Marc Brown (journalist)
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Marc Brown | |
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| Born | Marc Alan Brown September 29, 1961 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Narbonne High School(Class of 1979) University of Southern California |
| Occupation | Television journalist |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Employer(s) | KIEM-TV KOLO-TV KNTV KFMB-TV KABC-TV (1989–present) |
Marc Alan Brown (born September 29, 1961) is an American television news anchor at KABC-TV in Los Angeles. Brown co-anchors the station's Eyewitness News HD newscasts at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. with Michelle Tuzee. Brown has earned four Emmy Awards, a Golden Mike, an Associated Press and a Radio and Television News Director Association award.
Brown graduated from
reporter at KIEM-TV in Eureka, California in 1984. He went on to report and anchor at KOLO-TV in Reno, Nevada, KNTV in San Jose, California and KFMB-TV in San Diego, California before returning to Los Angeles to begin working at KABC-TV in 1989 as a reporter. He later was named weekend anchor and by 1996, he was given anchoring duties on the weekday 6 p.m. newscast.[1] The following year his anchoring duties were broadened to include the station's 4 p.m. newscast and in 2000, he was named anchor of the weeknight 11 pm newscast. He became the second African-American to become the primary anchor of an 11 p.m. weeknight newscast in Los Angeles. In August 2007, he, along with co-anchor Michelle Tuzee
were moved to the 5 p.m. newscast, in addition to the anchoring of the 11 p.m. program.
References
- ^ Brown and Jimenez a Rare Pair on Newscasts : Television: KABC and KCOP have the only minority men anchoring on weeknights in Los Angeles. Is it happenstance or are they exceptions to an unwritten rule? – latimes. Articles.latimes.com (1995-11-09). Retrieved on 2015-12-05.
External links
- Marc Brown's Bio from KABC-TV website
- Marc Brown on Twitter
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