Dave Ward (reporter)
| David Henry Ward | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Henry Ward May 6, 1939 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television Newscaster |
| Notable credit(s) | KTRK-TV Newscaster 1966–2017 |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Ward |
| Children | Jonathan Ward, Chris Ward, Linda Ann Ward-Heatly, David Henry Ward, Jr. |
David Henry Ward (born May 6, 1939 in Dallas, Texas) is the president of a local charity and an American journalist. He is currently and has been an anchor of the weekday 6:00 pm newscast on KTRK-TV's Eyewitness News in Houston, Texas for more than 50 years. He joined KTRK-TV in 1966 as reporter and photographer and was promoted to his current position as weekday evening anchor in 1968, and is currently the longest running news anchor in American television, surpassing the late Hal Fishman in 2015.
Ward claims:
Ward began his career at KGKB radio while attending Tyler Junior College (class of 1960 ). Three years later, he began working at WACO-FM as a staff announcer. Later in 1963, Ward became the first full-time reporter at KNUZ radio, located in Houston. In 1966, he was hired on the spot at KTRK-TV:
He was hired as an on the street reporter and photographer in November 1966 and in 1967 was assigned to anchor KTRK's 7am newscast and a year later, he was promoted to co-anchor of the weekday 6PM and 10PM weekday newscasts. In December 2014, Ward announced he was leaving the weeknight 10 pm broadcast, but would still continue to co-anchor the weekday 6 pm newscast with Gina Gaston. In June 2016, Ward was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest tenure of any news anchor in the world at the same station in the same market. On August 4, 2016, Ward announced on the 6 pm news that he would be leaving KTRK at the end of the year. However, the managers at the Station decided to let Ward stay at KTRK until 2017, where he'll anchor his final newscast at May 2.
Ward, a personal friend of Marvin Zindler, helped Zindler obtain his position at Channel 13, by urging the station to hire him after Zindler had been fired from his job at the sheriff's department.
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