Megan Henderson is a journalist and weekday morning anchor of the 4:30am to 7am KTLA

KTLA

KTLA, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, USA. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of the CW Television Network. KTLA's studios are on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson...

 News in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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. Prior to joining KTLA in March 2009, Henderson hosted the #1 rated morning show Good Day at the Fox affiliate KDFW

KDFW

KDFW, virtual channel 4 , is the Fox owned-and-operated television station in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex designated market area....

 in Dallas and Fox's Good Day Utah at KSTU

KSTU

KSTU, channel 13, is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Salt Lake City designated market area. The station is owned by Local TV LLC, the media arm of private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners, and its transmitter located on Farnsworth Peak, southwest of Salt Lake City...

 in Salt Lake City. In 2008, she guest-hosted several episodes of Fox & Friends Weekend

Fox & Friends

Fox & Friends is an American morning television show on the Fox News Channel.-History:The show begins at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time with the latest Fox News Live headlines and analyzes the news of the morning...

 in New York City

New York City

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 on the Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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Early life

Henderson grew up in Southern California

Southern California

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 and graduated from San Clemente High School. She graduated from Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...

 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.

Career

Henderson started her broadcast career in Wichita Falls, Texas

Wichita Falls, Texas

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 working at the CBS

CBS

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 & NBC

NBC

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 affiliates. She anchored Good Day Utah in Salt Lake City before joining the news program Good Day on the Dallas Fox affiliate KDFW in 2003. In 2008, she appeared as a guest-host on several episodes of Fox & Friends

Fox & Friends

Fox & Friends is an American morning television show on the Fox News Channel.-History:The show begins at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time with the latest Fox News Live headlines and analyzes the news of the morning...

. In March 2009, she joined the KTLA Morning News in Los Angeles, California.

She is very active in many charities including the Make-a-Wish Foundation

Make-A-Wish Foundation

The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in the United States that grants wishes to children who have life-threatening medical conditions. The charity now operates in forty-seven countries around the world through thirty-six affiliate offices.The president & CEO of this...

, Race for the Cure and the Children's Cancer Fund.