Adele Arakawa

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Adele Arakawa
Born
Adele Hausser

(1957-08-31) August 31, 1957 (age 67)
NationalityAmerican
Spouse
Barry Tiller
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(m. 1977)​
Children1

Adele Arakawa (born August 31, 1957) [1] [2] is a retired American evening news anchor for NBC affiliate station KUSA-TV of Denver, Colorado. As of June 2007, she provides the female voice of the airport train system at Denver International Airport. [3] She retired on June 30, 2017. She is also the former voice of the Denver International Airport Automated Guideway Transit System.

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Early life and education

Born Adele Hausser, [4] Arakawa was raised in Hawaii and later east Tennessee. At age 16, she began taking college courses at Tennessee Tech University and working as a radio disc jockey in her hometown of La Follette, Tennessee. She also attended the University of Tennessee but dropped out after her freshman year. [4]

Professional career

Following her entry into radio, Arakawa worked as a radio news anchor at WYSH in Clinton, Tennessee and as a disc jockey at WRJZ in Knoxville, Tennessee.[ citation needed ]

In 1981, Arakawa made the transition to television news, working at WTVK (now WVLT-TV) in weather in Knoxville where she began using her mother's maiden name, Arakawa, at the suggestion of news director Hal Wanzer. [5] Two years later, she moved to Raleigh, North Carolina to coanchor weekday evening newscasts for WRAL-TV with Charlie Gaddy and weatherman Bob Debardelaben.

Arakawa's career next took the family to Chicago in 1989, where she again anchored weekday evening newscasts, this time for CBS O&O WBBM-TV. [6]

In 1993, she became a weekday evening newscast anchor for KUSA-TV in Denver. [7] On December 6, 2016, she announced her retirement after 40 years in broadcasting. Her last day was June 30, 2017. [8] [9]

Arakawa was president of the Asian American Journalists Association in 1992 in Chicago and is a member of both the Japanese American Citizens League and the Japanese American Service Committee. Two of her grandparents were from Okinawa, Japan. [10]

Personal life

Arakawa married her husband, Barry Tiller, in July 1977. [11] Since retiring, she has lived in Tucson, Arizona. [11]

Arakawa used to race cars competitively, and as of her retirement was still driving a race car on a road course. [11]

Awards

Best Interview / Discussion Program (with team), Heartland Chapter, National Television Academy [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Arakawa Gets Off To A Good Start - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on August 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Deference becomes her PASADENA, Calif.-As a bearded... - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on August 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ Flynn, Kevin (May 7, 2007). "New voices coming for DIA trains". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on July 11, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  4. 1 2 "The Story of Adele H".
  5. ↑ Roberts, Michael (November 23, 2000). "The Story of Adele H". Westword. Village Voice Media. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2007.
  6. ↑ Feder, Robert (September 7, 1988). "'Hillbilly'? 'Airhead'? Or a Ch. 2 anchor?". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 43.
  7. ↑ Ostrow, Joanne (December 5, 1993). "New Channel 9 anchor hungry for news". Denver Post. p. 1-D.
  8. ↑ Adele Arakawa announces retirement 9News [ dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Adele Arakawa is retiring from 9News after 24 years". December 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Adele Arakawa, KUSA", The Desert Sun , May 11, 2007
  11. 1 2 3 "End of an era: Adele Arakawa talks about leaving 9News after 24 years". June 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ "AAJA National Awards 1989-2007". Asian American Journalists Association. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  13. ↑ "1997 Heartland Winners". NATAS Heartland Chapter. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
  14. ↑ "1999 Heartland Winners". NATAS Heartland Chapter. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
  15. 1 2 "2001 Heartland Winners". NATAS Heartland Chapter. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  16. ↑ "2004 Heartland Winners". NATAS Heartland Chapter. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
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