Warren Olney IV is an American broadcast journalist. He was the host and executive producer of the nationally
syndicated Public Radio International weekday afternoon program ''
To the Point'', which originated at
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing t ...
public radio station
KCRW
KCRW (89.9 MHz FM) is a National Public Radio member station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, where the station is licensed. KCRW airs original news and music programming in addition to program ...
. The daily program ended on November 10, 2017. As of November 13,
To the Point will be a weekly podcast heard exclusively on KCRW's digital platforms. From 1992 to January 2016, Olney hosted KCRW's local public affairs show, ''Which Way, L.A.?''
Olney received a
BA in English at
Amherst College and taught broadcast journalism at
USC from 1976 to 1982.
From 1966 to 1969, Olney worked as a reporter for Washington D.C. CBS affiliate WTOP-TV (now
WUSA-TV
WUSA (channel 9) is a television station in Washington, D.C., affiliated with CBS. It is the flagship property of Tegna Inc. (based in the nearby Virginia suburb of McLean). WUSA's studios and transmitter are located at Broadcast House on ...
). After leaving WTOP-TV, he went to Los Angeles and worked at television stations
KNXT/KCBS-TV-Channel 2 (1969-1975 and 1986-1989),
KNBC-Channel 4 (1975-1981),
KABC-Channel 7 (1981-1986) and
KCOP-Channel 13 (1989-1990), as well as engaging in many other print and broadcast journalist duties.
[Mitchell, Sean (May 8, 1994)]
"RADIO - Leading L.A. to the Light - After two years, TV news refugee Warren Olney reflects on his reborn career and the unexpected clout of 'Which Way, L.A.?'"
''Los Angeles Times''; retrieved July 28, 2009. He is the only two-time winner of the
Los Angeles
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Society of Professional Journalists Distinguished Journalist award, which has been presented annually since 1976. He received it in 1985 for his work with
KABC-TV
KABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast of the United States, West Coast Flagship (broadcasting), flagship of the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network. ...
and in 1998 for his work with KCRW.
Olney has four children from three marriages, including two from his first marriage, which ended in divorce. He also has four grandchildren.
[
In January 2012, Olney was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 62nd annual Golden Mike Awards ceremony held by the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California. His father, Warren Olney III, was an attorney,]California Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court of appeals in the courts of the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in San Francisco at the Earl Warren Building, but it regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sac ...
.
References
External links
Warren Olney bio
www.kcrw.com.
''To The Point'' on KCRWKCRW's ''To The Point'' podcast
American radio journalists
American radio producers
Public Radio International personalities
Radio personalities from Los Angeles
Television personalities from California
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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