Jim Vance
Jim Vance (born January 11 1942[1] in Ardmore, Pennsylvania) is an American television news anchor. Vance originally studied to be a teacher and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education from Cheyney University in Cheyney, Pa.
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[edit] Career
He currently anchors the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. editions of News4 on WRC-TV in Washington, DC. He has worked for WRC-TV since 1965, and in 1969, he became the station's main co-anchor, as one of the first African-Americans to serve in this position at any American television station. Between 1972 and 1976, Vance worked as co-anchor with Glenn Rinker at WRC-TV-4. Between 1976 and 1980, Vance co-anchored with Sue Simmons, a pairing that resulted in one of the first, if not the first, African-American co-anchors of a major market newscast. Since 1989, he has been part of currently the longest-running anchor team in Washington, alongside co-anchor and health reporter Doreen Gentzler. He is famous on the Internet for appearing in a video with the late sports anchor George Michael where they laughed at a model who fell twice on a runway.
He had an extremely brief cameo as himself in the 2009 movie State of Play. He also appeared as himself in the 2010 NBC TV show[[The Event].
[edit] Awards and honors
Vance has earned 19 Emmys and has been inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. He has also been named Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine.
[edit] Biography
Vance loves Jazz music and fishing.
Vance lives in Spring Valley, Washington, D.C., N.W.. His wife is former WRC-TV journalist and former WHUT journalist Kathy McCampbell Vance; they have been married since 1987 [2]. They have three kids and one grandson [3].
Vance battled a cocaine addiction in the late ’70s and early ’80s, later going public with the ordeal [2]. He checked into the Betty Ford Clinic in 1984 [4].
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ohmygoff.tv/theblog/happy-birthday-vance Jim Vance Turns 70
- ^ a b http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/20084.html June 2011 : A father of three, Vance has been married to former Channel 4 news producer Kathy McCampbell Vance for 24 years and lives in DC’s Spring Valley.
- ^ http://ohmygoff.tv/theblog/happy-birthday-vance kids, 14yr old grandson
- ^ http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/20084.html Betty Ford Clinic
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