Asha Blake

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Asha Blake
Born (1961-08-20) August 20, 1961 (age 60)
Education University of Minnesota
OccupationNews Anchor

Asha Blake is a five-time Emmy Award-winning television news journalist. Her US-based career has spanned anchoring ABC and NBC network newscasts, daytime- and entertainment-based talk shows, and local news anchoring at flagship news stations KNBC and KTLA. In 1999, Blake co-hosted NBC's Later Today , a spinoff of the Today Show , with Jodi Applegate and Florence Henderson.

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Early life and education

Born in Guyana, South America, Blake grew up in Toronto and in Minnesota. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota's journalism school. [1]

Professional career

Blake began her career at KJCT-TV in Grand Junction, Colorado. [2]

After "Later Today" went off the air in 2000, Blake hosted two syndicated programs, "Smart Gardening" on PBS and the nationally syndicated "Life Moments". [1]

In 2005, Blake joined KWGN-TV. [3]

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  1. 1 2 http://www.ktla.com/print_landing?Asha-Blake=1&blockID=13359&feedID=556& [ permanent dead link ]
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20051226161148/http://www.saja.org/members/profiles/blake.html
  3. "Denver | Services > Business Services from AllBusiness.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-09.