David Walker (journalist)

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David Walker
Born
David Edward Walker

1941 (age 8384)
Alma mater University of South Florida
Spouse
(m. 1979)

David Edward Walker (born 1941) is an American retired television news anchor. He and his wife Lois Hart were paired as television news anchors for nearly three decades, starting in 1980 when they were among the original founding anchors on CNN through 2008 on Sacramento, California station KCRA.

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Early life

Walker grew up in Tampa, Florida, graduating from Henry B. Plant High School in 1960 and the University of South Florida in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in sociology. [1]

Career

Walker began his journalism career in the 1960s in Orlando, Florida with WFTV and WESH-TV. [1] In the 1970s, he moved to Sacramento with KOVR and KCRA. In 1980, Walker and co-anchor (and wife) Lois Hart left Sacramento to join CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, and co-anchored CNN's first news broadcast. In 1989, he joined CNBC and anchored its first news program. In 1990, Walker and Hart decided to return to Sacramento, where they anchored evening news broadcasts until 2008. [2]

On November 26, 2008, Walker and Hart retired from KCRA. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dave Walker from H. B. Plant High School - Classmates".
  2. "Dave Walker". KCRA. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  3. Turner, Melanie (November 11, 2008). "KCRA anchors retire". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  4. Ortiz, Gamaliel (November 27, 2008). "Longtime Channel 3 anchors sign off". The Sacramento Bee. p. 5B. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008.