Dan Lewis (newsreader)

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Dan Lewis
Born (1949-12-19) December 19, 1949 (age 74) [1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJournalist
Known fornews reporting, puns, golf

Dan Lewis (born December 19, 1949) [2] is a former long-time co-anchor and reporter for KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington.

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He came to KOMO-TV [3] in 1987 after working at WJLA-TV [4] in Washington, D.C. Before that, he had worked at WISN-TV, [5] WITI-TV, [6] WLKY-TV, [7] KTBS-TV and KWKH. His career began at WBIG (AM) after graduating from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Alongside his co-anchor and reporter Kathi Goertzen, weather forecaster Steve Pool and sports reporter Eric Johnson, they were the third longest-running tenure out of any anchor team in the United States west of the Mississippi River. Until his retirement in 2014, Lewis served as co-anchor for the weekday editions of KOMO 4 News at 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. with Mary Nam. After multiple surgeries for aggressive recurring meningiomas, Goertzen died on August 13, 2012. [8]

In 2002, Lewis and several other KOMO-TV staff members made cameo appearances in the movie Life or Something Like It , which starred Angelina Jolie and Edward Burns. He also briefly appeared in the remake of the 1984 film Red Dawn starring Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Personal life

Dan has three children: Dan Jr., Kristian, and Tim. [9] [10] Tim is the only child to go into broadcasting school and he was formerly weekend sports anchor for KIMA 29 – KEPR 19 in Yakima/Tri-Cities from 2004 to 2006. [9] Tim was formerly also weekend sports anchor for KREM 2 in Spokane from September 2006 – December 2008, then sports director from January 2009 – May 2012, which Dan's co-worker Eric Johnson held from 1987 to 1989. From May 2012 to June 2016, Tim was the weekend sports anchor/weekday reporter for KOMO-TV, which made him and his dad Dan the second father/son duo on the same TV station, after rival station KIRO-TV former chief meteorologists Harry and Andy Wappler, before Dan retired from the KOMO 4 anchor desk in May 2014. [11] [12] [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Dan (October 22, 2005). "Dan Lewis looks back on season with White Sox as former batboy". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2008.
  2. ↑ "I had a great time hiking with my dad Dan Lewis News yesterday on his birthday. We trekked to Teneriffe Falls in North Bend!". www.facebook.com. December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ "KOMO News 4 - Seattle Dan Lewis - ABC - Headlines Tonight - September 28, 1987". YouTube .
  4. ↑ "Point of Rocks MD Nov 1985 Flood WUSA & WJLA". YouTube .
  5. ↑ "WISN-Dan Lewis and Tom Sutton Promos 1982". YouTube .
  6. ↑ "WITI - Campaign '80 Wisconsin Primary (1980)". YouTube .
  7. ↑ "Norcross WLKY 1978 Second Weathercast". YouTube .
  8. ↑ "Kathi Goertzen dies after long battle with brain tumors". KOMO News. August 13, 2012. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  9. 1 2 "The news doesn't fall far from the TV". Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. May 7, 2005. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Dan Lewis and daughter share interest in fundraising". Bizjournals.com. April 2, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Dan Lewis announces plans to step away from KOMO anchor desk". KOMO News. April 16, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Sports Anchor Tim Lewis Leaving Spokane to Join His Dad at Seattle's KOMO". Mediabistro.com. April 19, 2012. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Dan Lewis, Tim Lewis share anchor desk for first time". KOMO News. July 18, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Winds of change for weather guy Andy Wappler". Seattle Times. February 29, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
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