Dwight Lauderdale

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dwight Lauderdale
Occupation	News Anchor
Date Of Birth	Apr 24, 1951(1951-04-24)
Age	73
Birthplace	Columbus
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Taurus

Dwight Lauderdale Biography

Dwight Lauderdale is one of the most popular and richest News Anchor who was born on April 24, 1951 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

In 1974, Lauderdale moved to South Florida for a reporting opportunity at Channel 7 (WCKT-TV, at the time). Two years later, WPLG offered him a three- year contract as a reporter/weekend anchor, and he accepted the job. He quickly established himself as a prolific street reporter, working half a dozen stories per day, including the Mariel Boatlift. He also managed to score the first one-on-one interview of Bill Clinton’s presidency. More than anything, he remembers the rigid ground rules: ” Seven minutes only, and they were standing there with a stopwatch”. He was bumped up to the weeknight anchor desk in June 1985 on an interim basis, which was made permanent the following January. His first anchor partner was Ann Bishop and later shared anchoring duties with Diane Magnum, Kristi Krueger and Laurie Jennings.

Dwight Lauderdale has been awarded the N.A.T.A.S Silver Circle Award, The Ohio State Award, and two Florida Emmy’s, as well as a Sun-Sentinel reader’s award in 1998 as the number one Anchor in the market. South Florida Magazine named him best news anchor in 1990. Additionally, Dwight Lauderdale has a scholarship in his name (The Dwight Lauderdale Scholarship) at Barry University which is awarded to students in broadcast communications each seminar.

Dwight Lauderdale Net Worth

Dwight Lauderdale is one of the richest News Anchor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dwight Lauderdale 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At age 17, after winning an oratorical contest, Lauderdale received a job offer from the news director at WTVN-TV (ABC) in Columbus. He accepted the job and started work in November 1968, part-time at night, processing film. (Some sources claim it was WSYX-TV). He did not have to drop school to accept the job. He did everything from processing film, to writing news copy, to producing, and for on-air talent. He completed his education at Ohio University, majoring in Communications and graduating cum laude in 1973.

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Facts & Trivia

Eric Ranked on the list of most popular News Anchor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dwight Lauderdale celebrates birthday on April 24 of every year.