Christine Lund, also known as Christine Lundstedt (born November 25, 1943 in

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) is a former popular

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news anchor for

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from the early 1970s to the late 1990s and consistently garnered high ratings.

Biography

Born in

and raised in

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, Lund began her broadcasting career where she briefly worked at

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as the station's news director. In 1970, she joined ABC owned-and-operated station

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in San Francisco as a reporter. Later, Lund moved south to Los Angeles sister station KABC in 1972 as a reporter and anchor. She anchored the newscasts at 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm. Throughout much of her first tenure, she co-anchored with the late

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. Lund left KABC for 4 years in 1986 to raise her family. She returned to the station in 1990. During her second tenure, she anchored the 11:30 am and 4:00 pm newscasts until she officially left the station in 1998.

Personal

Lund has two grown daughters, and currently lives on the Northwest coast of the US.

References

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* Television anchors from Los Angeles American television reporters and correspondents 1944 births Living people Swedish emigrants to the United States {{US-tv-journalist-stub