Terry Drinkwater
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Terry Drinkwater was an American
television
and radio
journalist
best known for his 25 year career as a correspondent for CBS News
. Drinkwater was also an anchorman for the West Coast editions of the CBS Evening News
, reporting on events that occurred since the original East Coast version with Walter Cronkite
was taped.
A native of Denver, Colorado
, Drinkwater attended Pomona College
, where he co-founded KSPC radio and earned a bachelor's degree in 1958. His first big break in broadcasting came when he was hired in 1959 as general manager of Pacifica Radio
KPFK
-FM, a public station in Los Angeles
. He later earned a master's degree at the University of California at Berkley.
Drinkwater joined CBS News in 1963. Drinkwater and fellow CBS News correspondent, Roger Mudd
, were on scene in the Embassy Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel in downtown Los Angeles in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 when Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated
. His primary beat for CBS News was the western states; he covered such notable events as the 1974 kidnapping of Patricia "Patty" Hearst and the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
.
Drinkwater received several honors for broadcast journalism including three Emmy Awards, a George Foster Peabody Award, and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. He once received a 90-day suspension from CBS for faking the news by posing a wine-company employee as a satisfied customer.
Drinkwater filed his last report for CBS News in August 1988. He died at his home in Malibu, California at the age of 53 after a six year battle with cancer. At the time of his death, he was senior correspondent in the Los Angeles Bureau of CBS News.
United States
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television
Television
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and radio
Radio
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journalist
Journalist
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best known for his 25 year career as a correspondent for CBS News
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
. Drinkwater was also an anchorman for the West Coast editions of the CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963....
, reporting on events that occurred since the original East Coast version with Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years . During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll...
was taped.
A native of Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
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, Drinkwater attended Pomona College
Pomona College
Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.The founding member...
, where he co-founded KSPC radio and earned a bachelor's degree in 1958. His first big break in broadcasting came when he was hired in 1959 as general manager of Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio is the oldest public radio network in the United States. It is a group of five independently operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations that is known for its progressive/liberal political orientation. It is also a program service supplying over 100 affiliated...
KPFK
KPFK
KPFK is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves the Greater Los Angeles Area, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet...
-FM, a public station in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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. He later earned a master's degree at the University of California at Berkley.
Drinkwater joined CBS News in 1963. Drinkwater and fellow CBS News correspondent, Roger Mudd
Roger Mudd
Roger Mudd is a U.S. television journalist and broadcaster, most recently as the primary anchor for The History Channel. Previously, Mudd was weekend and weekday substitute anchor of CBS Evening News, co-anchor of the weekday NBC Nightly News, and hosted NBC's Meet the Press, and NBC's American...
, were on scene in the Embassy Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel in downtown Los Angeles in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 when Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated
Robert F. Kennedy assassination
The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, took place shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles, California...
. His primary beat for CBS News was the western states; he covered such notable events as the 1974 kidnapping of Patricia "Patty" Hearst and the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is south of Seattle, Washington and northeast of Portland, Oregon. Mount St. Helens takes its English name from the British diplomat Lord St Helens, a...
.
Drinkwater received several honors for broadcast journalism including three Emmy Awards, a George Foster Peabody Award, and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. He once received a 90-day suspension from CBS for faking the news by posing a wine-company employee as a satisfied customer.
Drinkwater filed his last report for CBS News in August 1988. He died at his home in Malibu, California at the age of 53 after a six year battle with cancer. At the time of his death, he was senior correspondent in the Los Angeles Bureau of CBS News.