Kim Lemon

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Kim Lemon
Education Clarion University
Occupation(s) Television journalist, news anchor (formerly)
Years active1979-2021
Employer(s)WGAL (Lancaster, PA)
SpouseJohn MacIver
ChildrenMeg and Morgan
Awards12 Mid Atlantic Awards; WGAL Hall of Fame (2022)

Kim Lemon is a retired American TV journalist. She was known for her 42-year career at WGAL in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She hosted and anchored PM Magazine, News 8 at 4, 5, and 6 in the evenings, until her retirement in 2021 after 42 years with WGAL. [1]

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Career

Lemon joined WGAL in 1979, to replace Marijane Landis as the Weekend Weather Girl on Sunday nights. [2] After nine months as a reporter and Morning News Anchor, she was named the first WGAL co-host of the syndicated national travel show "PM Magazine". [3]

In 2017 she interviewed leaders of different faiths, including protected nuns and an imam. [4]

On November 5, 2021, Lemon announced her retirement from WGAL online and on TV near the end of News 8 at 6 with her final broadcast set on the day before Thanksgiving. [5] [6] She retired from WGAL on November 24, 2021. [7]

Awards and recognition

Lemon returned to WGAL when she was interviewed as one of the women nominated for the Women of Distinction Life Skills of 2022. [8] She returned to WGAL again to help celebrate the station's 75th anniversary with other former WGAL anchors. [9]

A year after she retired, Lemon was inducted into the WGAL Hall of Fame for her work of 42 years at WGAL. [10] She was also committed personally and professionally to raising money for the Children's Miracle Network, The Salvation Army, The Silent Samaritans, and the most important one, The Extraordinary Give.

Personal life

Lemon is married John MacIver. [11]

References

  1. "Kim Lemon". WGAL.
  2. "Did you know Kim Lemon used to do the weather?". YouTube. November 23, 2021.
  3. Shapiro, Susan. "Kim Lemon remembers her time with PM Magazine". WGAL. November 23, 2021.
  4. Lemon, Kim (September 20, 2017). "Chronicle: The Power of Prayer". WGAL.
  5. "Anchor Kim Lemon announces retirement from WGAL". WGAL. November 5, 2021.
  6. Barcaro, Matt. "Honoring Kim Lemon: Her most memorable assignments". WGAL. November 23, 2021.
  7. "Thank you Kim Lemon, WGAL is going to miss you". WGAL. November 25, 2021.
  8. "Girl Scouts honor four women, including former anchor Kim Lemon in the Susquehanna Valley". WGAL. September 13, 2022.
  9. "WGAL celebrates 75 years". WGAL. March 19, 2024.
  10. Burkholder, Lori. "Kim Lemon has been inducted into the WGAL Hall of Fame". Facebook. December 7, 2022.
  11. Lemon, Kim. "The New Face of Dementia: Diagnosis at a young age". WGAL. November 6, 2014.