Charles Robert Henry was born on January 1,1946 and is a retired American journalist, who worked in the Greater Los Angeles media market for 48 years.
19 Facts About Chuck Henry
1.
2.
Chuck Henry worked for nearly 29 years at KNBC, where he was a co-anchor of the 5,6, and 11 pm newscasts, and he worked for 19 years at KABC-TV, where he served as reporter, anchor, director, and producer.
3.
Chuck Henry's parents were the founders of a home for orphaned children, with 60 of them regularly part of the Chuck Henry family's lives.
4.
Chuck Henry began his career in broadcasting at KHVH-TV in Honolulu as news anchor-reporter from 1966 to 1971 with a short interval in Anchorage, Alaska, as a news anchor-reporter for KENI-TV from 1967 to 1968.
5.
Shortly before going to Alaska, Chuck Henry was drafted into the US Army and was stationed up in Alaska concurrently during his time at KENI-TV without being sent over to Vietnam.
6.
Chuck Henry then began his first stint at KABC-TV in October 1971, beginning as a morning anchor before moving to weekends.
7.
Chuck Henry then served as anchor-reporter at WMAQ-TV, the NBC-owned television station in Chicago from August 1978 to March 1982.
8.
Chuck Henry joined the KNBC staff in January 1994, replacing John Beard as anchor of the 4 pm news and as a reporter.
9.
In 1997, Chuck Henry replaced Jess Marlow on the 6 pm newscast and then added the 5 and 11 pm newscasts after Paul Moyer retired in 2009.
10.
Chuck Henry gained national attention in October 2003, when he and his cameraman, Kristopher Li, were nearly killed in the field while shooting a report about California forest fires in the San Bernardino Mountains.
11.
Chuck Henry played an Army Lieutenant who attempted to get Steve McGarrett to return three dead cows to the Army.
12.
Chuck Henry has visited every continent in the world as host of these programs, which he received several Emmys.
13.
In 1975, Chuck Henry hosted an attempted revival of the game show Beat the Odds.
14.
In 1989, Chuck Henry hosted a short-lived revival of the classic Goodson-Todman game show Now You See It on CBS.
15.
Chuck Henry was one of six people to audition to host its replacement, the daytime version of Wheel of Fortune ; however, Bob Goen was hired instead.
16.
Chuck Henry is well known for hosting Travel Cafe, a travel program in which he flies all around the world highlighting food and travel.
17.
Chuck Henry is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
18.
Chuck Henry had spent several years as his congregation's Sunday school teacher.
19.
In 1964, Chuck Henry married his high school sweetheart, Kay, with whom he has four children.