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Charles Gibson’s Milestones
Assigned to cover White House for ABC News; also covered Gerald Ford's presidential campaign
Served as general assignment correspondent for ABC News
Worked as news director for WLVA-TV and Radio in Lynchburg, Virginia
1966 First professional job as Washington producer for the RKO Network
1970 Became anchor and reporter for WMAL-TV, the ABC affiliate in Washington, DC (station's call letters are now WJLA)
1974 - 1975 Worked at syndicated news service Television News, Inc. (TVN)
1975 Joined ABC News
1981 Named ABC News' chief correspondent at the House of Representatives
1987 Named to replace David Hartman as co-host of "Good Morning America" (ABC); first telecast January 29
1990 Hosted "Lucky Number," a PBS documentary on gambling
1998 Announced as anchor and correspondent for ABC News primetime magagazines; contributed to "20/20"
1998 Left "Good Morning America"; last telecast May 1
1999 - 2006 Returned to "Good Morning America" as co-host with Diane Sawyer (January 18)
2006 Appointed as the new anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight" broadcast; replacing Elizabeth Vargas who left on maternaty leave and coanchor, Bob Woodruff who was injuried in Iraq

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Also known as

Birth Name : Charles deWolf Gibson

Born

March, 09 1943 in Evanston, Illinois, United States

Education

  • Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC: A private college-preparatory school
  • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: Was the news director for WPRB-FM, the university radio station, and a member of Princeton Tower Club

Professions

newscaster, TV host