Van Hackett

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Van Hackett
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Van Hackett
StatusMarried
Occupation Television journalist; News Director
Notable credit(s)
KTRK-TV weekend news anchor/reporter (1980-1987)
WPTV-TV assistant news director (1973-1976)

Van Hackett was a weekend news anchor for KTRK-TV [1] in Houston, Texas from 1980 to 1987. He also co-anchored the station's Live at Five newscast for a few years before being moved to the weekends. Prior to joining KTRK-TV, Hackett was the assistant news director for WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida from 1973 until 1976. He later left KTRK-TV during the summer of 1987 and joined 1010 WINS Radio in New York City, New York for a few years before joining WWOR-TV in Secaucus, New Jersey as well as anchoring at WVIT-TV in New Britain, Connecticut [2] until his resignation in 1993.

KTRK-TV ABC TV station in Houston

KTRK-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is an ABC owned-and-operated television station licensed to Houston, Texas, United States. The station is owned by the ABC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. KTRK's studios are located on Bissonnet Street in the Upper Kirby district, and its transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.

WPTV-TV NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Florida

WPTV-TV, virtual channel 5, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, serving the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, as part of a duopoly with Stuart-licensed Court TV owned-and-operated station WHDT ; Scripps also operates West Palm Beach-licensed Fox affiliate WFLX under a shared services agreement (SSA) with owner Gray Television. The three stations share studios on South Australian Avenue in downtown West Palm Beach ; WPTV's transmitter is located in Lake Worth along US 441/SR 7. On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 3 and channel 5, and in high definition on digital channel 432.

West Palm Beach, Florida City in Florida

West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located immediately to the west of the adjacent Palm Beach, which is situated on a barrier island across the Lake Worth Lagoon. The population was 99,919 at the 2010 census. West Palm Beach is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,158,824 people in 2017.

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