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Where are the now? Ted Dawson...and others...

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searadiofreak

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Legendary KABC sports anchor Ted Dawson recently spotted as sports anchor at KIDK, the CBS affiliate in Idaho Falls/Pocatello, ID.

Others I'm wondering about...Sandy Hill, Christine Lund, Tricia Toyota, and Tawny Little. Some may still be on the air in LA, but please update!
 
I saw Sandy Hill hosting an informerical about a few years ago, and nothing else since then. I heard Tricia Toyota is teaching some sort of a media business course at one of the local schools here (I'm thinking UCLA or one of the local Cal State school). As for Lund and Little, I just think they're completely out of the business at the moment.
 
Here's a few

Lisa McRee (KABC 1994-1997) Works for KQED is San Francisco hosting "California Connected" which is seen on a dozen PBS stations.

Dr. George Fishback (KABC; KCBS 1972-199?) Retired from Broadcasting and now volunteers at the L.A. Zoo, where he's served on the Zoological Society Board.

Christine Lund (KABC 1972-1986; 1990-1998) Last seen somewhere in Alaska, running a general store.

Ross Becker (KCBS 1980-1990) Now an Anchor at ABC4 in Salt Lake City.

Bree Walker (KCBS 1988-1994) Hosts a Saturday Afternoon Radio show on KTLK-AM 1150

.....and finally

Kelly Lange (KNBC 1971-1999) Retired from broadcasting and now writes mystery novels
http://www.kelly-lange.com/hme.html
 
Thanks, all. It is interesting how the local tv biz tends to bounce people out once they reach a certain age, or maybe in some cases, it is the choice of the talent to move on. But, men seem to survive longer. The late Jerry Dunphy is a good example...anchored till his death.

For women, a different story. I heard there was a Miami female anchor well into her 60's still on the air, but can't recall the name. And in Seattle, Jean Enerson has been at KING-5 for 35+ years, most of them as an anchor...and may I say, still looks great!

I admire stations that keep talented people around, despite their age. Shows respect and maturity by management.
 
"The late Jerry Dunphy is a good example...anchored till his death."

Let's not forget Hal Fishman. He was originally one of a small group of right-wing commentators who pontificated on the communist menace in 15 minute commentaries on LA's independent TV stations in the 50s and early 60s - I believe he has a PhD in political science. By the mid 60's, he had snagged the co-anchor job on the George Putnam News on KTLA - probably because Hal and George shared the same conservative political orientation. Hal has been at KTLA ever since, except for a short period in the late 60s when he followed Putnam over to KTTV. He may have been LA's first co-anchor, since all of the other LA stations still had solo anchors (Dunphy, Tom Snyder, Brokaw, etc.)in those days.
 
searadiofreak said:
Thanks, all. It is interesting how the local tv biz tends to bounce people out once they reach a certain age, or maybe in some cases, it is the choice of the talent to move on. But, men seem to survive longer. The late Jerry Dunphy is a good example...anchored till his death.

For women, a different story. I heard there was a Miami female anchor well into her 60's still on the air, but can't recall the name. And in Seattle, Jean Enerson has been at KING-5 for 35+ years, most of them as an anchor...and may I say, still looks great!

I admire stations that keep talented people around, despite their age. Shows respect and maturity by management.
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Add in Natalie Jacobson, from Boston's ABC station WCVB. She's been there since its beginnings...the station just turned 35 a few days ago.
 
Searadiofreak mentioned Jean Enersen at KING-TV in Seattle. She will celebrate her 40th year at KING next year (2008) and has been evening co-anchor for 35 years! According to a Washington Post article, Jean Enersen was the first permanent female evening news anchor in the U.S.! Now, that's a real honor...

I'm in my early 40's born and raised in Seattle and I don't remember the news before Jean Enersen!
 
formeraa said:
Searadiofreak mentioned Jean Enersen at KING-TV in Seattle. She will celebrate her 40th year at KING next year (2008) and has been evening co-anchor for 35 years! According to a Washington Post article, Jean Enersen was the first permanent female evening news anchor in the U.S.! Now, that's a real honor...

I'm in my early 40's born and raised in Seattle and I don't remember the news before Jean Enersen!
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formeraa, I'm just a few years older than you, and though I was young, I DO remember the news in Seattle before Jean Enerson! KING was very basic in their look and feel (though of course leaned liberal) until 1971 when they totally revamped with a product called "KING NewsService", later copied for a time by KNBC in L.A. They brought in the late Jim Harriott as principle anchor and arranged the anchors in a "roundtable" setting, later turning that into the classic "living room" set with just chairs and no desk. Nice experiment, but the desk set was back by '75. As I recall, around '71, Jean started coming on the late news on a segment called "KING Call For Action", a consumer-type feature. The story goes that she was so good on that, and the audience loved her, it wasn't long before she was co-anchoring with Harriott on the late show. The rest, as they say, is history. Happy 40th Jean!

