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David Johnson (Anchorman)
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David Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida
, and grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida
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Johnson is an American news anchorman for WPXI-TV. He is currently the co-anchor of Channel 11 News at 5:00 and 6:00 with Peggy Finnegan, and co-anchor for Channel 11 News "11 at 11" with Darieth Chisolm. He also anchors The Ten O'Clock News on Fox 53, and the 7:00 news on PCNC. David Johnson and Peggy Finnegan are the longest running anchor team in Pittsburgh.http://www.wpxi.com/station/1900885/detail.html
in 1980. It was at UF that Johnson started his career in television at WUFT-TV. His career took him to Jacksonville, Chattanooga, Orlando
, and Atlanta before going to Channel 11. Johnson began working for WPXI in January 1985 as the noon news anchor and reporter for the evening news. David has won numerous local and regional awards, including several Pittsburgh Press Club Golden Quill Awards and a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award. David is married to WQED-TV's Nancy Polinsky, and the couple has two sons.
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
, and grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,211. Daytona Beach is a principal city of the Deltona – Daytona Beach – Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the census bureau estimated had...
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Johnson is an American news anchorman for WPXI-TV. He is currently the co-anchor of Channel 11 News at 5:00 and 6:00 with Peggy Finnegan, and co-anchor for Channel 11 News "11 at 11" with Darieth Chisolm. He also anchors The Ten O'Clock News on Fox 53, and the 7:00 news on PCNC. David Johnson and Peggy Finnegan are the longest running anchor team in Pittsburgh.http://www.wpxi.com/station/1900885/detail.html
Background
David Johnson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcasting from the University of FloridaUniversity of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in 1980. It was at UF that Johnson started his career in television at WUFT-TV. His career took him to Jacksonville, Chattanooga, Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
, and Atlanta before going to Channel 11. Johnson began working for WPXI in January 1985 as the noon news anchor and reporter for the evening news. David has won numerous local and regional awards, including several Pittsburgh Press Club Golden Quill Awards and a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award. David is married to WQED-TV's Nancy Polinsky, and the couple has two sons.