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Russ Van Dyke was born on 28 August, 1917 in Adams, Nebraska, U.S., is a journalist. Discover Russ Van Dyke'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 75 years old?
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Television and radio broadcaster, news anchor |
| Age |
75 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
| Born |
28 August, 1917 |
| Birthday |
28 August |
| Birthplace |
Adams, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Date of death |
(1992-07-19) Clear Lake, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died Place |
Clear Lake, Iowa, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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He is a member of famous journalist with the age 75 years old group.
Russ Van Dyke Height, Weight & Measurements
At 75 years old, Russ Van Dyke height not available right now. We will update Russ Van Dyke's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Russ Van Dyke's Wife?
His wife is Janice Van Dyke (1920–2012)
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| Parents |
James Frank Van Dyke (1890–1951) (father)Anna Sinnen Van Dyke (1887–1955) (mother) |
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Janice Van Dyke (1920–2012) |
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| Children |
James Van Dyke, Robert Van Dyke, Carolynn Van Dyke |
Russ Van Dyke Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Russ Van Dyke worth at the age of 75 years old? Russ Van Dyke’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. He is from United States. We have estimated
Russ Van Dyke's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
journalist |
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Timeline
In the summer of 1987, Van Dyke moderated a Public Television debate on "Economics in America" between Joe Biden, Al Gore, Richard Gephart, Jessie Jackson, Bruce Babbitt, Paul Simon and Michael Dukakis, who were running in the Democratic Party primary election for the 1988 United States presidential election.
In 1945 Van Dyke began his 36 year broadcast career in Iowa, as a newscaster for KRNT radio. Van Dyke transitioned to television and became an anchorman when television station KRNT (now KCCI) went on the air in 1955. He initially handled all of the news, including weather and sports. In the early days he also did live commercials, including occasionally taking a long drink of Anderson Erickson milk on-air, at the end of a newscast. During the 1960s and 1970s, under Van Dyke's leadership, KRNT/KCCI dominated the local news ratings, often drawing more than 50% of the TV news viewers in a Big Three market. Van Dyke remained the station's news anchor for 28 years. At the time of his retirement in 1983, he had the longest tenure of any news anchor in the United States, and had made 2,700 newscasts on radio, and 6,600 newscasts on TV. In 1955 Van Dyke was the chairman of the national Radio and Television News Director's Association. In 1977 he won the Jack Shelley Award, the highest honor awarded by the Iowa Broadcast News Association.
In addition to his duties as the anchor for daily news broadcasts, Van Dyke hosted the live public-opinion program What Do You Say? at 12:15 PM on weekdays. The program ran for 20 years starting in the 1940s, and featured "man in the street" interviews. Over the course of its run the program covered more than 5,000 topics. On television his program Special Report covered a single local news topic in depth, every Sunday night after the 10:00 PM newscast.
Russell Van Dyke (August 28, 1917 – July 19, 1992) was a broadcast journalist during the early years of television in Iowa, known as "The Walter Cronkite of Iowa" and the dean of the state's newscasters. Van Dyke was born in Adams, Nebraska, and lived in Des Moines, Iowa for 40 years. After retiring in 1983, he moved to Clear Lake, Iowa with Janice, his wife of 41 years.
