What is David Walker (journalist)?
'''David Edward Walker''' (born on May 21, 1941 in [[Edgewater, New Jersey]]) is an [[award]]-winning former [[television]] [[News presenter|news anchor]] at [[KCRA]] in [[Sacramento, California]].<ref name=KRCA>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcra.com/tv/news-team/13405624 |title=Dave Walker |publisher=Hearst Stations Inc./KCRA-TV|access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> Walker first worked at [[WESH-TV]] in [[Orlando, Florida]]. He then moved to Sacramento in the 1970s with [[KOVR]] and [[KCRA]]. In 1980, Walker and co-anchor (and wife) [[Lois Hart]] left Sacramento to join [[CNN]]. They co-anchored CNN's first news [[broadcast]] on June 1, 1980.<ref>Steve Michael Barkin, ''American Television News: The Media Marketplace and the Public Interest'' (Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2003), p. 109</ref> In 1989, he joined NBC's cable news channel [[CNBC|Consumer News and Business Channel]] and anchored its first news program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcra.com/Dave-Walker-Lois-Hart-Retiring-At-Month-s-End/12694546 |title=Dave Walker, Lois Hart Retiring At Month's End |publisher=Hearst Stations Inc./KCRA-TV |access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> In 1990, Walker and Hart decided to return to Sacramento, where they anchored evening news broadcasts until 2008. In November 2008 he retired from KCRA.<ref name=KRCA/> == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, David (journalist)}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American television news anchors]] [[Category:CNN people]] [[Category:Journalists from New Jersey]] [[Category:Television personalities from New Jersey]]