouts visiting their incarcerated mothers. In 2011, Kim received recognition by Goodwill Industries of Kansas for her service to the organization. She also volunteered at church, her children’s schools, Girl Scouts and cancer support groups.

In 2005, Kim told viewers she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer. Through sickness and losing her blond hair, she worked as much as possible, and five years later made the same announcement, letting viewers know she was battling cancer once again. She was finally told she must stop this past summer.

Kim leaves behind her two children and husband

Memorials in lieu of flowers may be sent to Riverside Christian Church, Goodwill Industries or Victory in the Valley. Condolences letters may be offered at KWCH Studios, 2815 E 37th St. North, Wichita, KS 67219 or kim@kwch.com.

*Part of this story was written from a tribute on the KWCH website from Kim’s last News Director, Chad Cross.