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John Brown (news anchor), KTVI news anchor
John William Brown born November 12, 1970), is an American television news anchor, author and public speaker currently working with KTVI TV in St. Louis, Missouri. He joined the FOX 2 News team in August of 2007 after a two year stint with the nationally television morning program, The Daily Buzz. He was the lead news anchor for KSPR-TV in Springfield, MO.
Early Life and Education
John grew up in numerous cities, all in Missouri and graduted from Belle High School in Belle, Missouri. He attended Southwest Baptist University, East Central College, and then graduated from Central Methodist University with a degree in Biology and Chemistry. He also worked on his Master's Degree at St. Louis University and Barry University in Miami.
Career
John worked in numerous industries before entering the media. He was a sales manager at Bally's Total Fitness, a professional model, and funeral home attendant. His first radio job was at WQAM Sportsradio 560 in Miami, Florida. He moved to St. Louis and State College, Pennsylvania doing morning radio shows before taking his first TV jobs at KSPR TV in Springfield, Missouri.
At Springfield 33, he was anchor of The Morning Scoop TV show and evening news anchor. He left Missouri in 2003 to join the Daily Buzz in Orlando, Florida. After leaving the show, he worked at a mortgage banker in Missouri before joining Fox 2 as news anchor and reporter.
John is also a public speaker and author of the books "Famous Faces, Missouri Places," "Using the Media to Grow Your Business," and "Cancer and Radiation: Causation and Correlation." He also has been the host of the Miss Missouri Pageant competition since 1999.
John lives in St. Louis with his wife and children. He enjoys playing with the kids, running, and studying history and architecture.
Sources
KTVI Web site, www.myfoxstl.com
News Tribune, Oct, 15, 2004 www.newstribune.com
Famous Faces, Missouri Places; John W. Brown, author
Orlando Business Journal, http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2005/04/04/story6.html
Orlando Magazine, http://www.orlandoweekly.com/columns/story.asp?id=460
Roger Simmons, http://www.rogersimmons.com/tv/2006/12/buzz-is-losing-morris-to-philly.html
Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1725870/
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