Chuck Henry Biography
Charles Robert Henry is well known as Chuck Henry. He is an American journalist and a co-anchor of the 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscasts on KNBC-TV. Prior to joining KNBC, Henry worked for 19 years at KABC-TV, where he served as a reporter, anchor, director, and producer.
Chuck Henry Age
Chuck Henry was born as Charles Robert Henry on January 1, 1946, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. He is 76 years old as of 2022.
Chuck Henry Height
Henry stands at a height of 5′ 11″.
Chuck Henry Religion
Henry is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He had spent several years as his congregation’s Sunday school teacher.
Chuck Henry Wife
Henry is married to his wife Kay Henry. The couple is high school sweethearts afterward they tied the knot in the Hawaii Temple.
Chuck Henry Children
Henry and his wife Kay Henry are the parents of four children. However little is known about the children’s names and their dates of birth.
Chuck Henry Salary
Henry receives an annu8al average salary of $400 Thousand for his position as an anchor at KNBC-TV
Chuck Henry Net Worth
Henry has a net worth of $3 million U.S dollars. His career as an anchor is the primary source of his income.
Chuck Henry Career
Henry made his broadcasting debut at KHVH-TV (now KITV) in Honolulu as a news anchor-reporter from 1966 to 1971 with a short interval in Anchorage, Alaska, as a news anchor-reporter for KENI-TV (now KTUU-TV) from 1967 to 1968.
He then began his first stint at KABC-TV in October of 1971. Henry began as a morning anchor before moving to weekends. By the spring of 1974, he was promoted to anchor of the 5 p.m. Eyewitness News, working alongside Christine Lund and Jerry Dunphy.
From August 1978 to March 1982, Henry then served as anchor-reporter at WMAQ-TV, the NBC-owned television station in Chicago. Henry returned to KABC in April of 1982 and would work primarily as a weekend anchor/reporter among other capacities.
In January 1994, he joined the KNBC staff (just several days after his 48th birthday), replacing John Beard as an anchor of the 4 p.m. news and also as a reporter.
Henry replaced Jess Marlow in 1997, on the 6 p.m. newscast, which he continues to do every night in addition to the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts after the retirement of Paul Moyer.
In October 2003, Henry gained national attention, when he and his cameraman were nearly killed in the field while shooting a report about California forest fires.
Although the newspeople were told to leave by the fire department, a sudden change in wind direction prevented Henry from doing so. Their van was engulfed and lost to the fire and the team had to be rescued by the LAFD.
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