BTW, I had the opportunity to tour the old KING studios in the mid-70's as part of a highschool tour. Their studios were in the basement of an old furniture store, very cramped, but they still managed to put on many local shows from that space, like "Seattle Today", "Seattle Tonight", and before that children's shows, in addition to the news set! The magic of TV!
 
searadiofreak said:
For women, a different story. I heard there was a Miami female anchor well into her 60's still on the air, but can't recall the name. And in Seattle, Jean Enerson has been at KING-5 for 35+ years, most of them as an anchor...and may I say, still looks great!
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Don't forget, though, that in Miami, 60s is still young. A 60 yo wife there would still qualify as a "trophy wife".
 
dhett said:
searadiofreak said:
For women, a different story. I heard there was a Miami female anchor well into her 60's still on the air, but can't recall the name. And in Seattle, Jean Enerson has been at KING-5 for 35+ years, most of them as an anchor...and may I say, still looks great!
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Don't forget, though, that in Miami, 60s is still young. A 60 yo wife there would still qualify as a "trophy wife".
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LOL! Who is, or was, that older Miami female anchor? And is she still on the air? She was just great!
 
searadiofreak said:
formeraa said:
Searadiofreak mentioned Jean Enersen at KING-TV in Seattle. She will celebrate her 40th year at KING next year (2008) and has been evening co-anchor for 35 years! According to a Washington Post article, Jean Enersen was the first permanent female evening news anchor in the U.S.! Now, that's a real honor...

I'm in my early 40's born and raised in Seattle and I don't remember the news before Jean Enersen!
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formeraa, I'm just a few years older than you, and though I was young, I DO remember the news in Seattle before Jean Enerson! KING was very basic in their look and feel (though of course leaned liberal) until 1971 when they totally revamped with a product called "KING NewsService", later copied for a time by KNBC in L.A. They brought in the late Jim Harriott as principle anchor and arranged the anchors in a "roundtable" setting, later turning that into the classic "living room" set with just chairs and no desk. Nice experiment, but the desk set was back by '75. As I recall, around '71, Jean started coming on the late news on a segment called "KING Call For Action", a consumer-type feature. The story goes that she was so good on that, and the audience loved her, it wasn't long before she was co-anchoring with Harriott on the late show. The rest, as they say, is history. Happy 40th Jean!

BTW, I had the opportunity to tour the old KING studios in the mid-70's as part of a highschool tour. Their studios were in the basement of an old furniture store, very cramped, but they still managed to put on many local shows from that space, like "Seattle Today", "Seattle Tonight", and before that children's shows, in addition to the news set! The magic of TV!
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My first memories (news-related) were of KING 5 NewsService (although I do recall watching Huntley-Brinkley and Cronkite before that). Wow, Jim Harriott, Mike James, John Raye (first African-American anchor in Seattle, I believe)... Later on in the 70's, the KING Northwest Network (pre-cursor to NWCN). What memories!!

My only visit to a tv station in the 70's was at the "new" KIRO Broadcast House for an appearance on (you guessed it) JP Patches as a young Cub Scout.
 
formeraa, I also toured the KIRO "broadcast house" in the mid-70's. The amazing thing was it was just myself, my brother, and my Dad! They still took the time to give us a half-hour tour! What great customer service! To this day, I have a soft spot for KIRO due to this. A lesson to be learned for many companies.

formeraa, if you'd like to talk about some more old seattle tv news stuff, feel free to PM through this site. I have lots of memories that most readers here would not care about...
 
KIFI-TV's weatherman in the late 70s, Lloyd Lindsey Young, found his way to NYC and now can be heard on KGO in SFO. KPVI-TV's ND in the late 70's, Jeff Kingery, is now the PBP voice for the Colorado Rockies (having done many years as PBP for the Denver Nuggets.) KPVI-TV's anchor, Julie Brown, wound up as the national Farm Bureau Federation's spokesperson.
 
"KIFI-TV's weatherman in the late 70s, Lloyd Lindsey Young, found his way to NYC and now can be heard on KGO in SFO."

For a couple of years in the late 80s or early 90s, "LL Cool Y" (as anchor Anna Chavez used to call him) also worked at KGO-TV. It was rumored that Pete Giddings, the long-time meteorologist with the station did not appreciate Lloyd's kidding around, and goofy pointers - and got him canned. To Giddings, the weather was a serious business.

I believe Lloyd still works on TV in the New York market, and calls in his weather reports to KGO.
 
searadiofreak said:
dhett said:
Don't forget, though, that in Miami, 60s is still young. A 60 yo wife there would still qualify as a "trophy wife".
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LOL! Who is, or was, that older Miami female anchor? And is she still on the air? She was just great!
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Ann Bishop. She passed away a few years ago. Not to be mean, but the idea of her as a "trophy wife" makes me chuckle- if you ever saw her, or were from Miami, you would know what I mean.
 
formeraa said:
Searadiofreak mentioned Jean Enersen at KING-TV in Seattle. She will celebrate her 40th year at KING next year (2008) and has been evening co-anchor for 35 years! According to a Washington Post article, Jean Enersen was the first permanent female evening news anchor in the U.S.! Now, that's a real honor...

I'm in my early 40's born and raised in Seattle and I don't remember the news before Jean Enersen!
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The Late Dorothy Fuldheim started at WEWS-TV 5 Cleveland at its sign-on in 1947 at the age of 54. Before they had a full newsroom, She was the primary (perhaps only) news anchor at Channel 5, and delivered news commentaries and did interviews until past her 90th birthday in 1984..
 
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