Bob Losure
Encyclopedia
Robert E "Bob" Losure was a weekend anchor on CNN Headline News
from 1986-1997. Before that, he worked as co-anchor of the evening news at KOTV, the CBS
affiliate in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma
. Earlier on, he was one of the "20/20 News" anchors during the "Big 8" years at CKLW radio in Windsor
/ Detroit
.
He was also a reporter for CNN Newsource
, a service supplying news reports to local television stations, a field in which he had begun his career. After leaving CNN, he wrote a biography, Five Seconds to Air and made promotional speeches. He has appeared in the "Magic Jack" infomercial and in a commercial promoting the conservative NewsMax
magazine as well as in corporate videos. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha
Fraternity
.
CNN Headline News
HLN, formerly known as CNN Headline News and CNN2, is a cable television news channel based in the United States and a spinoff of the cable news television channel, CNN. Initially airing tightly-formatted 30-minute newscasts around the clock, since 2005, the channel has increasingly aired long-form...
from 1986-1997. Before that, he worked as co-anchor of the evening news at KOTV, the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
. Earlier on, he was one of the "20/20 News" anchors during the "Big 8" years at CKLW radio in Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...
/ Detroit
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
.
He was also a reporter for CNN Newsource
CNN Newsource
CNN Newsource is an affiliation video service from CNN. The service is subscription based and provides CNN content to television stations affiliated with CNN, including terrestrial stations and international stations....
, a service supplying news reports to local television stations, a field in which he had begun his career. After leaving CNN, he wrote a biography, Five Seconds to Air and made promotional speeches. He has appeared in the "Magic Jack" infomercial and in a commercial promoting the conservative NewsMax
NewsMax Media
Newsmax Media is a conservative American news media organization founded by Christopher W. Ruddy and based in West Palm Beach, Florida. It operates the news website Newsmax.com and publishes Newsmax Magazine.Christopher W...
magazine as well as in corporate videos. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha is a Greek social fraternity with over 230 chapters and colonies and over 250,000 lifetime initiates in the United States and Canada.-History:...
Fraternity
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
.