Judd Hambrick

Judd Hambrick

Infobox Person
name = Judd Hambrick



imagesize = 240px
caption = Judd Hambrick on WKYC-TV commerical ad, 1996
birth_date = Birth date|1945|9|25
birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma
other_names =
known_for =
occupation = television news anchor,
nationality = American

Judd Hambrick (born September 25, 1945, in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former Emmy-award winning newscaster/reporter. Hambrick grew up in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

Career, accomplishments, and awards

Hambrick started his career in radio in 1961, then later got his start in television at KTBC-TV in Austin, Texas.

Later, in 1972 Hambrick moved on to WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and served as co-anchor of their evening news programs with John Facenda, better known outside of Philadelphia as the "voice" of NFL Films. Hambrick's stay at WCAU lasted only one year.

In 1977, Hambrick moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he became an anchor of the evening newscasts on WJKW-TV (now WJW-TV). Hambrick won a Local Emmy Award in 1979 with WJKW as the city's best evening news cast, and helped the station's newscast become the top rated news program in Cleveland until his departure from WJKW-TV in 1981. The next year, he moved to rival WKYC-TV, where he served in a similar capacity until 1985.

Hambrick then spent next several years away from television news anchoring, though he worked on several business news ventures in markets such as New York City and Chicago. An avid crossword puzzle expert, Hambrick also authored a series of books based on the board game Scrabble, titled "Scrabble Brand Grams". Many of his puzzles have also been printed in sections of various newspapers across the United States.

Hambrick ended his self-imposed hiatus in the early 1990s when he joined KTUL-TV in Tulsa as an anchor. Not long after, Hambrick returned to Cleveland and to WKYC-TV, for one final anchoring stint from 1993 to 1999. During his career, he also worked in markets such as Memphis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Honolulu.

Personal life

Judd Hambrick is the brother of newscasters John Hambrick (now retired) and Mike Hambrick. John, five years older than Judd, also worked in Cleveland (at WEWS from 1967 to 1975), as well at stations in New York City and Miami. Younger sibling Mike worked in several markets such as Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.. A nephew, Jack Hambrick (John's son), also went into the television business as a news reporter and now has became a documentary filmmaker.

Hambrick is now semi-retired and lives with his wife in Florence, Alabama, after pursuing some business ventures for a time in Belden, Mississippi.

References

* [http://www.broadcastershalloffame.com/alpha.htm Broadcasters Hall of Fame: List of Inductees] . Accessed 2007-09-26.
*http://www.broadcastershalloffame.com/biojh.htm


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