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Bob Losure
Robert C. "Bob" Losure (May 4, 1947 – July 19, 2019) was a weekend anchor on ''CNN Headline News'' from 1986 to 1997. Earlier in his career he worked as co-anchor of the evening news at KOTV, the CBS affiliate in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma and before that as a reporter for Tulsa's AM radio station KRMG. Earlier on, he was one of the ''20/20 News'' anchors during the "Big 8" years at CKLW radio in Windsor / Detroit. He was also a reporter for CNN Newsource, a service supplying news reports to local television stations, a field in which he had begun his career. After leaving CNN, he wrote a biography, ''Five Seconds to Air'' and made promotional speeches. He appeared in the Magic Jack infomercial and in a commercial promoting the conservative NewsMax magazine as well as in corporate videos. He was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity A fraternity (from Latin language, Latin ''wiktionary:frater, frater'': "brother (Christian), brother"; whence, "wiktionary:brotherh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News Presenter
A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. They may also be a working journalist, assisting in the collection of news material and may, in addition, provide commentary during the program. News presenters most often work from a television studio or radio studio, but may also present the news from remote locations in the field related to a particular major news event. History The role of the news presenter developed over time. Classically, the presenter would read the news from news "copy" which they may or may not have helped write with a news writer. This was often taken almost directly from wire services and then rewritten. Prior to the television era, radio-news broadcasts often mixed news with opinion and each presenter strove for a distinctive style. These presenters were r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
