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Bill Jorgensen was born on 1927 in United States, is an A television anchors from New York City. Discover Bill Jorgensen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 97 years old?

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1967

Bill Jorgensen (born 1927) was the founding and longtime anchor of New York City's WNEW-TV's (now WNYW Fox 5) Ten O'Clock News from its inception on March 13, 1967, until he left in the spring of 1979.

1980

In June 1980, days after Ted Turner began the Cable News Network, WPIX began producing Independent Network News, a prime time national newscast that ran throughout the United States on small independent television stations.

The Miami Herald described Independent Network News as a half-hour program of national and international news as well as brief sports and weather segments, offered to participating stations during prime time, and therefore not in direct competition with the networks' evening newscasts.

Jorgensen anchored both a 10:00 national newscast and a 10:30 local newscast on WPIX with Steve Bosh and Pat Harper.

1985

Tribune Broadcasting hired Morton Dean to replace the three anchors in 1985 and rebranded the program as USA Tonight.

1987

Jorgensen moved to WPIX-TV, also in New York City, where he anchored the news until his retirement in 1987.

Jorgensen was recruited to WNEW-TV from Cleveland, Ohio, where he had been principal anchor for NBC affiliate KYW-TV (which later became NBC-owned WKYC-TV), and later ABC affiliate WEWS.

When WNEW-TV began producing the Ten O'Clock News with Jorgensen at the helm, no other commercial television stations had a prime time newscast, though.

The New York Times television critic Jack Gould described the newscast as "a thoroughly professional news summary" due in part to "Mr. Jorgensen's durably pleasing style and demeanor. He suggests authority without affectation."

The program was perhaps best known for the station break that preceded the newscast, where Tom Gregory announced: "It's 10 P.M. Do you know where your children are?"

The Ten O'Clock News on WNEW followed a talk show hosted by Merv Griffin and was followed by a local talk show hosted by Alan Burke.

Gould described the acerbic Burke as "a piece of sandpaper wired for sound."

The Ten O'Clock News rapidly built a substantial audience.

Jorgensen was succeeded at WNEW by John Roland, who had previously been a featured reporter and co-anchor.

His signature signoff was "I'm Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time 'till next time."

Jorgensen had it written into his contract at WNEW that he was the only one who could use a TelePrompTer, and this meant that when he was debriefing a reporter on set, the reporter would have to constantly look at his notes.

By contract, Jorgensen would always look steadily into the camera, projecting an air of power and confidence.

He warred bitterly with station management, including Ted Kavanau, then news director, who says Jorgensen "was a difficult guy, very moody, hardly talked to anybody, but when you turned on that camera, he performed brilliantly. He had a voice that was like fate reaching out to you."

Upon leaving WNEW, Jorgensen initially co-anchored Action News with Pat Harper on WPIX.

2004

According to a 2004 Newsday article by Verne Gay, Jorgensen is currently living in Florida.