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Dwight Lauderdale was born on 24 April, 1951 in Columbus, Ohio, is a Former television news anchor. Discover Dwight Lauderdale'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 72 years old?

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Occupation News anchor Commentator
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 24 April 1951
Birthday 24 April
Birthplace Columbus, Ohio
Nationality United States

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Dwight Lauderdale (born in Columbus, Ohio) is a former TV news anchor.

He was the first African American news anchor in South Florida and became one of the state's most watched and longest running anchors.

Dwight Lauderdale was born and raised in a working-class suburb of Columbus, Ohio.

He describes his parents as "hardworking".

"My parents" he says " were strict disciplinarians, and while I thought it was unfair back then, I'm glad they were that way because it kept me out of trouble " His father, in particular, taught him the importance of being himself.

"My father" he says " taught me to never allow anyone to define who I am, that I am the only one who can do that. He taught me to not think of myself as a victim "

He took this lesson to heart and started on a path that would include entering and winning many oratorical (speech) contests that eventually led to him being publicly recognized in local newspaper articles.

One such article would lead to a phone call that would set him on the path to become South Florida's first black anchor.

At age 17, after winning an oratorical contest, Lauderdale received a job offer from the news director at WTVN-TV (ABC) in Columbus.

1968

He accepted the job and started work in November 1968, part-time at night, processing film.

(Some sources claim it was WSYX-TV).

He did not have to drop school to accept the job.

He did everything from processing film, to writing news copy, to producing, and for on-air talent.

1973

He completed his education at Ohio University, majoring in Communications and graduating cum laude in 1973.

1974

In 1974, Lauderdale moved to South Florida for a reporting opportunity at Channel 7 (WCKT-TV, at the time).

Two years later, WPLG offered him a three-year contract as a reporter/weekend anchor, and he accepted the job.

He quickly established himself as a prolific street reporter, working half a dozen stories per day, including the Mariel Boatlift.

He also managed to score the first one-on-one interview of Bill Clinton's presidency.

More than anything, he remembers the rigid ground rules: " Seven minutes only, and they were standing there with a stopwatch".

1985

He was bumped up to the weeknight anchor desk in June 1985 on an interim basis, which was made permanent the following January.

His first anchor partner was Ann Bishop and later shared anchoring duties with Diane Magnum, Kristi Krueger and Laurie Jennings.

1990

South Florida Magazine named him best news anchor in 1990.

Additionally, Dwight Lauderdale has a scholarship in his name (The Dwight Lauderdale Scholarship) at Barry University which is awarded to students in broadcast communications each seminar.

1998

Dwight Lauderdale has been awarded the N.A.T.A.S Silver Circle Award, The Ohio State Award, and two Florida Emmy's, as well as a Sun-Sentinel reader's award in 1998 as the number one Anchor in the market.

2004

In July 2004, Lauderdale had his Lasik surgery televised.

Lauderdale, who was farsighted, learned that he might be a candidate for corrective eye surgery after viewing a news story about this surgery on his own station.

Lauderdale sought a consultation when he realized just how critical the surgery was to his job performance.

He never had a problem reading the teleprompter, which was 20 feet away from him, but did have a problem one time when he had to read from a script without his glasses.

Lauderdale was treated by monovision and modified monovision (two strategies to treat each eye, one for reading and one for distance).

2008

On February 25, 2008, Dwight Lauderdale announced that he would be retiring in May of that year.

WPLG's final broadcast with Lauderdale as an anchor was on May 22, 2008.