Is there anyone any older than...?

[JeeperOne]

Bill Bolen, one of the newsreaders on WBRC-6 in Birmingham, retired from the station yesterday (1/28/10) after 41 years with the station. He is now 81 years old. Are there any other major (Top 50 or Top 100) news reporters, anchors, contributors, etc., currently on the air who are any older than him?

Larry King is only 77, and was primarily a radio talk host until the late 1970s.

Veteran reporter and sometimes anchor Stan Chambers has worked longer in television than Mr. Bolen. He's been with KTLA (Los Angeles' oldest TV station) for 62 years - beginning in 1947. He's 86 years old. I remember seeing Stan as an anchor and reporter when I was a kid in the 1960s. His adult grandson is also a KTLA reporter.

I suspect Stan holds the record, but I don't know for sure.

http://www.ktla.com/about/station/bios/ktla-news-bio-chambers,0,4044114.story

Not quite. CBS News anchor & Face The Nation host Bob Schieffer is also 86 last time I checked.

Cheers

 

[JeeperOne]

Agreed. I was a Dodgers fan as a kid, and remember listening to Vin Scully when I was 10 years old. I'll be 58 this month. If I remember correctly, Vin started announcing for the Dodgers when they were still in Brooklyn.

Tennessee Bill's OTR Website has a recording of an old Brooklyn Dodgers game with Vin Scully calling the game. I have the recording as part of my Old Time Radio collection. It's REALLY cool to hear those old radio broadcasts.

Cheers

 

[dgendvil]

How about Dick Vitale? He's in his 80's & still working for ESPN as the College Basketball Analyst after 31 years, but still going strong. Any thoughts for Dickey V to retire?

 

[bpatrick]

Bill Bolen, one of the newsreaders on WBRC-6 in Birmingham, retired from the station yesterday (1/28/10) after 41 years with the station. He is now 81 years old. Are there any other major (Top 50 or Top 100) news reporters, anchors, contributors, etc., currently on the air who are any older than him?

Larry King is only 77, and was primarily a radio talk host until the late 1970s.

Veteran reporter and sometimes anchor Stan Chambers has worked longer in television than Mr. Bolen. He's been with KTLA (Los Angeles' oldest TV station) for 62 years - beginning in 1947. He's 86 years old. I remember seeing Stan as an anchor and reporter when I was a kid in the 1960s. His adult grandson is also a KTLA reporter.

I suspect Stan holds the record, but I don't know for sure.

http://www.ktla.com/about/station/bios/ktla-news-bio-chambers,0,4044114.story

Not quite. CBS News anchor & Face The Nation host Bob Schieffer is also 86 last time I checked.

Cheers

I'm sure you're joking; actually, Schieffer was born in 1937 so he has a few years to go until he hits 86.
Morley Safer will be 79 this year.

 

[fussbudget]

Regarding Vin Scully, he signed with the Dodgers in 1950. His 60 years with the team is the longest of any broadcaster with a single sports franchise.