Age, Biography and Wiki
Bill Keene was born on 1927 in United States, is an American radio personality. Discover Bill Keene'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 73 years old?
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Bill Keene Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Bill Keene Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Bill Keene worth at the age of 73 years old? Bill Keene’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from United States. We have estimated Bill Keene's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Keene's Los Angeles broadcasting career began in 1957 at KNXT-TV (now KCBS-TV) as a weather reporter.
He is credited with helping pioneer the station's hourlong news format, promoted as The Big News, which featured Keene with long time Los Angeles news anchor Jerry Dunphy and sports reporter Gil Stratton.
During the same period he also reported the weather on the sister radio operation KNX (AM).
Later he hosted the daytime television variety show Keene at Noon, which was retitled The Bill Keene Show when it changed time-slots to 3:30 P.M.
In 1976 Keene started working full-time at KNX where he became one of the first regular radio traffic reporters in Los Angeles.
Puns were a regular feature in a Bill Keene traffic report.
For example, when a ladder was reported on the freeway he would announce “Watch out for rung way drivers” and “Don’t worry, the highway patrol will be taking steps to remove that ladder.”
In 1992 Keene was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Bill Keene (1927 – April 5, 2000) was a television and radio personality who became famous in the Los Angeles, California market as a traffic and weather announcer.
He was particularly known for his colorful humorous traffic reports which included numerous puns and he became a fixture in Los Angeles broadcasting.
Keene first took to the airwaves while still in high school in his native Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
After serving as an Army Air Corps navigator during World War II, he was hired as news and sports director at KBOL radio in Boulder, Colorado where he studied journalism at the University of Colorado.
He died in his sleep in Tucson, Arizona in 2000, months after suffering a stroke.
In 2006, the California Department of Transportation officially named the Four Level Interchange in Downtown Los Angeles the Bill Keene Memorial Interchange in Keene's honor.
