Bob Losure

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Robert C. "Bob" Losure (born May 4, 1947) was a weekend anchor on CNN Headline News from 1986 to 1997. Before that, he worked as co-anchor of the evening news at KOTV, the CBS affiliate in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Earlier on, he was one of the 20/20 News anchors during the "Big 8" years at CKLW radio in Windsor / Detroit. He was also a reporter for CNN Newsource, a service supplying news reports to local television stations, a field in which he had begun his career. After leaving CNN, he wrote a biography, Five Seconds to Air and made promotional speeches. He has appeared in the Magic Jack infomercial and in a commercial promoting the conservative NewsMax magazine as well as in corporate videos. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.

References

  • Blackwood, Kendrick (September 30, 1998). "Pioneering CNN broadcaster reflects on changing world of TV news". Lawrence Journal-World. p. 7. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  • Hogan, Dick (November 17, 1993). "Sensationalism concerns CNN anchor". The Gazette. Retrieved May 28, 2012.

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