Willard (Bill) Whitney is an American broadcast journalist for CBS News. CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. He is best known as an anchor and correspondent for the CBS Radio Network, where he hosts the evening edition of the World News Roundup. The CBS Radio Network provides news sports and other programming to more than 1000 radio stations throughout the United States The CBS World News Roundup is a radio newscast that airs weekday mornings and evenings on the CBS Radio Network.
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Before CBS News
Before joining CBS, Whitney worked at a variety of local broadcast outlets. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. At the age of 17 Whitney began his career in broadcasting. In the years since he worked his way through the ranks at a variety of local radio stations including: WKEN, Dover, WGSM, Huntington, New York, WLIX, Islip, New York and WGBB, Freeport, New York. WGSM-FM, known as "SAM FM 1071" is a Variety Hits Radio station serving the Westmoreland County area, including eastern Allegheny County The Town of Huntington is a town located on the North Shore of Long Island, in northwestern Suffolk County, New York. Islip New York may refer to the following communities Islip (town New York, a town in Suffolk County New York Islip (hamlet New WGBB is an AM radio station licensed by the FCC in Freeport New York. Freeport is a village in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island
From 1979 to 1982 Whitney worked as anchor/news director at WCBS-FM, New York City. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) WCBS-FM (1011 MHz is a radio station in New York City owned by CBS Radio. The City of New York He began his employ with the national CBS Radio unit in the early 1980s as one of the original anchors for CBS' young-adult oriented news service RadioRadio.
Work at CBS News
Whitney moved full-time to the main CBS Radio Network in 1984. During that time he has filled in for Charles Osgood on "The Osgood File" and done commentaries under the "Sidebar" title. Charles Osgood (born Charles Osgood Wood III on January 8, 1933) is a Radio and Television commentator in the United States. He has covered a number of major news stories including Pope John Paul II's U. Pope S. tour and the Balkan peace talks in Dayton, Ohio which led to the Dayton Accord. Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the County seat and largest city of Montgomery County. The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement, Dayton Accords, Paris Protocol
Whitney anchors the CBS World News Roundup--Late Edition and hourly news broadcasts throughout the day, and has served as a substitute anchor for the morning edition of the Roundup. The CBS World News Roundup is a radio newscast that airs weekday mornings and evenings on the CBS Radio Network.
Life away from CBS
Whitney lives in Wyckoff, New Jersey with his wife Peg Whitney and their four daughters Maggie, Alice, Grace and Mary. Wyckoff is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
Honors
Edward R. Murrow Award: (2000) For Best Network Newscast
Edward R. Murrow Award: (2001) For Best Writing
References
Bill Whitney's bio from Westwood One
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