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Radio personality Mark Rosen announces engagement to Vikings exec Karin Nelsen

By coincidence, KFAN personality Paul Lambert proposed to girlfriend Kelly Kristo on the same day.

By Neal Justin

December 28, 2022 at 6:55PM

Retired TV sportscaster Mark Rosen is now on KFAN’s “The Power Trip” and “The Common Man.” (Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Radio personality Mark Rosen is engaged to Karin Nelsen, chief legal officer for the Minnesota Vikings.

The longtime broadcaster announced the news Tuesday on Twitter.

"Karin has brought pure joy back into my life and heart," he wrote in a post that also showed off Nelsen's ring. "I'm ecstatic she said YES! We are blessed with wonderful families and friends to share in our present and future together."

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Rosen is best known for his decades at WCCO-TV, where he was a sports anchor and sports director. He retired from WCCO-TV in 2019. He currently works for KFAN, the radio station that airs Vikings games.

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By coincidence, KFAN personality Paul Lambert, who goes by "Meatsauce," proposed to girlfriend Kelly Kristo on the same day.

Rosen was previously married to Denise Rosen. She died in September 2021 after a three-year battle with brain cancer.

Correction: Previous versions of this story misspelled Karin Nelsen's last name.

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Neal Justin

Critic / Reporter

Neal Justin is the pop-culture critic, covering how Minnesotans spend their entertainment time. He also reviews stand-up comedy. Justin previously served as TV and music critic for the paper. He is the co-founder of JCamp, a non-profit program for high-school journalists, and works on many fronts to further diversity in newsrooms.