Al Wiman is an American reporter. He has worked at
KSDK-TV
KSDK (channel 5) is a television station in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located on Market Street in Downtown St. Louis, and its transmitter is located in Shr ...
and
KMOV-TV
KMOV (channel 4) is a television station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Circle owned-and-operated station KDTL-LD (channel 16). The two stations sh ...
in
Saint Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which ...
. He also has served with radio and television stations in
Los Angeles
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and
Tallahassee, Florida
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. Wiman's career honors and awards include three
Emmy
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Awards from the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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and two
Golden Globe
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
awards from the Southern California Radio/TV News Association.
Wiman is perhaps best known for his reports on the
Charles Manson murders. Wiman and his television crew discovered the bloody clothes discarded by the killers on a hillside in
Beverly Hills
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. As a result, Wiman was referenced in ''
Helter Skelter'' and was portrayed in the television film based on the case.
While working at radio station
KFWB
KFWB (980 AM) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California. It airs a classic Regional Mexican music format. KFWB is owned by Lotus Communications. The station has a colorful history, being the radio voice of Warner Bros. Studios i ...
in Hollywood, Wiman co-narrated ''
The Beatles' Story
''The Beatles' Story'' is the sixth album by the English rock band the Beatles in the United States, issued on 23 November 1964 by Capitol Records. It is a documentary double album featuring interviews, press conferences, and snippets of origina ...
'', a documentary album about the
Beatlemania
Beatlemania was the fanaticism surrounding the English rock band the Beatles in the 1960s. The group's popularity grew in the United Kingdom throughout 1963, propelled by the singles "Please Please Me", "From Me to You" and "She Loves You". By ...
phenomenon. It was released by
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
on November 23, 1964.
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Living people
American television journalists
Regional Emmy Award winners
American male journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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