1. Donald Gilbert Shelby was born on May 27,1947 and is a retired American journalist who was a news anchor on WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota for much of his career.
24 Facts About Don Shelby
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Don Shelby is regarded as an experienced investigative journalist, as his work has earned two Peabody awards and three Emmy Awards.
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Don Shelby has won the other three top journalism awards of the United States, including the Columbia DuPont Citation, the Scripps-Howard Award and the Society of Professional Journalists Distinguished Service Award.
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Don Shelby attended the University of Cincinnati for two years, but left to enlist in the United States Air Force.
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Don Shelby met his wife, Barbara, when he was stationed at Bolling Air Force base in Washington, DC, where Barbara worked as an administrative assistant.
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Don Shelby was honorably discharged in 1972 after serving four years.
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Don Shelby worked in Charleston, South Carolina and Houston, Texas before arriving in Minneapolis.
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Don Shelby joined WCCO-TV in the summer of 1978 as a news reporter.
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Don Shelby was the chief architect behind WCCO's "I-Team" segment, which spotlighted current issues, both local and on a larger world scale, with rigorous investigative journalism.
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Don Shelby retired from television after his final WCCO-TV newscast on November 22,2010.
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Don Shelby covered numerous international conflicts as a correspondent, including the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the Iraq War.
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In February 2006, Don Shelby began hosting a series of video essay segments entitled "In The Know", during the station's 10:00 newscast.
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From 2000 through 2009, Don Shelby undertook a dual responsibility of hosting an afternoon radio show on WCCO which ended at 6:00, immediately after which he anchored the TV newscast.
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Don Shelby partnered on the radio with WCCO radio news anchor Jeff McKinney.
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In June 2009, Monday Night Football sideline reporter Michele Tafoya took over the 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm time slot, with Don Shelby moving to the early afternoon drive, then sharing the microphone with Michelle from 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm Don Shelby's final radio show took place on December 11,2009.
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Don Shelby has played an active role in the preservation and maintenance of the Mississippi River.
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Don Shelby has given his time as an on-air representative for a number of pledge drives on behalf of the local PBS station TPT, as well as narrated the third installment of "Lost Twin Cities", a TPT produced documentary.
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Don Shelby appeared in the Lab Theater's production of Rocky Horror, appearing with numerous Guthrie actors in a performance of 8 at the Varsity Theater in 2011.
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Don Shelby was a featured actor in Safe at Home at the Mixed Blood Theatre.
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Don Shelby has performed the character of Mark Twain more than 200 times, in shows at performing arts centers throughout the state of Minnesota.
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Don Shelby has performed as Mark Twain in New Orleans and aboard the Delta Queen Riverboat on the Mississippi River in St Louis.
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Don Shelby is a resident of Excelsior, Minnesota, in a farmhouse certified LEED Platinum.
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Don Shelby had two debilitating strokes in 2004, from which he recovered while he was still in his broadcasting career.
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In 2016, Don Shelby shared his story of his recovery from alcohol addiction and reported being 36 years sober since 1980.